*Peter Duggan is fouled by Mikey Casey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHITEGATE’s Andrew Fahey is well positioned to offer a view on how the Munster championship meeting of Clare and Limerick will proceed on Sunday.
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SO FAR, the 2024 hurling season has been relatively successful for Mark Rodgers.
Patrick Garry and Philip Brigdale were the winners of the men’s fourball in Ennis at the weekend.
*Clare goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARECASTLE’s Ger O’Loughlin, a two-time All-Ireland medal winner with Clare who subsequently managed the county team is “satisfied Clare have ticked all the boxes” heading into Sunday’s eagerly awaited Munster senior hurling championship opening tie.
*Cian Galvin strikes under pressure. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARECASTLE’s Cian Galvin is five years on the county senior hurling panel but is still considered one of the ‘new kids on the block’ on the starting team.
*Cathal Malone. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers are expecting a defining seven day period in their season when they begin their championship campaign at home to Limerick before travelling to Cork for the second round.
*Clare’s Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill For the first time in over a decade Coolmeen’s Cathal O’Connor won’t be travelling to Fraher Field in Dungarvan on this Saturday as a member of the Clare senior football panel.
*Shane O’Donnell takes on Darragh O’Donovan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WINNING the Allianz National Hurling League title could be “a blessing or a curse” for Clare’s hurlers, former Limerick hurler Niall Moran maintained.
*Joey Rouine charges out of defence for Ennistymon. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography AFTER three rounds in the FutureTicketing Cusack Cup, Ennistymon and St Joseph’s Miltown remain unbeaten.
A MACHETE is understood to have been among the weapons brandished in a Clarecastle store during an attack on Sunday morning.
