Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664754#Comment_119664754

Someone made the decision not to move him onto a stretcher and into the dressing rooms. That was a medical decision I presume.

I barely caught it on television but looked like a bad landing. It didn't look like IK were going to make a comeback before it happened but you never know.

windy shepard henderson

The thing that annoys me is why don't the gaa have their own ambulance on site via civil defence or order of Malta like they they use to do

We all know the incompotance of the HSE , I once heard of a at of story where a man watching a hurling gaming mungret had to wait an hour a half for an ambulance, after a cardiac arrest, he would have been quicker walk , don't realy in the HSE for anything

Sterling Archer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664771#Comment_119664771

Ya given the severity of his injury, they were told not to move him, poor lad was in unimaginable pain.

But the main issue is the long wait for an ambulance and the lack of one on-site,

Looking at it purely from health and safety perspective we will have larger crowds at upcoming games, should always have an ambulance from Quarter finals onwards,

Also not too great by the clare champion posting that photo.. I know it was removed quickly, but even a quick glance at it and you can see it shouldn't have been put up

roashter

Semi finals

Ballyea v Cratloe

Eire Og v Sixmilebridge

Clareman

It was a double break of the bones above the ankle and a dislocated ankle, the proper decision was made not to move him, the physios/doctor that was there did all they could to keep him comfortable. I hear the calls to have an ambulance there for the match but why a quarter final and not the group games? Why just senior hurling, why not all grades? There's often an ambulance on site for big games but that's more for the crowd than for the players but to expect an ambulance to be on site for games, sorry but that's just not feasible.

Sterling Archer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119668659#Comment_119668659

Ya horrible, I thought Keating spoke well about it on clare fm today, my calls are around the crowd numbers and the medical training, where while they wouldn't have been insured or able to move J they would still be able to provide a possible higher level of medical prognosis on the pitch

Sterling Archer

Clare GAA have ordered a replay between Shannon Gaels and Kildysart in the Clare Intermediate Football Championship. Date, time and venue to be confirmed.

windy shepard henderson

If they had there way they would have ordered it last week, but they had to allow for a full investigation, joke of a situation, in fairness to referee pat Keane he had very little help on the day

Sterling Archer

Does anyone know if the 97 club finals exist anywhere on video?

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677952#Comment_119677952

Only ones you’d have rights to view would be ones either on YouTube or else sent over by someone involved in Clare GAA

If it’s an RTE archive/TG4 archive or anything like that, then forget about it unless you pay them rights fees to access

EDIT: Misread the question!!

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677952#Comment_119677952

1997 All Ireland Club Hurling Final Athenry v Wolf Tones Part 2 - YouTube

windy shepard henderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdPeVN6pAs&feature=youtu.be

bit of a crazy one in the relegation final , our lads came back 13 points down at half time to score five goals in the first 17 minutes of the second half a cormac murray goal 3 minutes from time and two excellent eoin cleary points sealed kilmihils fate and what could have been one of the greatest comebacks of all time

didnt catch any of the other games today will post the highlights when i get them later or tomorrow

Treble double

Ennistymon should be prosecuted for crimes against football but Breckans are worse for not making them pay for their anti football style.

I hope they don't get the handy draw in the semifinal because the county final would be an eyesore with them in it.

windy shepard henderson

another eventfull weekend in the clare football championship , miltown relegated kilmihil yesterday , while kilmurry ibrickane ended cratloes hopes of a double , enistymon got the better of their lisdoonvarna neighbors st breckans in the other 1/4 final

today eire og were impressive as ever in there win over clondegad , while corofin shocked lissycasey to book a semi final place with a fantastic win and are guaranteed to be seeded next year ,

intermeadite: both kildysart and cooraclare were impressive in their wins today , kildysart finally got the better of their estuary rivals after a forced replay and will play o'currys in the semi final , cooraclare were too strong for ennistymons 2nd side and progress to the final in 4 weeks time

in junior , liscannor had an impressive 1-12 to 0-10 point win over kilkee , as did kilimer over kilmurrys 2nd team they meet each other in the JFC final in two weeks time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSGIwiN1WE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1L676wRcg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zLB_EhqogA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EyyCQVL2VI

