‘Fast football’ helps Kilmurry Ibrickane navigate way back to county 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.
*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.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CANDIDATES have been shortlisted with interviews ongoing to appoint a new Clare senior football manager.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are to be without star forward, Dermot Coughlan for their semi-final tie with Cratloe in the TUS Clare senior football championship.
KILMURRY IBRICKANE had an unexpectedly facile eleven point win over neighbours and rivals St Joseph’s Miltown to become the first of four semi-finalists in the Clare SFC.
*Brian O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN O’Connell and Dermot Coughlan are stepping down as managers of the Clare minor hurlers and footballers.
*Daragh Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are far from dead after their defeat in the first round of the Clare SFC and they’ll be hoping to spring their championship bid to life when they meet Lissycasey on Saturday evening.
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG left West Clare with two points on the board and deserving victors against a fancied Kilmurry Ibrickane on Friday evening.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EXPECTATION is always high in Kilmurry Ibrickane and after a quarter-final exit last season, the Bricks are in place to rectify this.
*Clare manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MISSED CHANCES and an abysmal finish were rued by Clare senior football manager Mark Fitzgerald as the county fell to their third successive loss in the championship.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill UNFORCED ERRORS influenced the Banner to their exit out of the All-Ireland minor football tier 2 championship with Sligo winning by six points in Cusack Park last Saturday.