Limerick GAA 2023-2024.... 5 in a row is not here

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 4:57pm

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	Aristotle	Esso	Bod	Balbec	TreatyStones	TheoP	CCHA	Jack_Hackett	NYGiants	Julio_Geordio	Bushes	Glas	Jahan	PhattPike	endakenny	Mrhappy	alwaysdrinkin	FlakeAway	Batigol	Elvis	Dodgy	gaillimhmick	StoneCold
Senior Champions	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Kilmallock	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Kilmallock	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Patrickswell	Na Piarsaigh	Patrickswell	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Patrickswell	Patrickswell	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh	Na Piarsaigh
Relegated Senior A	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Doon	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Ahane	Ahane	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Ahane	Ahane	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Ahane	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Ahane	Kildimo/Pallaskenry
Promoted Senior B	Mungret/St. Paul’s	Adare	Ballybrown	South Liberties	Monaleen	Monaleen	South Liberties	South Liberties	Ballybrown	Ballybrown	South Liberties	South Liberties	Mungret/St. Paul’s	Monaleen	Monaleen	Ballybrown	Mungret/St. Paul’s	Ballybrown	Ballybrown	Monaleen	South Liberties	Monaleen	Monaleen
Relegated Senior B	Adare	South Liberties	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	Ballybrown	Adare	Garryspillane	Adare	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	Monaleen	Garryspillane	Ballybrown	Mungret/St. Paul’s	Mungret/St. Paul’s	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	South Liberties	Garryspillane	Garryspillane	Mungret/St. Paul’s
Premier Intermediate Champions	Newcastlewest	Cappamore	Effin	Effin	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Effin	Dromin/Athlacca	Newcastlewest	Bruff	Na Piarsaigh 2	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Cappamore	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Blackrock	Newcastlewest	Newcastlewest	Blackrock
Relegated Premier Intermediate	Cappamore	Dromin/Athlacca	Glenroe	Bruff	Na Piarsaigh 2	Bruff	Glenroe	Bruff	Blackrock	Blackrock	Glenroe	Cappamore	Glenroe	Cappamore	Na Piarsaigh 2	Bruff	Cappamore	Cappamore	Glenroe	Glenroe	Cappamore	Glenroe	Dromin/Athlacca
Intermediate Champions	Bruree	Murroe/Boher	Croagh/Kilfinny	Kilmallock 2	Kilmallock 2	Bruree	Bruree	Murroe/Boher	Croagh/Kilfinny	Croagh/Kilfinny	Murroe/Boher	Croagh/Kilfinny	Knockainey	Bruree	Bruree	Bruree	Murroe/Boher	Murroe/Boher	Murroe/Boher	Bruree	Granagh/Ballingarry	Bruree	Bruree
Relegated Intermediate	Hospital/Herbertstown	Croom	St. Kieran’s	St. Kieran’s	Croom	Knockaderry	Hospital/Herbertstown	Feohanagh	St. Kieran’s	Kilmallock 2	St. Kieran’s	Knockaderry	St. Kieran’s	Hospital/Herbertstown	St. Kieran’s	Croom	St. Kieran’s	St. Kieran’s	Kilmallock 2	St. Kieran’s	Hospital/Herbertstown	St. Kieran’s	Pallasgreen
Junior A Champions	Crecora/Manister	Caherline	Killeedy	Castletown/Ballyagran	Askeaton	St. Patrick’s	Kilteely/Dromkeen	Crecora/Manister	Askeaton	Askeaton	Crecora/Manister	Crecora/Manister	St. Patrick’s	Dromcollogher/Broadford	Crecora/Manister	Castletown/Ballyagran	Killeedy	Crecora/Manister	Crecora/Manister	Tournafulla	Caherline	Crecora/Manister	Killeedy
Relegated Junior A	Ahane 2	Ahane 2	Rathkeale	Staker Wallace	Old Christians	Ahane 2	Ahane 2	Ahane 2	Old Christians	Old Christians	Blackrock 2	Ahane 2	Old Christians	Old Christians	Blackrock 2	Old Christians	Ahane 2	Ahane 2	Ahane 2	Claughaun	Old Christians	Ahane 2	Old Christians

manbehindthewire · July 27, 2023, 5:07pm

Senior
Champions- Na Piarsaigh
Relegation from Senior A Group- Ahane
Promoted from Senior B Group-Monaleen
Relegated to Premier Intermediate-Garryspillane

