Ballyea have booked their spot in the last eight of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship.
Tony Kelly hit 0-12 of their total as they beat Kilmaley by 0-22 to 1-14.
They were 0-12 to 0-6 ahead at the break, but a second half goal for Kilmaley through Ken Kennedy looked to have kept them in the contest.
However it was the Ballyea men who finished the stongest to take the five point win, and make it to the quarter finals.
Kilmaley will now enter the draw for the playoff round.
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Cratloe's bid for back to back Clare Senior titles is back on course after they survived a huge scare to beat Whitegate.
A Shane O'Rourke goal for Whitegate saw the sides level at the break, but the champions dominated the opening period of the second half to go 0-18 to 1-12 clear.
They maintained this gap until Gearoid Considine pounced for a goal to leave the full time score Cratloe 1-23 to 1-16.
Conor McGrath led the scoring for the winners, ending with personal tally of 0-11. They now go to the playoff round while Whitegate will be in the relegation mix.
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Feakle were the second side to drop out of the race for the Canon, after they lost out in their east Clare derby with Tulla.
Last years intermediate champions led at half time, with Shane McGrath to the fore as they went in 0-8 to 0-7 ahead.
Tulla got the perfect start with a goal from Michael Murphy after the restart, but Feakle continued to rally and with time almost up the sides were level.
Injury-time points from Niall Bolton & Trevor Vaughan sealed the win for the 2007 champions, as they won by 1-12 to 0-13.
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Inagh/Kilnamona recovered from their opening round defeat against Crusheen to beat Clarecastle by 3-18 to 0-21
Two goals in the opening half from Conor Tierney and Sean McConigley put the Combo in the driving seat as they led 2-11 to 0-9 at the break.
The Magpies cut the gap to three early in the second half, but a second goal from McConigley swung the tie back in his sides favour.
The sides traded scores until the final whistle, but InaMona held on to claim the six point win, and move on to the playoff round.
Last years championship semi finalists Clarecastle will now play in the relegation semi final for 2015.
