*Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DEFENDERS CILLIAN BRENNAN and Manus Doherty are expected to be passed fit to line out for Clare’s senior footballers in Sunday’s Munster football final.
*Eoin Cleary leading the Clare footballers into battle. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography THIS SUNDAY, Clare are back in their first provincial final since 2012 with the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick the appointed venue after the Munster Council rejected Clare’s proposal for a home venue in Cusack Park , Ennis.
*Cian O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CIAN O’DEA is to miss Clare’s potentially season defining Munster senior football quarter-final against Cork.
*Cathal O’Connor returns from injury. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COLM COLLINS has named his starting fifteen for Clare’s crunch tie with Derry this Sunday in the Allianz National Football League.
*Stephen Ryan brings the ball away from goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHILE the siege mentality that we expected from Clare at the weekend never materialised, the Banner’s footballers will need to find their proven resilience and defiance over the final two rounds of the Allianz National Football League if they are to have any hope …
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*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONCEDING FOUR GOALS accelerated Clare’s downfall as the county footballers found themselves unable to put back to back wins together.
*Ballyea wing-forward, Cathal O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill An already novel derby final pairing between Ballyea and Éire Óg also has the distinction of being the first hurling decider to have more players with senior inter-county football experience than the hurling equivalent.
*Éire Óg’s marquee man, Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE O’DONNELL has achieved a lot in his hurling career and he hopes to fulfil a dream of claiming a Clare SHC medal as Éire Óg take on Ballyea in Sunday’s decider.
*JJ & Eva O’Dea. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SPORT is a huge part of life in the O’Dea household and this weekend will again highlight the fact that family members will have to choose which fixture to attend.
*Kilmaley’s Tommy Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There was no shortage of talking points when neighbours Kilmaley and Éire Óg did battle in the opening round of the senior hurling championship at a wet Cusack Park this Saturday evening.
