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Littlewoods National Camogie League Division 3 Group 2 Round 1 Limerick v Clare at Kilmallock, 2pm (John Horgan, Cork) DRIVEN by a valid sense of injustice having been unceremoniously ejected from last year’s All-Ireland Premier Junior Champion-ship, Clare are determined to cherish every minute of this year’s season. After contesting the 2019 All-Ireland Semi-Finals against eventual champions Kerry in Cusack Park, Clare harboured legitimate hopes of a historic breakthrough with their second team. However, with the tightening of government restrictions dictating that only one team per county would be permitted to field in the All-Ireland Camogie Championships, the Banner’s 2020 hopes fell on stony ground. Coming only days after a rousing opening group victory over Offaly, it was a devastating means of bowing out of the campaign according to joint-manager Ann-Marie McGann. “It was quite a sickener I can tell you. We really thought that we could go far in the championship so to see Armagh winning it, a team …
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