Sterling Archer

Weekend

Fri 7th Oct 22

Feakle v O'Callaghans Mills

Senior B Hurling Championship Semi Final

Sixmilebridge 8:00 PM

Sat 8th Oct 22

Ballyea v Cratloe

Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final

Cusack Park 2:30 PM

Tulla v Sixmilebridge

Intermediate Hurling Champ Semi Final

Clarecastle 4:45 PM

Clonlara v Inagh-Kilnamona

Intermediate Hurling Champ Relegation Playoff

Newmarket-on-Fergus 4:45 PM

Sun 9th Oct 22

Clooney Quin v St Joseph's Doora Barefield

U17 Championship Knockout U 17 A Final

Cusack Park 12:00 PM

Kildysart v O'Currys

Intermediate Football Champ Semi Final

Cooraclare 1:00 PM

Éire Óg Ennis v Sixmilebridge

Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final

Cusack Park 2:30 PM

St Joseph's Doora Barefield v Corofin

Intermediate Hurling Champ Semi Final

Clarecastle 4:30 PM

Áth Leathan v Clonlara

Senior B Hurling Championship Semi Final

Killaloe 4:30 PM

Camogie

Saturday 15th October 

Scariff Ogonnelloe v Truagh Clonalra 

1.00pm in Cusack Park. 

The Fr Liam Murray Cup Final 

Clarecastle/Ballyea taking on Tulla

4.00pm at Clare Camogies headquarters in Fr McNamara Park

Ladies Football

Sunday

Fergus Rovers V Kilrush

Intermediate Final

Doonbeg 12:30pm

Kilmihil v The Banner

Senior Final

Doonbeg 3.00pm

Sterling Archer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119693605#Comment_119693605

The Final is still fixed for the 16th, see that the other semi final is for this weekend.

Madness to not have it as a curtain raiser for the Senior, especially with Cooraclare being the honored team this year

callaway92

Good to see the Camogie County final will be on in Cusack Park rather than Clarecastle, McNamara Park etc.

Sterling Archer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119698870#Comment_119698870

Terrific to see it

I Just hope they don't lose the atmosphere they are used to

windy shepard henderson

well done ballyea today very good performance in fairness , it speaks volumes of the current championship structure , they were hammered in the group stages by cratloe

we really need to go back to the older format of winners and losers rounds in round 2 and 3 and ditch the boring group stages . maybe be more innovative and create an east clare hurling championship with no inter county players to be played in the summer months during the inter county championship and run the clare cup alongside the championship with inter county players to improve both competitions

mossy gavin is surly set for a call up to brian lohans panel , the way gary brennan is hurling he could be coming out of inter county retirement and going the other way , he had some game today , bridge are still the most dangerous team in the championship

cracker of a game in the junior A championship final today two teams intermediate next year would be plain stupid if they dont go senior this year

young sean withycome is a brilliant young hurler very accurate free taker not trying to put the young lad under pressure but from placed balls hes as good as i have seen since colin ryan , he was lethal for tulla in the harty this year , a real prospect in the making ,barefield or corofin will have a serious job in stopping him the next day

PeggyShippen

Good semi final today. Fair play to the two teams involved. Congratulations to Eire Og. They played very well in added time. Deserved the win. Sixmilebridge should have snuck the result in normal time. They are an experienced team and should have killed the time when 3 points up, the referee was good overall. He gave Shane O Donnell 2 especially soft frees there was a soft penalty but besides that I thought he did very well. David Reidy was excellent when moved in full forward. Just a really fun game to watch. The conditions were very poor. These games should have been 2 weeks ago . That game should stand to Eire Og but until they win tbe Canon Hamilton the the jury is out with regards to their temperament. They still go out of games inexplicably.

A word on Caimin Morey. Silly silly second yellow but the loss of Cathal malone and a few others was felt . Can't take away from the SMB fighting spirit. They are so doughty and tough when against the odds. Could be a very good county final. I haven't seen much of Ballyea this year but Eire Og have the more balanced team if Ballyea haven't changed mu h from last year

Treble double

Brian Mullins rip, reading the many tributes I saw that his father was from West Clare. Just out of curiosity does anyone know what part of West Clare he hailed from?

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725386#Comment_119725386

not 100% sure but i think he was from inagh or that area , parts of the inagh parish border miltown and ennistymon , its a common name around the ennistymon area i believe , but again i am not sure

funnyname

My father grew up in a Station House on the West Clare Railway in a place called Moinreel near Inagh

https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/the-big-interview-brian-mullins-part/

Sterling Archer

Weekends fixtures

Camogie

Saturday 15th October 

Scariff Ogonnelloe v Truagh Clonalra 

1.00pm in Cusack Park. 

