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2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship – Clare 3-21 Cork 2-24

April 20 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Clare and Cork played out a 3-21 to 2-24 draw in Round 1 of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday April 20th at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg.

Match Highlights

Clare’s stunning second half comeback denies 14-man Cork in pulsating draw

Report by John Fogarty courtesy of the Irish Examiner newspaper

Munster SHC: Clare 3-21 Cork 2-24

The one that got away from Cork and yet they were the ones grateful for a share of the spoils at the end.

Declan Dalton’s free for a foul on Ciarán Joyce ensured a team that led by 12 points at half-time, 2-15 to 0-9, came away from Ennis with something.

In a way, it was like 12 months against Limerick but in reverse as Clare transformed themselves with three second-half goals after an awful first half. Shane Barrett’s red card also played a part but Cork had been eight points ahead with two minutes of normal time to go.

Clare were made to wait for Cork to re-enter the field for the second half but any hope it would cool the home side was in vain. Aidan McCarthy posted Clare’s opening goal seconds into the new half courtesy of a Mark Rodgers pass.

After Tony Kelly launched a long-range free, Clare were celebrating another green flag in the 41st minute. Peter Duggan broke down a Kelly delivery from distance and David Reidy showed the composure to finish the move.

A backlash would have been anticipated but on their laurels Cork had rested albeit temporarily. They scored the next three points to offset some of the pain and the margin was 10 points in the 57th minute when Barrett was sent to the line for a high challenge on Reidy.

The difference was eight when Clare rose again. Either side of converted free, Duggan showed his exquisite aerial ability to bring down a ball and finish for a goal in the penultimate minute of normal time.

Clare were down by three going into additional time but their deficit had evaporated and replaced by a lead when David Reidy, his side’s fourth free-taker, punished a foul on Aron Shanagher. Yet there was still time for Dalton to cancel it out.

Cork were excellent in the first half but Clare mustered just one point from play in the opening 33 minutes. Before that they had struck six wides and Duggan forced a good save from Patrick Collins.

The Cork goalkeeper, though, was hardly as troubled as his counterpart Eibhear Quilligan. Twice, he had to pick the ball out from behind him courtesy of Brian Hayes, the first goal coming in the 13th minute. Hayes rounded Darragh Lohan and batted to the net.

That score sent Cork five points ahead and it would have stretched to eight in the 18th minute had Quilligan not been alert for Alan Connolly’s strike at goal. Another opening for Cork came in the 23rd minute as Darragh Fitzgibbon disguised a point attempt, passed to Barrett whose drive fizzed wide.

Cork’s incisiveness and all-round zip was in sharp contrast to the slackness exhibited by the All-Ireland champions who if they felt like they were disrespected by the predictions beforehand certainly didn’t demonstrate it in the opening half.

A second goal did come the way of Pat Ryan’s side in the 26th minute. Connolly took off away from Adam Hogan and squared a hand-pass to Hayes to finish and send Cork nine points clear.

Cork attached a string of three points to hit Clare for an unanswered salvo of 1-5 before a McCarthy free stopped the bleed. The score pattern was tit-for-tat for the remainder of the half but it was the only area in which Clare enjoyed parity. By the conclusion, they had it on the scoreboard and could have had more.

Scorers for Clare: A. McCarthy (1-7, 0-6 frees); T. Kelly (0-5, 2 frees); P. Duggan (1-1); D. Reidy (1-2, 0-2 frees); M. Rodgers (frees), I. Galvin (0-2 each): D. Fitzgerald, C. Malone (0-1 each).

Scorers for Cork: P. Horgan (0-9, 6 frees, 1 65); B. Hayes (2-2); D. Fitzgibbon, A. Connolly (0-3 each); S. Barrett, T. O’Mahony (0-2 each); S. Harnedy, B. Roche, D. Dalton (free) (0-1 each).

CLARE: E. Quilligan; C. Leen, D. Lohan, A. Hogan; D. Ryan, J. Conlon, D. McInerney; C. Malone, R. Taylor; T. Kelly (c), D. Reidy, D. Fitzgerald; A. McCarthy, P. Duggan, M Rodgers.
Subs for Clare: C. Galvin for D. Ryan (inj 16); I. Galvin for A. McCarthy (60); A. Shanagher for M. Rodgers (68).

CORK: P. Collins; N. O’Leary, E. Downey, S. O’Donoghue; C. Joyce, R. Downey (c), M. Coleman; T. O’Mahony, E. Twomey; S. Barrett, D. Fitzgibbon, S. Harnedy; A. Connolly, B. Hayes, P. Horgan.
Subs for Cork: G. Millerick for R. Downey (inj 45); D. Dalton for S. Harnedy (48); B. Roche for E. Twomey (55); S. Kingston for P. Horgan (60); D. Healy for A. Connolly (65).

Red card: S. Barrett (straight, 57).

