{"id":391559,"date":"2026-04-10T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391559\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:13:09","slug":"martin-returns-in-goal-as-sheedy-handed-championship-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391559\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin returns in goal as Sheedy handed championship debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cork manager John Cleary has made a big call for Sunday\u2019s Munster Championship quarter-final against Limerick at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh (2pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There is a change between the sticks, with Patrick Doyle dropping to the bench and Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin getting the nod in goal for the championship opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebels endured a challenging day on kick-outs in the Allianz Division 2 Football League final defeat to Meath at Croke Park last Sunday week. For the fourth game in a row, Cork lost more of their own restarts than they won. With this aspect so crucial in the modern game, the Rebels know they must improve if they are to make progress in the championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Martin is set to return to the starting team for the first time since the 20-point loss away to Derry at the start of March. Cork struggled on their own kick-outs that day too, but very little went right for them up north on that particular occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The goalkeeper switch is the only change from the side that started the two-point league final defeat to Meath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It means a senior championship debut for Dara Sheedy. The Bantry Blues forward featured for the Cork U20s in their draw with Clare in Quilty last evening, kicking 0-4 as the game finished 1-10 apiece in the Dalata Hotel Group Munster U20 Football Championship Phase 2 Round 1 clash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5035172_21_articleinlinemobile_09042026_Clare_V_Cork_Munster_U21_Football_Quilty_0026.jpg\" alt=\"Clare's Daniel Brady and Cork's Dara Sheedy in action during the Munster U20 match last evening. Picture: Eamon Ward\" title=\"Clare's Daniel Brady and Cork's Dara Sheedy in action during the Munster U20 match last evening. Picture: Eamon Ward\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Clare&#8217;s Daniel Brady and Cork&#8217;s Dara Sheedy in action during the Munster U20 match last evening. Picture: Eamon Ward<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sheedy has played an important role for the Cork seniors throughout the spring as they enter the championship high in confidence after securing promotion from Division 2. Building on that momentum \u2014 and ensuring consistency in performance levels \u2014 will be the challenge now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Limerick, meanwhile, will arrive on Leeside with no pressure. Jimmy Lee\u2019s side were relegated from Division 3 last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CORK (v Limerick):\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin (Nemo Rangers);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty), Daniel O\u2019Mahony (Knocknagree), Se\u00e1n Meehan (Kiskeam);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brian O\u2019Driscoll (Carrigaline), Tommy Walsh (Kanturk), Luke Fahy (Ballincollig);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Colm O\u2019Callaghan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), Ian Maguire (St Finbarr\u2019s, capt);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Paul Walsh (Kanturk), Mark Cronin (Nemo Rangers), Se\u00e1n McDonnell (Mallow);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chris \u00d3g Jones (Uibh Laoire), Dara Sheedy (Bantry Blues), Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: Patrick Doyle (Knocknagree), Tom\u00e1s O\u2019Mahony (Castlehaven), Rory Maguire (Castlehaven), Darragh Cashman (Millstreet), Se\u00e1n Walsh (Mitchelstown), Conor Cahalane (Castlehaven), David Buckley (Newcestown), Ruair\u00ed Deane (Bantry Blues), Eoghan McSweeney (Knocknagree), Conor Corbett (Clyda Rovers), Brian Hurley (Castlehaven).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Stand by players: Colin Molloy (Nemo Rangers), Paddy O\u2019Driscoll (Gabriel Rangers), Conor Daly (Clonakilty), Bryan Hayes (Nemo Rangers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork manager John Cleary has made a big call for Sunday\u2019s Munster Championship quarter-final against Limerick at SuperValu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-391559","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\/391559","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=391559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}