2023 All Ireland Junior winner Sinead Hogg is a mainstay at the heart of the …
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At a well-attended meeting last week, Clare Camogie Board unveiled their plans for a showcase weekend in the county on the October Bank Holiday weekend.
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Clare 2-17 Kilkenny 2-11 Inspired by an outstanding defence, Clare outplayed Kilkenny in a thrilling All-Ireland U-21 hurling final at Semple stadium in Thurles on Saturday evening. Apart from the second quarter, Clare dominated this tie and were full value for their six-point winning margin, which saw them bridge a three-year gap to their only previous success in this championship.A blistering opening ten minutes saw Clare take a six-point lead but they struggled to maintain it and, in the second quarter, were under pressure from the pre-match favourites.Kilkenny captain Kevin Kelly gave his side the lead after just 30 seconds but Cathal McInerney, Cathal O’Connell and Seadna Morey hit back with points by the fourth minute. O’Connell, the game’s top scorer who was later named as the man of the match, had the first goal of this cracking contest in the sixth minute, finishing superbly after being put clear by team captain Conor McGrath. Colm Galvin and Patrick O’Connor added …
Read More »Cratloe 0-14 Liscannor 0-12 (after extra time) Epic. That’s one of the few words that could come anywhere close to describing this pulsating 80 minutes of passion-fuelled championship football. Played under Cooraclare floodlights, Cratloe eventually managed to squeeze past Liscannor, who may have lost the game but gained the lasting respect of everybody present on Wednesday evening.Cramp caught several of their players in the second half of extra time but they had proven long before that, that their heart was beating loudly. While Cratloe are still in the championship and will play Kilmurry Ibrickane in Sunday’s quarter-final, they emerged from the battle of their lives in this one.Liscannor simply tore into their opponents, tackled as if they didn’t mind if it was the last act they committed on this planet, kicked some superb scores and were very close to causing a huge shock. What made this a memorable evening of football, where the hits were hard but mostly fair, was …
Read More »Clare lifesavers were among Ireland’s fittest at the National Surf Lifesaving Championships at Rossnowlagh Beach, Donegal, on Saturday last. Competing in challenging open water conditions to rescue simulated ‘casualties’ in a testing swim, board rescue, surf ski races and ocean man events, the winning teams from Clare fended off strong competition from Donegal, Sligo, Galway and Wexford.In the overall event for the President’s Cup, the Clare men’s team emerged as winners, with the ladies’ team taking second place.Best individual results came from Bernard Cahill, Ciara Gleeson, Katie Shannon, Rory Sexton and Oisín McGrath, with best masters performances from Norma Cahill and Sinéad Mortell.Among the Clare competitors at the national competitions were Bernard Cahill, Dylan Barrett, Oisín McGrath, Colm Fitzgerald and Norma Cahill, who are selected to attend and compete at the World Lifesaving Championships in Australia next November.The Clare results are listed below.Flags event: 1 Rory Sexton; 2 Adam McEvoy; 3 Colm Fitzgerald. Women’s sprint: 2 Ciara Donnelly. Men’s sprint: …
Read More »Clooney-Quin 2-10 Doora-Barefield 1-3 CLOONEY-Quin U-14 footballers secured the Bord Na nÓg Division 3 football title on Wednesday evening at Clareabbey when they overcame Doora-Barefield in an entertaining final. This is Doora-Barefield’s second U-14 team and the first time any club’s second team has reached a major county final at underage level. Their first team had already reached the semi-final of the U-14 Division 1 Championship, which reflects the excellent work done at this level by former county player, Kilrush native Peader McMahon.After captain Killian Donovan won the toss and elected to play with the wind, the Clooney-Quin boys swept up the field from the throw-in and released full-forward Darragh Ryan who found the net. Stephen Frain quickly added a point from play. Hard-working Harry McCarthy was next to raise a white flag and he was joined on the scoresheet by wing-back Daniel Griffin, who kicked over the crossbar from distance. The other first-half scores for the winners came …
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Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-10 St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield 0-6 THE €10 handed over by the people who attended The Clare Champion-sponsored Cusack Cup final in Kilmihil last Sunday evening wasn’t the wisest note they’ve ever spent. While Kilmurry-Ibrickane went home with the cup still in their possession, the paying customers were presented with a turgid, stop-start game, which produced 54 frees evenly split, a red card each and a combined eight yellow cards. St Joseph’s kicked just two points from play and Kilmurry didn’t score from play in the first half, which imparts some further evidence that this was not thrill-a-minute stuff. A minute or so after Ivor Whyte kicked wind-assisted St Joseph’s in front, Kilmurry centre-back, Paul O’Connor was sent off on a straight red card following an incident with Greg Lyons. St Joseph’s Seán Flynn had hit the Kilmurry man with a fair shoulder seconds before the incident involving Lyons and O’Connor, which happened in front of the stand. It seemed …
