Limerick GAA news/discussion thread

paddy no 11 · 17-10-2014 5:07pm

Cant see anything other than a Na P win hopefully its competitive.

The intermediate semi could be a better game, be more intrested to see dawson and reidy again, also see how Nicky gets on outfield for effin.

Never checked last weeks program is cian involved or is he going playing soccer or whats the story?

Fireball07 · 17-10-2014 6:14pm

homeofhurling wrote: »

big game lads who will come out on top between Na Parisigh and Killmallock
i think this is a big year for Na Parisigh nothing but the club all ireland will do.

Can't see Na Piarsaigh losing tbh. Kilmallock won't get hammered again, but the city boys just have too much quality all over the pitch.

Kieran Breen at full-back, David Breen at centre-back, Kevin Downes at centre-forward, Shane Dowling at full-forward... Alan Dempsey & Pat Gleeson in midfield. And then you've got the likes of Michael Casey, Ronan Lynch, Cathal King, Dave Dempsey, Adrian Breen. It's absolutely ridiculous.

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Cant see anything other than a Na P win hopefully its competitive.

The intermediate semi could be a better game, be more intrested to see dawson and reidy again, also see how Nicky gets on outfield for effin.

Never checked last weeks program is cian involved or is he going playing soccer or whats the story?

As far as I know, the whole soccer thing isn't true. I mean... 18-year-olds don't get trials in England really, it's pretty late to be going over. He might get a game with a League of Ireland team but I've heard that he likes hurling too much anyway.

He did play in a soccer match for Mary I against Tralee IT last week, apparently looked very rusty, as if he hadn't played for a while.

I would be surprised not to see him in a Limerick panel next year. I could be wrong, of course.

Rightwing · 17-10-2014 6:21pm

Wet windy day like today would make it a lottery.

Fireball07 · 19-10-2014 12:18am

The rain could lower the standard alright, but I reckon Na Piarsaigh are fairly well suited to the wet conditions too.

Spudmonkey · 19-10-2014 4:14pm

Kilmallock good value for their half time lead

Rightwing · 19-10-2014 5:00pm

Good win for them, I wasn't so sure of Na Piarsaigh. Sparrow did well.

Kilmallock are more than good enough to do a number on the cork team.

paddy no 11 · 19-10-2014 7:25pm

Was told by a couple of people that killmallock were waiting in the long grass but couldnt see it happening myself.

They won because they were hungrier and more importantly the quality of ball into the forwards. Na P hardly played in a good ball all day, whereas kilmallock had a great supply particularly from KOD who had a field day. JOB at half forward did not work to say the least big mistake from Na P.

Kil also had mulcahy on top form and he roamed round and Na P simply couldnt pick him up.

barry hennessey again proved he's an outstanding keeper, 3 excellent saves, if Nicky is near the 1 jersey next year it would be a mistake.

Think kil targeted this game all year and Na P were prob a bit over confident, the game was gone from them before they realised it, kil had plenty enough experience to see it through and were well worth the win.

glasagusban · 19-10-2014 11:39pm

Fair play to Kilmallock. Better team by a mile today. Na P only played with the required intensity for maybe the last 10. Having coasted all year they weren't up to the required level at all whereas Kilmallock had good games against Adare and Doon on the run in to the final. Beat all the best teams in limerick to win it. Kevin O'Donnell was very impressive at wing back. O'Mahony is pure class. Mulcahy was spikey and impressive throughout although King did well enough marking him. Alan Dempsey was the best midfielder on display today in the first half at least, until injury caught up with him and he faded out. Paudie was pretty anonymous. David Dempsey and Jake Mulcahy were both good. One blunder aside with a missed hand pass, Ronan Lynch was class, he may not join up for another year but he will be more than ready for the Limerick senior panel in 2015. Downes mixed the brilliant with the dreadful. Mark O'Loughlin was good at full back I thought and is probably the best of the three brothers there. It might be no bad thing from a limerick perspective that some of the Na P lads don't have another long season this year. Only one player over 30 in the team. There are a few more Munster titles let alone county titles to come for that team.