Referee: L. Gordon (Galway).

Fixture Details

Sunday April 20th
2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 1
Clare v Cork
Venue: Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg Ennis at 2pm
Referee: Liam Gordon (Galway)
Live on RTE2
(preceded by the Munster Senior Camogie Championship Semi-Final – Clare v Cork at 11:45am)

Traffic Management Plans / General Patron Information

Parking – No Parking in the vicinity of the grounds save for those with special parking passes
Parking Passes for Glór Theatre and Clare FM studios must access the area via the Causeway link road only (Templegate Roundabout).

Access to Ennis via:
(1) Junction 11 (Dromoland),
(2) Junction 12 (Clareabbey)
(3) Junction 13 (Tulla Rd) – Heaviest traffic congestion before/after.
(4) Junction 14 (Barefield) – Lightest traffic before/after.
Egress post match recommended via Junctions 12 & 14.

Parking facilities:
Ample parking has been provided for this event relatively close to the stadium.
Clare County Council Offices – New Road Ennis V95 DXP2 – Free
Holy Family School, Station Rd. Ennis – V95 YR79 (paid parking- nominal fee – €5 supervised parking)
Clare Marts – Quin Rd., Ennis V95 KT38 (paid parking – nominal fee – €5 supervised parking)
Abbey St./Parnell St./Market Car Parks
Legal on-street parking where available
Disability Parking: Limited number of parking passes available from/issued by Clare/Cork County Boards.

Traffic Restrictions Close to Grounds:
No match traffic will be allowed to access Francis St. save for permit/pass holders.
Vehicle access to Francis St. from Clon Rd. will be limited to residents and vehicles wishing to utilise Tesco shopping facility only – access will be restricted at junction and car park entrance.
Shopper vehicle access may be restricted at peek supporter movement times i.e. 13-14:00hrs and 15:30-16:30hrs.
Parking on Tulla Rd. inbound will be fully restricted to enable ease of egress to post match to Junction 13.

Traffic Enforcement:
Where apparent, illegal parking will be dealt with by means of Fixed Charge Notice and/or towing if deemed so appropriate.
Particular Garda attention will be paid to poor parking in residential areas off New Rd./Lifford Rd./Clon Rd. & Tulla Rd. FCNs will be issued
Vehicles parked in vicinity of Garda ‘No Parking’ Cones will receive a fixed charge penalty notice

Ticket Entry Points
Stile number listed on each ticket
Stiles 1 – 20 at Tesco Side Francis St.
Stiles 21 – 24 – Friary Lane (opposite Poor Clare’s) Francis St.
Stiles 25 – 40 – Garda station side Abbey St.
South Seated Stand/Side line
Stiles – 15 to 20(opposite Tesco) & 21 – 24 (close to Friary)
North Terrace/Stand
Stiles 1 to 6 (opposite Tesco) & 33 – 40 (beside Garda Station)
West Terrace (Cloister)
Stiles No. 25 – 32 (beside Garda Station)
East Terrace (Aldi)
Stile nos. 7 – 14 (opposite Tesco)

Alcohol Consumption
If patrons present at the stiles intoxicated or in possession of alcohol, they will be refused access to the stadium both under stadium regulations and under Sections 21 and 22 of the Public Order Act 1994.

Possession/Ignition of Flares/Smoke Bombs
Patrons attempting to gain entry to the grounds with any form of pyrotechnics will be refused entrance in accordance with Stadium rules
While in the grounds any person who ignites a flare/smoke bomb will be ejected from the grounds and will be prosecuted for an offence contrary to Section 68(1)(a)(b) of The Criminal Justice Act 2006 – if found guilty fine up to €2,500 and/or up to 6 month imprisonment.

Team News

CLARE: Eibhear Quilligan; Adam Hogan, Conor Cleary, Conor Leen; Diarmuid Ryan, John Conlon, David McInerney; David Fitzgerald, Cathal Malone; Tony Kelly, Mark Rodgers, Peter Duggan; Ryan Taylor, Aidan McCarthy, David Reidy.
Subs: Éamonn Foudy, Darragh Lohan, Cian Galvin, Rory Hayes, Paddy Donnellan, Aron Shanager, Shane Meehan, Jack O’Neill, Ian Galvin, Sean Rynne, Shane Woods.

CORK: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Eoin Downey, Seán O’Donoghue; Ciaran Joyce, Robert Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Ethan Twomey; Séamus Harnedy, Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Barrett; Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.
Subs: Brion Saunderson, Eoin Roche, Damien Cahalane, Ger Millerick, Tommy O’Connell, Luke Meade, Brian Roche, Diarmuid Healy, Robbie O’Flynn, Declan Dalton, Shane Kingston.

Details

Date:
April 20
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Venue

Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg

GAA Units

Clare GAA
Cork GAA
Kerry GAA
Limerick GAA
Tipperary GAA
Waterford GAA
US GAA