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Irish Examiner
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Limerick GAA reschedule club games after reaching Tailteann Cup final
Limerick GAA have moved quickly to reschedule all grades of their club football championship, following Sunday's win in the Tailteann Cup semi-final. This has left dual clubs with prospect of 10 games in just 11 weekends. Initially pencilled in for the week ending June 22nd, all games were pushed back a week when Jimmy Lee's side negotiated Wexford in the quarter final. This has moved again, after a fifth Tailteann Cup victory in a row on Sunday. The original plan was to have played three rounds of the six grades by mid-July. However, a meeting of the CCCC on Monday within the county has confirmed that the opening round will take place on or before July 20th, with some inter-county squad members set to be in action within five or six days of the 12th of July meeting with Kildare. A decision not to alter the hurling championships, of which there are seven grades, means that rounds two and three of the football competitions will likely take place in August and September. There will be a scramble to make the Munster Championship dates in early November, with dual clubs facing into 10 group games, as well as potentially three knockout rounds. Limerick has successfully filled all their spots in the Munster Championships through the years, with other counties having missed deadlines preciously. Most grades now contain 12 teams, with two groups of six teams. The Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship has tested fixture makers with its eight-team championship, with each side meeting across seven rounds. Granagh Ballingarry, for example, who play at this grade, could face 12 games in as many weekends, while other clubs in this competition will entertain similar challenges with their sister football clubs. Meanwhile, ahead of that historic Tailteann Cup decider with the Lilywhites, the Shannonsiders will be hopeful of a fully fit trio. Iain Corbett (illness), James Naughton (ankle) and Emmet Rigter (hamstring) were all called ashore earlier than planned last Sunday but will be assessed in the coming days. The return to action for vice-captain Barry Coleman proved vital to overturning the deficit against Wicklow.
RTÉ News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Second-half surge see Limerick overcome Antrim
Limerick produced a big second-half performance in the sunshine at Corrigan Park to claim an eight point win over Antrim in the Tailteann Cup. With two wins from two now, the winners are guaranteed at worst a home tie in the preliminary quarter-final ahead of their table-topping clash with Westmeath in their final Groups 3 outing. The Glensmen, on the other hand, have it all to do to extend their season, needing not only a win against London to avoid elimination but also need to boost their score difference if they're not to be the unlucky third-placed side not to to qualify. Antrim tried to take some advantage from the blustery breeze behind them at the throw-in but failed to find the openings through Limerick's defensive formation and then fell behind when limerick's first two attacks yielded scores for James Naughton and Iain Corbett. The hosts were still doing well on the kickouts and, despite missing a golden chance when Ryan McQuillan's fisted pass across the small square failed to find an inrushing target, they got off the mark with Conor Hand's pot on the run. Antrim were back on level terms when James McAuley came up from deep at the end of an extended movement to shoot over from a tight angle and were then denied a second goal chance when Josh Ryan broke from his line to smother Ruairí McCann's finish after pouncing on a Limerick turnover. The visitors responded immediately with Naughton's free but, despite sorting out their early difficulties with primary possession, failed to build on their lead and were caught again when a Saffron breakaway ended with full-back Eunan Walsh floating a two-pointer over. However, conceding their hard-won lead concentrated Limerick minds and, as they pressed their opponents on the defensive, they equalised with a Peter Nash free, took the lead with a Danny Neville pot-shot under pressure and extended it when Nash collected out wide before jinking into space to tap