Fireball07 · 20-10-2014 12:33am

Fair play to Kilmallock, and to the Sparrow. He is a very impressive manager... got all the calls right today. They started well and even with 14 men, they were able to hold Na Piarsaigh, and kept tabs on NaP's dangermen.

Obviously Na Piarsaigh didn't play anywhere near their best either, probably weren't tested en route to the final enough.

I hope Kilmallock go on to represent Limerick well in Munster... I'd have actually given Na Piarsaigh a better chance in the following rounds, even though Kilmallock were clearly the better team today. We'll see though.

Kevin O'Donnell, Robbie Egan for Limerick?

francozola · 20-10-2014 1:05am

I watched the game on TG4. IMO it was one of those days for NaP, Kilmallock handled the occasion and conditions better. Sparrow done his homework, Kilkenny like crowd out tactics worked a treat.
Some very flat displays for NaP especially the county lads never got going. Ronan Lynch was very impressive.
Kilmallock had a number of stand out performances. Barry Hennessy certainly put his name forward for Limerick's number 1 next year with an accomplished display in goals. I was impressed with young Costelloe in the corner and Kevin O'Donnell whose 3 points came at crucial stages. In attack, Gavin and Graeme done untold damage to NaP.

So could TJ put Hennessy in goals, Nickie to half back and Gavin to the forwards next year?

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 1:12am

I wouldn't be against Barry Hennessey starting in goal next year at all, he's a fine keeper, no doubt about that. But he was 3rd choice this year... Aaron Murphy is a very good goalkeeper too, with huge length on his puck-outs as well as being an excellent shot stopper.

The best thing about Nicky, bar his surname, is how safe he is under the high ball... absolutely rock solid, as well as having top class accuracy in his puckouts. But talking to a few lads in college, who were absolutely raving about his performances outfield for Effin this season. Apparently some of the best form of his life.

He could be a huge asset to our half-back line... I'd play him midfield if we didn't already have some great midfielders. I'd like to see him tried at centre-back.

As for Gavin up front... it's a possibility, I guess. I'm not sure how it would work at intercounty level, it is a different ball game. But it's worth a try, I suppose. We're not exactly overflowing with forwards. But Adare were playing Hannon at full-forward, never liked him there for Limerick. Still not 100% convinced by Wayne at centre-back despite his All-Star nomination, although he had a solid enough year. Downes never got going in the Championship this year really, a good game against Tipp and that was it really.

Don't know if I said it my last post, but Mulcahy drifting out around the middle, would definitely be in favour of that. We might miss his firepower, but if we're ever playing a 3rd midfielder, I'd pick Mul as the man.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 1:43am

2015 panel?

Just throwing out some random names, probably forgot a few. The great thing about most of these players is that they are genuine options in multiple options... Richie English could be backup full-back or a wing-back option. Dempsey could be played at corner-back, wing-back or midfield; same with Cathal King. Seamus Hickey could be corner-back, centre-back, wing-back, midfield.

I've put Tom Ryan at wing-back, I prefer to see him there than in the half-forward line, same with Hickey. I put Paudie at midfield, I wouldn't like to see him as a wing-back next year. Gavin at half-forward, but he could easily be our 7 again. Breen is an option in either backs or forwards, I'd say he'll stay up front until we find more options there.

Then you've got youngsters like Cian Lynch and Tom Morrissey, who could be played anywhere in the forward line. Downes is versatile too.

I haven't put in Ronan Lynch, Barry Nash, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave as they're doing the Leaving Cert. Of the minor teams over the past 2 years, I put in Richie English, Michael Casey, Darragh O'Donovan, Cian Lynch, Dean Coleman, Tom Morrissey and Colin Ryan; all were genuine standout players. I know Dylan Dawson didn't make the minor team but if any player that was any bit older was scoring that much from play at that level, they'd definitely be looked at.

