** Our annual ‘One Club’ flag day fundraiser is being held on SATURDAY, 28th JUNE. We need volunteers from all sections of the club to do 2 hour slots. Please txt Kieran Kavanagh on 087 7985206 (WhatsApp or normal txt) for a slot. This is a very important fundraiser for the Club-please volunteer your time to support our great Club. Eire Óg Abu..**
Club fixtures
Sat 14th June Junior A football v Cratloe Div 5 league Rd 7 @ 6pm in Éire Óg
Tues 17th June Senior hurling v Whitegate Div 2 league semi final @ 7.30pm in Éire Óg
Sat 21st June Junior C hurling v Clonlara Div 9 league Rd 8 @ 7.30pm in Clonlara
Sun 22nd June Junior B hurling v Clarecastle Div 8 semi final @ 12pm in Éire Óg
Congratulations to our senior footballers and intermediate hurlers who have topped their respective groups. The hurlers are now promoted to Division 4 for 2025. Both teams will also contest league finals. The footballers will play the winners of KIB/Doora Barefield and the hurlers will play the winners of Crusheen/Banner.
Please note, check into Clubzap or club website in case of any changes to fixtures.
Scoreboard
Many thanks to Martin Nugent, Rory Hickey and Liam Doherty for getting our scoreboard back in action following storm damage. It has been moved which makes it easier to operate, the power switch and remote are located in the referees room.
Clare GAA Club Championships 2025
Championship fixture details for Senior hurling & football, Intermediate hurling and Junior A football have been posted to our Clubzap page and to the club website. NB we have a bye in round 1 of the intermediate hurling championship.
Details for Junior B and C fixtures will be posted once the draws are done on June 17th.
Please note that the County Board CCC has the discretion to alter the fixtures for any reason deemed necessary. Any changes to fixtures will be posted on Clubzap once we are notified.
Season tickets for Club Championships 2025 are €200 adults and €120 OAP. They cannot be used by others and photo ID is required when presenting the ticket at matches. Link to purchase: https://clare.gaa.ie/tickets/ Please read the T&Cs.
Clare Ladies Club Championships 2025
The ladies football championship draw was held Tuesday night following the Co Board meeting in Éire Óg. Our Intermediate Champions were drawn in senior group A along with Kilmurry Ibrickane, Burren Gaels & Fergus Rovers. Our Junior B's will face off against West Clare Gaels, Cooraclare and the Banner. Fixture details will be posted on Clubzap once received.
Update on GAA Palestine visit
Please see update in relation to the upcoming visit of GAA Palestine in July. While our time with the group is shorter than expected we intend to share as much of our games and culture with them as is possible over Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Bigi linn
• The expected arrival time has been pushed out and so our plans have somewhat altered. • The group of 33 children aged 9 to 16, plus approx 20 adults will now arrive to the club at approx 5.30pm and will be welcomed to an evening of activities, BBQ and Ceol. • On Sunday morning they will take part in a mini blitz with our members before they depart for Galway. • The children are from various Palestinian clubs, with the majority from Ramallah. GAA continues to prosper in Palestine giving these kids a much needed break from the challenges they face daily. • The group is being bussed by Paddywagon Tours for the duration of their tour, as such, Éire Óg will be the meeting point for the Clare leg. • If you can assist by accommodating children or adults on the night of 26th July, please contact John Keating at secretaryeireogacademy@gmail.com or on 087 8328681.
We encourage all our club members to come along and extend a Céad Míle Fáilte to the group
Academy
Thanks to Four Star Pizza, Abbey St., for their kind sponsorship of a set of home and away jerseys for our U15s. The jerseys have arrived in time for Féile on Saturday 21st June and the concluding rounds of the U15 championships. See attached photo: From our U15 panels we had Josh Cotter, Oisin Fitzgerald, Conor Larkin, Sean Og Vaughan, Eoin Keane & Paddy Frawley on hand to show off the new kit. Lead Coaches Gerry Keane and Kieran Frawley welcomed Regina & Ash to the club and thanked them for their sponsorship. We would encourage our members and friends to support club sponsors whenever possible. Míle buíochas to Mike Brennan for the photos and to our club O’Neill’s Liaison Pa Broderick for arranging the kit.
Best of luck to our U13 footballers in Saturday's final round game in the A Championship Vs Clooney-Quin. 11am throw in at Éire Óg.
U17 hurlers continue their preparations for the minor hurling championship when Murroe-Boher visit Éire Óg this Sunday for a challenge game.
On Tuesday the footballers travel to Castletroy to meet Monaleen in an U17 challenge at UL.
Our U15 Academy Hurlers contest the A semi-final on Monday evening taking on Sixmilebridge in their own back yard.
Camogie
Congratulations to our U13 camogie team who won the ‘Kitty McNicholas’ cup in last weekend’s U13 B championship final v Clarecastle. Kitty McNicholas RIP was one of the great stalwarts of Éire Óg camogie club. She played for us and served as chairperson for many years. There is no doubt that she would be absolutely thrilled to see the cup named in her honour returned to Éire Óg! What a win for this talented team Well done to players and management.
Ladies Football
Huge congratulations to our U14 Red team who won the U14B league final against Fergus Rovers in Fr. MacNamara park on Thursday night. In very wet conditions the girls finished strongly to come out on top by a score of 3-11 to 2-06. They celebrated with pizza in the clubhouse afterwards, and then the traditional tour of the town! They will now play in the A division of the championship later on this year.
Our U10 team is preparing for their next blitz in Kildysart in the coming week.
Our Gaelic for Mothers n Others crew are off to Mallow for the Munster G4MO blitz on Saturday morning, have a great day ladies and the very best of luck in the games.
This year’s Éire Óg club summer camp has been fixed for Tues 5th August to Fri 8th August and can be booked on this link: https://eireoginis.ie/categories/camp/products Register before July 7th to receive your training jersey on time!
Relay for Life takes place on June 21st in Tim Smythe Park. Selina Donnelly will be selling candle bags in Éire Óg from 10 to 11am on Saturday. €5 and they will be included in the Candle of Hope ceremony which takes place at 9.45pm on the 21st. The Éire Óg team for the event, Tom’s Little Rascal’s will join up this year with Auriol Considine’s ‘Team PC’. Contact Auriol if you would like to take part.
Club Lotto
Club lotto jackpot now stands at €2750. Last Thursday’s numbers were: 1, 2, 24, 30. There was no Jackpot or Match 3 winner, 4 x Lucky Dips @ €25 each went to: Alex Brigdale, Clare Dillane, Martina O’Loughlin, Fergus MacNamara. The Promoters Prize of €25 went to Heaslip’s Shop. Well done to all. Paul will be in touch re prizes.
Enter club lotto online on the link below, play ahead for up to 52 weeks for just €2 per week: https://eireoginis.ie/draws
The draw takes place every Thursday night at the clubhouse and all are most welcome to attend.
Intercounty
Wishing the very best to Niall Doyle, Luke Vaughan and the Clare minor hurlers in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi final v Cork, throw in is 1pm in Thurles, a big prize at stake here for team in the form of a place in the All-Ireland final. Make the trip to Tipp to show your support if at all possible.
Also on Sunday the Clare senior footballers will take on Louth in the third and final of their group games. This ‘do or die’ battle throws in at 2pm in Laois, the very best of luck to the team and to Ronan, Manus, Ikem, Mark, Gavin, Colm and Oran.
The Clare Intermediate ladies will be looking to follow up their round 1 win on Sunday, when they travel to take on Wexford in round 2 of their All-Ireland campaign, throw in 1pm. Wishing the very best to Roisin Martina and Orla Devitt on the day.
