Ennistymon and West Clare Gaels fly Clare Féile flag

ENNISTYMON and West Clare Gaels will represent Clare at this weekend’s national Féile in Derry.
Ennistymon will compete in Division 4 this weekend, having won the national Division 5 title last year. Most of last year’s winning panel are eligible again. Ennistymon are captained by Ross O’Doherty, while their management team is Michael Rouine, Brendan O’Doherty and Gerry Murphy. 
Ennistymon will play their host club, St Oliver Plunkett’s on Friday at 1.30pm, while on Saturday at 9.30am, they play Saughanvale from Derry followed by a tie against Louth champions, St Mary’s, Ardee, at 12.30pm. Ennistymon will be staying in Greenlough, south-east Derry, for the weekend.
Ennistymon beat Cratloe in the Clare Féile final. The following panel was on duty that evening:
Dara McInerney; Conor Murphy, Cian McInerney, John Murphy; Conor Dillon, David Mescall, David McNamara; Seán Rouine, Conor Murphy; Aidan McCarthy, Ross O’Doherty, Patrick O’Rourke; Cian Shannon, Eoin Fitzgerald, Cillian Rouine, Matthew Davenport, Tiernan Hogan, Darren Cullinan, Conor Malone, Daniel Considine, Michael Vaughan, Gary Twomey and Niall Canavan.
Meanwhile, West Clare Gaels, who will compete in Féile for the first time, will be hosted by Eunnan’s Letterkenny. The Ciara Harvey, Shauna Harvey and Deirdre Kenny-managed team will play their host club on Friday at 1.30pm, followed by a game on Saturday at 10.25am against Naomh Conaill from Donegal. West Clare Gaels’ final group game will be against Kilkenny City on Saturday at 11.50am. All of their group games will be hosted by St Eunan’s.
West Clare Gaels beat Doora-Barefield in the Clare final, winning a close final 1-3 to 1-1.
The West Clare Gaels panel is Megan Downes (captain), Ruth Ferguson, Patricia Foran, Leah Daly, Chloe Elderfield, Sarah Marrinan, Róisín Brew, Siobhán Brew, Caoimhe Harvey, Hannah Murphy, Fidelma Marrinan, Michelle Marrinan, Aoife Lynch, Laura Gibson, Aoife McMahon, Sophie Corbett, Aoife Hassett, Ailish McMahon, Maeve Hanrahan, Leah Harte and Saoirse Lardner.