Is Adrian Breen up to it? Didn't look great at league before, but has been a consistent club player. I'm not sure if Tommy Quaid, Tommy O'Brien, Mikey Ryan, Paudie Aherne, John Fitzgibbon, Seanie O'Brien are the answers either having been given chances before, but maybe one of them can push on? But if you include them, how about the likes of Willie Griffin, Jake Mulcahy and James O'Brien???

Have to get the right mix of experimentation and competitiveness in the early year, because we have to get promoted from the league this year. At least we're not searching for a manager again, as we are at this time last year. TJ is in place, he's making plans and must have ideas for next year already. Hopefully he's getting in contact with people. I wouldn't mind if he did add someone else to the backroom team though, just to get a fresh view.

Goalkeepers
Barry Hennessey, Aaron Murphy, Nicky Quaid

Full-Back Line
Mark Carmody, Michael Casey, Tom Condon, Alan Dempsey, Richie English, Richie McCarthy, Stephen Walsh

Half-Back Line
Diarmuid Byrnes, Seamus Hickey, Barry Lynch, Cathal McNamara, Wayne McNamara, Dan Morrissey, Barry O'Connell, Kevin O'Donnell, Nicky Quaid, Tom Ryan

Midfield
Paul Browne, Cathal King, Paudie O'Brien, Darragh O'Donovan, James Ryan

Half-Forward Line
Conor Allis, David Breen, David Dempsey, Kevin Downes, Robbie Egan, Mike Fitzgerald, Declan Hannon, Donal O'Grady, Gavin O'Mahony, David Reidy

Full-Forward Line
Adrian Breen, Dean Coleman, Shane Dowling, Cian Lynch, Tom Morrissey, Graeme Mulcahy, Kevin O'Brien, Colin Ryan, Seanie Tobin

glasagusban · 21-10-2014 10:46am

Off the top of my head there's also last seasons back up full back O'Loughlin from Kilmallock. Also think his brother Mark should be added. Willie Griffin a corner forward option. A few you've mentioned above could yet develop into good intercounty players, if there was a player development focus on the intermediates it could help these guys make the step up like Donal O'Grady did. Thing is though, a lot of those players are likely to be overtaken by the crop of minors coming through anyway.

paddy no 11 · 21-10-2014 11:30am

We could spend the next couple of months going over possible line ups but i think we'll know how we fair next year when we see who has the No 1 Jersey for the first league game and the make up of our half back line for the same game. It will tell a huge amount about management, if we sit still we'll win nothing if we evolve a bit then maybe.

glasagusban · 21-10-2014 1:17pm

paddy no 11 wrote: »

We could spend the next couple of months going over possible line ups but i think we'll know how we fair next year when we see who has the No 1 Jersey for the first league game and the make up of our half back line for the same game. It will tell a huge amount about management, if we sit still we'll win nothing if we evolve a bit then maybe.

We'll prob see something like last year where we put out our "best team" of established players to play it safe for that first round game before many new guys are hopefully given a chance later in the league.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 2:29pm

Waterford Crystal Cup too.. think we should target that as well.

Quaid played one challenge game outfield in early 2014, but was in goal for the WCC game afaik. If he's played outfield then, then he'll be considered.

How some of the minor lads step up (if they are included) will play a big part. If Lynch, Morrissey, Dempsey, Ryan, English, Casey, O'Donovan; or even 2 of them, were to hit the ground running like, say, Austin Gleeson did, then they will be pushing for a starting place straight away.

Hopefully the likes of Alan Dempsey, Cathal King, Tom Ryan are given a real chance to fight for a starting position. One criticism I would have of last year was that players were too safe in their positions.

Condon, Paudie, Gavin, Downes, Hannon early on... none of them were at their absolute best yet weren't dropped. A strong squad is essential.

mickaleen · 21-10-2014 2:38pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

Waterford Crystal Cup too.. think we should target that as well.

