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Clare IFC Wrap Up

Clare IFC Wrap Shannon Gaels 2-11 Kilfenora 2-6 Shannon Gaels moved back into the last four of the Clare intermediate football championship after seeing off a stern test from Kilfenora. It was a fitting way for the current crop to mark one the greatest achivements of the past with last Sunday marking 50 years since the Gaels were last crowned senior football champions. Their bid to get back to the top tier took its latest step with this win, as goals in either half from Darragh Bohannon and Niall Ellis proved the crucial scores, with Ellis helping himself to 1-3 over the course of the hour. The opening quarter was lively with the Gaels holding the lead by minimum at the first water break. It was Kilfenora who raced out of the blocks as Pat Connolle got the first of his two goals to send them into an early 1-1 to 0-3 lead. Shannon Gaels recovered well to notch the …

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Taafe To Represent Clare At 2020 Martin Donnelly Puc Fada Tournament

The 2020 M. Donnelly GAA All-Ireland Poc Fada Finals were officially launched by Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, John Horan in Co. Louth today. This year’s competition is an invitational event seeing recent competitors return to the mountain in what promises to be a highly competitive field. Clare will be represented in the Men’s competition by Tubber’s Ronan Taafe. This year also celebrates one of the longest running GAA sponsorships with Cooraclare native Martin Donnelly sponsoring GAA Poc Fada for 25 years through his MD myclubshop.ie brand- A Speaking at today’s launch Uachtarán CLG John Horan said “Given all of the difficulties we have experienced with staging events this year because of the pandemic, it is uplifting to see that the significant 60th anniversary staging of An Poc Fada is in the calendar with an invitational field of talent assembled. There is great credit due to the organising committee who over the last number of years have succeeded in greatly reviving …

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Cooraclare Take Down The Champions In Clare LGFA Senior Championship

Clare LGFA Senior Championship: Cooraclare 2-6 Kilmihil 1-4 Cooraclare took a notable scalp on their first outing in the senior championship as last year’s intermediate winners took down the current title holders in their own back yard. Local rivalries meant that friendships and family links were put to one side with bragging rights at stake, and it was the Sky Blues who took them thanks to a strong finish on a difficult night for playing football. Heavy rain and wind was an ever present feature as the West Clare neighbours clashed, with the win now putting Cooraclare in pole position to seal a semi-final spot. It also means that Kilmihil’s fate is out of their own hands, with the champions now likely to face having to take the quarter-final route to defend their title. There was little to seperate the sides throughout the contest, and with less than ten minutes to play they were tied at 1-4 apiece. It was …

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Clondegad GAA Confirm All Players Tested For Covid-19 Returned Negative Results

One of the clubs in Clare affected by the recent Covid-19 outbreak has confirmed that all players tested have returned negative results. Clondegad GAA club informed Clare GAA that 18 members of their junior football panel had gone into self isolation following their championship clash with Cratloe, after one of the players from the south-east Clare club tested positive for the virus in the aftermath of that game. A statement from the club on social media read: “All Clondegad players involved in the recent junior championship game have had Covid-19 tests returned with negative results. We thank the county board and HSE for their assistance and remind everyone to remain vigilant and follow public health guidelines”,  

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Clare Camogie Round Up

Senior Championship Scariff Ogonnelloe 1-16 Truagh Clonlara 1-10 Last year’s champions Scariff-Ogonnelloe saw this game out in their fight for survival in the 2020 championship after a tough battle with Truagh in Fr. McNamara Park on Saturday. The teams exhanged early points with Mairead Scanlon putting the ball over the bar for Scariff-Ogonnelloe answered almost immediately by a point from Truagh’s Niamh Powell. The big hitters were out today with Eimear Kelly adding Truagh’s second with a long-range point from a free. Scariff-Ogonnelloe’s goalie Aisling Corbett atttempted to better than with a free from inside her own half which went narrowly wide. Opening warning shots from both teams that frees from anywhere in the park would more than likely be punished. Scanlon added her second from a placed ball from the 20-metre mark and from the puck out that followed Truagh’s Aideen Hogg found Aine O’Loughlin whose initial shot hit the post but O’Loughlin worked hard to win back possession …

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St Flannan’s Find Out Opening Opponents For Harty Cup Title Defence

St Flannan’s will have a chance to defend their Harty Cup title in the 2020/2021 season after the draws for this year’s competition were made. The Munster PPS announced that this year’s renewal will be run on a knockout basis, with title holders St Flannan’s taking on Cashel CS in the opening round. Fellow Clare outfit Tulla have been given a bye to the second round. 1 Cashel CS v St Flannans 2 St. Francis College V Our Ladys Templemore 3. Causeway Comp v DLS Waterford 4. Ardscoil Ris V St. Colmans Fermoy 5. Blackwater CS V Thurles CBS 6. Nenagh CBS V Midleton CBS 7. Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AGV CBC 8.Tulla bye   The draw was also  made for the Corn ui Mhuiri where St Flannan’s will take on DLS Macroom

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Breckans Defeat Ennistymon To Book Semi-final Spot

St Breckans 0-11  Ennistymon 0-8 LAST year’s intermediate champions St Breckans booked their spot in the last four in the race for Jack Daly with three points to spare in Cusack Park this evening. Joe McGann was the conductor of the Breckans orchestra as he landed 0-6 in total while terrorising the Ennistymon full-back line throughout. From the outset it was Breckans that dominated the exchanges as they patiently picked a way through the Ennistymon defense and regularly picked out their full forward line with accurate passes. Joe McGann and Jamie Stack in particular had the Ennistymon backs in all sorts of bother. McGann and Aiden Davidson landed early points from play while Stack ensured it took just 13 minutes for the entire full-forward line to score. McGann added a second after a beautiful mark to give Breckans a 0-3 to no score lead at the water break despite three bad wides early on. Ennistymon couldn’t penetrate the well-drilled Breckans …

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Clare Senior & Intermediate Football Championship Preview

Clare Senior Football Championship Preview Knockout championship football lies in store this weekend with the losers of the six ties in the senior and intermediate grades seeing 2020 come to an end. The first three semi-finalists in both grades will also be decided as Derrick Lynch looks ahead to a fascinating weekend in store. SFC Winners Round Kilmurry Ibrickane v Eire Óg This fixture would have made for an outstanding county final, and while Jack Daly won’t be given to the winners of this tie, it is still a must win game for both to keep that dream of lifting the famous cup alive. Eire Óg were impressive in the manner they went about their business in the opening round with a ruthless display against a young Kilrush side. The other side of that coin is that Paul Madden will have learned very little about his squad as it was a championship win at a canter. On the other hand, …

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