Carrot of Munster final run revives Clohessy

The focus of the Gaelic football community was trained on Croke Park that Sunday in mid-April but a short distance south from those Division 1 league semi-finals was a game of huge significance irrespective of the lower grade.

When you occupy a rung in Division 4, the need to climb the ladder and escape becomes all the greater. In Aughrim that afternoon, Wicklow had three points to spare at the final whistle and their celebrations were matched by desolation in the Clare camp.

Defeat consigned the Banner to another spring at basement level.