If you are in Ennis and weighing up whether to leave Sky or Virgin Media, the sensible move is to test the thing before paying for it. The Ennis trial runs 24 hours, needs no card, and works on the telly you already have. That is long enough to check Clare in the championship, Avenue United in the Clare District League, plus every Premier League and Champions League night.
Local viewing guide
Ennis is Clare's county town and hurling drives almost all of the sport viewing here. Cusack Park in the town is where the county's home championship games are played, and a Munster round-robin day against Limerick, Cork or Tipperary is the fixture the summer turns on. Avenue United provide senior soccer in the Clare District League. What makes Clare interesting for anyone testing a telly service is that the Munster hurling championship has been the most competitive provincial competition in the country for several seasons, which means far more of the county's games are genuinely must-watch than would be true in a weaker province. Fibre from SIRO and Eir covers the town reasonably well.
Ennis has reasonable fibre coverage through the town, with SIRO and Eir both present, and out towards Clarecastle and Newmarket-on-Fergus the picture stays decent given the proximity to Shannon. Further into west Clare, towards Kilkee, Doolin and the Burren, coverage thins and the terrain does not help. The county has a substantial tourism trade with holiday properties occupied seasonally. Because Clare's sporting year revolves so completely around the hurling, the sensible use of the trial is narrow and specific: pick a Munster championship Sunday, run it at your own address at throw-in, and judge it there. That single test answers the only question most households in this county genuinely care about.
Start with the games you would be raging to miss. Around Ennis that means Clare in the All-Ireland championship and Avenue United in the Clare District League. Open the guide, pull up the channel, and watch at throw-in when half of Munster is streaming the same thing. Nothing at home matches Cusack Park when Clare are hurling, but the picture should still do the night justice.
Connection check
About the line in Ennis: Clare hurling drives most of the sport viewing here. Ten Mbps or so covers HD and 25 Mbps covers 4K. SIRO and Eir fibre. Test it at nine on a weeknight rather than at noon, since the evening is when a stream has to prove itself.
Setup
If you are already with Sky or Virgin Media in Ennis, do not cancel a thing yet. Run the trial alongside what you have, compare the two on the same match, and only decide once you have watched Avenue United on both. That is precisely why we do not take a card.
Send a WhatsApp with your name and number. No card details are asked for.
We reply with your login, usually inside a few minutes.
Someone talks you through the setup on whatever device is already in the room.
You get 24 hours to judge it. Nothing auto-renews, because we hold no card.
No. Nothing is taken up front and no payment details are stored anywhere. That is deliberate, because it is the only way a trial in Ennis can genuinely cost you nothing.
No. It runs over your existing broadband, so there is no dish, no aerial and nobody calling to the house in Ennis. If you have a smart telly, a Firestick or an Android box, you already have everything you need.
The library includes GAA championship coverage and the Clare District League, so if a Clare or Avenue United game falls inside your 24 hours you can check it properly. Fixtures and rights move around, which is exactly why we would rather you test it on a real match night than take our word for it.
About 10 Mbps for HD and 25 Mbps for 4K. Clare hurling drives most of the sport viewing here. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
It ends, and that is all. No charge, no reminder emails, no cancellation to chase down. If it did suit you, The Taster is a single €100 payment covering 10 months and The Owner is a single €300 payment for lifetime access on one device, each with 90 days to change your mind.
The same free trial applies wherever you are. If one of these is closer, start there.
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One day, your own screen, no card at any point. If the picture does not hold up in Ennis, that is worth knowing and it has cost you nothing.
Channel and event availability changes over time, so nothing here guarantees any given match. Use the trial to check your own must-have channels before paying. If you continue, The Taster is €100 once for 10 months and The Owner is €300 once for lifetime access, both with a 90-day money-back promise.
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