*Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RONAN LANIGAN and Dermot Coughlan will make their first starts of the year for the Clare senior footballers in their crunch final round tie against Offaly on Sunday.
Aaron Griffin carries the ball beyond Daniel Lyons on the way to getting Clare’s first goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE senior football manager Peter Keane was frustrated with big decisions in their two point loss to Sligo but readily admitted their performance was too flat.
*Dermot Coughlan in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s third successive win in the National Football League sets them up for a real push at promotion to the second tier and they’ve been strengthened in their cause by the return of Dermot Coughlan.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE ended Kildare’s unbeaten run in Division 3 of the Allianz National Football League and more importantly picked up two points to keep their chances of promotion alive.
*Ciaran Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AS THEY bid to record a third victory on the trot, Clare’s senior footballers have made one change for their fourth round clash away to Sligo.
*Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s top officers have said they were “sorry” and “disappointed” that Mark Fitzgerald opted not to continue as county senior football manager for a second year.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE found it next to impossible to bypass an Éire Óg blanket in the middle third as they fell to their second county final loss in four seasons, both of which were at the hands of the Townies.
*Peter Keane. EX KERRY manager Peter Keane is to be proposed as the new Clare senior football manager.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IT’S a race against time for Kilmurry Ibrickane captain Dermot Coughlan who is doing all he can to line out in Sunday’s Clare SFC final.
*Andrew Shannon clashes with Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “FAST FOOTBALL” has been central to Kilmurry Ibrickane reaching a first Clare SFC final since 2021.
