Getting to the final a great achievement for Kilmurry Ibrickane – McCarthy
*Ciara McCarthy of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING the Clare senior ladies final is “a big jump but a great achievement for Kilmurry Ibrickane”.
*Ciara McCarthy of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING the Clare senior ladies final is “a big jump but a great achievement for Kilmurry Ibrickane”.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Chloe Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOR KILMURRY Ibrickane captain Chloe Moloney playing for her club means everything.
*Joshua Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE have contested nine of the last seventeen senior championship finals, make it eleven if replays are included but Sunday will be a first decider in the top tier for Joshua Moloney.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAVID EGAN has married into a staunch Éire Óg family and on Sunday he tows the line as the Kilmurry Ibrickane manager looking to stop the Ennis club from winning a third Jack Daly in four seasons.
*Niall Hickey and Patrick O’Connor. FROM THEIR appointment as joint managers of the Kilmurry Ibrickane senior ladies football team eighteen months ago, getting to a first ever county final at this level was the target for Niall Hickey and Patrick O’Connor.
*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.
*Darren O’Neill prepares to take on Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHOWPIECE events in the Clare football calendar take pride of place this Saturday and Sunday with silverware to be claimed in the senior and intermediate football championships.
*Oisin Donnellan in action against Barry Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE’s senior hurling championship final has been refixed to take place on Bank Holiday Monday.
*Rian Considine takes on Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE’s reign as Clare senior football champions was ended by a sharper Kilmurry Ibrickane in Saturday’s semi-final with long-serving manager Colm Colllins left lamenting how they gave away possession cheaply for the concession of three goals.
*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.