McKenna Cup 2024

[Throw ball]

By the look of it Armagh are all out to win the McKenna Cup this year! By my calculations of the panel named in the paper only 11 of the 30 played league or championship last year. Apart from Cross and Uni players notable absentees are McGrane, Mcnulty, McKinney and McDonnell as well as Toal and Swift. Hopefully at least half will be back for the league.

[Our Nail Loney]

Where is the Armgh squad listed?

[omagh_gael]

Where is the Armgh squad listed?

This weeks Gaelic life has full squad listings for all teams

[never kickt a ball]

Doherty names squad
21 December 2008

New Donegal manager John Joe Doherty has named a 30-man squad for the Dr McKenna Cup as he begins his term in charge of the Ulster side.
Doherty, who was appointed manager after a prolonged process has been busy assembling a squad for the new season and he welcomes back a number of familiar faces.Back in the squad are Ciaran Bonner, who fell out with former manager Brian McIver and midfielder Brendan Boyle, who has been out injured with a back complaint for the past two years.

Donegal SF Panel (Dr McKenna Cup):

Ciaran Bonner, Michael Boyle, Brendan Boyle, Ryan Bradley, Charlie Byrne, Michael Doherty, Odhran Doherty, Conall Dunne, Paul Durcan, Neil Gallagher, Johnny Gallagher, Stephen Griffin, Rory Kavanagh, Damian McClafferty, Paddy McDaid, Stephen McDermott, Neil McGee, Eamon McGee, Frank McGlynn, Shane McGowan, Leo McLoone, Kevin McMenamin, Barry Monaghan, Kevin Rafferty, Brian Roper, Leon Thompson, Christy Toye, David Walsh, Declan Walsh, Ross Wherity.

http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=105073

[never kickt a ball]

Cassidy names Derry panel
19 December 2008

Derry's new football manager Damien Cassidy has announced a 27-man squad for the McKenna Cup.

It includes a number of newcomers from intermediate champions Greenlough and Ballinascreen, as well as Cathal McKeever, who played his club football in Tyrone with Carrickmore.Kevin McCloy, Enda Muldoon and Paddy Bradley are among the high-profile absentees who are, however, expected to return for the National League. McCloy and Muldoon are both injured, while Bradley isn't expected to return from Australia until the end of January.

Derry (McKenna Cup squad):

S McGuckian, D McBride, Patsy Bradley, M Craig, T Walls, E O'Kane, M McBride, A McAlynn, C McKaigue, P Carton, M Drum, B Og McAlary, J Diver, N Bradley, PJ McCloskey, G McShane, M O'Kane, K O'Connor, P Young, C McKeever, B Mullan, E Lynn, P Bradley, C Devlin, E Brown, S Bradley, C Mullan.

http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=105061

[tyronefan]

Colm Dorris is a 9th addition to the 30 man McKenna Cup panel not on earlier list. Following players were on last years panel that I have noticed missing for it:

Colm Cavanagh (uni)
Justy McMahon (uni)
Snowy O'Neill (uni)
Cathal McCarron
Colm McCullagh
Ryan McMenamin
Conor Gormley
Niall Gormley
Dermot Carlin
Damien McCaul
Brian Dooher
Brian McGuigan

Any one know what the story with the 3 Dromore players (except Snowy) that are missing? Are they all injured? - was suprised that McCarron is missing as thought he would get time to prove his worth. Is Conor Gormley taking a break or is he injured to? Looks like a fairly stong panel and will be good to see Mugsy and O'Neill linking up. A lot of counties experimenting in it so Tyrone have a good chance of getting title back.

Conor Gormley is getting married in January

[never kickt a ball]

Ross Carr has named the following panel of players for the 2009 competition.

SF Panel (Dr McKenna Cup):
Club    Name

Aghaderg
Rory Simpson

An Riocht    
Brendan McVeigh
John Clarke

Annaclone    
Gary McArdle   

Ardglass    
Michael Magee

Atticall    
Louis Sloan

Ballyholland    
Paul Murphy

Ballymartin    
Peter Fitzpatrick           

Bryansford    
Joseph Ireland

Burren    
Ciaran McGovern   
Eoin McCartan   
Kevin McKernan

Castlewellan    
Kevin Duffin

Clann na Banna    
Michael McAllister   

Clonduff    
Aidan Carr
John Fegan

Drumgath    
Jackie Lynch         

Loughinisland    
Gareth Johnston

Mayobridge    
Brendan Coulter   
Cathal Magee
Conor Garvey
Ronan Sexton

Rostrevor    
Martin Cole 

Saval    
Stephen Kearney     
Daniel Hughes

Shamrocks    
Hugh Davey 
Damian Rafferty

Warrenpoint    
John Boyle

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Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup Section A

Team 1       Team 2            Venue                           Date        Time    Referee        Comment

Fermanagh V  Derry  Brewster Park Enniskillen Ferm  04/01/2009 14:00 Brian Crowe    Round 1 
U.U.J V Donegal  MacCumhaill Park Ballybofey            04/01/2009 14:00 Martin Sludden Round 1 

