***** UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK became the first side into the last four of the 2025 Fitzgibbon Cup, thanks to a facile eight-point victory over Mary Immaculate College.
They were joined tonight by UCC, victors in the all-Cork tie against local rivals by MTU Cork.
UCC had three points to spare over MTU Cork with Ben Cunningham shooting 0-12 in their sucess, before being forced off through injury. UCC were ahead 0-12 to 0-11 at the break and pulled clear in the second half before withstanding a late MTU Cork charge.
Cunningham was aided in the scoring stakes by William Buckley, Waterford’s Michael Mullaney, and Tipperary’s Peter McGarry, who all hit 0-2 apiece. Cork hurler Jack Cahalane was the MTU top scorer with 0-9, while Waterford’s Sean Walsh (0-3) was also to the fore, and there were two points each for Cork pair Diarmuid Healy and Alan Walsh.
Ben Cunningham impressed for UCC. James Lawlor / INPHO
James Lawlor / INPHO / INPHO
Both sides were without a number of key stars for the all-Limerick tie played earlier today at a dry Mary Immaculate College, in Limerick. Jamie Wall had to plan without Shane O’Brien and Shane Meehan, while Adam Hogan, the 2024 Young Hurler of the Year, was also absent.
Limerick quartet Colin Coughlan (injury) Paddy O’Donovan, Adam English and Aidan O’Connor all sat this out, with John Kiely expected to use the latter three this Saturday when Limerick face Cork.
In a game where victory propelled the winner directly to the last four, there was a certain lack of intensity, perhaps both sides knowing they had already secured knockout hurling.
UL will face a break until their semi-final, while Mary Immaculate will face one of TUS Midwest, Maynooth University or DCU in one of two quarter-finals.
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Mary I manager Jamie Wall. Natasha Barton / INPHO
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Scores from Gearoid O’Connor, Patrick Crotty and inside forward Jack Leahy ensured Brian Ryan’s men led 0-14 to 0-6 at half-time with all the visitors scores coming from play.
For Mary I, both Oisin O’Farrell and Cian Scully were on target in both halves but both too were off target from challenging placed balls.
Scores from Declan McLaughlin of Galway and Ronan Power from Ballygunner kept some respectability on the scoresheet but O’Connor was joined on the scoresheet during the second half by Mark Fitzgerald, Sean Rynn and Sean O’Hanlon.
The winners could afford a total of 13 wides, with this victory coming after a brace of eventually one-sided wins over SETU Waterford and ATU Galway.
Tonight, University of Galway rounded off their campaign with a comprehensive 4-27 to 0-11 success over UCD. Ian McGlynn, Ruben Davitt, Kieran Hanrahan, and Mattthew Tarpey all found the net for the winners, who had already been knocked out of the competition.
*****
Elsewhere today, St Kieran’s won the all-Kilkenny Leinster senior A hurling colleges final, as they defeated local rivals Kilkenny CBS on penalties.
The game finished St Kieran’s 1-25 Kilkenny CBS 2-22 after extra-time, before St Kieran’s won 3-0 on penalties at UPMC Nowlan Park.
Cian Phelan, Noah Manogue, and Jake Mullen all found the net from penalties.
A late Patrick Lacey goal rescued Kilkenny CBS in normal time as the teams were tied at 1-18 apiece. Lacey struck 1-12 overall for his side, while Manogue shot 0-13 for the winners.
*****
Scorers for University of Limerick: Gearoid O’Connor 0-6 (0-3f); Jack Leahy, Partick Crotty 0-4; Sean O’Hanlon 0-3; Diarmuid Hanniffy 0-2; Brian O’Sullivan, Seán Rynne, Colm O’Meara, Mark Fitzgerald 0-1 each.
Scorers for Mary Immaculate College: Cian Scully 0-5 (0-4f); Oisin O’Farrell 0-4 (0-2f); Jamie Ryan, Declan McLaughlin, Diarmuid Cahill (free), Ronan Power, Ronan O’Connor, Jimmy Quilty (free) 0-1 each.
