Connacht interprovincial squad peppered with Mayo players
The four squads have been announced for this weekend’s Allianz GAA Football InterProvincial Series at Croke Park – and the Connacht group is peppered with Mayo players.
Led by Aidan O'Shea, the squad also features Eoghan McLaughlin, Jack Carney, Bob Tuohy Diarmuid Duffy and Fergal Boland, with Paul Towey on standby.
The squad features players from all teams who play in the Connacht championship, including London and New York.
Elsehwere, the Leinster squad is led by Dublin’s nine-time All-Ireland-winning history-makers James McCarthy and Stephen Cluxton, with 11 counties represented overall.
Armagh’s All-Ireland winners have a strong presence in the Ulster ranks and are led by Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker, and Rian and Oisín O’Neill.
Kerry’s experienced duo Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor headline the Munster squad.
Friday night will see Connacht face Leinster at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting of Ulster and Munster at 8 p.m. On Saturday, the opening match sees the two beaten teams from Friday night meeting at 5.30 p.m. followed by the clash of the two Friday night winners at 7.30 p.m.
The backdrop to the event is the trialling of the seven core enhancements put forward by the Football Review Committee and the subject of a special congress at the end of November.
Tickets are available from GAA.ie. Friday night’s games will be shown live on TG4 and Saturday’s games will be shown live on RTÉ.
SQUADS
The full squads are listed below.
Connacht: Connor Gleeson (Galway), Johnny McGrath (Galway), Brian Stack (Roscommon), Sean Mulkerrin (Galway), Cillian McDaid (Galway), John Daly (Galway), Eoghan McLoughlin (Mayo), Jack Carney (Mayo), John Maher (Galway), Matthew Tierney (Galway) Bob Touhy (Mayo), Enda Smith (Roscommon), Diarmuid Murtagh (Roscommon), Aidan O’Shea (Mayo), Daire Cregg (Roscommon), Conor Carroll (Roscommon), Ruaidhrí Fallon (Roscommon), Mark Diffley (Leitrim), Johnny Heaney (Galway), Shane Brosnan (New York), Ultan Harney (Roscommon), Barry McNulty (Leitrim), Conor Cox (Roscommon), Donie Smith (Roscommon), Ciaran Murtagh (Roscommon), Diarmuid Duffy (Mayo), Fergal Boland (Mayo), Pat Spillane (Sligo), Aidan McLoughlin (London), Liam Gallagher (London); standby players: Paul Towey (Mayo), Keith Byrne (Leitrim), Shay Rafter (London), Eddie McGinness (Sligo), Cian Lally (Sligo), Joey Grace (New York), Shane Brosnan (New York), Daire Rooney (London)
Leinster: Stephen Cluxton (Dublin), Michael Bambrick (Carlow), Mark Barry (Laois), Sean Bugler (Dublin), Ciaran Byrne (Louth), Ray Connellan (Westmeath), Peter Cunningham (Offaly), Ciaran Downey (Louth), Ross Dunphy (Carlow), Kevin Feely (Kildare), Daniel Flynn (Kildare), Darren Gallagher (Longford), Dean Healy (Wicklow), Ryan Houlihan (Kildare), Brian Howard (Dublin), Killian Roche (Laois), Ronan Jones (Meath), Donal Keoghan (Meath), Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin), Paul Kingston (Laois), Craig Lennon (Louth), James McCarthy (Dublin), Eoin Murchan (Dublin), Evan O'Carroll (Laois), Lee Pearson (Offaly), Eoin Porter (Wexford), Kevin Quinn (Wicklow), John Small (Dublin), Paddy Small (Dublin), Ronan Wallace (Westmeath)
Ulster: Niall Morgan (Tyrone), Diarmuid Baker (Derry), Mark Bradley (Tyrone), Paddy Burns (Armagh), Aidan Clarke (Tyrone), Oisin Conaty (Armagh), Padraig Faulkner (Cavan), Aidan Forker (Armagh), Niall Grimley (Armagh), Daniel Guiness (Down), Pat Havern (Down), Marc Jordan (Antrim), Conn Kilpatrick (Tyrone), Barry McBennett (Monaghan), Ronan McCaffrey (Fermanagh), Sean McNally (Fermanagh), Darren McCurry (Tyrone), Eoin McElholm (Tyrone), Joe McElroy (Armagh), Eoin McEvoy (Derry), Kieran McGeary (Tyrone), Peter McGrane (Armagh), Ross McQuillan (Armagh), Odhran Murdock (Down), Daire Ó Baoill (Donegal), Rian O'Neill (Armagh), Oisin O'Neill (Armagh), Gerry Smith (Cavan), Ciaran Thompson (Donegal), Niall Toner (Derry); standby players: Frank Burns (Tyrone), Mick Byrne (Antrim), Joe Finnegan (Antrim), Jason Irwin (Monaghan), Jason McLoughlin (Cavan), Fionan O’Brien (Fermanagh)
Munster: Josh Ryan (Limerick), Darragh Brennan (Tipperary), Damien Bourke (Kerry), Darragh Cashman (Cork), Eoin Cleary (Clare), Jimmy Feehan (Tipperary), Aran Griffin (Clare), Emmet McMahon (Clare), Brian McNamara (Clare), Sean Meehan (Cork), Tadhg Morley (Kerry), James Naughton (Limerick), Danny Neville (Limerick), Colm O'Callaghan (Cork), Diarmuid O'Connor (Kerry), Chris Kelly (Cork), Conor O'Currin (Waterford), Sean O'Dea (Limerick), Donal O'Sullivan (Kerry), Chris Óg Jones (Cork), Dermot Ryan (Waterford), Maurice Shanley (Cork), Killian Spillane (Kerry), Mark Stokes (Tipperary), Alan Sweeney (Clare), Matty Taylor (Cork), Caomhín Walsh (Waterford), Tommy Walsh (Cork), Sean Walsh (Waterford), Paul Walsh (Cork)