Joyous scenes as Inagh-Kilnamona win first Clare SHC crown

THE FAIRYTALES CONTINUE in Clare as Inagh-Kilnamona powered to their first-ever county senior hurling title in a novel showdown with neighbours Kilmaley in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chiosóg, Ennis. Kilnamona had last garnered a senior crown 118 years earlier, but as a permanent amalgamation, Inagh-Kilnamona had never got over the line since 2008. Indeed, it had taken six group finishes, eight quarter-final exits, three semi-final defeats and a final loss in 2021 before washing away all that heartbreak in one fell swoop.