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Minor Hurling Championship FinalVs Kilmallock 📍 Mick Neville Park 📅 Wednesday ⌚ 19:30All roads lead to Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale on Wednesday evening as our U18 hurlers look to bring a minor championship back to Na Piarsaigh for the first time since 2016. The lads recorded an impressive win over Mungret in round 1, followed by a dogged 2-point victory over Ahane in round 2. We went down to a 4-point defeat to Kilmallock in the last group game which meant we qualified as group runners up. This pitted us with Monaleen in the county semi-final, them having topped the other group. We battled through a tough semi-final with our city rivals Monaleen, eventually coming out on top by 4 points. We would like to take this opportunity to wish manager Shane Dowling, his management team of Peter Casey, Evan Sweeney, Richard O’Keeffe and James Ryan, along with all the players the very best in Wednesday’s county final. We’d encourage all members and friends to get out to support the lads in what has the potential to be a great evening's hurling. Minor County Final Fixture Senior Hurling Championship Round 3Na Piarsaigh 3-17Ahane 0-10Our senior hurlers put in a seriously impressive display on Thursday evening in what were incredibly challenging conditions in Claughaun. The heavens opened that afternoon and didn’t let up until well after the final whistle. Our lads were coming in off the back of a powerful performance against Monaleen in round 2, while Ahane suffered defeat to Ballybrown at the same juncture. We had a good spread of scorers in the opening half, with 6 different names raising the white flag. JJ Carey got us off the mark from open play with a neat point while Peter calmly floated 2 of his own over. Ahane were providing strong pressure at the other end bar some porr shooting from their forwards. Shane Dowling was also called to action on 18 minutes, pulling off an exquisite save, with the ball bound for the corner of the net. Our touch looked sharp all throughout the hour. No better example of this was for Dáithí Dempsey’s goal on 24 minutes. The ball was held up well by Eoin Brosnan in a ruck of sorts. Dáithí timed his run to perfection, scooping the ball from the edge of said ruck, moving towards goal, pinging the ball to the net. A minute hadn’t elapsed before Dáithí once again found himself bearing down on goal before finding Eoin Brosnan with a pass on the edge of the square. Brozzie placed the ball coolly to the net. Our 2 goals in as many minutes almost put the tie to bed before the break. James Finn got the point of the half, twisting and turning to manage his way out of a grapple before driving the ball over his shoulder, and over the bar. We lead 2-09 to 0-06 at half-time.We picked up from where we left off in the second half, Peter adding 3 points to add to his 2 in the first half. Whatever about his 5 point haul, Peter’s link up play and passing was just as impressive over the 50 minutes he was on the field. Aside from the free scoring display from our forwards, our backs also deserve great credit for their assured display on Thursday evening. Jerome gave a captain's performance at corner back while Vince Harrington kept Tom Morrissey at bay from full back. Dylan Lynch buried a goal in the dying moments to put the game to bed. Peter receiving his man of the match award from Mikey Ryan. No more about it! Our next game sees us take on Doon on Thursday evening in Kilmallock, with the throw-in fixed for 6pm. Credit to Claughaun for having the pitch in such great condition on Thursday evening. It held up incredibly well considering the amount of rain that fell all throughout the game and earlier in the day. Team: Shane Dowling, Jerome Boylan, Vince Harrington, Ronan Lynch(0-04f), Emmet McEvoy, Mick Casey, James Finn(0-01), William O’Donoghue, JJ Carey(0-01), Keith Dempsey(0-03, 0-02f), Peter Casey(0-05), Dáithí Dempsey(1-02), Eoin Brosnan(1-00), Will Henn, Conor Boylan.Subs: Mark O’Connor, Mike Foley, Dylan Lynch(1-01), Kevin Downes, John Fitzgerald. Our senior hurling squad that defeated Ahane last Thursday night. Intermediate Hurling Championship Round 3Na Piarsaigh 3-17Knockainey 4-15Our intermediates suffered an agonizing one-point defeat to Knockainey on Thursday night in Caherelly. We came into the game without a handful of our regular starters. Evan Sweeney missed out due to injury while our minors Alex Kearns, David O’Keeffe and Danny Sheehan were also unavailable for selection. Knockainey hit us for 4 goals