Limerick face Clare in Mc Grath Cup

LIMERICK will face Clare this Sunday 13 afternoon in Foynes in the quarter final of the Mc Grath Cup. Throw in is at 2pm. This will be Limerick’s first competitive game of the new season and manager Maurice Horan will use the game to blood some new talent on the 2013 panel.

Horan will face Mick O’Dwyer on the sideline on Sunday. The Kerry legend saw his new Clare outfit defeat Limerick IT by 18 points at Milltown-Malbay, 1-20 to 1-02.
The Banner led by 1-11 to 1-00 at the break and there was no way back for the students as Clare added nine points after the resumption.
Clare, who defeated Limerick in last season’s Munster championships will be favourites for this early season clash, having already played a competitive fixture.
Last weekend, the Limerick Senior football team played their first match of 2013 when they played University of Limerick UL in St Patrick’s field.
The final score of Limerick 1-11, UL 1-9 proves that Limerick are yet to hit top form. Horan’s charges lined out as follows, which was a pretty strong team for such an early stage.
Brendan Donnelly (Na Piarsaigh), Damien Quaid (St. Mary’s/Sean Finns), Cian Coady (Na Piarsaigh), Lorcan O’Dwyer (Pallasgreen), Steven Lavin (Adare), John Riordan (Fr Casey’s),                                                                           Pa Ranahan (Ballysteen), Tom Lee (Ballylanders), Paul Kinnerk (Monaleen), James O’Meara (Ballysteen), Darragh Treacy (St Kieran’s), Danny Neville (Ballysteen), Derry O’Connor (Fr Casey’s), Ger Collins (Monaleen), Ian Ryan (St Senan’s). Subs: Mike O’Keeffe (NCW), Mike Sheehan (Fr Casey’s), Sean Sheahan (St Mary’s/ Sean Finns) and Paudie Browne (Fr Casey’s).
Meanwhile, the Limerick U/21 football team played Tipperary in Thurles on Sunday 6. Limerick lost out to the Premier, 3-9 to 1-7.
The Limerick Team lined out as follows;
James O’Mara (Fr Casey’s), Brendan McCarthy (St Kieran’s), Garrett Kennedy (Claughan), Brian O’Sullivan (NCW), Adrian Stackpool ( St Mary’s/Sean Finns, Shane O’Connor (Fr Casey’s), Kevin Brosnan (Monagea), Denis O’Dea (Kilteely/ Dromkeen), Paul White (St Mary’s/Sean Finns), Steven Power (St Marys/Sean Finns), Kieran Larkin (Banogue), Pat O’Donnell (Galbally), Danny Frewen (Ballylanders), Francis O’Riordan (St Senan’s), Jamie Lee (NCW).

The Limerick Senior Football panel for the upcoming McGrath Cup and NFL games is as follows;
Browne, Paudie              Fr. Casey’s.
Buckley, Seanie              Dromcollegher-Broadford.
Coady, Cian                    Na Piarsaigh.
Collins, Ger                     Monaleen.
Cooke, John                    Bruff.
Corbett, Iain                    Newcastlewest.
Donnelly, Brendan          Na Piarsaigh.
Galvin, John                    Croom.
Kelly, Stephen                Newcastlewest.
Kinnerk, Paul                 Monaleen.
Lane, Andy                   St.Senan’s.
Lavin, Stephen              Adare.
Lee, Thomas                  Ballylanders.
Lucey, Stephen              Croom.
McCarthy, Johnny          St.Kieran’s.
Neville, Danny               Ballysteen.
O’Brien, Bobby              Bruff.
O’Carroll, Seamus           Cappagh Kilcornan.
O’Connor, Derry             Fr.Casey’s
O’Connor, Eoghan          St.Mary’s/Sean Finns.
O’Donovan, Jim              St.Kieran’s.
O’Dwyer, Lorcan             Pallasgreen.
O’Keeffe, Mike                Newcastlewest.
O’Meara, James                Ballysteen.
O’Riordan, Mark              Croom.
O’Sullivan, Donal             Monaleen.
Quaid, Damian                 St.Mary’s/Sean Finns.
Ranahan, Pa                      Ballysteen.
Riordan, John                   Fr.Casey’s
Ryan, Ian                          St.Senan’s.
Scanlan, Brian                   Gerald Griffin’s.
Sheehan, Michael              Fr. Casey’s.
Sheehan, Sean                  St. Mary’s/ Sean Finns.
Treacy, Darragh                St.Kieran’s.