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ÉIRE Óg won their first game of the U-16A championship when they comprehensively defeated Ennistymon 4-12 to 0-6 in their return game. A week earlier, Ennistymon had beaten the Ennis team.

A request from Miltown St Joseph’s GAA to be allowed host the Clare senior football final in 2012 was turned down.

JOE Hayes’ on-field input at Dr Cullen Park lasted all of 18 seconds. Carlow’s first attack culminated with corner-forward Derek Hayden contesting a dropping ball with the Lissycasey man.

Clare      0-20Antrim  0-12Having struggled to stay ahead of visitors Antrim in the first half of this Division 1B hurling tie at Cusack Park on Sunday, Clare took command of the game in the second period and emerged as deserving winners

VISITORS entering a South-East Clare village this week could be forgiven for thinking they had been transported to Kilkenny as black and amber flags are at full mast.

IN a space of 50 years, many moments of the game will have slipped the mind but one will never forget the after-match scenes and celebrations after Ennis CBS won their first and only Dr Harty Cup on March 25, 1962. The fact that it was at the expense of town rivals, St Flannan’s College, made the historic win all the more sweet.

“WITHOUT our past, how will people know who we are” – John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath.Every once in a while, a coach or manager will come along who can change the fortunes of a hurling team, be it a school team, a club or county. Such people are unique, gifted and very special. In 1960, Ennis CBS was very fortunate when Br Jim Hennessy was appointed to their teaching staff.

THE Coláiste girls, in a show of solidarity with Ennis CBS, wouldn’t even go out with the Flannan’s lads in the lead up to one of the most famous Dr Harty Cup hurling finals of all time.