The Fr Liam Murray Cup Final 

Clarecastle/Ballyea taking on Tulla

4.00pm at Clare Camogies headquarters in Fr McNamara Park

Saturday 15th October

Killimer v Liscannor

Junior A Football Championship Final

Milltown Malbay 2:00 PM

Kilmurry Ibrickane v Ennistymon Football

Senior Football Championship Semi Final

Cusack Park 4:00 PM

Sunday 16th October

Éire Óg Ennis v Corofin

Senior Football Championship Semi Final

Cusack Park 1:00 PM

Cooraclare v Kildysart

Intermediate Football Champ Final

Doonbeg 4:00 PM

fire_man

Well done to Ennistymon today.What a game it sounded like.

Treble double

Good entertainment alright, still feel Ennistymon are playing with the handbrake on, weren't clinical enough when needed which would have got them over the line in normal time. KIB systematically cynically fouled when they were turned over to give their backs a chance to reset and Jim Hickey was oblivious to it, no black cards issued when they were brought in to end this blight on the game. Other than that Kib were brave pushed right up on Ennistymon which meant a game of football broke out. Sexton was brilliant unlucky for him to go out on penalties. I feel Ennistymon will have to go for it a bit more in the final, but they are sneaking through in tight games their name might be on the cup stranger things have happened.

windy shepard henderson

some entertainment over the weekend , for a hurling county to produce two finals of that level at junior A and intermediate is serious some of the scores and play in both games over the weekend was off the charts , and just for good measure ennistymon had the comebacks of all comebacks to beat kilmurry last night , well done to liscannor ( junior A winners ') Kildysart ( intermediate winners) and to ennistymon and the townies it has been some weekend of football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRhpplNE8Uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MXTVr5kxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLyADJQ6gfM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg2nZ1M2E78

Sterling Archer

Weekends fixtures

Fri 21st Oct 22

Clonlara v Feakle

Senior B Hurling Championship Final

Sixmilebridge 8:00 PM

Sat 22nd Oct 22

Tulla v St Joseph's Doora Barefield

Intermediate Hurling Champ Final

Cusack Park 3:00 PM

Sun 23rd Oct 22

Inagh-Kilnamona v Sixmilebridge

Junior B Hurling Champ Final

Clarecastle 12:00 PM

Ballyea v Éire Óg Ennis

Senior Hurling Championship Final

Cusack Park 3:00 PM

windy shepard henderson

very enjoyable game in the park today , as like kildysart last week doora barefield this week put years of intermediate hurt behind them by eventually seeing off a serious tulla challenge , the east clare men will be kicking themselves with the amount of missed chances and wides ,with the likes of tony leaden , seanie whitycombe david mc fergal kerney and willie halpin who came on to have a serious impact on the game , i dont think it will be that long before we see jim mcs men at senior level

for the parish , david conroy was outstanding scoring 12 points , fionn kelliher was excellent at the back while the two hannons and alan oniel were the men that drove them forward the most o'niell espically in extra time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxmALyur6E

Clareman

There's be a lot of disappointment in the town tonight, 1 definitely left behind them.

PeggyShippen

Well done to Ballyea but this one was there for Eire Og. They just needed to keep pushing on when they went 3 up but they tried to protect the lead from too far out. The Eire og backs were outstanding. Thought the ref was ok overall. Ballyea missed a lot and they really have some mediocre hurlers mixed with excellent hurlers. They arent balanced enough to give Munster a rattle. I could see St Finbarrs beating them. That's not taking much away from Ballyea. They've great spirit and know how and provide an outlet for West Clare hurlers. Surely though there could be a hurling only club started for all the west Clare fellas.

caddy16

Poor enough county final too stop start mainly because of the referee making some strange decisions. Eire Og should have pushed on when 3 points up. Shocking free in injury time to win it although the townies had the chance to equalise.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784166#Comment_119784166

yeah 3 points up with a minute and a half to go to concede 4 scores in succession will hurt , it also seemed a management decision to change free taker for the last free , reidy looked as confused as russell when the decision was made , townies bossed the second half up to the 28th minute controlled the game but the ballyea bench had a huge impact especially cathal o'connors monster long range point in injury time

i know ballyes league of nations has caused huge talking points around the county but this is another huge result for west clare hurling , it gives kids in the likes of coolmeen , labasheeda, kildysart , kilmihil and cooraclare where no hurling is played to have aspirations of hurling at the highest level some day

eire og i felll are not far away , i reckon they will be back and the day they do finally lift the cannon again the town of ennis will come to a standstill for a week , great support again today they will be back

game highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZNqotRNYic

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784371#Comment_119784371

Who was the auld lad on his phone during the captain's speech? Extremely disrespectful, if it was a younglad they'd get a clip across the ear.

