CLARE SFC FINAL/Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-17 Doora-Barefield 0-5:IN A terribly one-sided affair, Kilmurry-Ibrickane captured their 20th title in all and their third in four years at Cusack Park, Ennis, yesterday.
St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield failed to score at all in the opening half, going in 0-8 to 0-0 behind at the break as they found odds-on favourites Kilmurry superbly prepared for this final. Fine defensive midfield play by team-captain Peter O’Dwyer and Paul O’Connor helped in keeping St Joseph’s scoreless in the first-period.
Wing-forward and man-of-the-match Ian McInerney was in good scoring from both frees and play. Doora-Barefield opened their account in the 34th with a pointed free by sub Colm Mullen.
KILMURRY-IBRICKANE: Peter O’Dwyer Jnr; S Hickey (0-1), D Hickey, M McMahon; D Callinan, E Talty, E Coughlan (0-4, two frees); P OConnor, Peter O Dwyer; M McCarthy, M Hogan, I McInerney (0-8, five frees); N Downes (0-1), M ODwyer, S Moloney (0-1). Subs: J Daly (0-2, frees) for Downes (41), N Hickey for Moloney (44), O ODwyer for M ODwyer (51), T Lernihan for Callinan (53), S Lynch for Hogan (54).
ST JOSEPH’S: D O’Keeffe; D Kennedy, S Collins, D Fannin; G Lyons, K Dilleen, G O’Sullivan; M Rafferty, A O’Neill; P Dullaghan, S Flynn, D O’Brien (0-2, frees); E Lyons (0-1), C O’Sullivan, I Whyte. Subs: M Hallinan for Rafferty (ht), C Mullen (0-2, one free) for Kennedy (ht), C O’Brien for Dullaghan (38), C Duggan for Whyte (54).
Referee: P Cosgrove (Corofin)
