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St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-14 Corofin 1-12 Clare senior football championship, group 2 round 2 While it was far from straight-forward, for the first time in 26 years St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield have won their opening two matches in the county senior football championship following a relieving triumph over Corofin in Cusack Park on Saturday afternoon. That 1998 burst catapulted the then intermediate champions into a first senior semi-final in a century but ironically this time the Parish aren’t even assured of a quarter-final berth. What is certain is that they will be contesting the business end and not the relegation series, a fate that’s not as clearcut for opponents Corofin following back-to-back reverses. The result was merited though as St Joseph’s had led from start to finish and were as much as seven clear by the midway mark and still six in front by the turn of the last quarter. But it would prove an exceedingly tense run-in after Donagh Vaughan’s …

Senior Football Championship Round 3 Group 2 St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield v Kilrush Shamrocks at Cusack Park Ennis, Sunday 4pm Bouncing back from deflating opening performances, both Doora/Barefield and Kilrush unquestionably exceeded expectations last time out albeit with contrasting results. The Parish brushed off an underwhelming eight point reverse to St Breckan’s to take their frustrations out on Kilmihil by a whopping 16 points and that will have provided a huge jolt of confidence to their young squad in what is the club’s first year back at senior level since 2018. Equally, there was much to like about Kilrush’s spirit and application to certainly make life extremely uncomfortable for a St Breckan’s side that was expected to steamroll the Shams. However, the time for moral victories and valiant performances in defeat are over as with two teams getting the chop this year from senior level, this group more than most knows the heartache of having to rebuild in the second tier, …