Éire Óg should be winning championships, today was an example of why they will struggle, they didn't blood any new players during the Clare Cup, got relegated to Intermediate league and when a bench was needed they didn't have any players, they are completely reliant on a great bunch of footballers with some intercounty hurlers who are closer to 30 than 20. Then they have their sideline, why they feel the need to get involved I don't know, they never let the players just played, constantly moving players around, when they went 3 points up I counted 4 changes they made, the thing to do was to leave things as they were. Then to change freetaker for the last free, my oh my, that's just a manager not trusting his players and feeling the need to make the call, we'll never know now but in my opinion Russell was never missing that free, as soon as Reidy was injured he took the ball and Reidy walked away, I don't think anyone (including the players) could believe the decision and you can't blame Russell for heading straight away afterwards.

Finally, anyone questioning Ballyea's "league of nations", at least any player they have are playing for them because they want to, not because the club is paying them.

caddy16

Never blooded any new players in the Clare Cup....they basically played there Junior A team in the Clare Cup. If your going to make statements at least know the facts. Also it wasn't a management decision to change the freetaker at the end.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784600#Comment_119784600

Surprised with you Clareman that is the great pat O'Donnell on the phone the man has pumped millions into Clare gaa over the last nearly 30 years , when the great man from crusheen pass's away I reckon we should take Daniel O'Connell down from the height and replace him with a solid gold Pat O'Donnell 😜

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784629#Comment_119784629

They played their Junior A team, got to a final, in the senior final they didn't have any sub to bring on (outside of a blood sub for 2 minutes) and I think every 1 of those players played senior championship last year, well except O'Dea who played intermediate hurling with Corofin, in 9 games they didn't find a single player to bring up? Surely that's enough facts

Watch that video again and tell me it wasn't a management decision to change free taker, Reidy got the free, left the ball there and walked away to leave it to Russell, then after a minute or so he walked back over to take the ball off Russell, Russell looks over to Shannon who was well on the pitch. Personally I wasn't watching Shannon (or anyone else) but a friend at the game was adamant that he saw Shannon shout at Reidy to tell him to take it

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784686#Comment_119784686

Jesus he has aged, my utmost apologies to the saviour of Clare GAA

caddy16

You said they didn't blood any new players in the Clare Cup yet they were missing 10 intercounty players so who did they play in the Clare Cup. Who was the auld fella???

You're some spoofer.

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784927#Comment_119784927

Who did they call up to senior from their Clare Cup run?

Hands up I didn't recgonise Pat and that's very poor form from any Clare supporter, I hang my head in shame.

caddy16

You said they didn't blood any players in the Clare Cup...they basically played their entire 2nd team. They obviously deemed they weren't good enough.....big difference to what your saying.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784949#Comment_119784949

we all make mistakes , for example i always had you down as a townie up until tonight 🤔

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119785003#Comment_119785003

What makes you think I amnt?? Let's just say I've had a few beers today

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784977#Comment_119784977

OK, by blooding players I mean get players used to playing at a higher level with an eye to bring them through to the first team or maybe be an effective sub, most successful teams do this. Outside of Cian O'Dea, who is only playing for EO because he works for them, I don't think they brought anyone through. Not having subs to bring on cost them the game today in my opinion, they were 3 points up with the game nearly over and were out on their feet at the end, if the game went to extra time I think Ballyea would have won anyway.

windy shepard henderson

If I was a townie I would be a bit more animated then you for a start

58 minutes gone and looking comfortable, no subs over 60 minutes plus you didnt know how many players ye used in the Clare cup

Not to mention your outburst of 'who's the ould lad on the phone ' you have turned this thread into an episode of Matlock...... 🤣

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119785317#Comment_119785317

To be honest I kind of saw yesterday's performance coming so I wasn't that surprised. Against Kilmaley they were badly exposed in the first half, when they got back into it in the second half they were never able to get fully back into it, 3 point defeat was a very flattering score line. Then against Scariff they got the job done, Scariff came back well but ultimately couldn't cope with SoD who was the difference in the end. Against CQ they were against a team who had already qualified and who's best player had a broken toe. If Kilmaley didn't have a complete melt down in their game against CQ Eire Og could have been out at the group stages and wouldn't have had anyone to blame but themselves.