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK: Darach Fahy (Ardrahan, Galway); Evan O’Leary (Ahane, Limerick), John Conneally (Clooney Quin, Clare); Ciarmhac Smyth (Midleton, Cork); Killian Doyle (Emeralds, Kilkenny), Mark Fitzgerald (Passage East, Waterford); Michael Corcoran (Silvermines, Tipperary); Brian O’Sullivan (Kanturk, Cork), Sean Rynne (Inagh-Kilnamona, Clare); Gearóid O’Connor (Moyne Templetuohy, Tipperary), Colm O’Meara (Clonlara, Clare), Patrick Crotty (Scariff, Clare); Jack Leahy (Dungourney, Cork), Sean O’Hanlon (Turloughmore, Galway), Diarmuid Hanniffy (Oranmore Maree, Galway)
Subs: Aaron Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs, Tipperary) for Smyth (half-time), Conor Hanley Clarke (Kilmallock, Limerick) for Corcoran (39 mins), Sam Williams (Bruree, Limerick) for Fitzgerald (53-56 mins) and Keelan Hartigan for O’Connor (56 mins).
MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE: Darragh Conway (Lixnaw, Kerry); William Dore (Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick), Eoin Lawless (Athenry, Galway), Vince Harrington (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick); Cian Scully (Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick), Jimmy Quilty (Blackrock, Limerick); Ronan Power (Ballygunner, Waterford); Ronan O’Connor (Feakle, Clare), Conor Hennessy (Nenagh Eire Og, Tipperary); Eoin Craddock (Holycross-Ballycahill, Tipperary), Patrick Finn (Bruff), Jamie Ryan (O’Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny); Oisin O’Farrell (ABK Desmonds, Limerick), Declan McLaughlin (Portumna, Galway), Diarmuid Cahill (Corofin, Clare).
Subs: Dara Whelan (Turloughmore, Galway) for Finn (half-time), Jack Daly (Croom, Limerick) for Craddock (47 mins) and Matthew Rossengrove (Beagh, Galway) for Hennessy (53 mins, injury).
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UL and UCC reach Fitzgibbon Cup semi-finals, St Kieran's land Leinster title on penalties
Results – Fitzgibbon Cup
*****
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK became the first side into the last four of the 2025 Fitzgibbon Cup, thanks to a facile eight-point victory over Mary Immaculate College.
They were joined tonight by UCC, victors in the all-Cork tie against local rivals by MTU Cork.
UCC had three points to spare over MTU Cork with Ben Cunningham shooting 0-12 in their sucess, before being forced off through injury. UCC were ahead 0-12 to 0-11 at the break and pulled clear in the second half before withstanding a late MTU Cork charge.
Cunningham was aided in the scoring stakes by William Buckley, Waterford’s Michael Mullaney, and Tipperary’s Peter McGarry, who all hit 0-2 apiece. Cork hurler Jack Cahalane was the MTU top scorer with 0-9, while Waterford’s Sean Walsh (0-3) was also to the fore, and there were two points each for Cork pair Diarmuid Healy and Alan Walsh.
Both sides were without a number of key stars for the all-Limerick tie played earlier today at a dry Mary Immaculate College, in Limerick. Jamie Wall had to plan without Shane O’Brien and Shane Meehan, while Adam Hogan, the 2024 Young Hurler of the Year, was also absent.
Limerick quartet Colin Coughlan (injury) Paddy O’Donovan, Adam English and Aidan O’Connor all sat this out, with John Kiely expected to use the latter three this Saturday when Limerick face Cork.
In a game where victory propelled the winner directly to the last four, there was a certain lack of intensity, perhaps both sides knowing they had already secured knockout hurling.
UL will face a break until their semi-final, while Mary Immaculate will face one of TUS Midwest, Maynooth University or DCU in one of two quarter-finals.
Scores from Gearoid O’Connor, Patrick Crotty and inside forward Jack Leahy ensured Brian Ryan’s men led 0-14 to 0-6 at half-time with all the visitors scores coming from play.
For Mary I, both Oisin O’Farrell and Cian Scully were on target in both halves but both too were off target from challenging placed balls.
