*Wolfe Tones captain John Guilfoyle lifts the Paddy Browne Cup. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. WOLFE TONES have bounced back to the Clare senior hurling championship after edging out Tubber by the smallest of margins in dramatic circumstances.
*Patrick Finnernan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LEINSTER champions Kilkenny stand in Clare’s way of making back to back All-Ireland minor hurling finals for the first time.
*Seán Óg Kilkenny. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s minor hurlers have booked their place in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland championship with a powerful final quarter seeing them overcome Wexford.
*Liam Murphy’s shot is blocked. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S minor hurlers have lost to out to Tippeary in the Munster final and were in the process dethroned as provincial champions.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s minor hurlers will line out in the Munster final for the third year in succession.
*Clare’s Graham Ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare are within touching distance of a third consecutive Munster Minor Final after a goalrush maintained their perfect defence of their provincial and All-Ireland crowns in FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles.
*Patrick Finnernan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A final flourish of the last five points finally protected Clare’s perfect start to this year’s Munster Minor Hurling Championship in what was an unconventional Shannonside derby in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.
*The Clare U16 girls side. There was disappointment for Clare schoolboys/girls soccer last week as three teams representing the league suffered defeat in National finals which were played at the University of Limerick on Saturday.
*Wolfe Tones captain John Guilfoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WOLFE TONES boss Conor Dolan struggled to comprehend how they finished with thirteen men in their third championship defeat of this season.
*Newmarket Celtic kitman, Owen McCarthy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC kitman, Owen McCarthy is hoping to cap off his fifteenth season in the role by the club winning back the Premier Division to go alongside the FAI Junior Cup.
