Who won? Looks good. Itād want to. Is there a breeze into it. Tis an exposed place
The winningest club in Limerick won by 2.
Nice steep profile. Decent seats. Exposed to a west wind by ok for south and south west.
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Ye have had some year ye cunts. The numbers starting to tell
Just the 21 football left to win and we are done.
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Just back from the fabulous, glamorous new Mick Neville Park.
It took nearly as long to construct as the pyramids but it was worth the wait. A fine steep gradient on it, a grand view from it. The car park at the back of it has been tarmacced and lined - very nicely done. Hearing that Limerick v Cork in the Munster league might be played there too.
Horrendous night for a game. Deplorable conditions. Driving wind and rain all the way through it, when facing into it the puckouts were barely making it past the ā45. Brutal.
Really enjoyable encounter too, not a dirty stroke in it. Just tough, hard fare with not much fancy stuff.
Monaleen had the benefit of the elements in the opening half. A four point lead at the short whistle was always going to be flimsy enough. Eamonn Flahive at corner back for Mungret was impressive, tigerish and tenacious.
However two further points on the resumption had it out to 6 as the conditions just grew worse and worse. Mungret were gutsy though, they banged over 6 on the trot to level it. Wing back Cian Moloney with the pick of them.
A Donnacha OāDalaigh point - his second of the night - stopped the rot but Brian Begleyās charges had all the momentum by this stage and fired over the final three scores to claim a deserved victory. The score which eventually edged them ahead late on was a super score by corner back Cillian Archer.
A decent end to the hurling club year. Congrats to @ciarancareyshurlingarmy and Mungret.
Roll on 2024.
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Great genuinely to see Mungret and Monaleen coming like trains, will bode well for the county as a whole going forward.
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Poor return?
Might be good for Limerick hurling but not great for everyone else when the super clubs start harnessing their natural advantages. I know TBF both clubs are putting in a lot of work. But itās ominous
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Thereās a fine balance to be struck with the townie superclubs
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It will all happen in cycles, itās their turn we had a great run at it but itās coming to an end now.
Ya, a lot of new builds started yer side now so it will come again. But Mungret and Monaleen are both seeing serious development, on top of what was already there. Mungret must have 40k in their catchment. Monaleen probably not far off
Yeah, Mungret literally have all of the south side of the city and Monaleen the east, tough for Pats Claughaun Christians to even survive at all.
Presuming thereās no parish rule in the city would it not make sense for Pats/Claghaun to benefit from Monaleens excess players?
Mom and pops from Monaleen wouldnāt like their kids playing with the boyos from Rhebogue
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Thereās a huge cultural divide out passed the hurlers
All three should be far more aggressive on transfers from outside as well. The great Claghaun teams of the 80s were built on lads in the council, factories etc bringing in ringers.
Not really a thing in Limerick for lads in the city to go between clubs, apart from the three weaker clubs, Patās to Claghaun used to be common enough. Claghaun took the pick. But as their star has fallen to the level of Pats itās not so common. The two need to merge really, but sure they hate each other.
Ballinacurra gaels and Christians are nothing clubs anymore. BG never were TBF. Christians were built on the school originally, their catchment area would be all soccer and older estates.
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Beyond the parkway roundabout is a different world than inside it
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As a pal of mine once said, do you know anyone is is actually from castletroy that isnt a gomie. Annacotty folks are grand, garryowen the same
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St Pats and Claughan have Pike Rovers, Fairview, Geraldines, Granville, Aisling Anacotty all to contend with. Throw the rugby in as well. Monaleen have anacotty to deal with all right. Thats a hell of a lot of good soccer clubs and its a soccer part of town
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