BANNER HOPING TO END AGONY.Clare v Fermanagh TG4 Intermediate Championship Final, 2.00pm Mary Quinn Memorial Cup CLARE fell short at the final hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. last year losing to Tipperary but to their credit they have returned for a second tilt at the Intermediate title 12 months later. There is experience in the side in the form of captain Louise Henchy and Magella Griffin, a veteran of Clare's 1996 Junior All Ireland As an attributive, All Ireland emphasises the entire island of Ireland, as opposed to either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. In Irish Republicanism, the expression 32-county is often used instead: 32 as distinct from the 26 counties of the Republic and the remaining 6 winning team and a crop of young starlets such as the precocious talent of the supreb Eimear Considine. Fermanagh drew with Clare in the group stages of the Championship in August and there was very little to pick between the two sides that day. If the Erne girls captain Kyla McManus can keep her team from being distracted dis·tract·ed adj. 1. Having the attention diverted. 2. Suffering conflicting emotions; distraught. dis·tract by the occasion the Ernesiders are in with a chance of sending Clare home empty handed for the second year in a row. CLARE: D Walsh, S Eustace, L Kelly, S Hoey, M Delaney, S Kelly, L Woods, L Henchy, F Lafferty, R Lenihan, E Morrissey, E Considine, A Kelly, N Keane, M Griffin. FERMANAGH: D Gilroy, T Hughes L, E McGovern, C Woods, A Newell, P Melanaphy, A Gallagher, C Murphy, K McManus, A McBrien, S Hamilton, A Moane, D Maguire, S McGovern, C Little. CAPTION(S): CAPTAIN Louise Henchy |
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