inside the opening 20 minutes, which wasn’t ideal. We trailed by 10 at half time, 4-08 to 1-07, our goal coming from Marcus Hogan. We battled back in the second half, bringing the game right to the wire. Mark Hogan registered a wonderful goal in that time but unfortunately, the lead we coughed up in the opening 30 minutes was too high a hill to climb. Team: Darragh Jordan, Christy O’Hagan, Sean Long(0-01), Conor Richardson, Jim Beary, Evan Gilvarry, Adam Fitzsimons(0-01), Wayne Kearns(0-04f), Sam Jordan, Paul McDonogh(0-01), Pa O’Neill(1-01), Jack McCarthy(0-02), Marcus Hogan(1-04), Kevin Daly(0-01), Mark Hogan(1-02). Sub: Mike Duggan, Padraic Heaney, Harry McGann. Junior B Hurling Championship Round 3Na Piarsaigh 1-17Blackrock 3-25Team: James Naughton, Derek Grimes, Brian Hartnett, Kevin McNamara, Tadhg Mullane, Cathal McMullan, Brian Connolly, Cian Brosnan, Sean Harrington, Joseph Corcoran, Louis Murphy, Dillon Skehan, Pat Gleeson, Steven Mitchell, Ben O'Regan. Sub: Joe Kehoe, Conor Kelly, Eoin O'Sullivan. Junior C Hurling ChampionshipNa Piarsaigh 4-19Drom Broadford 3-07Our Junior C hurlers recorded their first win of the championship on Sunday afternoon in Páirc Uí Dromgúil, making amends for the opening round loss to Crecora 3 weeks ago. Some notable performances throughout the field with Cathal Hassett and Colm Downey leading the charge from our full back line. Sparky Ryan rolled back the years, giving a man-of-the-match display from midfield. He notched 3 points along with a well taken goal in the second half. Johnny Madden made his long awaited return to the Na Piarsaigh jersey following an 8-year hiatus. He put in a solid hour at wing forward. Justin buried 2 goals to go with his 4 points, while Brian Kelly got the goal of the day, pulling first time in a nicely weighted pass from Gareth Airey. Gareth came away 2 points of his own in the first half. Sunday’s result was a welcome win, getting us off the mark in the championship. Our next game sees us face off with St. Kieran’s next Sunday evening in Coolcappa. Team: Podge Kennedy, Cathal Hassett, Neil O’Gorman, Colm Downey, Eoin Doyle, Aidan Hennessy, Brian Buckley, Mark Ryan(1-03), Leon Power, John Reynolds(0-03), Brian O’Neill(1-03), John Madden(0-01), Gareth Airey(0-02), Paul McNamara(0-03), Justin Nordon(2-04).Sub: Jason Ronan and Shane Downey. Our junior C squad that defeated Drom on Sunday afternoon.

Intermediate Football Championship Round 4Na Piarsaigh 3-08Crecora 0-07Our intermediate footballers maintained their unbeaten run in the championship on Friday night following a 10-point victory over Crecora in Rathbane. The win comes on the back of a draw with Drom Broadford last week, adding to our win against Claughaun in round 2. We always looked in control throughout the 60 minutes while possibly lacking some clinical finishing at times. Kieran Daly kicked all 4 of his scores in the opening half, a free and a 45 along with 2 from play. Ralph Leonard rattled the net and added a point later in the half to see us leading 1-05 to 0-02 at the break.Tommy Glynn got on the end of a lovely team move at the start of the second half to register our second goal. Crecora scored a few of their own but didn’t threaten a goal. Ralph got his second and third goal of the game with time ticking down, sliding the ball past our opponents keeper. Oran Gilroy finished off the scoring with a neat point. Our next game sees us take on St. Senan’s on the 9th of September. Credit to Old Christians for having the pitch in excellent condition on Friday evening following a few days of heavy rain. Team: Eoghain Sherlock, Aaron Rush, Cian Counihan, Cathal McMullan, Adam Jordan, Sean Long, Christy O’Hagan, Ralph Leonard(2-01), Jack McCarthy, Ronan Houlihan, Kieran Daly(0-04, 0-01f, 1’45), James Daly, Daniel Collins, Evan Egan(0-01f), Tommy Glynn(1-01).Sub: Dylan Cronin, Stephen O’Halloran & Oran Gilroy(0-01). Our intermediate footballers that defeated Crecora last Friday evening in Rathbane. Intermediate Football Championship Round 3 Na Piarsaigh 4-10Drom Broadford 3-13We came away with a hard-fought draw against Dromcollogher Broadford last Friday making it one win and a draw from our opening two games. We started strongly, with Jack McCarthy and Kieran Daly finding the net in the first half as we went in at the break leading 2-02 to 1-04. The second half was a fantastic contest, with Daniel Collins showing his speed, scoring an important goal. This was followed by Kieran Daly converting a penalty won by his brother James. We built up a five-point lead with 5 minutes to