Premier Intermediate
Champions-NCW
Relegated-Cappamore

Intermediate
Champions- Bruree
Relegated- St. Keirans

Junior A
Champions- Feenagh/Kilmeedy
Relegated- Ahane 2

Peejaymc · July 27, 2023, 5:34pm

Senior
Champions- Patrickswell
Relegation from Senior A Group- Ahane
Promoted from Senior B Group-Ballybrown
Relegated to Premier Intermediate-Garryspillane

Premier Intermediate
Champions-Bruff
Relegated-Cappamore

Intermediate
Champions- Murrow Boher
Relegated- St. Keirans

Junior A
Champions- Askeaton
Relegated- Old Christians

The_Most_Infamous · July 27, 2023, 5:44pm

Senior
Champions- Patrickswell
Relegation from Senior A Group- Ahane
Promoted from Senior B Group- Ballybrown
Relegated to Premier Intermediate- Adare

Premier Intermediate
Champions- Newcastlewest
Relegated- Glenroe

Intermediate
Champions- Croagh/Kilfinny
Relegated- Croom

Junior A
Champions- Caherline
Relegated- Mungret St Pauls 2

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 6:48pm

So the Premier Intermediate starts tonight. Bit harsh imo on David McCarthy making him play 4 days after winning an All Ireland but Glenroe obviously agreed to it, because they would have been given until at least Sunday otherwise.

I’ve only seen three of these teams this year and they were in league/challenges where either they or the opposition could have been down players in any particular game. But, based on what I’ve seen, Newcastlewest do look very decent. No Diarmuid Kelly this year, I’m led to believe but in Con Hayes, Bryan Nix & Eoin Hurley amongst others, they have fellas who can get scores. Arguably, their biggest hurdle will be if they are focusing more on the football but having the same manager over both probably helps in that regard.

Of the other teams I’ve seen in 2023, Blackrock are just down from senior and were very impressive the night I saw them. In any sort of loose game, they do have shooters like Sean O’Neill & Paudie Leahy who can rack up big scores. But Jimmy Quilty’s ACL injury will be an absolutely massive loss; he brings huge legs and ability to get on the ball.

Also saw Glenroe, they weren’t great the night I saw them but were missing a couple. I was really impressed with Liam Dennehy for the 20s this year, they still have the O’Connells, as well as Junior & Stephen Walsh. I think they could be caught at the back by the better teams but do have firepower.

Elsewhere, another side down a county player because of an ACL is Bruff with Sean Finn. Maybe they don’t utilise him as well as they should but he’s still a massive, massive blow in terms of his leadership, composure, etc; he’s just a classy, classy player. Now, Bruff are a coming side, they won a Premier U-19s title last year and a lot of them got adult experience last year, and they’ll be able to add young Michael O’Sullivan & Owen Meany this year in addition to the likes of Patrick Finn, Darragh Butler, etc. With Seanie, they should be up there as the favourites to win it and were county finalists last year. Without him, they slip back a bit, I think.

Effin are one of the ones that stand out on paper. They did alright last year in their first year back at the grade, but couldn’t get to the final, beaten by the eventual winners in the semi-final. They would have a smaller panel than some of the others but their county players do stand out: Nicky Quaid obviously dictates things, Paddy O’Donovan is up there as the best scoring forward in the division and Fergal O’Connor can both score & create from midfield. I believe Jack Quaid is gone, so down a big player from last year but they do have a nice side if they can keep everyone fit.

Elsewhere, Na Piarsaigh just up from Intermediate, hard to know how they’ll go as it depends on who they have. Every injury the NaP seniors get obviously weakens them and Alan Dempsey would be a loss at this level obviously. The Dow should be playing senior this year, so Condon might be back in goals for this side. It is hard to know how good they’ll be but you’d imagine they’ll start fairly strong and maybe get weaker as the games progress.

Dromin/Athlacca have a nice helping of new young players to add into the mix and could be dark horses. David Reidy is an unbelievable club player, how do you mark him? And a few years ago, they seriously lacked legs in defence but with the addition of all these young fellas, that should help some of those shortcomings with the likes of Dore, the other Scullys and Fitzgibbon, last year’s minor captain, who is a very tidy back. I’d be surprised if they don’t make a semi-final this year.

I think Cappamore might struggle this year. Now, at the same time, I feel like I’ve been writing them off for years and they survived again last year. They are tough, dogged fuckers and had a very decent U-21s team recently and even made the county final in 2021. Lads like O’Donnell & Fitzgibbon have given them a bit of firepower that they were lacking. Still though, I look elsewhere and I don’t see any obviously weak sides, it should be a very tight grade.

