Our Senior Football team traveled to Oola on Saturday for the first round of the County League. The starting lineup featured three players making their senior debut in Aaron Rush, John Leahy, and Stanley Dike.

With a strong breeze in the first half, the team delivered an excellent performance, leading 4-5 to 0-3 at halftime. The scorers were: Kieran Daly (1-3), Dean McLoughlin (AKA Spud) (1-0), John Leahy (1-0), Christy O’Hagan (1-0), Conor McLoughlin (0-1) and Evan Egan (0-1).

The pick of the goals came from Christy, who made a brilliant run from defense before finishing with a superb strike next to the upright. A goal he’ll remember for a long time, especially if he doesn’t score another one!

The second half told a different story, with Oola applying significant pressure. However, our defense held firm, limiting their goal-scoring opportunities. With 12 minutes to go, substitute Tommy Glynn slotted over a lovely point, followed by another from Kieran Daly. Tommy and fellow substitute Harry McGann, who entered in the 48th minute, both showcased glimpses of their skill and talent.

Final Score: Na Piarsaigh 4-7, Oola 1-10

Manager/coach duo Timmy Dalton and Jason Donohue were very pleased with the team’s overall performance.

Team: Eoghan Sherlock, Christy O’Hagan, Conor McLoughlin, Aaron Rush, Adam Jordan, Ralph Leonard, Ronan Houlihan, Jack McCarthy, Cathal McMullen, Dean McLoughlin, Gordon Brown, John Leahy, Evan Egan, Stanley Dike, Kieran Daly.

Subs: Matthew Walsh, James Linnane, Aodhan Keane, Fionn O’Tiarnaigh, Colm Downey, Conor Killan, Tommy Glynn, Harry McGann.

Thank you to James Daly for compiling this excellent report. Our footballers are out again next Friday night at home to Monaleen with a 7:30 throw-in.

Junior B Footballers Give Spirited Performance in League Opener

Our Junior B Footballers came away with a loss to Ballybricken Bohermore in round 1 of the league on Sunday afternoon. While on the losing end, the team put in a spirited performance and will no doubt register more favorable results as the season goes on.

Team: Ben O’Regan, Andrew Stack, John O’Tiarnaigh, Steven Mitchell, Thomas Fitzgerald (0-01), Darragh Jordan, Aodhan Keane, Kevin Daly, John Robinson, Daniel Collins, Leon Power, Ronan Benson (0-03), Mark Hogan (0-02), Jason Ronan (0-01), Conor Stack.

Subs: Pa O’Neill (0-01), Shane Downey and Cian Brosnan.

Our next Junior B football league game takes place away to Mungret next Sunday at 2pm.

Huge congrats to Laurel Hill Coláiste on winning the All Ireland Junior C final on Saturday defeating St. Pius Magherafelt on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-09. Once again Na Piarsaigh were strongly represented with Ruth Murray, Eileen Herbert, Caitlin Ryan, Anna Rose Benson, Charlotte Noctor & Ellie Noone all involved.

The successful Na Piarsaigh contingent.

Cathall King & Friends - Thursday the 6th of March. Trad Night will take place on Thursday the 6th of March. Cathall will be joined by some of our younger members for a great evening of music and chat. Hoping to see you there.

Cathall King & Friends

Well done to Sean O’Brien who lined out for the Limerick U16 hurlers in mid-February in the Todd Nolan Tournament, held in Kerry. Limerick overcame Clare in the semi-final after extra time, but lost out to Cork in the final.

Sean in action for Limerick.

We would like to extend our congratulations to Vince Harrington on making his Limerick Senior debut against Clare on Sunday. This is the second Na Piarsaigh player to make the setup to the intercounty stage with Dylan Lynch making his maiden appearance against Tipp earlier in the league. Well done lads.

Vince signing autographs after his Limerick debut.

Dylan getting to know Ronan Maher.

We had Na Piarsaigh involvement in some great success at third level over the past month in both hurling and camogie. Sophie Duggan was part of the Mary I panel that were victorious in the Purcell Cup, defeating UL in the final. On the hurling side, John Fitzgerald was a member of the UL squad that won the Fitzgibbon Cup, John featuring in their semi-final win over Munster Technological University. JJ Carey played a key role in UL’s intermediate team winning the Munster Intermediate title last month, while John O’Keeffe was part of UL’s Fresher 1 squad that won the Fresher All Ireland last week.

Congrats to Cathal Gilroy, Gavin Hayes and Max Ross on being selected for the 2025 Limerick U14 football squad. We wish them all the best of the season ahead.

The Limerick U14 Football Squad