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Joe�� Ó Muircheartaigh ANOTHER weekend of records on the Clare GAA front – not in the goals or points scored, but in the levels of rainfall that more than sur- passed the volume of the weekend before when it was football’s turn on the championship carousel. Made no difference though – despite the flood warnings the fixtures committee of the county board pressed ahead and staged seven games over three days at five different venues as the race for the Canon Hamilton Cup moved away from its traditional Cu- sack Park battleground to outlying venues. The Éire Óg, Clarecastle and Wolfe Tones clubs opened their pitches for games that were originally pencilled in for Cusack Park. The board also used its own Clareabbey pitch, while the only games to go ahead at their original venues were the clashes of Clonlara and Smith O’Briens in Knockalisheen Park in Meelick and the Scariff and Crusheen game in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge. And, in both those games Crush- een and Clonlara took giant steps towards the quarter-final stages with their second successive wins of the campaign. The other big winners were Kilmaley and Inagh/Kilnamo- na who are also one win away from the quarter-finals after beating Éire Óg and Wolfe Tones respectively. Meanwhile, county champions Tulla breathed new life into their de- fence of the title, showing true grit to tested our character, but we played Tones to see who will be second out Shannon on Friday night. after beating us in the cup. It’s only beat Ballyea by four points, despite great hurling in the second half of the group,” he added. “We knew what was coming this one game though, but a good start being reduced to 13 players for the against the wind. Former All-Ireland club champions evening and were ready for it,” said because we haven’t come out of the last 40 minutes of play. “Now we’re looking forward to St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield made manager Kevin Kennedy after- group for three years. That’s our first “If we didn’t do it, we were beat, we Wolfe Tones next Saturday. It’s a big their first foray into championship wards. “We had to treat this game aim this year,” added Kennedy. were out of the championship,” said a game – the last two county champi- action a winning one, throwing a as a knockout and we very hungry in relieved Tulla manager Jim McIner- ons and it’s win or you’re out for both marker down for all other aspiring out first game. Maybe Sixmilebridge �� ney afterwards. “It was a great game teams. Looking at Inagh/Kilnamona champions by producing the per- weren’t as hungry as us after beating �� for us to win, especially the way we who are flying it, it’s now between formance of the weekend in beat- Corofin in the first round and maybe �� had to win it. Being down two men ourselves, Newmarket and Wolfe ing Sixmilebridge by 1-18 to 1-11 in they were a small bit complacent �� Inagh/Kilnamona on a roll Page 2 BEST & Kilmaley beat Townies Page 5 FIRST Tulla overcome Ballyea Page 3 FOR GAA Magpies find wings Page 6 Corofin on top in derby Page 3 COVERAGE Clonlara live the dream Page 6 Barefield batter ‘Bridge Page 4 IN CLARE Crusheen’s great escape Page 7 �� GALWAY ROAD, ENNIS LovelyT: 065 6821247 E: [email protected] Hurling�� Full coverage of the county championship Supplement

Jim Cronin with his four year old Percheron workhorses at home in Ballyknavin, Bridgetown. Eamon Ward A Man of Vision Martin Conway’s view of life and politics Feature Skeletons’Mystery surrounds discovery of human remains secret in Quin building site Bernie English and may even date back to Medieval the gardaí had to be informed and a pogue castle in 1987 and was never times. portion of jaw-bone was sent to the seen again FOUL play has been ruled out in the The grim discovery was made be- State Pathologist in Dublin for ex- “Once we were told that the remains case of two skeletons that were dis- hind the centre by the team work- amination”. were more than 100 years old, that covered buried in Quin last week. ing under archaeologist Edel Ruttle An initial analysis by Tesorieri would be the limit of garda involve- Gardaí had initially feared one of of TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, a Crusheen “suggests that one of the skeletons is ment,” said Inspector Tom Kennedy. the remains might be that of a Bal- based archaeological consultancy that of a female aged over 45. It may Ger Buggy of the Quin community lykilty woman who disappeared 21 company. be associated with the neighbouring centre development committee, said years ago. TVAS director, Graham Hull, ex- St Fineen’s church and we think that that he is “very glad there was noth- An archaeological team alerted plained that the company “is obliged it’s possible the wall of the graveyard ing untoward involved. The bodies the Garda after they discovered two to inform the gardaí when remains around the church may have been have been covered over again. Body Recovered skeltons in a shallow grave while are found in these circumstances”. moved at some stage”. “We had planned to put in a drive- conducting a survey for the develop- He added that osteoarchaeologist Investigating gardaí ﬁrst had to way but a report has been sent to the Search locates Ennis ment of Quin community centre. Mara Tesorieri, who was onsite at eliminate suspicion that the remains Department of the Environment and Further tests revealed the remains the time, “was reasonably sure that could be those of Mary Guire, a local we are waiting to see if any further drowning victim are more than a hundred years old these were antiquated remains but woman who left her work in Knap- action is necessary,” he added. News Nozomi FINALCLEARANCESALE Shoe Boutiques JUST ONE WEEK LEFT ENNIS AND LIMERICK AMAZING OFFERS : SHOES FROM €20

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