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup Section B

Team 1      Team 2            Venue                  Date       Time       Referee                  Comment

St. Marys V  Down     Pairc Esler Newry Down 04/01/2009 14:00 Darren McQuillan Round 1 

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup Section C

Team 1         Team 2               Venue                        Date          Time        Referee            Comment

Cavan V Queens University  Kingspan Breffni Park Cavan 03/01/2009 19:00 Martin Higgins Round 1 
Armagh V  Antrim              Athletic Grounds Armagh    04/01/2009 14:00 Leo Smyth    Round 1

[laoisgaa]

Looking forward to making the trip to Kingspan Breffni on Saturday night - any new emerging talent in Cavan worth keeping an eye out for?

[J70]

Doherty names squad
21 December 2008

New Donegal manager John Joe Doherty has named a 30-man squad for the Dr McKenna Cup as he begins his term in charge of the Ulster side.
Doherty, who was appointed manager after a prolonged process has been busy assembling a squad for the new season and he welcomes back a number of familiar faces.Back in the squad are Ciaran Bonner, who fell out with former manager Brian McIver and midfielder Brendan Boyle, who has been out injured with a back complaint for the past two years.

Donegal SF Panel (Dr McKenna Cup):

Ciaran Bonner, Michael Boyle, Brendan Boyle, Ryan Bradley, Charlie Byrne, Michael Doherty, Odhran Doherty, Conall Dunne, Paul Durcan, Neil Gallagher, Johnny Gallagher, Stephen Griffin, Rory Kavanagh, Damian McClafferty, Paddy McDaid, Stephen McDermott, Neil McGee, Eamon McGee, Frank McGlynn, Shane McGowan, Leo McLoone, Kevin McMenamin, Barry Monaghan, Kevin Rafferty, Brian Roper, Leon Thompson, Christy Toye, David Walsh, Declan Walsh, Ross Wherity.

http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=105073

Roper's back for another year. Fair fucks to him!

I don't seen Devenney or Cassidy or Hegarty or Michael Murphy. I'm assuming Cassidy is taking a break and will return for the league (apparently Lacey will be back for the championship after all), while Michael Murphy is recovering from a bad injury from what I heard. Devenney and Hegarty could be finished though. It should be interesting to see how lads like Ross Wherity, who had a good year for Eunan's, get on and if they'll stay on the panel.

[BallyhaiseMan]

Shut up HS 

LaoisGAA
new emerging talent?

im guessing you already,know the likes of Ronan Flanagan,Michael Lyng and Jelly
so
Ray Cullivan
David Givney
Barry Watters
Eugene Keating
Anton O Reily are some good young players,

Cavan Panel for McKenna cup is 43 players so only god(Tommy Carr) knows who will be starting

[never kickt a ball]

 St Mary's v Down (Sun)

Down begin the defence of their Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup title in Sunday's Section B clash against St Mary's at Newry (1400 GMT).
Ross Carr has named a strong squad but he is without injured men Dan Gordon, Liam Doyle, Paul McComiskey, Ambrose Rodgers and Declan Rooney.Ronan Murtagh and Michael Walsh are surprise absentees from the squad. The St Mary's panel includes Tyrone star Justin McMahon, CJ McGourty, Barry McGoldrick and Kevin Niblock. Other notable St Mary's squad members include Fermanagh man Brian Og Maguire, Armagh senior panelist Paul Keenan and Cavan player Paul Cunningham. New players in the Down panel for the competition include Kevin Duffin, Louis Sloan, Hugh Davey, Conor Garvey, Michael Magee and Rory Simpson. Damien Rafferty and Eoin McCartan also return to the squad after long injury lay-offs. Like all this weekend's McKenna Cup games, the match will see players having to deal with the new disciplinary rules for the first time. Yellow card offenders will have to leave the field of play to be replaced during the next break in the action by a substitute. The number of substitutes allowed on the field of play at any given time will be limited to six. Under the new rules, players will be given yellow card for a new series of "highly disruptive fouls". These include pulling down or tripping opponents, deliberate body collisions after the ball has been played, wrestling opponents off the ball and remonstrating with match officials in an aggressive manner.

Down panel : John Boyle, Aidan Carr, John Clarke, Martin Cole, Brendan Coulter, Hugh Davey, Kevin Duffin, John Fegan, Peter Fitzpatrick, Conor Garvey, Daniel Hughes, Joseph Ireland, Gareth Johnston, Stephen Kearney, Jackie Lynch, Cathal Magee, Michael Magee, Paul Murphy, Michael McAllister, Gary McArdle, Eoin McCartan, Ciaran McGovern, Kevin McKernan, Brendan McVeigh, Damian Rafferty, Ronan Sexton, Rory Simpson, Louis Sloan.