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Banner Ladies 5-16 Cooraclare 0-5 Ireland hockey international Naomi Carroll inspired Banner Ladies to capture their fourth Clare Senior Football Championship crown in five years with an impressive tally of 4-2. Cooraclare had no answer to the scintillating display of the Banner Ladies’ corner-forward, who simply tormented their defence with four superb goals and tireless support play for her colleagues, despite spraining her left ankle before the game. By the time Carroll had rattled the net for the third time in the 21st minute to put Banner Ladies 3-3 to 0-1 ahead, Cooraclare were already facing the prospect of a heavy defeat.Pre-match expectations of a competitive senior decider proved wide of the mark as a disjointed Cooraclare outfit never scaled the heights of their encouraging eight-point win over 2010 champions West Clare Gaels in the semi-final.While Banner Ladies were hotly fancied to put two titles back-to-back, no ladies’ football pundit would have predicted a 26-point victory for the Ennis-based outfit …
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Clarecastle 8-17 Parteen St Nicholas 0-1 Unbeaten Clarecastle cruised to their first adult ladies’ football title after a clinical demolition of rank outsiders Parteen St Nicholas in Miltown on Sunday. Munster U-14 doubles champion Doireann Murphy came off the bench early in the second half to put the game beyond St Nicholas’ reach with three well-taken goals.In spite of finishing with 3-1, Doireann still didn’t manage to collect the player of the game award, which was deservedly won by another talented Magpies ladies’ footballer, Lauren Tuohy.Still U-15, Tuohy excelled throughout with great workrate and intensity as well as some excellent point taking. These are just two of the promising young Magpies footballers who captured their first underage trophy by defeating Miltown in the Division Four Championship final.Overall, Clarecastle were just too strong in virtually every position of the field for the gallant Parteen, who tried hard to keep up with their superior opponents.Trailing by 2-6 to 0-1 at the interval, …
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Éire Og 3-8 Corofin-Ruan 1-8 ‘THE Townies are back’ was the chant from the Éire Óg supporters when their favourites won the U-16A hurling crown for the first time since 2000 at Clarecastle on Sunday afternoon. Corofin-Ruan started the brighter and were three points ahead after 10 minutes when Fergus Killeen looking really dangerous at centre-forward. Eoin Clancy was dominant at midfield. However, Éire Óg settled and were ahead by the 20th minute with their half-forward line of O’Connor, O’Halloran and O’Connell really coming into the game.In the 22nd minute, Michael Kelly goaled for Corofin/Ruan to help them regain the lead. In the 26th minute of the first half, Éire Óg corner-forward Tadhg Connellan scored a goal when the ball rebounded off Corofin/Ruan goalie Conor O’Loughlin, after a great shot by Liam Lynch. This left the half-time score at 1-5 to 1-4 in favour of the winners.Corofin/Ruan were dealt three killer blows in the second half. The town side had …
Read More »Inagh-Kilnamona 3-11 Wolfe Tones 2-12 IN this U-16A Shield final played in Newmarket-on-Fergus on Sunday evening, Inagh-Kilnamona and Wolfe Tones played out a thrilling match that kept the crown on tender hooks right to the final whistle. The underfoot conditions were quite heavy but this did not hamper the teams, who delivered a high-quality game in what has turned out to be a very competitive U-16 championship.The Inagh-Kilnamona side availed of a fairly stiff breeze in the first half and were much more dominant in their play, scoring a succession of fine points, especially from frees by their centre-back Jason McCarthy. A scrambled goal left them in pole position leading at the short whistle on a scoreline of 1-9 to 0-3.Some positional changes to the Wolfe Tones team at half-time turned the tide for the airport side, who dominated the exchanges in the second half and enjoyed a purple patch, scoring some superb points from play and some wonderful, long-range …
