Éire Óg, Ennis chairman Brian Howard says there’s “a massive buzz” within the club as it gets set to embark on two embark on two county finals over the next two weekends.

The club’s hurlers face Cloney-Quin in the Clare senior hurling championship final this Sunday (3.30pm), with the footballers set to play Doora-Barefield in their senior county decider seven days later.

Speaking to GAA.ie in this week, Howard says huge credit has to go to the players and management as the club looks to achieve what would be its first senior football and hurling championship double in 96 years.

“I know we were here in '22, but when you peel it all back, and I was only talking to a couple of the older lads, I'm old enough myself, but it is a fabulous achievement,” he said.

“For a club, there is a massive buzz around the place, the bunting is being put up, we've a team of lads putting up bunting around the town. It does create a massive buzz around the place. At the end of the day, they're two individual matches, and our respective managers have the lads very much grounded.”

He added: “Ultimately, a lot of the credit has to go to the players themselves, but also it is challenge being a dual club for the two respective managers.

“I think this year, even more than other years, they've a very cohesive relationship between themselves. I might've been involved in a bit of mediation with different managers over the years. This year, it has just been very smooth, they really respected each other, and what their goals were.

“The welfare of the players was very much to the fore in their minds. A great two weeks is ahead of us, but the focus right now is on next Sunday on the hurling final, we can't even think about the football, that is just the way it is.”

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