Limerick county football team

The Limerick county football team represents Limerick in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Limerick GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.

Limerick

Sport:	Football
Irish:	Luimneach
Nickname(s):	The Shannonsiders The Treaty County
County board:	Limerick GAA
Manager:	Mark Fitzgerald
Captain:	Iain Corbett and Donal O'Sullivan[1]
Home venue(s):	Páirc na nGael, Limerick
Recent competitive record
Current All-Ireland status:	Munster (QF) in 2024
Last championship title:	1896
Current NFL Division:	3 (8th in 2024; relegated)
Last league title:	None
First colours Second colours

Limerick's home ground is Páirc na nGael, Limerick. The team's manager is Mark Fitzgerald.

Limerick was the first Munster county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC). It has won two All-Ireland Senior Championships. The county last won the Munster Senior Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1896. Limerick have never won the National League.

History

Limerick won the first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1887 and repeated this success in 1896, when it became the first non-Leinster team to beat the then all-conquering Dublin in a championship match.

The team did not play in the Munster Football Championship (1941-1942) due to Foot and Mouth in 1941 (1949-1950) & (1953–1964).

Limerick plays in Division 4 of the National Football League.

1887 All Ireland-winning Limerick county football team

1896 All Ireland-winning Limerick county football team

Current panel

Team as per Limerick vs Clare in the Munster SFC quarter-final, 28 May 2017

No. Player Position Club 1 Donal O'Sullivan Goalkeeper Monaleen 2 Daniel Daly Right Corner Back Father Casey's 3 Johnny McCarthy Full back St Kieran's 4 Seán O'Dea Left Corner Back Kilteely–Dromkeen 5 Paul White Right half back Rathkeale 6 Iain Corbett Centre back Newcastle West (c) 7 Brian Fanning Left half back Pallasgreen 8 Darragh Treacy Midfield St Kieran's 9 David Ward Midfield Father Casey's 10 Peter Nash Right half forward Pallaskenry 11 James Naughton Centre forward St Senan's 12 Garrett Noonan Left half forward Dromcollogher/Broadford 13 Seamus O'Carroll Right corner forward Castleknock 14 Danny Neville Full forward Ballysteen 15 Ger Collins Left corner forward Monaleen

No. Player Position Club 16 Brian Scanlon Substitute Gerald Griffins 17 Tony McCarthy Substitute Pallaskenry 18 Padraig Quinn Substitute Monaleen 19 Jamie LeeWD Substitute Newcastle West 20 Padraig Scanlon Substitute Glin 21 Josh RyanINJ[2] Substitute Oola 22 Sean McSweeney Substitute St Kieran's 23 Padraig De Brún Substitute Firies 24 Sean Sheehan Substitute Rathkeale 25 Bill Creamer Substitute Cappamore 26 Luke Murphy Substitute Monaleen

^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Jamie Lee was in New South Wales in 2020.^[3]

Current management team

• Manager: mark Fitzgerald

Managerial history

Dates	Name	Origin	Provincial titles	All-Ireland SHC titles	National League titles
1979–1981	Des McDonnell	Monaleen
1982–1983	Donie Nestor	Askeaton
1984–1987	Raymond O'Hagan	Mungret St Paul's
1987–1988	Paddy O'Dwyer	Claughaun
1988–1993	P. J. Bourke	Oola
1993–1994	Ger Power
1995–1997	David Quirke	Oola
1997–1999	Paddy Mulvihill
1999–2005	Liam Kearns
2005–2010	Mickey 'Ned' O'Sullivan
2010–2013	Maurice Horan	Na Piarsaigh
2013–2016	John Brudair	Dromcollogher/Broadford
2017–2022[4]	Billy Lee	Newcastle West
2022–	Ray Dempsey

Players

Notable players

For individual player details, see Category:Limerick inter-county Gaelic footballers.

All Stars

Limerick has no All Stars.^[5]

Honours

National

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1887, 1896
• Tailteann Cup
  • Quarter-finalists (1): 2023
• National Football League Division 4
  • Winners (3): 2010, 2013, 2020
• Dr Croke Cup
  • Winners (1): 1897

Provincial

• Munster Senior Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1896
  • Runners-up (13): 1888, 1895, 1901, 1905, 1922, 1934, 1965, 1991, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2022
• Munster Junior Football Championship
  • Winners (4): 1916, 1929, 1939, 1950
• Munster Under-21 Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2000
  • Runners-up (3): 1984, 2001, 2005
• Munster Minor Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1956
  • Runners-up (4): 1950, 1997, 1998, 2021
• McGrath Cup
  • Winners (7): 1985, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2005,^{[citation needed]} 2020^[6]
  • Runners-up (3): 2007, 2008, 2017, 2023

References

1. "Limerick keep joint captains despite GAA clamp down on practice". Hogan Stand. 3 May 2021.
2. Verney, Michael (18 October 2022). "Limerick footballer Josh Ryan set for long injury lay-off after suffering broken tibia in club hurling action". Irish Independent.
3. "Why three players swapped inter-county football for Sydney". RTÉ. 1 June 2020.
4. Duffy, Emma (23 August 2022). "Billy Lee steps down as Limerick senior football manager after six years". The42.ie. Lee, previously one of the longest-serving managers in the game, first took charge ahead of the 2017 season.
5. Breheny, Martin (2 November 2016). "All-Star path needs new direction". Irish Independent. Longford, Carlow, Limerick, Waterford and, of course, Kilkenny have never won a football All-Star award.
6. Clancy, Tom (11 January 2020). "Limerick stun Cork to seal famous McGrath Cup final win". Limerick Leader.

External links

• Official website