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Broadford 2-11 Cratloe 0-10 BROADFORD won the U-16C Championship with an impressive second half display against Cratloe at Clarecastle at noon on Sunday. Broadford were slow to start but with the outstanding Darren Chaplin goaling in the 15th minute, it brought Broadford to life. The teams were level 1-4 (Broadford) to 0-7 at the break. The first five points of the second half went to Broadford with Darren Chaplin (3) and two from the impressive midfielder Diarmuid O’Brien. Cratloe only scored three points in the second half with Michael Danagher scoring two fine frees and Páudí Earls scoring from play in the 18th minute. Broadford dominated the last 10 minutes and when substitute John Skeahan found the net in the 27th minute, the cup was well on its way to Broadford.Broadford: Eoghan Daly; Eoin Donnellan, Diarmuid Whelan; Eoghan Mason, Sean Phelan, Cathal O’Connell; Paul Moloney, Diarmuid O’Brien; Paul Doyle, Shane Keniry, Darren Chaplin; Matthew Troy, Michael Hogan.Subs: John Skehan, Jack …
Read More »Feakle 2-8 Kilmaley 2-6 FEAKLE and Kilmaley met in the first round of this minor championship, with Feakle emerging victorious. With only two points between the teams on that occasion, another close affair was expected. Neither team disappointed and the outcome of this game was in doubt until the final whistle. It took seven minutes before the first score was registered, a point for Kilmaley. Feakle followed quickly when Aoife Dillon popped over a point from play. Kilmaley added three points before Feakle struck for goal. A free from Aoife Dillon landed on the edge of the square and was finished to the net by Samantha O’Connor. Kilmaley finished this half the stronger, adding 1-1 to their first-half tally, while Feakle registered a point from a free by Vera Loughnane. When Kilmaley rattled the net from the throw-in to put six points between the teams, it was difficult to see a comeback from Feakle. However, this was to be the …
Read More »Clooney-Quin 1-3 Kilkishen 0-5 CLOONEY-Quin defeated Kilkishen by the narrowest of margins in a very entertaining Minor B Shield final at Shannon camogie field on Saturday. The teams were evenly matched throughout and it was a goal from Clooney-Quin’s Jessica Leamy after a great burst through the middle by Aisling Corbett five minutes before half-time, which was to prove the decisive score of the game.
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WITH their third victory in as many outings, Brian O’Mahony and his co-driver, John Higgins (Subaru WRC) moved into the lead in the Dunlop National Rally Champions hip courtesy of their victory in the Auburn Lodge Hotel Clare Rally, the penultimate round of the series. The Cork/Mayo pairing finished 19 seconds in front of the similar S11 Subaru WRC of Monaghan’s, Niall Maguire/Enda Sherry. Kevin Kelleher/Ger Conway, in an S9 Subaru WRC, were 57 seconds further behind in third.Pre-event Dunlop series leaders, Thomas Fitzmaurice/Fionn Foley retired their Subaru with transmission troubles on the fifth stage. The Kerry crew are six points behind O’Mahony/Higgins. Maguire/Sherry remain in contention for the Vard Memorial Trophy, they are 10 points behind the new leaders. The series will be decided on the Donegal Harvest Rally on October 13.Meanwhile, Frank Kelly and co-driver, Liam Brennan (Escort), who finished fifth overall, clinched the inaugural Dunlop Mk 2 Champions Trophy, Colm Murphy/Don Montgomery (Subaru) secured the Motorsport Safety …
Read More »NOEL Pyne won the Greg Young Memorial Trophy at Lahinch at the weekend when he had one shot to spare over Michael Burns. The Ennis man returned a score of 148 for the competition, which took place on the Castle Course on Friday and the Championship Course on Saturday. In third place was Ger Vaughan on 153.In the nett category, the winner was Declan Broughan with 135, from Gerry O’Mahony on a similar score with Ronan Murphy one stroke back in third spot.John McDonnell won the net on Friday with 66, while Pat Dunne won this category on Saturday.In the gross section on Friday, Ger O’Shea was the winner with 70, while Rupert Staunton won this category on Saturday on 76.Jerry Keohane won the over 60s’ section with 137, while Joe Carney won the over 70s with 140.In the men’s singles Stableford competition on Saturday, the winner was John Shannon (21) with 46 points from Bert Gleeson (16) with a …
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2023 All Ireland Junior winner Sinead Hogg is a mainstay at the heart of the Clon defence and after a monumental battle with Eimear Bourke and Cait Devane she is ready to push on and claim the biggest camogie prize in Munster. ” Today wasn’t easy and the body is sore. It was a serious battle and in fairness to both teams it was a war of attrition. We had to just try and stay in the game at different stages because their six forwards are unbelievable players and can hurt you in the blink of an eye. It’s great to have that half back line in front of you cutting out the supply which makes it a bit easier for us in the full back line though and I think we did quite well. We were fully focused on delivering not only a performance but delivering a result and thankfully we did both.” Sinead feels as a group they have …
