Electric Ireland Munster MFC final

Limerick 0-12 Clare 3-13: A early goal in either half propelled the minor footballers of Clare into their first Munster MFC final since 1994.

Clare 5-11 Waterford 0-6

A savage amount of rain has fallen in the last week and I just wonder did the underfoot conditions contribute to so many injuries in Semple Stadium and Nowlan Park yesterday?

Most people associate Easter with eating too much chocolate, not with the Easter Rising centenary commemoration.

Almost three out of four Irish parents have thrown out their children’s toys before Christmas and not told them.

Half of us will drink alcohol and eat red meat today – Good Friday.

Novelty underpants, dubious-smelling perfume sets and chick-lit novels are just some of the most ‘rubbish’ presents that will be given this Christmas.

Right now they have hardly a care in the world, outside the small matter of trying to win the All-Ireland.

There’s always been an elitism in Galway hurling that influenced the way the county used to play.

On the night of July 18, 1992, Martin Donnelly sat in his hotel room in the Clare Inn looking at 20 brand new Clare jerseys.

Former Clare defender Seamus Clancy says a return to a seeded Munster SFC would be “a kick in the teeth” for the province’s smaller football counties.

It was a different world twenty years ago. Most counties knew their place in the GAA’s hierarchy.

“IF it wasn’t for bad luck, we’d have no luck at all,” was the assessment of Clare’s County Board’s liaison officer with the footballers, Tommy Downes, the county’s ‘Mr Football’.