Kilmurry, Joseph’s in unique decider

THERE will be a somewhat unfamiliar look to this year’s Clare SFC final a week on Sunday.

The 2009 Clare and Munster title-holders Kilmurry-Ibrickane, qualified as a result of a one-point victory over Cratloe at Lissycasey on Saturday. But the big talking point amongst the football fraternity in the Banner is the qualification of St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield, who deservedly dismissed Wolfe Tones na Sionna by 2-7 to 0-7 at Cusack Park yesterday.

It promises to be a David and Goliath struggle with the club from the West hoping to claim a 12th title while the men from the Parish, just outside Ennis, will be competing in their first final since they last captured the crown back in 1898.