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In September 2010 [[Dónal O'Grady]] was appointed to be the new Limerick hurling manager.
In September 2010 [[Dónal O'Grady]] was appointed to be the new Limerick hurling manager.


2011 saw Limerick improved dramatically from National Hurling League to Championship winning nearly every game and being promoted to Division 1 only to be later to Division 1B The [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]] against [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]. The game proved to be very tight with Waterford eventually snatching with a late goal from [[John Mullane (hurler)|John Mullane]]
The "Shannonsiders" had a good run in the Qualifiers where they defeated Wexford and trounced Antrim to reach the All Ireland Quarter Final against National Hurling League champions [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] where The "Liffeysiders" ran out winners 3-13 to 0-18.
A few months later [[Dónal O'Grady|O'Grady]] resigned as manager after his determination that he was just staying as coach for one year.
In October 2011 [[John Allen (hurler)|John Allen]] was appointed as the replacement.


===Managerial History===
===Managerial History===

Revision as of 19:34, 27 January 2012

For more details of Limerick GAA, see Limerick Senior Club Football Championship and Limerick Senior Club Hurling Championship.
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File:Limerick crest.gif
Irish:Luimneach
Nickname(s):The Shannonsiders/
The Treaty County
Province:Munster
Dominant sport:Hurling
Ground(s):Páirc na nGael, Limerick
County colours:Green and White
County teams
NFL:Division 4
NHL:Division 1B
Football Championship:Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:Jack McGrath Cup

The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Luimneach) or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick. The county board is also responsible for the Limerick inter-county teams

History

Hurling

Limerick's Andrew O'Shaughnessy (left) representing Munster in the 2008 Railway Cup hurling semi-final against Ulster

In 2007 Limerick beat Tipperary in a thrilling Munster Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final which is now known as the Trilogy, as it took 3 games to separate these close rivals. The final score line of the 2nd replay was 0.22 to 2.13. 30,608 fans witnessed this now historic occasion as Limerick had not beaten Tipperary since 1996. Indeed they had not won a match in the Munster Championship since their comeback against Waterford in 2001, to a Munster Final they subsequently lost to their 'monkey on their back' or as Seamus Hickey referred to them, 'gorilla' Tipperary. However, Limerick subsequently lost the Munster Final to Waterford on the 8th July in Thurles. They regrouped and beat Clare (1:23 - 1:16) in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final on 29 July. Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Shaughs/Shocks) picked up the Man of the Match (MotM) award in this match. On the 12th August, they played Waterford in the Semi-Final. A rematch of the Munster Final a month previously. Fortunately for Limerick though, the result was not to be the same. A scoreline of 5:11 - 2:15 was enough to defeat the Deise Men. The goals came from Donie Ryan (2), Andrew O'Shaughnessy (2 - from play & a penalty) and Brian Begley (1). O' Shaughnessy once again picked up the MotM award for his fine display. On the 2 Sep 2007 in Croke Park, Limerick played in the All-Ireland Hurling Final. Lady Luck did not strike twice however and it was to be Kilkenny's day. Final score: Kilkenny 2-19 - 1-15 Limerick.

In 2008, with many predicting Limerick would have another crack at both Munster and All-Ireland titles, Limerick were drawn against Clare in the first round of the championship. Clare defeated them on a score-line of 4-12 to 1-16. This meant that Limerick were now entered in a newly revised All-Ireland qualifying system against Offaly. Again Limerick were defeated, this time on a score-line of 3-19 to 0-18. With this defeat Limerick were now out of championship hurling. This left many wondering "Was the run of 2007 only a flash in the pan?".

2009 saw Limerick open in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship against Waterford. They drew the 1st day out and were narrowly beaten in the replay. After this Limerick entered the Qualifiers where they dispatched Wexford, Laois and Dublin in tight affairs to reach and all ireland semi final v Tipperary. The semi-final was a disaster with Tipperary winning comfortably by 22 points. In the weeks that followed Justin McCarthy dropped 12 players (who only found out via the Irish Examiner) and a further 12 players withdrew from the panel in protest and would refuse to return as long as McCarthy was in charge.

The County Board held 3 meetings in which it was decided McCarthy would be retained. Limerick were relegated from Division 1 of the National Hurling League with 8 losses from 8 games. In the 1st cound of the championship Limerick lost to Cork and were then beaten by Offaly in the qualifiers. In total Limerick lost their 10 matches by an average of 15 points. Subsequently McCarthy resigned as manager after that. In September 2010 Dónal O'Grady was appointed to be the new Limerick hurling manager.