Scores from Declan McLaughlin of Galway and Ronan Power from Ballygunner kept some respectability on the scoresheet but O’Connor was joined on the scoresheet during the second half by Mark Fitzgerald, Sean Rynn and Sean O’Hanlon.
The winners could afford a total of 13 wides, with this victory coming after a brace of eventually one-sided wins over SETU Waterford and ATU Galway.
Tonight, University of Galway rounded off their campaign with a comprehensive 4-27 to 0-11 success over UCD. Ian McGlynn, Ruben Davitt, Kieran Hanrahan, and Mattthew Tarpey all found the net for the winners, who had already been knocked out of the competition.
*****
Elsewhere today, St Kieran’s won the all-Kilkenny Leinster senior A hurling colleges final, as they defeated local rivals Kilkenny CBS on penalties.
The game finished St Kieran’s 1-25 Kilkenny CBS 2-22 after extra-time, before St Kieran’s won 3-0 on penalties at UPMC Nowlan Park.
Cian Phelan, Noah Manogue, and Jake Mullen all found the net from penalties.
A late Patrick Lacey goal rescued Kilkenny CBS in normal time as the teams were tied at 1-18 apiece. Lacey struck 1-12 overall for his side, while Manogue shot 0-13 for the winners.
*****
Scorers for University of Limerick: Gearoid O’Connor 0-6 (0-3f); Jack Leahy, Partick Crotty 0-4; Sean O’Hanlon 0-3; Diarmuid Hanniffy 0-2; Brian O’Sullivan, Seán Rynne, Colm O’Meara, Mark Fitzgerald 0-1 each.
Scorers for Mary Immaculate College: Cian Scully 0-5 (0-4f); Oisin O’Farrell 0-4 (0-2f); Jamie Ryan, Declan McLaughlin, Diarmuid Cahill (free), Ronan Power, Ronan O’Connor, Jimmy Quilty (free) 0-1 each.
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK: Darach Fahy (Ardrahan, Galway); Evan O’Leary (Ahane, Limerick), John Conneally (Clooney Quin, Clare); Ciarmhac Smyth (Midleton, Cork); Killian Doyle (Emeralds, Kilkenny), Mark Fitzgerald (Passage East, Waterford); Michael Corcoran (Silvermines, Tipperary); Brian O’Sullivan (Kanturk, Cork), Sean Rynne (Inagh-Kilnamona, Clare); Gearóid O’Connor (Moyne Templetuohy, Tipperary), Colm O’Meara (Clonlara, Clare), Patrick Crotty (Scariff, Clare); Jack Leahy (Dungourney, Cork), Sean O’Hanlon (Turloughmore, Galway), Diarmuid Hanniffy (Oranmore Maree, Galway)
Subs: Aaron Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs, Tipperary) for Smyth (half-time), Conor Hanley Clarke (Kilmallock, Limerick) for Corcoran (39 mins), Sam Williams (Bruree, Limerick) for Fitzgerald (53-56 mins) and Keelan Hartigan for O’Connor (56 mins).
MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE: Darragh Conway (Lixnaw, Kerry); William Dore (Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick), Eoin Lawless (Athenry, Galway), Vince Harrington (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick); Cian Scully (Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick), Jimmy Quilty (Blackrock, Limerick); Ronan Power (Ballygunner, Waterford); Ronan O’Connor (Feakle, Clare), Conor Hennessy (Nenagh Eire Og, Tipperary); Eoin Craddock (Holycross-Ballycahill, Tipperary), Patrick Finn (Bruff), Jamie Ryan (O’Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny); Oisin O’Farrell (ABK Desmonds, Limerick), Declan McLaughlin (Portumna, Galway), Diarmuid Cahill (Corofin, Clare).
Subs: Dara Whelan (Turloughmore, Galway) for Finn (half-time), Jack Daly (Croom, Limerick) for Craddock (47 mins) and Matthew Rossengrove (Beagh, Galway) for Hennessy (53 mins, injury).
Referee: Eamonn Stapleton (Doon, Limerick).
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