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Munster Senior Club Football Championship Quarter-Final Éire Óg v Adare at Cusack Park Ennis, Sunday 1.15pm (Conor Lane, Cork) It’s 37 years since a Limerick club knocked out Clare’s representatives on Banner soil in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. Indeed, aside from Dromcollogher/Broadford 2008 final victory over Kilmurry Ibrickane in the Gaelic Grounds, that was the sole defeat between the counties in ten clashes either side of the Shannonside divide. More pertinently for Éire Óg, their Munster Senior Club Championship debut came against the Limerick champions in Cusack Park when now selector Peter Cosgrove captained the Townies to a maiden 1-5 to 0-7 win over Fr. Casey’s. That would be their sole provincial success until Paul Madden’s new wave in 2021 that has seen the Ennis side dominate the county football landscape with three titles in four years, only one defeat in 21 championship matches and the concession of just three goals in that time. Opening Munster Championship victories …
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