over. Naughton then found his third score off a pass and return before Dominic McEnhill halted the sequence with a point from a tight angle but, just as the watch was ticking into added time, Tony McCarthy fired the Shannonsiders into a lead of 0-8 to 0-5 at half-time. The gap had moved out to five two minutes after the restart when Danny Neville floated over a two-pointer but his side then missed a run of opportunities before Dominic McEnhill gave the hosts some hope by twice finishing off breakaway attacks. That rally focused Limerick's mind which led to Tadhg Ó Siochrú and Iain Corbett's two-pointer finding the target and, after McEnhill found a reply from a free, Nash and Naughton moved the gap out to seven. A that point, a quarter hour into the second half, the Antrim afternoon caved in. Fionn Nagle's black card opened up more space for Limerick to pour into which they immediately exploited when Emmett Rigter was pulled down on the run and Corbett blasted the penalty into the far corner. The Glensmen did harvest a point from the resulting kickout but, after that was overtaken by Ó Siochrú and a Naughton free, the subs piled on and the game ended as a contest with fifteen minutes to go. Through the protracted stoppages McEnhill picked off his fourth score of the day, Naughton replied with a free, an Antrim goal after a rugby scramble in the small square was disallowed but, four minutes into injury, the Saffrons finally found some consolation when Marc Jordan's hand pass across the square found the leaping fist of Patrick McBride to whack over the line. Antrim: Michael Byrne; Eoghan McCabe, Eunan Walsh 0-2 (1 2pf), Kevin Keenan; James McAuley 0-1, Dermot McAleese, Patrick Finnegan; Conor Hand 0-2, Marc Jordan; Ronan Boyle, Adam Loughran, Patrick McBride 1-0; Ryan McQuillan, Ruairí McCann, Dominic McEnhill 0-5 (1f). Subs: Conor Stewart for Patrick Finnegan (half-time), Fionn Nagle for Ruairí McCann (half-time), John Morgan for James McAuley (68 minutes), Niall Burns for Adam Loughran (68 minutes). Limerick: Josh Ryan; Jason Hassett, Darren O'Doherty, Cormac Woulfe; Mark McCarthy, Iain Corbett 1-3 (1-0 pen, 1 2pf), Tony McCarthy 0-1; Tommie Childs, Darragh O'Hagan; Paul Maher, Emmett Rigter, Cillian Fahy; Danny Neville 0-3 (1 2pf), James Naughton 0-6 (3f), Peter Nash 0-3 (1f). Subs: Tadhg Ó Siochrú 0-2 for Cormac Woulfe (39 minutes), Darragh Murray for Tommie Childs (47 minutes), Killian Ryan for Iain Corbett (59 minutes), Bob Childs for Emmett Rigter (59 minutes), Diarmuid Buckley for Tadhg Ó Siochrú (hia, 64 minutes), Rory O'Brien for Paul Maher (68 minutes).
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Limerick ease to win over Antrim in Tailteann Cup
Antrim's hopes of progression in the Tailteann Cup were dealt another blow as they were beaten 1-18 to 1-10 by Limerick at Corrigan Park. The result means that Antrim have lost both of their opening two games in group three and will need to beat London in their final group match in a fortnight's time to secure a preliminary quarter-final spot. Limerick will take on Westmeath in their final group fixture in a straight shootout for top spot and a place in the quarter-final. The Saffrons trailed 0-8 to 0-5 at the break with both sides wasteful in front of goal, kicking six wides apiece. Antrim full-back Eunan Walsh's two-point effort was the highlight of the half as Peter Nash and James Naughton led the Munster side's charge on the scoreboard. The visitors would dominate the the middle third in the second half and started to convert that dominance onto the scoreboard with two pointed efforts from Danny Neville and captain Iain Corbett extending their lead out to seven points with just 10 minutes of the second half played. It went from bad to worse for Andy McEntee's side as Emmett Rigter was hauled down by an Antrim defender as he entered the small parallelogram, giving referee Kieran Eannetta no choice but to award a penalty. Corbett stepped up and sent the effort below Michael Byrne and into the net as Limerick led 1-15 to 0-8 with 20 minutes to play. Antrim's chances of any fightback were dealt a serious setback seconds later when substitute Fionn Nagle was shown a black card for an off-the-ball shoulder charge. Patrick McBride punched home a Marc Jordan cut back in the final minute of injury time but it was Limerick who would head home eight-point victors.
