O’Dea masterclass sends Banner Ladies into Munster final
*Niamh O’Dea celebrates. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BANNER LADIES have beaten Cork’s Mourneabbey following extra time to advance to the Munster club final.
*Niamh O’Dea celebrates. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BANNER LADIES have beaten Cork’s Mourneabbey following extra time to advance to the Munster club final.
*Clare manager, Wayne Freeman. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography WAYNE FREEMAN is plotting the downfall of his native Kildare as he bids to seal an All-Ireland title for Clare’s ladies footballers in his first season as manager.
*Niamh O’Dea is among the high-profile absentees from the Clare squad. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE ladies football manager, Wayne Freeman says his “hands are tied” when it comes to the absence of players from Banner Ladies and Kilmihil from his county panel.
*Clare intermediate ladies football manager, Evan Talty. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography To get to the All-Ireland intermediate ladies football championship final this season Clare will have to beat the highest ranked team in the competition in this Sunday’s semi-final.
*Aoibheann Malone. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Banner Ladies were literally powerless to stop Mourneabbey from completing a third successive victory over the Clare champions in Mallow on Sunday afternoon.
*Clare’s Roisin Looney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s business end hoodoo continued on Sunday as an experienced Westmeath clung on for a second successive All-Ireland Semi-Final spot in Tuam Stadium, Galway this afternoon.
Clare cemented a place in the business end of the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship for a seventh successive season after a convincing victory over Fermanagh on Sunday afternoon.
Clare’s ladies footballers have sealed their place in the TG4 All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2016.
Clare’s chances of progressing to the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate semi-finals will be decided in the final round of Group 4 after they kept their hopes alive with victory over Laois.
Clare’s opening round encounter with Kildare in the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate ladies football championship “was a game we definitely left behind us,” manager James Murrihy felt.