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Clare County Council will host a homecoming for the Clare Senior Hurling Team who defeated Cork at Croke Park today to win their fifth All-Ireland Championship title. The event will take place from 6pm tomorrow, Monday, July 22, at 2024 at Active Ennis Tim Smythe Park, formerly the Fair Green, in Ennis. The players and members of the management team will be introduced to the crowd. Planned activities include big screen entertainment and musical entertainment from One September and others. Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, commented, “On behalf of Clare County Council, I want to congratulate the Clare hurlers for the pride they have brought to the people of the county with their outstanding performances in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. This year’s campaign has demonstrated the depth of sporting talent that we have in Clare. The determination, skill and fighting spirit of this group of players are a credit to our county.” According to Cllr Clare …

Clare 3-29 Cork 1-34 (AET) It was a game for the ages in 2013, and so it was once more 11 years on, that needed extra-time to separate the sides as a rampant Clare were reeled in by Cork’s determination and their own nerves in normal time before they finally found the answers in extra-time. It was a victory built on never-say-die and courage and the sorcery of Tony Kelly and the genius of Shane O’Donnell, with a supporting cast of giants that included heroes all over the field, like other veterans of 2013 such as John Conlon and David McInerney, while the young turks that have come through the ranks under Brian Lohan’s watch were huge too. In the end it was points by Kelly, Aidan McCarthy and Shane Meehan that were enough to stave a late rally via two Patrick Horgan frees as they edged home to a one-point victory that carried Clare to a fifth All-Ireland title. …