2011 saw Limerick improved dramatically from National Hurling League to Championship winning nearly every game and being promoted to Division 1 only to be later to Division 1B The Munster Senior Hurling Championship against Waterford. The game proved to be very tight with Waterford eventually snatching with a late goal from John Mullane The "Shannonsiders" had a good run in the Qualifiers where they defeated Wexford and trounced Antrim to reach the All Ireland Quarter Final against National Hurling League champions Dublin where The "Liffeysiders" ran out winners 3-13 to 0-18. A few months later O'Grady resigned as manager after his determination that he was just staying as coach for one year. In October 2011 John Allen was appointed as the replacement.

Managerial History

Name Club From To All-Ireland titles Munster titles
Noel Drumgoole Na Piarsaigh 1977 1982 1980, 1981
Michael O'Grady Patrickswell 1982 1984
Noel Drumgoole Na Piarsaigh 1984 1986
Éamonn Cregan Claughaun 1986 1988
Liam O'Donoghoe
Donie Flynn
Tony Hickey		 Mungret
Kileedy
Murroe-Boher		 1988 1989
Phil Bennis Patrickswell 1989 1989
Liam O'Donoghoe
Donie Flynn
Tony Hickey		 Mungret
Kileedy
[[File:Murroe-Boher]]		 1989 1991
Phil Bennis Patrickswell 1991 1993
Tom Ryan Ballybrown 1993 1997 1994, 1996
Éamonn Cregan Claughaun 1997 2002
David Keane Adare 2002 2003
Pad Joe Whelahan Birr 2003 2005
Joe McKenna South Liberties 2005 2006
Richie Bennis Patrickswell 2006 2008
Justin McCarthy Passage West 2008 2010
Dónal O'Grady St. Finbarr's 2010 2011
John Allen St. Finbarr's 2011 Present

Honours

All Ireland Championships:

Munster Championships:

All Stars

Hurling 44

1971: P. Hartigan, E. Cregan

1972: P. Hartigan, E. Cregan

1973: P. Hartigan, J. O'Brien, S. Foley, R. Bennis, E. Grimes

1974: P. Hartigan, J. McKenna

1975: P. Hartigan, J. McKenna, E. Grimes

1978: J. McKenna

1979: J. McKenna

1980: L. Enright, J. McKenna, E. Cregan

1981: L. Enright, L. O'Donoghue, J. McKenna

1983: L. Enright

1984: P. Fitzmaurice, P. Kelly

1991: G. Kirby

1992: T. Quaid, C. Carey

1994: J. Quaid, D. Clarke, C. Carey, M. Houlihan, G. Kirby, D. Quigley

1995: G. Kirby

1996: J. Quaid, C. Carey, M. Foley, M. Houlihan, G. Kirby

2001: M. Foley

2007: B. Murray, O. Moran, A. O'Shaughnessy

Gaelic football

Honours:

Limerick football team v wexford 2011

1 Brian Scanlon 2 Tommy Stack 3 Shane Gallagher 4 Stephen Lavin 5 John Riordan 6 Johnny McCarthy 7 Pa Ranahan 8 Stephen Buckley 9 Thomas Lee 10 Stephen Kelly 11 John Mullane 12 Mike Sheehan 13 Ger Collings 14 Seamus o'Carroll 15 Ian Ryan

Camogie

Limerick contested the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final of 1980, losing to Cork in a replay.[1] They first contested Munster championship in 1922-4, but the game struggled and had to undergo further revivals in 1932, 1947 and 1960, when Chris O’Connell, Carrie Gillane and Eithne Neville re-established it. This culminated in the county team's appearance in the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship of 1977 and Limerick's appearance in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final of 1980, where they lost to Cork in a replay. Three Limerick clubs have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship, Granagh-Ballingarry (3), Ballyagran (1978) and Kilfinane (1975).

Notable players include All Star award winners[2] Rose Collins, Eileen O’Brien and Vera Sheehan, young player of the year for 2007 Niamh Mulcahy. and Vera Mackey, Agnes Hourigan from Ballingarry and Eithne Neville from Kilfinny who won All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medals with Dublin in 1938 and 1957 respectively. Chris O’Connell and Agnes Hourigan served as president of the Camogie Association).

Under Camogie’s National Development Plan 2010-2015, “Our Game, Our Passion,”[3] five new camogie clubs are to be established in the county by 2015.[4]

Honours

Club Competitions

References

  1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. {{cite book}}: Check |first= value (help); Check |last= value (help)
  2. ^ All-stars on camogie.ie
  3. ^ Irish Independent March 29 2010: Final goal for camogie
  4. ^ National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site
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