{"id":519269,"date":"2026-06-26T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519269\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:56:09","slug":"team-news-ocallaghan-back-in-the-middle-for-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519269\/","title":{"rendered":"Team news: O\u2019Callaghan back in the middle for Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colm O\u2019Callaghan has been restored to the Cork midfield for Saturday\u2019s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Mayo in Croke Park (4pm) having served his one-match ban.<\/p>\n

The \u00c9ire \u00d3g man was issued with the penalty following his sending off against Meath in the All-Ireland Round 1 win in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn and missed the victory over Donegal where Se\u00e1n Walsh filled the void.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Callaghan is the only change to the team that won in Ballybofey last Saturday week. Dara Sheedy remains in the team having recovered from injury to start the last day.<\/p>\n

On the bench, fit-again pair Se\u00e1n Brady and David Buckley come in for Tom\u00e1s O\u2019Mahony and Darragh Clifford. Out of the panel is Cathail O\u2019Mahony.<\/p>\n

\"Galway\u2019sGalway\u2019s C\u00e9in Darcy celebrates a point with Shane Walsh during the win over Westmeath. Pic: \u00a9INPHO\/James Crombie<\/p>\n

C\u00e9in D\u2019Arcy will wear No22 in Sunday\u2019s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin as Galway retire the No 10 jersey as a mark of respect to the late Paul Clancy.<\/p>\n

Shane McGrath for Fionn McDonagh is the one change from the team that began the All-Ireland Round 2B win over Westmeath in Salthill the weekend before last.<\/p>\n

As Clancy\u2019s funeral takes place on Friday, Galway GAA explained: \u201cAs a mark of respect to the late Paul Clancy, R.I.P the number 10 jersey proudly worn by Paul with distinction as a player will not be used in Sunday\u2019s match. Our thoughts are with Johanna, Ellen, Finn and the Clancy family, Paul\u2019s friends, and his former teammates as they gather today to bid their farewell to him. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam d\u00edlis.\u201d <\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Kerry\u2019s announced team to face Tyrone in Saturday\u2019s All-Ireland quarter-final is the same as the one that began last weekend\u2019s victory over Armagh.<\/p>\n

The only change to the panel is Miche\u00e1l Burns\u2019 return from a two-game suspension. The Dr Crokes man comes in for Tom\u00e1s Kennedy.<\/p>\n

Tom O\u2019Sullivan has yet to recover from his long-standing quad problem to take his place in the matchday 26. Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea and Gavin White are again set to be held in reserve.<\/p>\n

Of the team that began last year\u2019s semi-final win over Tyrone, there are 12 survivors \u2013 the entire outfield defence save for White, the midfield pair and all but O\u2019Shea in the forward line. The three changes are Shane Murphy, Diarmuid O\u2019Connor and Paul Geaney for Shane Ryan, White and O\u2019Shea.<\/p>\n

Dublin captain Con O\u2019Callaghan has been named to start against Galway in Sunday\u2019s quarter-final despite retiring with what appeared to be a hamstring problem in the win over Donegal last weekend O\u2019Callaghan has been plagued with hamstring problem across this season and beyond but he and Paddy Small, who also retired early, have been included in the team.<\/p>\n

Nathan Doran suffered ankle damage and Eoin Kennedy has been selected to take his place in defence. Alex Gavin is included among the substitutes.<\/p>\n

\n CORK (SFC v Mayo): P. Doyle; M. Shanley, D. O\u2019Mahony, S. Meehan; B. O\u2019Driscoll, T. Walsh, L. Fahy; I. Maguire (c), C. O\u2019Callaghan; P. Walsh, D. Sheedy, S. McDonnell; M. Cronin, C. Jones, S. Sherlock.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subs: M.A. Martin, J. O\u2019Driscoll, S. Brady, R. Maguire, S. Walsh, D. Buckley, C. Cahalane, E. McSweeney, R. Deane, C. Corbett, B. Hurley.<\/p>\n

\n KERRY (SFC v Tyrone): S. Murphy; P. Murphy, J. Foley, D. Casey; B. \u00d3 Beaglaoich, M. Breen, G. O\u2019Sullivan; M. O\u2019Shea, S. O\u2019Brien; J. O\u2019Connor, P. Clifford, D. O\u2019Connor; D. Clifford, P. Geaney (c), D. Geaney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subs: S. Ryan, E. Looney, T. Brosnan, K. Evans, C. Trant, A. Heinrich, G. White, T. Morley, K. Spillane, S. O\u2019Shea, M. Burns.<\/p>\n

\n DUBLIN (SFC v Galway): E. Comerford; S. MacMahon, E. Kennedy, D. Byrne; L. Gannon, T. Clancy, C. McMorrow; P. \u00d3 Cofaigh-Byrne, B. Howard; C. Basquel, C. O\u2019Callaghan (c), N. Scully; P. Small, C. Kilkenny, C. Costello.<\/p>\n

Subs: H. O\u2019Sullivan, T. Lahiff, L. Smith, G. McEneaney, C. Murphy, S. Guiden, J. Bannon, R. McGarry, A. Gavin, S. Bugler, T. Deering.<\/p>\n

\n MONAGHAN (SFC v Louth): R. Beggan, R. Wylie, K. Lavelle, D. Byrne; D. Ward, R. O\u2019Toole, C. McCarthy; M. McCarville, K. Gallagher; A. Carey, M. Bannigan (c), S. O\u2019Hanlon; J. McCarron, A. Woods, S. Mooney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subs: K. Mulligan, F. Carolan, R. Hanratty, C. Dowd, O. McGorman, R. McAnespie, D. McElearney, T. Hughes, M. Maguire, D. Garland, T. Doherty.<\/p>\n

\n GALWAY (SFC v Dublin): C. Gleeson; J. Glynn, C. Hernon, L. Silke; D. McHugh, J. Daly, S. Kelly; P. Conroy, J. Maher (c); C. D\u2019Arcy, S. McGrath, C. McDaid; R. Finnerty, M. Tierney, S. Walsh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subs: C. Flaherty, B. Cogger, S. \u00d3 Maoilchiar\u00e1in, J. McGrath, K. Molloy, F. McDonagh, D. O\u2019Flaherty, F. \u00d3 Lao\u00ed, J. Mullen, D. Comer, L. \u00d3 Conghaile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colm O\u2019Callaghan has been restored to the Cork midfield for Saturday\u2019s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Mayo in Croke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6937,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-519269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519269","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=519269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}