Clare SFC: Kildysart bridge 39-year gap, Miltown go extra mile

It was a compelling opening day of the Clare SFC quarter-final weekend

Clare senior Emmet McMahon game a two-point exhibition for Kildysart. Photo by Tom Beary/Sportsfile

A last gasp Luke McGrath two-pointer ensured a first Clare SFC semi-final appearance in 39 years for Kildysart after flooring neighbours Lissycasey by 0-21 1-17 in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg in Ennis.

Indeed, frenetic finishes were the order of the day in Clare GAA HQ as St. Joseph’s Miltown subsequently recovered from a three-point injury-time deficit to somehow force extra-time and eventually hold off an understandably crestfallen Ennistymon by 3-18 to 1-20.