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2023 All Ireland Junior winner Sinead Hogg is a mainstay at the heart of the Clon defence and after a monumental battle with Eimear Bourke and Cait Devane she is ready to push on and claim the biggest camogie prize in Munster. ” Today wasn’t easy and the body is sore. It was a serious battle and in fairness to both teams it was a war of attrition. We had to just try and stay in the game at different stages because their six forwards are unbelievable players and can hurt you in the blink of an eye. It’s great to have that half back line in front of you cutting out the supply which makes it a bit easier for us in the full back line though and I think we did quite well. We were fully focused on delivering not only a performance but delivering a result and thankfully we did both.” Sinead feels as a group they have …
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Former coach to the Clare Senior set up and in his fourth year training his beloved Truagh-Clonlara Ryan Morris feels like he’s dreaming but admits this was their ultimate objective. ” I feel like I’m in a dream that I don’t want to wake up from. To see how far we’ve come from winning an Intermediate title to claiming a first ever McMahon Cup, going back to back and now a Munster final. It’s magical, it truly is. Last year we enjoyed celebrating after the County championship and the buzz around the place was incredible. The whole day out against Sarsfields was also really special but in truth we let the day be our focus and not the game itself. It wasn’t until we sat down to plan for this year that we felt the pain of that defeat. We set in motion a plan to retain our crown and have another crack at Munster but to do so we …
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Dr. Harty Cup Round 2 St Joseph’s Tulla 0-17 Cashel Community School 0-17 After an opening day defeat to Cork school Blackrock, the pressure was firmly on Tulla to deliver in Cappamore. Showing tremendous character against a quality Cashel side they managed to stay in the game throughout thanks to an outstanding defensive display by fullback Fionn O’Gara and a series of top drawer saves from Broadford’s Jack Lovett. It was the player affectionately known as ‘Fog’ though that towered above everyone else on the field and was quite simply majestic all afternoon. Decisive hooks, critical blocks and booming clearances were the order of the day from the Clooney-Quin player. When Cashel did manage to break through the Tulla rearguard, they met a wall of resistance in Lovett. On three occasions the netminder came to the rescue, firstly denying Briain O’Donoghue with a brave point blank save in the 15th minute, then thwarting corner-forward Ryan O’Sullivan just before the interval …
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Clare Senior Football Championship Final Éire Óg 1-10 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-6 “The Townies are back and we’re not going anywhere’ was the passionate concluding words to captain Aaron Fitzgerald’s speech as Éire Óg bounced back to Jack Daly winning ways in Cusack Park, writes Eoin Brennan. Having only lost one of their last 21 matches and that to Cratloe in last year’s semi-final after penalties, the Ennis side’s third senior crown in four years was fully merited as they rolled with the punches of a difficult day weather and opposition-wise before finishing in powerful fashion. The ‘Bricks, fueled by an intriguing mix of youth and vast title winning experience, certainly made Paul Madden’s side sweat after hitting the ground running with the first three points through Keenan Sexton (2) and Daryn Callinan. However, on a day in which they almost needed a perfect performance, crucially they coughed up possession at halfway for Mark McInerney to pick out Gavin Cooney for …
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Senior Men’s Junior League 2: Ennis RFC 26 – 6 Cobh Pirates RFC The Ennis Senior men’s rugby team were victorious 26 – 6 over Cobh Pirates during the Junior League 2. Ennis started off with a strong scrum, followed by Dylan Kenny breaking through tackles to score a converted score under the posts. Ennis’ defence stood firm and soon Joey Keane managed a huge steal with the Cobh Pirates just short of the try line. At the end of the first-half, the opposition scored a penalty, bringing the half-time score to 7 – 3. At the start of the second-half, the Cobh Pirates scored another penalty. With the score at 7 – 6, Ennis increased their defence and attack, allowing Cian Guilfoyle to score Ennis’ second try. Brendan Keane scored their third try, converted by Kenny, after a dominant Ennis scrum. With the game almost over and the Cobh Pirates on the attack, Guilfoyle intercepted on the halfway line …
