Limerick football masters open their maiden season with trip to Waterford

LIMERICK'S masters football side get their inaugural All-Ireland Championship season underway on this Saturday afternoon against Waterford in Kirwan Park.

It is the first of six fixtures for the Limerick side who also face Kerry, Laois, Roscommon and Cork in their first season in existence.

A 36-man panel was announced last month by manager Anthony McCarthy that included the likes of Ciarán Carey and former Limerick senior footballer Micheál Reidy.

The team will be captained by Maurice O'Connor of Mountcollins. All games will be played under the umbrella of the Gaelic Masters Association.

The game with Waterford has a 2pm throw-in. The panel is as follows:

Limerick Masters Gaelic Football Panel 2023

Maurice O'Connor (Mountcollins, captain); Trevor Cosgrave (Knockane), Denis O'Connor (Knockane), John O'Connell (Knockane), Wesley Fitzgerald (Claughaun), Michael O'Donoghue (Claughaun), Ollie Dowling (Knockaderry). Seamus Lenihan (Fr Casey's), Michael Moloney (Caherconlish), Derek Connaughton (Caherconlish), Joe Teefy (Ballybricken-Bohermore), Matthew Hanley (Kilteely-Dromkeen), Joe Mulcahy (Killeedy), Paul Casey (Killeedy), Damien Mullaney (Castlemahon), Sean Carey (Ahane), Paul Darmody (Ahane), Ciarán Carey (Patrickswell), Eddie Mulcahy (Pallasgreen), James McMahon (Pallasgreen), Andrew Breedy (Galtee Gaels), Karl O'Regan (Camogue Rovers), John Lynch (Feenagh-Kilmeedy), Dermot Phelan (St Patrick's), Michael Geary (St Patrick's), Liam Mulcahy (St Patrick's), Gary Campbell (St Patrick's), John O'Kelly (Dromcollogher-Broadford), Michael Reidy (Dromcollogher-Broadford), Ray Lynch (Dromcolloger-Broadford), Marty Stokes (Dromcolloger-Broadford), Ben Noonan (Dromcollogher-Broadford), Ronan Magee (Hospital-Herbertstown), John O'Shea (Bruff), John O'Doyle (St Kieran's), Darren Kavanagh (St Senan's)

Management

Anthony McCarthy (Kilteely-Dromkeen) - Manager; Aidan O'Sullivan (Briuff) - Selector, Jason Daly (Ballysteen) - Selector