Quaid played one challenge game outfield in early 2014, but was in goal for the WCC game afaik. If he's played outfield then, then he'll be considered.

How some of the minor lads step up (if they are included) will play a big part. If Lynch, Morrissey, Dempsey, Ryan, English, Casey, O'Donovan; or even 2 of them, were to hit the ground running like, say, Austin Gleeson did, then they will be pushing for a starting place straight away.

Hopefully the likes of Alan Dempsey, Cathal King, Tom Ryan are given a real chance to fight for a starting position. One criticism I would have of last year was that players were too safe in their positions.

Condon, Paudie, Gavin, Downes, Hannon early on... none of them were at their absolute best yet weren't dropped. A strong squad is essential.

Only one I would make an exception for there fireball was Hannon. He struggled for fitness early on. In my view no excuses for the other 4 lads you mentioned.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 2:49pm

mickaleen wrote: »

Only one I would make an exception for there fireball was Hannon. He struggled for fitness early on. In my view no excuses for the other 4 lads you mentioned.

That might be fair enough, but should he have been included when not at full fitness? I know we didn't have many other options, but that's my point really... we shouldn't have to be playing half-fit players.

Hannon had a great league in 2013 but struggled for form/looked unfit for the Championship in 2013 and for the League in 2014 + all of the Munster Championship.

When moved to centre-forward, he was absolutely class.... he was unreal against Kilkenny in the driving rain. I think he should never be moved from 11 again, even if it is Downes' best position.

Mountainlad · 21-10-2014 3:06pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

That might be fair enough, but should he have been included when not at full fitness? I know we didn't have many other options, but that's my point really... we shouldn't have to be playing half-fit players.

Hannon had a great league in 2013 but struggled for form/looked unfit for the Championship in 2013 and for the League in 2014 + all of the Munster Championship.

When moved to centre-forward, he was absolutely class.... he was unreal against Kilkenny in the driving rain. I think he should never be moved from 11 again, even if it is Downes' best position.

I think Downes has to shape up this year Fireball. Said he was inconsistent last year and had probably his worst ever year last year, even against Wexford he couldn't hit a barn door.

He needs to seriously be made fight for his position. I think where Limerick are lucky though is ye have some top forwards coming through. I look at Waterford and think it's always been a case that when we needed competition/a better player in a position it was always a bit too late in them coming. Even in general now you could say there are much better underage players coming through but little left in terms of quality Senior players to guide them.

Limerick seem to be the exact opposite to me at the moment, and I think have a great opportunity of contesting for an all-ireland in the next few years.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 5:47pm

Mountainlad wrote: »

I think Downes has to shape up this year Fireball. Said he was inconsistent last year and had probably his worst ever year last year, even against Wexford he couldn't hit a barn door.

He needs to seriously be made fight for his position. I think where Limerick are lucky though is ye have some top forwards coming through. I look at Waterford and think it's always been a case that when we needed competition/a better player in a position it was always a bit too late in them coming. Even in general now you could say there are much better underage players coming through but little left in terms of quality Senior players to guide them.

Limerick seem to be the exact opposite to me at the moment, and I think have a great opportunity of contesting for an all-ireland in the next few years.

Well yeah, he does. Had a decent game against Tipp but his shooting was poor against both Cork & Wexford, and was quiet against KK too.

He has so much talent, but he can be guilty of trying the impossible when he just needs to keep things simple. If Morrissey, Lynch, Ryan, O'Brien... even O'Mahony & Allis can contest for forward positions, it will hopefully up the performances of everyone.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 5:48pm

glasagusban wrote: »

Off the top of my head there's also last seasons back up full back O'Loughlin from Kilmallock. Also think his brother Mark should be added. Willie Griffin a corner forward option. A few you've mentioned above could yet develop into good intercounty players, if there was a player development focus on the intermediates it could help these guys make the step up like Donal O'Grady did. Thing is though, a lot of those players are likely to be overtaken by the crop of minors coming through anyway.

