Kildysart

It certainly won't.

And, uh, and you know, anyone in Kildysart should be extremely proud of, of what they've done this year because that's not a true reflection of them.

I commented on how most ...

Of every game they played, they've dominated at midfield.

It just didn't happen yesterday.

Um, and, and it was just, uh, you know, the- there wasn't really anybody that from Kildysart that came, that came out and delivered a, an 8 out of 10 performance.

It's just today the, the whole collective, uh, probably underperformed, but I just think the occasion was more the reason for that than-

Mm

Well, they'll have to mull over that, uh, uh, over the winter.

Um, Kilmurry Ibrickane, as I mentioned earlier on, the twenty, twenty-five-point margin between them and Kildysart.

We- y- people have been hearing Enda Coughlan speaking in the, the sports bulletins that this was the performance they were building towards all season.

But, um, it's gonna be a very different challenge that awaits them in the final itself.

But to- on, on yesterday, it just seemed to click.

Um, even, you know, the ball to, to Connor Burke for that first goal was perfectly weighted.

And even the fourth goal, they, you know, they turned over Kildysart, went on a sweeping counterattack, and they were clinical.

And that's a, you know, that's what they do.

So, uh, in the men's football, you've the game ongoing in the Clare Senior Football Championship club semifinal, Errigal Cunn Wright five points to two ahead of St. Joseph's Milltown Malbay.

The other semifinal's at 3 o'clock between Kildysart and Kilmurry Ibrickane.

And you have in Cavan semifinal, Cacollan against King'scourt Stars coming at half past 6:00.

I'm going in alphabetical order backwards here.

Really looking forward to that one.

And then, uh, two hours later at the same venue, and no doubt with another bumper crowd as well as Paudie mentioned, Kildysart, uh, back into a semifinal, taking on a, an rejuvenated-looking Kilmurry Ibrickane team, albeit with injury concerns.

And I think that's gonna be the big talking point this week.

Paudie, word is Dermott Coughlan is more than 50/50, 70/30 now at this stage with a, a knee injury he picked up late in that, uh, win over Dunbeg the last day.

I'm sure they'll be doing their best to make him, uh, fit to play, and, well, that'll be down to the medical team and Dermott himself.

And we'll, we'll see on Sunday just before throw-in.

But, you know, hopefully he makes it and, you know, if he's not there, you know, there's, that's only going to give the confidence of Kildysart an extra little boost.

You know? Um, they'll [chuckles] ...

Fast piece of music there, I put together many years ago for the Rosa Trilly with the pipes.

Kildysart is a lovely place.

And arriving in that beautiful spot in County Clare, greeting us was a bust of one of its own famous men, local man Padder Clancy, who according to local history was an Irish revolutionary, whose origins was from a place called Cranny, He is remembered in Kildysart, where a monument has been erected to his great memory.

Clancy fought for his country in the 1916 Rising and, quote, served under Michael Collins in the War of Independence, unquote.

Now, everyone, I will take a look at his history, just a brief one as usual.

Like other places, Kildysart is absolutely magic.

On arrival, I spoke to a local man, who afforded me a welcome.

I knew where I came from in Ballybunion, and knew a few of his Kerry friends who worked in Moneypoint, so we had a connection already.

We'll, we'll start with that double-header then because we have Errigal, the Division champions, and St. Joseph's Milltown at 1:00.

And then at 3:00, it is Kildysart and Kilmurry Ibrickane.

We'll start with the champions because they have blazed a, a trail, as we expected, I suppose, to get to this stage.

They're, they're going for three in a row.

Okay.

So the champions to move on potentially.

Uh, just going to the second game then because it's really, really intriguing, Michael, isn't it? I mean, just the, uh, Kildysart kind of breaking into that top four alone has, has kind of, kind of blown the, the championship wide open in a lot of ways because, you know, they're a really refreshing sight to watch.

You know, the, with the, the two-point options, just the, the range of scores, uh, the amount of, um, options they have coming from the back and everything like that.

Welcome to this week's episode of the Future of Disability Services on Clare FM.

Michael Meare grew up on a farm in Kildysart, County Clare.

After school, he worked as a mechanic in Ennis.

In 2001, Michael was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash and the challenges that resulted from that accident weren't the last he would face.

You've got a massive derby between Kilmurry Ibrickane and Doolin starting off the Sunday, and then there's a double-header on the Saturday in Cusack Park.

First up, our neighbors, Kildysart and Lisseycasey, and then the m- uh, repeat of the 2018 final between St. Joseph's, Milltown, and Ennis Diamond.

The race for the Jack Daly is kinda just as tantalizing as the race for the Cannon Hamilton, isn't it?

Oh, no doubt about it, and again, there, there's nothing between a, most of these ti- teams.