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All-Ireland Club finalists in plea to the Clare County Board for a run free from local club fixtures ahead of date with destiny in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day

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that he’s hopeful that some arrangement can be brokered in the coming days so as to give Kilmurry every advantage ahead of the most important day in Clare club football

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“We would hope that something could be done,’ McDermott said on Monday night. “I know there are rules and regulations there and that if a game is called off it has to be played within seven days, but the fact that we’re in an All-Ireland Final we’d hope that there’d be some ma- noeuvre.

“It’s not that we’re looking for spe- cial treatment, but the fact that there’s a six week break in the Cusack Cup after this weekend, there’d be plenty of time to re-fix the Doonbeg game.

“This week is important for us be- cause it’s all about recovery from Sunday before we started building it up again for the final on March 17. If the county board are determined that the fixture goes ahead, we’ ll fulfill it, but we’d have to put out a weakened team.”

After Sunday’s victory, McDermott told

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