I can't tell the O'Loughlin's apart tbh... Mark is the one that was full-back on the U-21 team last year? And was centre-back at the weekend?

paddy no 11 · 21-10-2014 5:56pm

No Philip was CB at the weekend, wears blue helmet. Think mark was full back, though the commentators said it was paddy at one point. All good athletes, could do with a small bit more hurling but have time to improve for sure.

glasagusban · 21-10-2014 8:34pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

I can't tell the O'Loughlin's apart tbh... Mark is the one that was full-back on the U-21 team last year? And was centre-back at the weekend?

Mark was recently the u21 full back, and was Kilmallock full back the weekend. Phillip played full back for limerick a few times this year and was 6 for Kilmallock the weekend. Paddy was full back for the limerick minors this year and wasn't on the Kilmallock senior team. I think Mark is the best from what I've seen and should be on the limerick panel along with Phillip. Don't think either will even threaten to displace Richie and I'd prob prefer Condon as the back up full back, but they're prob worth their places on the panel at least. I really think Dempsey has to get more of a run for limerick at corner back. I expect him to demonstrate this in the fitzgibbon for LIT this year, albeit he'll be at midfield.

paddy no 11 · 21-10-2014 8:39pm

The talent is there anyway lads which it hasnt been for a long time, just a matter of selection and tactics from here, a little luck would go down well too.

Would like to see kilmallock beat sars for their own confidence having lost the 1st round of munster last two times but that should be it for them and better off too let Mulcahy rest up.

Fireball07 · 21-10-2014 11:17pm

U-21 & minor fixtures for next year:

U-21 Football
Home to Cork.
If we win that (seems unlikely), we'll be away to Kerry. Lost to both those teams when these players were at minor level.

U-21 Hurling
Home to Tipperary.

Tipp's minors in 2012 won Munster (and the All-Ireland, I think?). Probably the toughest draw we could have got.

Minor Football
Home to Cork.

If we win, we play the winners of Kerry/Clare, if we lose, we play the losers of Tipp/Waterford. Don't have much hope for us at minor level tbh.

Minor Hurling
Away to Cork.

If we win, we play the winners of the play-off... losers of Tipp/Waterford vs Cork. Obviously if we lose to Cork, we'll be in that play-off, playing the losers of Tipp/Waterford and then Cork.

We won't have as strong a minor team this year, they're still a decent group... but I don't think they're All-Ireland contenders. Could be good enough to win Munster with a bit of luck, but apparently Cork will be strong next year. Don't know anything about the others... can be hard to know with minor.

Orizio · 22-10-2014 8:40am

Tipp and yourselves favourites for Minor Hurling in Munster next year.

Fireball07 · 22-10-2014 2:30pm

I think we have 9 players from last year's minor panel still underage this year, but we've lost most of the heavy hitters.

As for our U-21 hurling panel... 13 of the 18 players who featured against Clare are underage again for 2015, which is a very significant amount.

Darragh Stapleton, Shane Irwin, Richie English, Diarmuid Byrnes, William O'Donoghue, Cian Lynch, Dave Dempsey, Liam O'Sullivan, Kevin O'Brien, Pat Ryan, Darragh O'Donovan, Bryan Griffin and Dean Coleman.

That's not to mention Barry O'Connell who definitely would have been starting had he been fit. Ronan Lynch probably would have been too.

And because it's not the 1st round fixture, we should have players doing their Leaving Cert so you could add Ronan Lynch, Barry Nash, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave to that straight away.

Provided we don't lose any major players to injury, we should be stronger. Although, getting drawn against the favourites again is a bit of a disaster.

Fireball07 · 23-10-2014 3:45pm

As for the footballers, we haven't had a halfway-decent underage team in years, but structures are being put in place now... between Cregan, Gavin & Kinnerk, hopefully they can get our underage setup into shape. After that, it's up to the players.

