Éire Óg have registered a comfortable win over Corofin in the First Round of the Clare Senior Football Championship.
The Townies recorded a 13-point win, 3-10 to 1-03.
Éire Óg were the better team for much of the first half. Points from Dean Ryan and Eimhin Courtney put them two in front, before Eoin Davoren pointed for Corofin. Shane Daniels would then score two frees for the Townies, before Courtney scored another from play.
At half-time it stood 0-5 to 0-1, but both teams will rue missed goal chances. After 14 minutes, Corofin’s Kieran Carkill saved when Dean Ryan had a good chance at goal, while Corofin could have scored a goal of their own right on the stroke of half-time, but Davoren blasted wide from 15m.
The second half-started as a low-scoring affair too, but substitute Gavin Cooney’s first touch of the game, after he had pounced on a defensive mistake, saw him score the first goal of the game, and make it 1-07 to 0-02.
Two more goals followed for ÉireÓg – good work by Cooney in the corner saw him set up Dean Ryan for an easy finish, while Dara Walshe bundled home a half-saved effort from Aidan McGrath.
Corofin railed near the end, and scored a consolation goal through Eoin Davoren, but it wasn’t to be enough and they were beaten 3-10 to 1-03.