Maguire to referee Munster club football final
*Chris Maguire. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHANNON’s Chris Maguire has been confirmed as the referee for Sunday’s Munster club SFC final between St Finbarr’s and Dingle.
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Proposal to change Clare SHC format fails
*Robert Loftus of Éire Óg battles with Kilmaley’s Mikey O’Malley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior hurling championship will remain under the same format for 2026 after a proposal to introduce preliminary quarter-finals was rejected.
Ennistymon, Cooraclare, Kilmurry Ibrickane & Clondegad qualify for U21A semi-finals
*Gearoid Barry secured a draw for Ennistymon to send them into the semi-finals. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL FOUR semi-final places in the Berwick Callinan Murphy Solicitors under 21 A football championship have been confirmed following the final round of games this weekend with both of last year’s finalists now out of the race.
Race for U21A football honours wide open with wins for Bricks, Cooraclare, Ennistymon & Clondegad
*Clondegad’s Seán McAllister. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE, Cooraclare, Ennistymon and Clondegad kicked off their U21A football campaigns with impressive victories.
U21 teams profiled as the games begin in football championship
*Tom Curran will be part of the St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ACTION begins in the U21 A, B and C football championships this weekend with a total of twenty three teams chasing honours, all but one of which will see action in the opening round.
Formats of U21 championships to change with competition start deferred
*Lissycasey’s Michael Kelly and Michael Nash of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in action in last year’s U21A final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORMATS for the U21 championships in hurling and football will change, days before the football competition was due to kick off.
Glory for Kilmihil in relegation final as Wolfe Tones drop back down to intermediate
*Ciaran Downes was the star man for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMIHIL have prevailed in the Clare SFC relegation final for the second year in a row, this time to send reigning intermediate champions Wolfe Tones back out of the top tier.
Kilmihil ‘have to carry strong performances’ into relegation final
*Kilmihil’s Ciaran Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMIHIL will line out in the Clare SFC relegation final for the second year running but this time round they have produced much stronger performances.
Wolfe Tones seal senior status & send Newmarket-on-Fergus into relegation scrap
*Evan O’Gorman cleans up in the Wolfe Tones defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WOLFE TONES consolidated their Clare SHC status in rousing fashion when firing the last eight points in a remarkable final derby twist
Flawless finish boosts Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Jack Daly hopes
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Daryn Callinan is tackled by Aaron Brennan of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONTRASTING fortunes unsurprisingly didn’t change for the final stanza of Group 3 as Kilmurry Ibrickane maintained their perfect start to this year’s championship with a fifteen-point win over Wolfe Tones.