There are plenty of talented footballers around Limerick- plenty of people around the city who might favour soccer, but would have loads of talent. And out west, it's primarily football. I'm one of the people who doesn't think there's a huge difference between the talent of some of the players in the top teams and smaller teams..... but the coaching, tactics and maybe some of the strength & conditioning that has been in place in the big counties since those players were very young is what makes the difference.

I find it unlikely that we will be particularly competitive at either minor or U-21 next season, but at senior level, hopefully we can push on from last year.

Browney7 · 24-10-2014 9:26pm

Well done to Seamus Hickey and Shane Dowling on their All Star awards. Richly deserved. Need to kick on next year now!

washman3 · 24-10-2014 10:21pm

Delighted for both, but Dowling in particular. He's definitely a big game player.
First all-star for Murroe-Boher I think.??
And when we look back on it we can see how close Ritchie and Browney were.
Hickey was always a cert and 2 awards were a real bonus for beaten semi-finalists but to me Ritchie had a better campaign than JJ Delaney.!!

Fireball07 · 25-10-2014 1:38am

washman3 wrote: »

Delighted for both, but Dowling in particular. He's definitely a big game player.
First all-star for Murroe-Boher I think.??
And when we look back on it we can see how close Ritchie and Browney were.
Hickey was always a cert and 2 awards were a real bonus for beaten semi-finalists but to me Ritchie had a better campaign than JJ Delaney.!!

It's probably true, but JJ still had a good year, I suppose and if Limerick had beaten KK, Richie & Jim Bob/Browne would have got one, possibly Hannon too.

A team getting further helps edge marginal calls.

Well done to the two lads though, well-deserved.

francozola · 25-10-2014 9:47pm

Was anyone at JAHC final tonight in the GG.
Controversy as NaP thought they had won by a point.
County Board intervened and ref deemed he had a wrong score and the game was called a draw.

Interesting few nights ahead if NaP go off and appeal it.

glasagusban · 25-10-2014 9:54pm

francozola wrote: »

Was anyone at JAHC final tonight in the GG.
Controversy as NaP thought they had won by a point.
County Board intervened and ref deemed he had a wrong score and the game was called a draw.

Interesting few nights ahead if NaP go off and appeal it.

Yeah I was at it. Scoreboard was wrong and after consultation with ref it was announced the game was a draw. Replay at some stage however Feonagh will represent limerick v the tipp junior champs next week anyway as it must be a junior club to progress to the Munster champ.

mickmackey1 · 25-10-2014 9:55pm

Do ye know who won between Croom and Bruff lads?

francozola · 25-10-2014 10:18pm

Bruff won. 2-14 to 16.

dhanna506 · 30-10-2014 6:23pm

hi folks new to limerick city,sorry to interupt the all-stars talk!

living in Oakleigh Wood,Dooradoyle and just 2 weeks over my ACL reconstruction surgery in my knee.

Just enquiring where & what to do regarding physio. i do know Aine O'Meara is in raheen (though 50euro is steep, im a student on work placement down here).anyone else people can recommend?

also hitting a blank regarding ice baths/cyrobaths in limerick city,tried searching online to no avail.until today, a guy mentioned Willie Bennet and possible cyrotherapy pool? anyone confirm this?

Many Thanks

Fireball07 · 30-10-2014 6:38pm

So yeah, Patrickswell were convincing winners in the County Cup against Effin. Probably unlucky to be in the group they were in, they'd have qualified for the quarter-finals if they'd been in the other group and would have put on a better show than South Liberties.

Interesting that Effin beat Murroe/Boher in the semi though, does anyone know were Murroe/Boher at full-strength. I mean I'd consider them a pretty strong team, even now... not county winners strong, but a comfortable senior team. But considering Effin only just avoided relegation and would have a small pick of players, that was a good one.

How do we think Bruff and Croom will get on next year? I wouldn't say there's much of a difference between them and the likes of Effin, Ballybrown, South Liberties, maybe Murroe/Boher. Probably not going to challenge the big teams though. Should be a very competitive Premier Intermediate again next year though.

