Clare SFC: Éire Óg through to last eight as Kildysart blow race wide open with Cratloe win

Lissycasey enjoyed a decisive win too over last year’s beaten finalists Ennistymon

SHOCK: Kildysart's Stephen Sheehan and Mikey Donnellan escape the clutches of Cratloe's Rianin Considine in Cusack Park

Champions Éire Óg eased their way into the Clare SFC quarter-finals with a comfortable eight-point win over 2018 and ’19 kingpins St Joseph’s Miltown - a clinical first-half the launchpad for a 1-13 to 0-8 success in Cooraclare on Sunday.

Despite losing key players Mark McInerney and Éinne O’Connor to injury before half-time, a goal by captain Gavin Cooney in the 23rd minute teed them up for an interval lead of 1-8 to 0-3 that effectively decided the match.