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so we have Playoff Round

Ballyea, Clooney/Quin, Clarecastle, Cratloe, O’Callaghans Mills, Sixmilebridge, Tulla, Wolfe Tones

Relegation PLAY OFFS

Inagh/Kilnamona, Kilmaley, Newmarket on Fergus, Whitegate

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Crusheen, Clonlara, Feakle and Eire Og gone the direct route to the 1/4s

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Draw for #ClareSHC Playoff Round

Wolfe Tones v Sixmilebridge

Cratloe v Clarecastle

Mills v Tulla

Clooney/Quin v Ballyea #GAA
Draw for #ClareSHC Relegation

Inagh/Kilnamona v Kilmaley

Newmarket v Whitegate #GAA

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http://clareherald.com/2016/08/davy-concentrating-on-recovery-before-making-a-decision-on-clare-future/

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Put this one in the calendar.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2016/0811/808524-davy/

So much has been said and written about Davy Fitzgerald. All Ireland winning manager, player, All Star awards, he’s done it all. As a manager, he brought Waterford to an All Ireland final in 2008, their first appearance in the final since 1963.

After leaving Waterford he took on the Clare management job in 2011. Within two years, he brought the Liam McCarthy cup back to the Banner for the fourth time, this time as a manager. The previous two times the trophy made its way to Clare were in the 1990s. He was involved then too, as the goalkeeper who captured the imagination of the country.

Perhaps this is why we feel we know him. But is the public perception of Davy Fitzgerald different to who he really is?

This documentary is a project that began as the summer of 2015 drew to a close. Clare were knocked out of the championship by Cork, Galway lost the All Ireland final, Kilkenny champions yet again. Two days after that game, Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh approached Davy Fitzgerald to become involved. He didn’t want to do anything that would jeopardise their game, or that would be to the detriment of his players. She spent the next few months trying to get Davy to agree. He relented, eventually, so long as it was kept under wraps, as he wanted no distractions.

'Davy’ records the Clare hurling year, beginning with the appointment of Dónal Óg Cusack to the coaching set up, to their first game in January against Cork, all to way to the high of winning the National Hurling League, to being knocked out of the championship in July by Galway, days after Davy is admitted to hospital with heart trouble.

Davy is honest and open in this documentary. It’s clear he loves hurling, he loves Clare, and he loves his players and backroom team. He speaks of his motivations, what gets under his skin, what drives him on. He tells of the hours he has dedicated to Clare hurling. 'Davy’ is a window into the challenges he faces, and into the highs and the lows of inter-county management. People think they know Davy Fitzgerald because of what they see during the game, but what about before and after? This documentary had unique access to follow Clare’s 2016 hurling year and experience it through Davy’s eyes.

Narrated by MĂĄire Treasa NĂ­ Cheallaigh

Produced by MĂĄire Treasa NĂ­ Cheallaigh and Sarah Blake

First Broadcast on Saturday 27th August 2016 at 1pm
Repeated on Sunday 28th August 2016 at 7pm

An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries.

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This is on now

https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9_-2_14_27-08-2016_

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I’m cringing slightly already. Sounds like Mark Dunphy scripted it so far.

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Our first competitive win over Cork since 2013 :smile:

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I think they’re going to play this instead of an annual review

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“Playing for Clare is not like playing for Kilkenny where success is expected”

Jesus christ.

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Large, well respected backroom team.

Playing cards all night :grinning:

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The bitterness he has over Kinnerk getting credit is unreal :joy:

“Does it bother me? Not really”

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Brilliant.

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This is great comedy.

Give that man a 5 year contract!

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A big John Wayne fan!!

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His father made life tougher for him than he probably did for any other Clare manager.

Including, presumably, Tony Considine who Pat tried to sack mid-season because he dropped Davy.

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People ringing him for tickets for the Waterford game :slight_smile:

Attendance: 19,000

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Emphasizing that they’re complimentary tickets :rollseyes:

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“I do not believe these forums should be allowed”

Calls for the government to ban them.

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Davy Fitz on RTE Radio 1 calling online forums “a cancer” and calling on government to ban them.

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