Limerick ease beyond Galway to get back to winning ways in NHL

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Galway 0-18

A hungry Limerick eased beyond 14-man Galway at the TUS Gaelic Grounds. It gets John Kiely’s men back on track after the disappointment of losing out to Clare last Sunday.

The winners were aided by the dismissal of Conor Cooney – for two yellows – but in truth, the home side were comfortable long before the St. Thomas’ man was send off.

He received his first early in the first stanza for a heavy hit on Mike Casey. This forced the Na Piarsaigh man off with a head injury. The second for a challenge on Barry Murphy.

Limerick had a fine spread of scorers with Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill and Aaron Gillane all accurate.

The goal, after 20 minutes came from Shane O’Brien – who tallied 1-3 in the first half.

Scores for Tom Morrissey, Cian Lynch, David Reidy and the returning Peter Casey saw the boys in Green to a second win of 2025.

Next up is a clash with Kilkenny, away, next weekend, before meeting with Wexford to round out the group phase.


Scorers for Limerick: Shane O’Brien 1-3;Aaron Gillane 0-6 (0-4 frees); Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill 0-4 each; Tom Morrissey, Barry Nash 0-2; Adam English, Kyle Hayes, Colin Coughlan, Cian Lynch, Peter Casey, David Reidy 0-1 each.

Scorers for Galway: Conor Cooney 0-6 (0-3 frees, 0-1 ‘65); Cathal Mannion 0-7 (0-6 frees);  Tiernan Kileen 0-1; Gavin Lee 0-1; Tom Monaghan 0-1; Brian Concannon 0-1; Sean Linnane 0-1 each.

Limerick: Shane Dowling; Seán Finn, Mike Casey, Barry Murphy; Colin Coughlan, Kyle Hayes, Barry Nash; Adam English, William O’Donoghue; Cathal O’Neill, Cian Lynch (C), Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Shane O’Brien, Aidan O’Connor.

Subs: Vince Harrington for M Casey (inj – 9); Peter Casey for Lynch (48); Ethan Hurley for Hayes (50); David Reidy for O’Donoghue (53); Gearoid Hegarty for O’Connor (57); Eddie Stokes for English (66).

Galway: Darach Fahy; Shane Morgan, Fintan Burke, Darren Morrissey; Padraic Mannion, Gavin Lee, Michael Garvey; Cianan Fahy, Tom Monaghan; Kevin Cooney, Tiernan Kileen, David Burke; Conor Whelan (C), Conor Cooney; Anthony Burns.

Subs: Brian Concannon for Burns (half-time); Cathal Mannion for D Burke (42); John Cooney for K Cooney (47); Seán Linnane for Whelan (48); TJ Brennan for Shane Morgan (66).

Referee: James Owens (Wexford).