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KILMURRY Ibrickane last played in Croke Park in 2000 — they’re now planning to mark the ten-year anni- versary of their All-Ireland Féile na nOg triumph by winning the All-Ire- land Club title on St Patrick’s Day.
No sooner had Kilmurry Ibrick- ane scaled the peak of Munster club football in the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday with their dramatic Q-7 to 0-6 provincial final win over Kerins O’Rahillys and manager Micheal McDermott was looking ahead to greater things.
“We want to get to Croke Park and win an All-Ireland,” said McDermott in the first flush of victory. “Every- thing from here on in is a bonus for this team, because winning a Mun- ster title is what we wanted all year, but having said that we will be deter-
mined not to leave it here.
‘“T have to go home now to my wife to tell her that she probably won’t see me between now and the middle of February and hopefully March, be- cause I’ll be double-jobbing it until then,’ added the new Clare senior football boss.
“This is fantastic for Clare football. Anytime a small team from the west of Clare comes out and beats a Kerry team in a Munster final is a superb day for football in the county. Clare football can be up there with the best of them and we’re well able to com- pete with the best of them.
‘We said to ourselves all year that we really wanted to get back into a Munster final and win it. We’re going to enjoy this win for a good while, but then we’re going to have a real go at the All-Ireland. We’re not just there to make up the numbers. Why
not give it a lash. I’d love to be in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day. I’d love it for the players, because peo- ple outside the club do not realise the effort that these guys put in over the last couple of years.
“They’ve done it without complaint — an odd whinge here and there, but they’ve given everything that they could possibly give. That’s what brings success. Hard work and effort is the key to success and they give it in abundance.”
It’s the new blueprint for Clare football.