Blackrock will be desperate to make amends for this year, as will the Bouncers, who probably think they are stronger than a good few of those senior teams. Monaleen are already promoted... they beat a Glenroe side who I thought were certain to go up, won 5 from 5 in the group. Apparently Andrew La Touche Cosgrave was immense in both quarter and semi-final. I'd say they'll be a force to be reckoned with at Premier Intermediate, lots of talented youngsters there. And Pallasgreen/Mungret is gone to a replay... Pallasgreen almost got relegated to junior last year, now they've got a good chance to go up... Mungret really should be doing better than they have been in recent years.

Thing is, we beat Monaleen and only just avoided relegation and they'll probably be as good as Bruree or Dromin/Athlacca next season. So there isn't much between some of these teams.

Tom Morrissey scored 3-3 for UL freshers as they hammered Mary I, he was at full-forward. He scored 2-3 the week before against CIT. Serious threat up front, particularly at that level.

Mark Carmody, Tom Ryan, Liam O'Sullivan and Kevin O'Brien among those who started for the UL seniors as they beat GMIT by 17 points. They had been hammered by LIT the week before, although they were missing some players.

Dan Morrissey will be starting when it gets to Fitzgibbon time anyway.

Vanolder · 31-10-2014 7:22pm

dhanna506 wrote: »

hi folks new to limerick city,sorry to interupt the all-stars talk!

living in Oakleigh Wood,Dooradoyle and just 2 weeks over my ACL reconstruction surgery in my knee.

Just enquiring where & what to do regarding physio. i do know Aine O'Meara is in raheen (though 50euro is steep, im a student on work placement down here).anyone else people can recommend?

also hitting a blank regarding ice baths/cyrobaths in limerick city,tried searching online to no avail.until today, a guy mentioned Willie Bennet and possible cyrotherapy pool? anyone confirm this?

Many Thanks

There's a physio next to the Unicorn that offers 40 euro for students. Think it's the physiocompany... Not sure about the rest of your post.

francozola · 04-11-2014 4:14pm

I see the Clare chairman is angling for Cusack Park to be renovated in time for the 2015 league campaign, with a view to hosting Munster Championship matches. Could Limerick and Clare come to a home/away agreement for this match if it turns out to be true or is it set in stone that it will be Thurles.

Browney7 · 04-11-2014 4:22pm

francozola wrote: »

I see the Clare chairman is angling for Cusack Park to be renovated in time for the 2015 league campaign, with a view to hosting Munster Championship matches. Could Limerick and Clare come to a home/away agreement for this match if it turns out to be true or is it set in stone that it will be Thurles.

They'd need to do some serious renovations! You'd nearly get tetanus off the turnstiles.

Limerick would bring 10000 supporters to Ennis and a clare home crowd would easily hit 10k aswell. Hard to see it happening considering the health and safety concerns reducing the capacity in Cork which is a far more sizable stadium. We did play them there in 1993 though and lost!

Based on previous evidence of attendances the only team Clare could accomodate at home would be Waterford. Not a hope they'd handle a Cork, Tipp or Limerick crowd.

francozola · 04-11-2014 11:26pm

Clare GAA chiefs have confirmed they will lobby the provincial council to bring Munster senior championship hurling to Cusack Park upon completion of a €2.3m redevelopment of the Ennis venue.

Cusack Park is to undergo a significant facelift, which will see the capacity increase from 12,500 to 20,000, it was revealed last week.

As part of the regeneration project, the existing roof and seating in the main stand are to be modernised, while dressing rooms, toilets and media facilities will all be redeveloped.

A 200-space car park is to be built behind the town end while additional turnstiles will also be installed.

The Clare executive have met with officials from Croke Park and Munster Council to secure funding for the project and chairman Michael McDonagh pictured is optimistic the new-look Cusack Park will be open for business in time for the 2015 national leagues.

