{"id":235413,"date":"2026-01-09T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/235413\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T04:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:02:09","slug":"ian-maguire-appointed-captain-of-cork-senior-footballers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/235413\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Maguire appointed captain of Cork senior footballers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">St Finbarr\u2019s star Ian Maguire has been appointed captain of the Cork senior football team for the upcoming season taking the reins from Castlehaven\u2019s Brian Hurley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The midfielder previously held the role from 2018 to 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He made his first championship appearance with the Cork senior footballers in a Round 4 qualifier match against Sligo in the All-Ireland series in 2014. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Maguire has been part and parcel of John Cleary&#8217;s side in recent years, forming a formidable partnership with Colm O\u2019Callaghan in the middle of the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 31-year-old is coming into 2026 in great form after helping St Finbarr\u2019s win the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC title in the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4925306_8_articleinlinemobile_2743321.jpg\" alt=\"Cork manager John Cleary with Ian Maguire and Colm O'Callaghan. Picture: Ben McShane\/Sportsfile\" title=\"Cork manager John Cleary with Ian Maguire and Colm O'Callaghan. Picture: Ben McShane\/Sportsfile\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork manager John Cleary with Ian Maguire and Colm O&#8217;Callaghan. Picture: Ben McShane\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork GAA announced the news on Thursday night in a short statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cCork GAA is pleased to confirm that Ian Maguire of St Finbarr&#8217;s has been appointed as captain of the Cork senior football team for the new season. We wish Ian and the Cork team and management every success in the year ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebels open their Allianz Division 2 Football League campaign on Sunday, January 25 against Cavan at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Before that, Cork face Limerick on Sunday in the McGrath Cup at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn with throw-in at 2pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After beating Tipperary last Tuesday night in Cappawhite, another victory would send the Leesiders into the final of the pre-season competition, more than likely against Kerry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The McGrath Cup decider is down for Saturday week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Finbarr\u2019s star Ian Maguire has been appointed captain of the Cork senior football team for the upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-235413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}