*John Joe Costelloe at his home in Kildysart. Photograph: John Mangan. KILDYSART’s John Joe Costelloe has been following Clare hurling teams since 1974 and is regarded as one of the most genuine GAA supporters in the county.
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE WHEEL turns full circle for Shane O’Donnell this Sunday when eleven years after his indelible All-Ireland Final debut as a carefree teenager, he faces the same opponents at the same stage in an almost eerie decider rematch against the Rebels once more.
*Amy Colleran with her husband Tadhg Nagle during the Munster SHC meeting of Clare and Cork. QUIN’s Amy Colleran has experience of winning All-Ireland titles with Clare in Croke Park but she has had to become accustomed to cheering on her beloved county surrounded by a sea of red.
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOR ALMOST twelve months up to late May of this year, the question on all hurling followers lips wasn’t could Clare win the Munster or All-Ireland title but rather will Tony Kelly make a full recovery from the injury which saw him miss Clare’s league campaign.
*Cork manager, Pat Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORK MANAGER, PAT Ryan is expecting Clare to pose a more direct threat than Limerick as they go head to head in the All-Ireland SHC final.
*Tony Kelly gets away from Walter Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE CAPTAIN Tony Kelly never felt that Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final game was gone from them.
*Ryan Taylor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLOONEY/QUIN’s Ryan Taylor is expected to feature in Clare’s matchday panel for the first time this season.
*Mark Rodgers reacts to a missed opportunity. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There was no stopping Limerick’s historic drive for an unprecedented six-in-a-row of Munster Senior hurling crowns as Clare were made to suffer their third final defeat on the trot in FBD Sem-ple Stadium in Thurles.
*David Reidy tries to get away from Seán O’Donoghue. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORK’s discipline let them down as they lost out to Brian Lohan’s Clare in the second round of the Munster SHC.
*Ken Ralph congratulates Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s character came to the fore in bouncing back to record their first win of this year’s Munster championship, selector Ken Ralph maintained.
