It was from a convincing Cratloe performance but it was enough to get over Éire Óg who will be kicking themselves such was the amount of missed chances they had.
A late Cathal McInerney goal added a little bit of gloss to the score line for Cratloe in this one because there were by no means six points better than their opponents over the course of 80 minutes of football.
Clare will be without the pairing of Conor McGrath and Patrick Kelly for their crunch tie with Limerick on Saturday evening in their second round qualifier of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship.
Davy Fitzgerald looks set to be without regular goalkeeper Pa Kelly and star attacker Conor McGrath for Saturday’s All-Ireland Championship qualifier with Laois.