St Mary's : Barry Canavan, Paul Carvill, Seamus Conlon, John Cunningham, Mark Digney, Ryan Dolan, Stephen Donaghy, Caolan Doyle, Ronan Green, Paul Keenan, John Kelly, Brian Og Maguire, Paul McAleer, Conal McElhone, John McGill, Barry McGoldrick, Conor McGourty, Mark McKenna, Justin McMahon, Lee McQuaid, Neil McSherry, Bernard Mullan, Eugene Mullan, Martin Murray, Kevin Niblock, Kevin O'Boyle, Gareth O'Neill, Sean O'Neill, Michael Pollock, Cathair Shannon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7808533.stm

Usually the squad numbers are in alphabetical order. Might be wrong this year though.

[ONeill]

Balax - forgot to tdo the Gaelic Life comp.

[never kickt a ball]

Cavan v Queen's (Sat)

Tommy Carr will have his first match in charge of Cavan in Saturday's Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup clash against QUB at Kingspan Breffni Park (1900 GMT). Carr's opening squad contains a predictable mix of experience and new men with Seanie Johnston a notable absentee for the McKenna Cup campaign. Queen's squad includes Charlie Vernon, James Kielt, Joe O'Kane, Paul Courtney, Justin Crozier and Shaun O'Neill. QUB will use the competition to prepare for the Sigerson Cup in February.

Queen's : Shane Barton, Conor Bayne, Sean Burke, Paul Courtney, Cathal Crilly, Justin Crozier, Ryan Dillon, Hugh Gallagher, Peter Graham, Luke Howard, Charlie Kielt, James Kielt, Ciaran Leonard, James Loughrey, Conor Maginn, Brendan Martin, Liam Morrow, Brendan McArdle, Aidan McCrory, Sean McGoldrick, Niall McGovern, Paul McVey, Fergal Murphy, Deaghlan O'Hagan, Joe O'Kane, Shaun O'Neill, Jamie O'Reilly, Mark Sweeney, Charlie Vernon, Michael Ward.

Cavan : Michael Brides, Sean Brady, Martin Cahill, James Clarke, Brian Coleman, Jonathan Crowen, Eoghan Elliot, Keith Fannin, Garh Ferncombe, Ciaran Galligan, Raymond Galligan, Paddy Gumley, Eugene Keating, Cian Mackey, Lorcan Mulvey, Enda McCormack, John McCutcheon, Mark McKeever, Dane O'Dowd, Gerard Pearson, Anton Reilly, Eamonn Reilly, Eddie Reilly, Ronan Reilly, Padraig Reilly, Jason Reilly, John Tierney, Nicholas Walsh.

[never kickt a ball]

And me.

Fermanagh v Derry (Sun)

New Derry manager Damien Cassidy will use the Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup to search for new talent after selecting a predominantly inexperienced squad. Derry open their season with Sunday's Section A clash against Fermanagh at Enniskillen (1400 GMT). Patsy Bradley, Paul Bradley, Paul Carton, Collie Devlin and Joe Diver are the best known players in the squad. Fermanagh boss Malachy O'Rourke will have a more experienced squad at his disposal for the competition. The likes of Shane Goan, Raymond Johnston, Damian Kelly, Ryan Keenan, Shane Lyons, Eamon Maguire, Liam McBarron, Shane McDermott, Ciaran McElroy, Marty McGrath, James Sherry and Peter Sherry have all been named in the McKenna Cup panel. Ryan Carson is also named in the panel after making himself available again after a couple of seasons out. However, the Erne County squad does include some new blood, including Rory Foy, Michael Jones, Darren McQuaid, James Connolly and Seamus Ryder. Players set to make their Derry debuts during the McKenna Cup include Michael Drum, Brian Og McAlary, Dermot McBride, Mickey McBride, PJ McCloskey, Gavin McShane, Brian Mullan, Kevin O'Connor and Tony Walls.

Fermanagh squad : Hugh Brady, Chris Breen, Pat Cadden, Ryan Carson, James Connolly, Enda Ferris, Rory Foy, Ronan Gallagher, Shane Goan, Michael Jones, Paul Johnson, Raymond Johnston, Damien Kelly, Ryan Keenan, Daniel Kille, Niall Leonard, Shane Lyons, Eamon Maguire, Liam McBarron, Shane McDermott, Ciaran McElroy, Tom McElroy, Martin McGrath, Darren McQuaid, Shane O'Brien, Ciaran O'Reilly, Seamus Ryder, James Sherry, Peter Sherry, Paul Ward.

Derry squad : Niall Bradley, Patsy Bradley, Paul Bradley, Seamus Bradley, Eoghan Bradley, Paul Carton, Mark Craig, Collie Devlin, Joe Diver, Michael Drum, Enda Lynn, Brian Og McAlary, Aidan McAlynn, Dermot McBride, Mickey McBride, PJ McCloskey, Shane McGuckin, Chris McKaigue, Cathal McKeever, Gavin McShane, Brian Mullan, Ciaran Mullan, Kevin O'Connor, Eunan O'Kane, Michael O'Kane, Tony Walls, Paul Young.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7808368.stm