{"id":238901,"date":"2026-01-11T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/238901\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:20:14","slug":"cork-announce-experimental-side-for-limerick-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/238901\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork announce experimental side for Limerick encounter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Cleary has named an experimental Cork side for the McGrath Cup clash with Limerick tomorrow at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn (2pm).<\/p>\n

Having fielded a strong outfit in the win over Tipperary last Tuesday night in Cappawhite in the opening round, the Cork management have made 13 changes for the second Group B encounter against the Shannonsiders.<\/p>\n

Only defenders Se\u00e1n Meehan and Kevin O\u2019Donovan keep their places from the 1-26 to 0-10 triumph over Tipperary.<\/p>\n

Darragh Newman gets the nod in goal having come on in the second half during the week.<\/p>\n

Meehan is joined in the full-back line by promising defenders Colin Molloy and Jacob O\u2019Driscoll. The pair had great seasons with their respective clubs last year and will want to put up their hand tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donovan is wing-back with newcomer Tom\u00e1s O\u2019Mahony wearing the number 6 jersey with Darragh Cashman the other wing-back.<\/p>\n

\"Castlehaven'sCastlehaven’s Tom\u00e1s O’Mahony in action against Nemo Rangers last year. Picture: Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n

Former Cork underage players Se\u00e1n Dore and Tom Cunningham are in the middle of the pitch.<\/p>\n

David Buckley will look to continue his strong club form from the last few years into the 2026 inter-county campaign. The Newcestown player is wing-forward with the other two players in that line Conor Daly and Fintan Fenner.<\/p>\n

The full-forward line consists of Denis O\u2019Connor, Luke Murphy and Ciar\u00e1n Santry.<\/p>\n

The bench is an inexperienced one with only Se\u00e1n Walsh having played last year for Cleary\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Callum Dungan, Paddy O\u2019Driscoll, Colm O\u2019Shea, Cormac Hyland, Colm Gillespie, Ben O\u2019Connell, Kevin O\u2019Reilly, Luke Casey and Sam Copps are held in reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was always going to be an experimental Cork side with the Rebels having played a challenge game today against Armagh in Dublin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cork lost on a scoreline of 3-18 to 0-23 despite kicking six two-pointers.<\/p>\n

Armagh, All-Ireland winners as recently as 2024, netted two late goals to get the win.<\/p>\n

Both sides fielded strong teams.<\/p>\n

\" Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Cork will be favourites to get the better of Limerick, which would see them advance to the final of the pre-season competition with the high likelihood that it will be against the old rivals Kerry next Saturday.<\/p>\n

The start of the Allianz Division 2 Football League is only two weeks away.<\/p>\n

Cavan are the visitors to SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Sunday, January 25.<\/p>\n

\n CORK (McGrath Cup v Limerick):\n <\/p>\n

Darragh Newman (St Finbarr\u2019s);<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n Meehan (Kiskeam), Colin Molloy (Nemo Rangers), Jacob O\u2019Driscoll (Valley Rovers);<\/p>\n

Kevin O\u2019Donovan (Nemo Rangers), Tom\u00e1s O\u2019Mahony (Castlehaven), Darragh Cashman (Millstreet);<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n Dore (Ballincollig), Tom Cunningham (Kilshannig);<\/p>\n

David Buckley (Newcestown), Conor Daly (Clonakilty), Fintan Fenner (Castletownbere);<\/p>\n

Denis O\u2019Connor (Knocknagree), Luke Murphy (Cullen), Ciar\u00e1n Santry (Carbery Rangers).<\/p>\n

\n Subs:\n <\/p>\n

Callum Dungan (Carrigaline), Paddy O\u2019Driscoll (Gabriel Rangers), Colm O\u2019Shea (Kilshannig), Cormac Hyland (Mitchelstown), Se\u00e1n Walsh (Mitchelstown), Colm Gillespie (Aghabullogue), Ben O\u2019Connell (Ballincollig), Kevin O\u2019Reilly (Carrigaline), Luke Casey (Aghabullogue), Sam Copps (Mallow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Cleary has named an experimental Cork side for the McGrath Cup clash with Limerick tomorrow at P\u00e1irc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-238901","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\/238901","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=238901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}