Clare, aged 15, attends Our Lady's Grammar School in Newry and is currently working towards a Musical Theatre diploma, Grade 7 Classical Singing and Grade 8 Piano under Mrs Fiona Flynn at Flynn Performing Arts. She also trains with Stagebox, the McCarroll School of Harp and the Blevins Academy of Dance and Drama.

She has played major roles including Nell Mooney in RTÉ's Toy Show The Musical and Peter Frye in workshops for the new musical The Boy With Green Hair. Clare was a finalist in Junior Eurovision Éire in both 2022 and 2023, and recently made her West End debut in the National Youth Music Theatre's production Crescendo at The Other Palace, London.