Thursday July 27
Glenroe vs Na Piarsaigh 2 @7pm in Hospital

Friday July 28
Bruff vs Cappamore @7pm in Caherconlish

Sunday July 30
Blackrock vs Dromin/Athlacca @7pm in Kilmallock
Effin vs Newcastlewest @7pm in Ballyagran

As I’ve said, I’ve no idea what kind of team Na Piarsaigh will have, so I’m just going to go with Glenroe who have a bit of experience at this grade and started like a train last year. Glenroe by 4.

I’m going to say that Bruff’s young players are better than Cappamore’s young players and I think they already had a better side, so I think Bruff should win this one even without Seanie. Bruff by 7.

Unless Reidy is very hungover (and tbf, he looked fresher than most as far as I could see), I think Dromin/Athlacca will just about edge Blackrock, even though I don’t want to underrate Blackrock, they were relatively competitive at senior last year. D/A by 1.

And game of the weekend is definitely Effin vs NCW. Effin will have had practically no preparation with their two county boys in key positions. Very unlikely they’re playing a challenge tonight, for example. So, almost based on familiarity alone, while also being a good team, I’d fancy NCW to edge that. NCW by 4.

Farpost · July 27, 2023, 6:53pm

M/B tipped a lot for the Intermediate. Have they got things together this year compared to the last few?

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 7:01pm

We’ll see. Down a few big players from last year but did deliver two hammerings in their last two matches of last season and ran Na Piarsaigh very close, who ended up winning it. So the potential would seem to be there but actually delivering a performance in the first round of Championship when the pressure is on is the big ask.

It would seem surprising that more people have tipped them rather than Croagh/Kilfinny who have been in back-to-back county finals and are a very decent young side.

Bod95 · July 27, 2023, 7:02pm

12mins 2nd Half
Glenroe: 1-13(16)
Na Piarsaigh: 0-15(15)

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 7:08pm

To be fair to Bog, he threw up the programme from today:

If that team lines out, that would mean no Dowling, Evan Gilvarry, Evan O’Brien, Kevin or Kieran Daly from last year. Shep not starting and obviously Alan Dempsey did play the final.

Gearoid Synott played senior last year though and is available here, as is Condon. That Pa O’Neill on the bench absolutely destroyed us for their seniors in the league.

So maybe slightly weaker on paper although another year of experience for John Fitz, Vince Harrington, Wayne Kearns, Dylan Lynch, etc; you’d expect them to kick on, have a lot of talent. Kearns wasn’t even coming on as a sub last year in a lot of games.

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 7:10pm

Goal for Shep.

Julio_Geordio · July 27, 2023, 7:14pm

What’s Dows story?

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 7:17pm

Playing senior instead.

NaP take the lead for the first time going into stoppage time.

Bod95 · July 27, 2023, 7:18pm

Taking over from Nickey for the 7 in a row in 2026

Bod95 · July 27, 2023, 7:22pm

Full Time
Glenroe: 1-17(20)
Na Piarsaigh: 1-20(23)

Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr · July 27, 2023, 7:35pm

I met Alan & David Dempsey in Croke Park last Sunday and his right hand was in plaster half way up his arm.

dodgy_keeper · July 27, 2023, 7:37pm

That’s a big win for Na P 2.

Prem Inter. is a bear pit. Staying up the immediate priority.

Aristotle · July 27, 2023, 7:41pm

Broke his wrist last week.

FatChops · July 27, 2023, 7:52pm

Senior
Champions - Na Piarsaigh

Relegation from Senior A Group - Ahane hopefully

Promoted from Senior B Group - Monaleen

Relegated to Premier Intermediate - Garryspillane.

Premier Intermediate

Champions - Newcastle West

Relegated - Cappamore hopefully

Intermediate

Champions - Croagh/Kilfinny

Relegated - Hospital/Herbertstown hopefully the hateful cunts

Junior A

Champions - Caherline

Relegated - Ahane2 hopefully

Bod95 · July 27, 2023, 8:04pm

And Jerome Boylan did his cruciate, Sean Long another cruciate absentee, we’ll be pulling from the 2nd team as the season goes on

Julio_Geordio · July 27, 2023, 8:06pm

Now that will be very interesting. You’d be delighted for him if he could start and make an impact