*Shane O’Donnell dinks past Austin Gleeson. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare never needed to raise much of a gallop to brush aside a dysfunctional Waterford team, the Déise’s approach to the game was simply baffling.
*John Conlon holds off Graeme Mulcahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Unlike the players, I was mentally scarred by our visit to the Gaelic Grounds in 2019. That day, after a disappointing defeat to Tipperary in the previous round, Clare were beaten all ends up to the delight of the baying Limerick crowd.
*An aerial view of St Flannan’s College. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has given the green light to contentious HSE plans for a new €25m community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
*David McInerney and Conor Cleary in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S SENIOR HURLERS have roared back into the championship by defeating All-Ireland champions Limerick in their own back yard.
*Shane O’Donnell gets away from Ronan Maher. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As the senior hurlers of Clare and Tipperary put the finishing touches to preparations for their meeting in the opening round of the Munster championship at Cusack Park on Sunday, there is general agreement in both counties that this is a particularly important fixture, the …
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*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FORMER HURLER of the Year, Tony Kelly and two other All-Ireland senior hurling winners with Clare are opposing plans for a €25m HSE community hospital for a green field site at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
*Shane O’Donnell is back in the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE O’DONNELL will make his first appearance of the year for the Clare senior hurlers in a competitive showing this weekend while a championship debut awaits Adam Hogan.
*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE’S ADAM HOGAN is set to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this weekend.
A draw was a fair result in this final group game which had Clare and Cork level on seven occasions in a tie which produced some great excitement in the second half in particular.
*Adam Hogan is set for a successive start at corner back. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurlers are close to full strength with just two changes to the starting team for Sunday’s fourth round league tie versus Galway.