In the quarters they got an IK team clearly in turmoil, if the rumours are anything to go on IK were in a heap, still knock out hurling is about winning which is what EO did. In the semi final it took the Bridge being down to 14 men for EO to win, I have no doubt that if the Bridge kept to 15 or if it wasn't their center back that got the line that it would have been a different result, but again knock out hurling is about wining.

Move onto the final, Ballyea had their homework done, first of all for the goals, they exposed the EO full back line and got their rewards. Then they nullified the main EO forwards, SoD was held scoreless, Reidy got 1 score (a goal in fairness but ultimately because the goalie dropped the ball in the sun) and Cooney got 1 point which was well wide.

Eire Og is a great club for self promotion, they'll be great at sending letters or putting up signs or doing money raising for white elephants but I'd ask anyone to drive around town and into some of the larger estates around like Cahercalla, Hermitage, Clancy Park, Cloughleigh and see why kind of promotion of the games is going on there or what flags/bunting was put up, no problem seeing the colours on O'Connell St. or on roundabouts. They are playing the under 21B this year, they will be playing intermediate league hurling next year, they were beaten by 19 points in the minor semi final but if you ask most Eire Og supporters they will say it was a good year.

Nailing my colours to the mast, I think the signing of Cian O'Dea has really badly tarnished the club, nothing wrong on paper with what done, as an isolated player he is entitled to play for whoever he wants, however if he wasn't employed by the club would he have transferred? Was the transfer part of the reason for him getting the job? Ignoring that, ultimately he is a brilliant athlete but a limited hurler, Kilmaley exposed him badly but how was it that he even started that first day? Are you telling me that there is no player better than him in the entire club or is it ok for someone to walk in the gate and start a championship game? If he played a few league games in itself would have been something but a few challenges against the likes of Blackrock isn't enough in my opinion.

Finally, I think the hurlers are being propped up by the footballers, the style of play is very much a football like setup with group tackling by physically strong big players, this will get them so far but when they are up against a team of hurlers (like Kilmaley, Bridge and Ballyea) they will struggle and will be exposed, they almost got over that this year and if they had a few subs to bring on they probably would be county champions now but management made the decision that the 15 on the field were good enough and that's all that matters, live by the sword, die by the sword.

dohboy

The Banner are the real townie club anyway, Eire Og are only for the poshos and the loados living over by Flannans... In all seriousness, did the Banner go down the tubes for a good chunk of the 90s & 00s? I remember them being around years ago and they are back now a good few years, but the club seemed to basically disappear for a stint no?

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119786338#Comment_119786338

There's a lot of politics involved in Ennis GAA, if you are anyway good Eire Og will take you, the old urban league didn't do a whole lot to develop The Banner, Shane Meehan is probably the first standout player to stay with The Banner. There are a lot of people involved with Eire Og who would be a lot closer to The Banner than Eire Og, off the top of my head Ronan & Jimmy Cooney both live up in Shannaway Road as does Gavin Cooney.

dohboy

OK, cos being from over the Lifford way, I personally never really had an affinity for Eire Og. I didn't play much hurling or football as a kid tbf but the ground is miles away - or felt like it growing up. at least. Wouldn't say that was universal felt, but Eire Og to me always felt like the club of the Boys Nash/Flannans and not the CBS/Rice College or that side of town.

Clareman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119786678#Comment_119786678

There is definitely a snobbery thing associated with Eire Og, whether right or wrong there are a lot more people who think like you that a whole part of town was ignored because it was the "wrong part of town". Most rural clubs would have had a collection route for young lads to get to training, there was none of that in town. There was also the Flannan's snobbery as well, a lot of good hurlers transferred from the Tech/Brothers to Flannan's for Harty. It used to be said that the worst player to be in Ennis was the second best in any position because you were never going to get game time or allowed play with another team, it was also said that if you were behind the coach's son for a position you might as well give up. Things are improving but Ennis has been very badly ran for GAA for a long time now, having 1 club dominate has been a detriment to the success of GAA in the town