*Ciaran Russell receives his award from Martin Daly. AS THEY ETCHED their names in the history books by winning a senior championship double, Ciaran Russell was once again one of the leading lights for Éire Óg to win the Martin Daly Autos/The Clare Echo player of the week.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A CIVIC RECEPTION is on the cards for Éire Óg after their senior hurlers and footballers won a historic double.
*Shane Daniels and family with the Jack Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin OVERSEEING Éire Óg’s twenty second Clare SFC success brought with it a different sense of pressure for manager Shane Daniels.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin ÉIRE ÓG painted Ennis red when winning a first senior championship double in the county town since 1929.
*Ronan Lanigan celebrates winning a fourth Clare SFC title with Éire Óg. Photograph: Ruth Griffin A CENTRAL yet understated figure in Éire Óg’s dominance of Clare football has been defender Ronan Lanigan.
*Éire Óg’s Gavin Murray. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. WINNING BACK to back Clare senior football championships was ‘something special’ for adopted Éire Óg man Gavin Murray.
*A delighted David McNamara keeps a tight grip on the Jack Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. DAVID McNamara was one of the Éire Óg super six to start in both the football and hurling finals as they claimed a historic senior championship double.
*Aaron Fitzgerald with the Jack Daly and Canon Hamilton. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG have won the senior championship double after scoring 1-8 without reply to shake off the challenge of a gutsy St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*Éire Óg manager, Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIVE-TIME Clare SFC winner as a player, Shane Daniels is bidding to win his first as manager this Sunday when Éire Óg take on neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield.
*Eoghan Thynne scores a goal for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in the first round. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield head into a first Clare SFC final in thirteen years as underdogs against champions Éire Óg but they will have no fear of taking down the holders according to one of their longest serving players.