Clare’s joint senior hurling manager Donal Moloney said the players applied themselves superbly in 2018 despite not picking up any silverware.
Clare were just the width of a post of defeating Galway in the replay of their All-Ireland semi-final replay, while before that it took a free taking competition for Limerick to dispatch them in the league.
The new season begins next weekend, when Clare begin the 2019 Munster Hurling League by welcoming Cork to Cusack Park.
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Moloney said the overriding feeling for 2018 was very positive: