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It’s on to the Munster final, will we beat Tipperary?




Colin Lynch

Colin Lynch
Qualifier times and venues confirmed
The GAA have announced the times and venues for the upcoming football and hurling qualifier games as well as for the Tommy Murphy Cup.

Revenge for Clare ladies
Clare gained revenge for last years final defeat at the hands of Tipperary through a convincing win over the Premier county ladies in the 2008 Munster Intermediate final played in Hospital Co. Limerick on Saturday evening.

Féile Peil na nÓg Finals 2008
When the Banner Ladies Football Club first participated in Féile in 1998 club mentors were overawed by the level of skill and footballing know how the girls of Kerry and Cork exhibited in this wonderful football championship.

Tommy Murphy Cup draw
The draw for this year’s Tommy Murphy Cup sees reigning champions Wicklow face Waterford in the quarter-finals.


Camogie roundup
National League Division 2 champions Clare got their All-Ireland Gala junior camogie championship campaign off to a perfect start with a hard-fought 0-10 to 0-7 victory against Offaly at Cusack Park yesterday (Sunday).

Who Fears to Speak of ’98?
This Sunday evening at 7pm, RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary on One relives the excitement of 1998’s dramatic hurling season. Who Fears to Speak of ’98 follows the events of the most famous season in the history of hurling, where the summers’ games became the national soap opera.

Walsh blasts GAA hierarchy
Noel Walsh, former Chairman of the Inter-provincial Task Force, has hit out strongly at the decision by Croke Park chiefs to fix this year’s inter-provincial matches on the same dates the International Rules games take place in Australia.

McNamara wants club games postponed
A club versus county row has erupted in Clare ahead of next month’s Munster SHC final against Tipperary.

Falling attendances worries Munster Council chief
Munster Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has expressed his disappointment at the attendance for last Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final between Clare and Limerick.

McNamara refuses to get carried away
Mike McNamara was refusing to get carried away with Clare’s Munster SHC semi-final victory over Limerick, insisting that a big improvement will be required against Tipperary in the final in three weeks’ time.

Munster SHC: Banner goals see off Limerick
Timely Clare goals were the difference as the Banner County defeated Limerick by 4-12 to 1-16 in an error-ridden Munster SHC semi-final at stormy Thurles.

Gilligan sees room for improvement
Niall Gilligan believes Clare will need to step up another notch on their barnstorming performance against Waterford if they are to maintain their winning ways against Limerick this afternoon.

English fancies Clare and Wexford
In his column in this Saturday’s Goalpost in the Racing Post, former All-Ireland winner Nicky English believes Clare will reach the Munster hurling final while Dublin hurlers have missed the boat.

Lohan wants Clare to apply ’pressure game’
Clare’s long-serving defender Frank Lohan believes the work-rate of the Banner County attack will have a huge bearing on the outcome of Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Limerick.

Thurles or Limerick will host final
The newly refurbished Semple Stadium in Thurles and the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick are the two grounds in contention to host the Munster hurling final on July 13.

Vaughan gets Banner call-up
Mike McNamara has drafted Pat Vaughan into his defence in place of Darragh Clancy for the Munster SHC semi-final showdown with Limerick.

A story that’s yet to be told?
Clarecastle will go into this summer’s Clare SHC determined to land the Banner County’s blue riband hurling prize for the first time since 2005.

McNamara seeks consistency
Mike McNamara has challenged his Clare players to build on their stunning Munster SHC first round victory over Waterford by securing a place in the provincial decider at Limerick’s expense on Sunday.

O’Grady a big doubt for Banner
Gerry O’Grady remains a major doubt for Clare’s Munster SHC semi-final against Limerick at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

Clare v Limerick
Clare v Limerick has always been one of hurling’s great rivalries and the latest instalment promises to be as interesting and as competitive as ever. 

Doherty rues second half fade-out
Clare manager Frank Doherty was disappointed with his team’s second half showing in their Munster SFC semi-final loss to Kerry at Killarney.

Munster SFC: Kerry ease through
Kerry earned their place in the Munster final courtesy of a comfortable 12-point win over Clare at Killarney, but the sending off of Kingdom captain Paul Glavin was the main talking point of the match.

Munster JFC: Kerry hold on to secure final spot
Kerry booked their place in the Munster JFC decider against old rivals Cork on Sunday afternoon as two first-half goals from the Kingdom proved the difference in overcoming Clare by five points in Killarney.

Scullion Sliotars quality officially endorsed
Scullion Hurls, one of Ireland’s leading makers of hurleys and other hurling equipment, had the quality of its work further endorsed when its own brand sliotars received official approval from the GAA for use in league and championship matches.

Healy and Dillon debut for Banner
Laurence Healy and Colm Dillon will make their championship bows for Clare in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry at Killarney.
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