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Sport: | Football | ||
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Irish: | Luimneach | ||
Nickname(s): | The Shannonsiders The Treaty County | ||
County board: | Limerick GAA | ||
Manager: | Ray Dempsey | ||
Captain: | Iain Corbett and Donal O'Sullivan [1] | ||
Home venue(s): | Páirc na nGael, Limerick | ||
Recent competitive record | |||
Current All-Ireland status: | Munster (F) in 2022 | ||
Last championship title: | 1896 | ||
Current NFL Division: | 3 (2nd in 2022; promoted to 2) | ||
Last league title: | None | ||
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The Limerick county football team represents Limerick in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Limerick GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Limerick's home ground is Páirc na nGael, Limerick. The team's manager is Ray Dempsey.
Limerick was the first Munster county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC). It has won two All-Ireland Senior Championships. The county last won the Munster Senior Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1896. Limerick have never won the National League.
Limerick won the first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1887 and repeated this success in 1896, when it became the first non-Leinster team to beat the then all-conquering Dublin in a championship match.
The team did not play in the Munster Football Championship (1953–1964).
Limerick plays in Division 3 of the National Football League.
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Team as per Limerick vs Clare in the Munster SFC quarter-final, 28 May 2017
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INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
RET Player has since retired from the county team.
WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.
Jamie Lee was in New South Wales in 2020. [3]
Dates | Name | Origin | Provincial titles | All-Ireland SHC titles | National League titles |
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1979–1981 | Des McDonnell | Monaleen | |||
1982–1983 | Donie Nestor | Askeaton | |||
1984–1987 | Raymond O'Hagan | Mungret St Paul's | |||
1987–1988 | Paddy O'Dwyer | Claughaun | |||
1988–1993 | P. J. Bourke | Oola | |||
1993–1994 | Ger Power | ||||
1995–1997 | David Quirke | Oola | |||
1997–1999 | Paddy Mulvihill | ||||
1999–2005 | Liam Kearns | ||||
2005–2010 | Mickey 'Ned' O'Sullivan | ||||
2010–2013 | Maurice Horan | Na Piarsaigh | |||
2013–2016 | John Brudair | Dromcollogher/Broadford | |||
2017–2022 [6] | Billy Lee | Newcastle West | |||
2022– | Ray Dempsey |
Limerick has no All Stars. [7]
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