go but a strong comeback from Dromcollogher saw them turn the game around and move a point ahead in injury time. However it was Ralph Leonard with a powerful burst through the middle and was brought down just outside the square. Kieran Daly showed great composure to win a vital free, allowing us to level the game and earn a well-deserved draw. We now turn our attention to Crecora up next.Team: Eoghain Sherlock, Aaron Rush, Cian Counihan, Cathal McMullan, Adam Jordan, Sean Long(0-01), Christy O’Hagan, Ralph Leonard, Jack McCarthy(1-01), Daragh Jordan, Kieran Daly(2-07, 1-00p, 0-01f, 1*2pf, 1*2p), Ronan Houlihan, Stephen O’Halloran, Evan Egan(0-01), James Daly.Sub: Daniel Collins(1-00), Odhran Gilroy.Junior C Football Championship Round 4Na Piarsaigh 2-16St. Senan’s 3-06Team: Ben O’Regan, Ferdia Minahan, Louis Murphy(0-01), Tadgh Mullane(1-01), Wayne Kearns, Conor McLoughlin, Stanley Dyke, Kevin Daly(0-02), Donal Ó Conaill(0-01), Mark Hogan(0-02), Leon Power(0-01), Pa O’Neill(1-02), Aidan O’Connor(0-01), Shane Walsh, Cian Cronin(0-03).Subs: Michael Bowens, Gareth Airey, Alex Harris(0-01), James McGann, Ferdia O’Brien(0-01).Junior C Football Championship Round 3Na Piarsaigh 3-12Athea 5-12Shane Walsh and Conor McLoughlin both made welcome returns to football after long lay-offs due to injury. We played good football at times with Thomas Grimes playing a stormer at midfield and scoring 2-05. Sam Jordan also shone, scoring 5 points in the first half. Shane Walsh scored 1 goal while Gareth Airey and Michael Bowens had a point each.Team: Ben O’Regan, Shane Walsh(1-00), Louis Murphy, Brian Connolly, Stanley Dike, John O’Tiarnaigh, Thomas Grimes(2-05, 2*2pt), Conor McLoughlin, Sam Jordan(0-05), Leon Power, Cian Brosnan, Aidan O’Connor, Alex Harris, Gareth Airey(0-01).Subs: Joseph Corcoran & Michael Bowens(0-01).Minor Hurling Championship Semi-FinalNa Piarsaigh 2-16 Monaleen 1-15Our minor hurlers recorded a great win over Monaleen in the county semi-final last Thursday evening, setting up a rematch with our group opponents Kilmallock in the county final. Goals from Charlie Ryan and Shane Waters were instrumental in coming away with the victory but a penalty save from Bobby Collins early in the second half was also a pivotal moment. Charlie’s goal was an individual piece of brilliance, sidestepping 2 men in the same move and calmly darting the ball to the net. Shane’s goal came with the teams level and time almost up. His long range free from the centre of the field went all the way into the Monaleen goal. David O’Keeffe returned from injury to land 2 late points to seal the win in impressive style. The county final is fixed for Wednesday the 2nd of September in Mick Neville Park. Team: Bobby Collins, Seán O’Brien, Marcus Murphy, Ben Murray, Ferdia Minihane, Danny Sheehan, Ronan Gleeson, David O’Keeffe(0-02), Padraig Murnane(0-02), Alex Kearns(0-02), Shane Waters(1-08, 1-03f 1’65), Daniel O’Donovan, Charlie Ryan(1-02), Conor Bermingham, Seán Connolly Subs: Ross O’Flanagan & Liam Sheehan.

Senior Hurling Championship Round 2 Na Piarsaigh 4-25Monaleen 2-18Our senior hurlers got back to winning ways on Saturday evening following a comfortable win over Monaleen in the Gaelic Grounds. Result aside, it was important for the lads to get a performance following a poor second half in last week's loss to Kilmallock. And what a performance they served up. No less than 4 goals and 25 points scored over the hour, 2-16 of that in the opening half. JJ Carey rattled the net inside 10 minutes following good build up play from Eoin Brosnan, Will Henn and Peter Casey. Dáithí Dempsey added our second goal on 18 minutes, following up on a blocked goal attempt from Conor Boylan. Rising a striking in the one movement, Dáithí’s reaction too fast for the Monaleen defense. Dáithí struck 3 points in addition to his goal in the opening half. James Finn came into the starting 15 for this game. Selected at wing back, he popped up with a fine score from range. Ronan Lynch also added one from way out half way through the first half. It took us all of four minutes to get going in the second period. A strong solo effort from Emmet McEvoy from the centre of the field, laying off the ball to Eoin Brosnan on the edge of the large square. Brossie turned and buried it in the top corner. A bullet of a finish for the young man fresh out minor. He could have settled for the point but he had other ideas. Wonderful to see that eye for goal from a young player. He followed up with his second goal on 48 minutes, getting onto a weighted pass from Conor Boylan, batting