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Junior C camogie final Banner 1-9 Wolfe Tones 0-9 Novel could best describe this meeting on Saturday afternoon last between Wolfe Tones and Banner in the Junior C camogie final that drew a sizable attendance to Father McNamara park. Wolfe Tones with an experienced group of players faced up to a youthful Banner side with many dual players. Both sides had freetakers of a standard far higher than Junior C as Ciara Meehan and Sarah McEvoy shared a dozen scores over the hour. Wolfe Tones netminder Anna Brennan retired injured after 15 minutes as the Shannon side started slowly and didn’t score until the 17th minute from McEvoy with Laura Meaney adding a second Tones scores a minute later. Two further scores from Wolfe Tones in the final minutes of the half left them on four points, one behind Banner at the interval. Ciara Meehan was excellent from placed balls and missed just one over the hour. Half-time Banner (0-5) …
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Junior B football final Clodegad 2-11 Banner 2-8 A season of underachieving in the view of both clubs in the Intermediate championship came to an adult end in Lissycasey on Sunday afternoon in the Junior B county final decider. As with most Junior finals it can be a hazardous task to allocate a favourites tag so all was up for grabs before what was a disappointing following from the two clubs. Scores were hard to come by the opening quarter with the two sides sharing a paltry five points as Clondegad led (0-3) to (0-2) before Ciaran Connelly struck for the first of four goals in the game. Within two minutes Banner had cut the lead of Clondegad to the minimum with their first goal as long time performer Fiachra Hayes who started in place of William Bello was their shooter. Clondegad full forward Oisin Griffin won a high ball and his breaking ball was doubled to the net by …
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Junior A football semi-final Michael Cusacks 1-9 Éire Óg 0-8 Renowned Michael Cusack’s defender Kevin Fawle is not recognised as a goalscorer but should ultimate success come the way of the men from the Burren and Belharbour they will look back at Fawle’s 50th minute goal as one of the decisive moments of the year. Éire Óg will have left Corofin with deep regrets posting perhaps their least effective showing of the season that was well below their quarter-final showing against Cooraclare as Michael Cusack’s were very fortunate to get extra time before dispatching the challenge of St Breckan’s second string. Éire Óg opened the scoring with goalkeeper Cian Howard kicking over their first score from a free and he added a second free after eight minutes. Domhnall McMahon operating at full forward with others pulled out kicked over Michael Cusack’s first score just before Jack McGann and McMahon once more were on the scoresheet after 13 minutes to take the …
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Senior camogie relegation final St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 2-9 Sixmilebridge 1-10 There was heartbreak for Sixmilebridge and jubilation for St Joseph’s in equal measure in Clooney on Saturday afternoon. Relegation to Intermediate camogie for the Bridge who in a bygone era won multiple championships as St Joseph’ chasing their first maintained their status and once more are the only Clare club to possess four senior GAA, Camogie and LGFA sides. With the LGFA county final on the horizon for St Joseph’s they did not want a low note to be played in the run up with relegation from senior camogie and set out their stall early with (2-2) in the opening half with Ciara Duggan and Siobhan Flynn scoring (1-1 each). Chloe Morey hit back between the 14th and 18th minutes with (1-2) to keep Sixmilebridge in contact as Olivia Phelan had initiated the scoring for Sixmilebridge after four minutes. Determined tackling by both sets of defenders ensured a low scoring contest as …
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Blackwater Community School, Lismore 2-16 St. Joseph’s Tulla 0-20 St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla suffered an agonising two-point reverse in their Harty Cup Group 3 campaign on Wednesday afternoon. The defat, at the hands of a pacy Blackwater Community School from Lismore, leaves them under pressure to advance to the knockout stages. For all that Tulla did well in this contest, a sloppy start proved detrimental to their chances in Kilmallock, falling eight points behind inside the opening quarter. It was a position that the students, coached by Terence Fahy, Aidan Harte and Tomás Kelly couldn’t recover from fully. Even when they were on top and looked like taking the lead, they were hit with a sucker punch of a goal that filled the Lismore confidence heading into the second half. Indeed, a stunning save from Billy Murphy in the Lismore goal denied them a potential game changing goal, with Darragh White having to settle for a point instead. The …
