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In the euphoric minutes after Na Piarsaigh added the Munster club title to their first Limerick championship, Seán Stack looked as light on his feet as he did in his heyday with Sixmilebridge and Clare.

From 1995 and 2000 inclusive, Clare’s senior hurling champions went on to win the provincial title, making it six Munster senior club hurling titles in succession.

Rice College   2-7    Coláiste an Spiorad Naomh   2-4Rice College Ennis were crowned Munster Colleges Corn Iognaid Rís champions (under 16½C) at Ballyhea in Cork on Wednesday when they overcame the challenge of Coláiste an Spiorad Naomh from Bishopstown in Cork.

Clare GAA County Board has pledged its full backing for the new health initiative Off the Booze and On the Ball, which received its local launch this week.

THE worth of camogie, ladies’ football and the GAA are completely taken for granted, according to Clare camogie chairperson Orla Considine, who said this should not be the case.

St Mary’s Nenagh   1-12   St Flannan’s, Ennis   1-8THERE was heartbreak for St Flannan’s on Saturday in Nenagh when they went down to St Mary’s, Nenagh in the Munster Colleges Camogie Senior A final replay.

Clarecastle man Oisín McGrath has been selected European Lifesaver of the Year by French lifesaving magazine Coureurs d’Ecume. Currently hopping around on a broken leg, Oisín is the first Irish winner of this prestigious award, which was operated on an email voting system. The 31-year-old Clare man received more than 450 votes from Ireland alone.

Former Clare and Dublin player Noelle Comyn is the new Clare ladies’ senior football manager. A native of Tubber, Noelle was appointed at a special Clare County Board meeting held on Tuesday night.