Search

12 Sept 2025

Effin and Croagh-Kilfinny meet in opening round of Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Effin face Croagh-Kilfinny on Thursday at 7pm in Mick Neville Park

Effin and Croagh-Kilfinny meet in opening round of Limerick Premier Hurling Championship

Effin's Tommy Quaid and Croagh Kilfinny's Denis Lenihan at the launch of the Lyons of Limerick premier intermediate hurling championship, PICTURE: Don Moloney

EFFIN and Croagh-Kilfinny will open the 2025 Lyons of Limerick county premier intermediate hurling championship on Thursday evening in Mick Neville Park at 7pm.

County semi-finalists Effin fell short at last year's premier intermediate semi-final against Newcastle West. Croagh-Kilfinny make the jump up to premier intermediate after winning the intermediate hurling championship in 2024.

Effin's Tommy Quaid said it has been good to get their county representatives back among the group. Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid, Fergal O'Connor and Patrick O'Donovan have all returned back to their club in Effin.

“It's always nice to have them back, we didn't expect them back as soon as we did that's unfortunate maybe a bit of a silver lining as well.

“It's good to get them back in among the group as well to bring them back down to earth a small bit aswelll from the Limerick point of view and get them back motoring with hurling and stuff like that,” said Tommy Quaid.

Croagh Kilfinny's Denis Lenihan feels it's important for the west Limerick outfit to make a good start to the championship.

“I suppose, like all the other seven teams we will be trying to win it and take it game by game. Hopefully we can try and get a good start," added Denis Lenihan. 

Verdict: Effin

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.