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IN a statement this afternoon Clare LGFA announced the appointment of Listowel’s Graham Shine as the new Intermediate team manager for the coming season. The former Limerick and Kerry Ladies manager has been appointed for two years, with an option of a third, in charge of the county’s flagship side. Board Chairman Sean Lenihan advised that there were a number of applicants for the post from both within and outside the County and thanked the unsuccessful candidates for their interest in the position. He outlined Shine’s extensive experience at Club and County level over many years and wished him and his backroom team well over the next couple of years starting soon with preparation for Clare’s return to Division 2 of the National Football League commencing in mid-January. A qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor, Shine was part of former Manager Wayne Freeman’s Backroom Team last year so he knows the panel of players involved here to date. He has …
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Clare’s interest in the Munster Junior (Under 17) Post-Primary Schools Football Championships have been reduced to five after a busy week of derbies in all five grades. St Joseph’s Spanish Point (C), St John Bosco Community College, Kildysart (D) and Under 17E trio St Michael’s Community College Kilmihil and St Patrick’s Comprehensive School, Shannon and Ennis Community College who are due to face each other this morning (Thursday) in Wolfe Tones at 10.45am are the only schools left in the first provincial championship of the 2024/25 season. The Frewen Cup is destined to return to Kerry for another year after St Flannan’s College bowed out at the quarter-final stage to St Michael’s Listowel by 1-13 to 1-09 in The Bog Garden in Rathkeale on Wednesday afternoon. Trailing by 1-4 to 0-4 by the break, the Ennis College grabbed a lifeline on the restart when Kieran Doyle converted a penalty. With Dara Kennedy and TJ Moore dominating the engine room, Darragh …
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Junior A Camogie Championship Cup Final Crusheen v Parteen-Meelick at Fr McNamara Park Ennis, Saturday at 4pm (Kevin Walsh, Wolfe Tones) Momentum is the clear driving force as heavyweights Crusheen and Parteen-Meelick finally meet in earnest to decide the Junior A Camogie Championship honours. I say finally as they were forced into a dress rehearsal final group decider a fortnight ago but as expected it was merely a shadow-boxing exercise especially on the red half of the divide as Parteen-Meelick eased to a 9-27 to 0-07 win. Don’t expect the same in Fr. McNamara Park on Saturday afternoon as Crusheen, off the back of their commanding Junior A Ladies Football Final triumph over Cúil Gaels last Sunday will be determined to achieve a historic double. Parteen-Meelick were pencilled in for a ladies football final too last Saturday but being a Junior B Shield Final, they opted to put their full focus on this prestigious decider. There’s no shortage of camogie …
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Junior A Ladies’ Football Final Crusheen 3-10 – Cúil Gaels 0-14 Crusheen back at the start of the century under the management of the late Michael Cullinan possessed some of the best underage players in the county winning four Under 16A titles plus Minor, Junior A and Intermediate honours finally contested a senior final joined with Kilmihil. Time moved on, players left and lean times followed but once more Crusheen are back in the Intermediate championship for 2025 following a five-point success over Cúil Gaels in Lissycasey on Sunday evening. Cúil Gaels for their part had ample scoring chances over the course of the hour and really worried Crusheen but unfortunately from the estuary’s perspective they kicked a dozen wides as opposed to just five for the title winners. At least four of the Cúil Gael points skimmed the Crusheen crossbar much to the relief of Grace Gleeson. Yet, the matchwinner was at midfield for Crusheen, namely Anna Clancy with …
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(FAI Junior Cup) Shannon Town A 2 – Bunratty/Cratloe 1 Shannon Town inched the derby spoils to book their place in the next round of the FAI Junior Cup but it wasn’t the greatest of advertisements for an early morning kick-off in Lynch Park in Shannon on Sunday. Don’t get me wrong, all the ingredients were ripe for a memorable derby as a sizeable crowd was in attendance to witness a rare clash of these neighbours while there was the added layer of new Shannon Town manager Davy Hogan playing against his former Premier winning club. However, perhaps the players weren’t given sufficient notice of the 10:30am kick-off as the teams never really livened up until the final quarter. Amazingly, there wasn’t a shot of note throughout the entire opening period and essentially it was only with Charlie Morrison’s 68th minute penalty that this prudent tie finally opened up. It was a huge relief to hosts Shannon Town who, as …
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