{"id":506766,"date":"2026-06-18T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/506766\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:19:08","slug":"oshea-and-ryan-return-to-kerry-squad-for-armagh-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/506766\/","title":{"rendered":"O’Shea and Ryan return to Kerry squad for Armagh visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Se\u00e1nie O’Shea and Shane Ryan have returned to the Kerry squad for Saturday\u2019s do-or-die All-Ireland clash with Armagh in Killarney.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a significant double boost for Jack O\u2019Connor ahead of this crucial meeting of the last two All-Ireland champions, with the pair named amongst the substitutes.<\/p>\n

Ryan has yet to feature for the Kingdom this season \u2013 Shane Murphy starting every game and in line to do so again \u2013 while O\u2019Shea last appeared in the Division 1 final loss to Donegal.<\/p>\n

The starting 15 shows one change from the side that comfortably dismissed Kildare last Saturday<\/a> with Paul Murphy replacing Evan Looney at corner-back.<\/p>\n

Dublin, meanwhile, have made two changes for their meeting with Donegal at Croke Park on Sunday, live on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.<\/p>\n

Eoin Kennedy and Se\u00e1n Bugler come into the starting team in place of Lee Gannon and Peadar \u00d3 Cofaigh Byrne, who are included amongst the substitutes.<\/p>\n

Kerry (v Armagh): Shane Murphy; Paul Murphy, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey; Brian \u00d3 Beaglaoich, Mike Breen, Graham O\u2019Sullivan; Mark O\u2019Shea, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Brien; Joe O\u2019Connor, Paudie Clifford, Diarmuid O\u2019Connor; David Clifford, Paul Geaney, Dylan Geaney.<\/p>\n

Dublin (v Donegal): Evan Comerford; Greg McEneaney, Nathan Doran, David Byrne; Se\u00e1n McMahon, Charlie McMorrow, Eoin Kennedy; Theo Clancy, Brian Howard, Se\u00e1n Bugler, Con O’Callaghan, Niall Scully; Paddy Small, Ciar\u00e1n Kilkenny, Cormac Costello.<\/p>\n

Cork manager Ben O’Connor has named his starting 15 for their All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Offaly on Sunday, live on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.<\/p>\n

Alan Walsh is set for his first championship start in one of four changes from the Munster final loss to Limerick.<\/p>\n

Injury keeps Tommy O’Connell and Tim O\u2019Mahony out and they are replaced by Darragh Fitzgibbon and Brian Roche with Hugh O’Connor replacing Barry Walsh in the half-forward line.<\/p>\n

There are three changes to the Dublin starting line-up ahead of Saturday evening’s meeting with Clare, also live on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player..<\/p>\n

Eoghan O’Donnell, Se\u00e1n Currie and Ronan Hayes are all given their chance with Liam Rushe, Darragh Power and Brendan Kenny dropping out.<\/p>\n

Cork (v Offaly): Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Robert Downey, Mark Coleman; Brian Roche, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Hugh O\u2019Connor, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy; Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes, Alan Walsh.<\/p>\n

Dublin (v Clare): Eddie Gibbons; Conor McHugh, Paddy Smyth, Eoghan O’Donnell; Chris Crummey, Paddy Doyle, Conor Burke; Brian Hayes, Conor Donohoe; Fergal Whitely, Donal Burke, Se\u00e1n Currie; Ronan Hayes, John Hetherton, Conal \u00d3 Riain.<\/p>\n

Watch the Tailteann Cup semi-finals on Saturday, Down v Fermanagh from 2.45pm on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player, with Wicklow v Offaly available on RT\u00c9 News Channel and RT\u00c9 Player from 4.55pm. Follow our live blog on all matches on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app and listen to commentary on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n

Watch Clare v Dublin in the All-Ireland Hurling Championship quarter-finals on Saturday from 6.35pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow our live blog on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app and listen to commentary on Saturday Sport on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n

Watch Dublin v Donegal in the All-Ireland Football Championship on Sunday from 12.50pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow our live blog on all matches on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app<\/p>\n

Watch Cork v Offaly in the All-Ireland Hurling Championship quarter-finals on Sunday from 3pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow our live blog on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app and listen to commentary on Sunday Sport on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1nie O’Shea and Shane Ryan have returned to the Kerry squad for Saturday\u2019s do-or-die All-Ireland clash with Armagh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-506766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506766","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=506766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}