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‘Being part of the club is special’

FOOTBALL is special in Doonbeg and every parishioner wants to be part of the club. That’s the way it has been for as long as current senior team captain Colm Dillon can remember.“Being part of the club is special. We were brought up to support the club in the way our parents and our neighbours did. We see that when we finish playing, we will carry on the work they have done and that is reflected in the way those of us who are based away from the parish and the county return week in week out to represent the club. It’s taken for granted that we would do that. It is something that is bred in us,” said Dillon.A secondary school teacher in Piper’s Hill College in Naas, the Doonbeg skipper was educated at Doonbeg National School, St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee, St Flannan’s and UL.He developed a love of football at an early age.“When I started to play …

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Lissycasey remain senior

Lissycasey  2-7   O’Curry’s  0-8Lissycasey will compete at senior level in 2011 as a result of a merited win over O’Curry’s in the senior championship relegation play-off at Labasheeda on Saturday.

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Gaels girls set up Munster final date

West Clare Gaels  4-13   Athea (Limerick)  2-8An emphatic first-half display helped Clare senior champions West Clare Gaels into the Munster intermediate final the weekend after next, where they will meet Cork champions, Roscarbery.

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