Darach Honan
16 results

Gerry O’Connor preparing Clare for a hurling season like no other
- Gaelic Games
- January 13, 2018, 07:00
“An Irish solution to an Irish problem,” laughs Gerry O’Connor, Clare co-manager, when the subject of tomorrow’s Munster Hurling League final comes u(...)

Weekend fixtures: Club football and hurling Championship previews
- Gaelic Games
- October 15, 2016, 01:00
SATURDAY Limerick SFC final Dromcollogher-Broadford v Monaleen, Gaelic Grounds, 7.30 A repeat of the 2013 final featuring the two sides that dominat(...)

Eleven players become Clare’s first double medallists
- Gaelic Games
- May 10, 2016, 00:30
One largely unremarked aspect of Clare’s thrilling league final win over Waterford in Thurles is that 11 players became the first in the county’s hist(...)

Tony Kelly’s sweet one-two swings latest bout in Clare’s favour
- Hurling
- May 8, 2016, 17:45
Clare 1-23 Waterford 2-19 Well now. Hurling still has a bit to recommend it, has it not? A belter of an Allianz League final replay ended with Clar(...)

Colm Galvin positioned to answer call of Davy Fitzgerald
- Hurling
- April 28, 2016, 01:00
Exactly a year ago to the day Colm Galvin called manager Davy Fitzgerald aside before Clare training and pushed the nuclear button. Wanderlust had go(...)

Clare make late run to surge to league semi-finals
- Hurling
- April 3, 2016, 18:21
Clare 2-13 Tipperary 0-18 The ground doesn’t really shake at AHL quarter-finals but Sunday afternoon in Cusack Park, Ennis came close, as the home si(...)

Davy Fitzgerald unconvinced by current league format
- Hurling
- February 23, 2016, 01:00
Even with all his ducks lined up in near perfect order, Davy Fitzgerald still sees some misalignment with the Allianz Hurling League. The format, say(...)

Cork come late to deny Clare in exciting Thurles shoot-out
- Hurling
- July 11, 2015, 21:44
Cork 0-20 Clare 0-17 The last time Cork and Clare played on into the evening was the fabled All-Ireland final replay of two years ago. On Saturday nig(...)

Cork must banish inconsistency to halt Clare revival
- Hurling
- July 11, 2015, 01:25
It’s been a long two years for both of these counties since they contested the memorable All-Ireland final and replay of 2013. Cork flared last sum(...)

Are hip injuries just the price paid for stronger, faster, more powerful players?
- Gaelic Games
- January 18, 2014, 01:00
The first answer is that there is no answer. As is so often the case when we start casting around for a through line connecting a spate of injuries of(...)