“What we hope to do is take the roof of the main stand and put back on a new roof with facilities for press, television and VIPs. We will also be taking up the existing seating and installing 1,200 seats. Underneath the stand we hope to redevelop the dressing rooms, function room and all other ancillary services like toilets. The main stand will have a modern feel,” explained McDonagh.

“Because at present we only have turnstiles in two areas our capacity is capped at 12,500. The installation of additional turnstile areas will provide increased access in and out of the grounds and meet health and safety demands, thus increasing the ground’s capacity. We are very cognisant of the fact that we need as much funding from Munster and Central Council as possible so this project can be delivered debt free on our end. We are expecting a decision from the two bodies by the end of November. Once we know what they are giving us we will know how much we have to come up with.”

On bringing Munster senior championship hurling to Cusack Park, McDonagh added: “Of course we will look for senior provincial championship games. We believe it is a two-way street. We would deliver the crowds at important matches fixed for Cusack Park which would then provide revenue for Central Council and Munster Council. They will get their money back by awarding us big matches which would enable us to draw large crowds.”

That's the article. Obviously, there would be extensive renovations but hard to see how it would be completed by the league in time to get clearance for Championship matches next summer. Found it interesting though that they are angling for Championship matches.
Of course, Spike and the Limerick board could offer to to host next summers match and then go to Clare but I don't think Davy will be one to go for that. If they want the H&A agreement, we should look to take first match at home.

Mountainlad · 05-11-2014 2:54pm

No chance they'll hold the crowd.

Fireball07 · 05-11-2014 4:30pm

Wins for the 3 Limerick schools who played Harty today.

Doon CBS 3-17 DLS Waterford 3-11
Castletroy College 2-13 Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AG 0-18
West Limerick Colleges 3-17 St Flannan's 0-9

That's good news tbh

Gaelcholaiste Mhuire had won 2 from 2, so that's a great win for Castletroy... obviously very close. Doon needed a win to give them a chance of progressing, while West Limerick Colleges would have been expected to win, Flannan's seem to be very poor this year.

Browney7 · 09-11-2014 4:08pm

Kilmallock and Bruff having two right battles with Sars and Lixnaw respectively. Hopefully they can come out on the right side of it

Browney7 · 09-11-2014 4:17pm

Kilmallock 2 up with 2 to play. Sars got a third goal to bring it back to 2, kilmallock went three up and now a 2 point game. Seems an exciting match from the looks of it

Browney7 · 09-11-2014 4:25pm

Bruff win by 3 down in Tralee. A great result. They play Capoquinn of Waterford in the final.

Kilmallock caught at the death by a Cian McCarthy free. 3 -15 each. 6 points up with a few to play they really should have held on. Extra time now

mickmackey1 · 09-11-2014 5:40pm

What a thriller well done the Balbec

Browney7 · 09-11-2014 5:54pm

mickmackey1 wrote: »

What a thriller well done the Balbec

They seem to be a very hardworking honest team in fairness to them that never lie down. Thought Sars would kick on in extra time as they had the momentum. Kilmallock plugged on. Cratloe will be tough but the football could be their undoing.

Good win for Glin in the junior football too.

Rightwing · 09-11-2014 7:41pm

Partly guessed kilmallock would win this one, but they'll have to up it significantly to beat cratloe, bit of a surprise they beat thurles.

paddy no 11 · 09-11-2014 9:21pm

Great win for kilmallock should have closed it out when 6 up in normal time but got there in the end. Without walsh it was a good win his abrasiveness was missed and they had serious trouble handling cussen. Keneally played injured and meade was out too but he may not get back in now. They were poor in the first half and should have been ahead with that breeze but never found their stride and kearney and cussen dominated. 2nd half put GOM at midfield and the two mulcajys at half forward and it totally turned the game and they were better side from then on.

Think they will give cratloe a better game than most people think, the big problem is they dont have a player to mark conor mcgrath. No idea who management will put on him, think GOM has the most ability but they wont bring him back. All others either lack the pace or experience to do it, be interesting.

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