the ball past the Monaleen keeper. Brozzie was a strong condenser for my man of the match but that accolade went the way of Will Henn. The Ashbrook man returned an 8-point haul for the day, all from play. He did register the one wide that we’ll put down to him working nights in the hospital last week. While our forwards were doing the business at one end, our backs were certainly doing their job at the other. Jerome came back into the team at full back, pushing Mike Casey out to centre. Both were solid and assured at the heart of the defense. Round 3 sees us take on Ahane on the weekend of the 27th, with the fixture details yet to be confirmed. Team: Shane Dowling, Mark O’Connor, Jerome Boylan, Ronan Lynch(0-01), Emmet McEvoy(0-01), Mike Casey, James Finn(0-01), William O’Donoghue, JJ Carey(1-00), Keith Dempsey(0-06, 4f), Peter Casey(0-01), Dáithí Dempsey(1-03), Eoin Brosnan(2-02), Will Henn(0-08), Conor Boylan.Subs: Kevin Downes(0-01), Dylan Lynch(0-01), Mike Foley, Vince Harrington, Tommy Grimes. Our Senior Hurlers prior to their win over Monaleen on Saturday evening. Intermediate Hurling Championship Round 2 Na Piarsaigh 2-22Hospital Herbertstown 1-18Our intermediate hurlers recovered from their opening round loss to Bruree with a 7-point victory over Hospital Herbertstown in Caherelly on Sunday afternoon. In a game that was touch and go for close to 50 minutes, our lads eventually took control of the affair in the final 10. We entered the break trailing by 3 points, 1-09 to 1-06. The first half was a frustrating watch at times, our lads finding it tough to settle into the game. Our goal came from the stick of John Fitzgerald, fresh off the plane from New York. Good to see John returning to play following his tough season with injury in 2025 also. The second half was much brighter for Na Piarsaigh. Tit for tat from minute 30 to 45 before our lads took the game by the scruff of the neck. A brilliant solo goal from Wayne Kearns, taking multiple belts as he tore through the Hospital defense. He finished the day with a goal and 7, 6 of them frees. If Wayne kickstarted our dominance, Evan Sweeney most surely capitalised on it. The Loughmore man ended the day with 7 points, all scored in the second half. A wonderful display. Marcus Hogan chipped in with 6 to his name, 4 in the first and 2 in the second. Evan Gilvarry had a fine game at wing back while Cathall King added that bit of experience and calm at full back. A well deserved win for a finish and plenty of positives to take into round 3 in 3 weeks time against Knockainey. Team: Evan Condon, Christy O’Hagan, Cathall King, Josh O’Halloran, Evan Gilvarry, Sean Long, Adam Fitzsimons, Wayne Kearns(1-07, 6f), John Fitzgerald(1-00), Jack McCarthy(0-01), Mark Hogan, Kevin Daly(0-01), Marcus Hogan(0-06), Evan Sweeney(0-07, 1f), Paul McDonagh. Sub: Pa O’Neill, Danny Sheehan, Jim Beary, Conor Richardson, Josh Sheehan. Our intermediate hurling squad that defeated Hospital Herbertstown on Sunday afternoon Junior B Hurling Championship Round 2 Na Piarsaigh 2-13Newcastle West 0-13A brilliant 6-point win for our Junior B’s over NewcastleWest in round 2 making it 2 wins from 2 in the championship. An excellent result putting the lads in a very positive to get out of the group.Team: Darragh Jordan, Michael Duggan, Kevin McNamara, Harry McGann, Adam Jordan, Cathal McMullan, Tadhg Mullane, Cian Brosnan, Sam Jordan, Donail Ó Conaill, John O’Tiarnaigh, Sean Harrington, Steven Mitchell, Dillon Skehan, Ben O’Regan. Subs: Conor Stack, Conor Bermingham, Joe Kehoe, Ferdia Minihane, Derek Grimes. Junior C Hurling Championship Round 2Na Piarsiagh 2-09Crecora 2-19A tough result for our Junior C’s in their opening game of the championship. Our round 1 tie with Bruff was conceded by the opposition so Sunday’s game was our first competitive outing of the season. Our goals were score by Paul McNamara in the first half and Gordon Leonard in the second. Strong displays from Sparky Ryan at midfield and Aidan Hennessy at centre back. While on the losing side, a real positive for the club to have 4 adult teams lining out on the same weekend. And great to have some of our older stalwarts making a comeback to competitive action. Onwards and upwards from here. Team: Finbar Ryan, Brian Buckley, Neil O’Gorman, Adam Long, Eoin Doyle, Aidan Hennessy, John Reynolds, Leon Power, Mark Ryan, Joseph Corcoran, Gordon Leonard, Colm Downey, Justin Nordon, Paul McNamara, Shane Downey.Subs: Brian O’Neill, Kevin Bolger. Our Junior C hurlers following their round 2 clash with Crecora on Sunday evening.