*Clare players celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE minor football manager Dermot Coughlan was a happy man at Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale last Tuesday night and he was entitled to be.
*Darragh Bohannon and Brian McNamara battle with the O’Connors, Diarmuid and Joe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s performance against Kerry in the 2024 Munster senior football final proved that they are entitled to play at this level.
*Tensions simmer over during the meeting of Clarecastle and Tubber. Photograph: Chris Copley INAGH/KILNAMONA and Clarecastle are still unbeaten following the fifth round in Division 1A and 1B of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup.
*Steven McGann celebrates scoring the winning goal in extra time. Photograph: Joe Buckley Avenue United and Steven McGann produced a remarkable final five minutes in extra time in this Clare Cup semi-final at Frank Healy Park this Saturday evening.
*Clare’s Conor Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S U20 hurlers have put themselves on the cusp of qualifying for the Munster semi-final after recording a nineteen point win over Waterford
*Ger Quinlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A Clare midfielder for over a decade Ger Quinlan is well versed on what is required facing into championship action.
*David Reidy tries to get away from Seán O’Donoghue. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORK’s discipline let them down as they lost out to Brian Lohan’s Clare in the second round of the Munster SHC.
*Clare’s Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s leaders in the dressing room guided their recovery from the opening round defeat to Limerick to bounce back and overcome Cork by two points, forward Mark Rodgers revealed.
*Ken Ralph congratulates Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s character came to the fore in bouncing back to record their first win of this year’s Munster championship, selector Ken Ralph maintained.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN outstanding second half performance saw Clare capture the Daryl Darcy cup and victory in the phase 1 Munster minor football championship at Rathkeale.
