Congratulations to our hurling team who won the Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon, Limerick Post Primary Schools U15 C Hurling 2024/25 Final
Mungret Community College: 3-15(24)
The Green CBS Tralee: 4-10(22)
Back Row Left to Right (Mr. Whelan, Alex Doherty, Aidan O’Brien, Sean Keogh, Flynn Kelly, Jack Houlihan, Paddy Ahern, Mark Neligan, Sam Roche, Sean Walsh, Jamie Byrne, Conal Leenane, Eamonn Lyons, Sean Moriarty, Evan Keating, Kyle Cullinan, Robert Purtill and Mr. Deveraux)
Front Row Left to Right (Mr. O’Mahoney, Harry Nealon, Josh Rohan, David Lynch, Flynn Kelly, Odhran Bohane, Cian Reilly, Thomas Slavin, Steven O’Mahoney, Eoghan Hardiman, Ryan O’Sullivan and Mr. Carmody)
Mungret Community College 3-15
Tralee CBS ‘The Green’ 4-10
Venue: Mick Neville Park Rathkeale
Date: 15th of September 2025
Written by: Mr. Whelan
Mungret Community College Captain Cian Reilly receives the cup from Limerick Post Primary Schools Development Officer Eamonn Phelan.
The scene was set at Mick Neville Park Rathkeale as a strong breeze emerged for the encounter between Mungret Community College and Tralee CBS ‘The Green’. When the ball was thrown in, Mungret started strong. Jamie Byrne won countless possessions in the first half from the middle of the field, showing determination and a desire to drive his team forward. Sam Roche opened the scoring with a long range effort landing over the bar. Following this, the Kerry men really settled into the game, landing a range of points in quick succession. Their use of the ball was extremely clever as they created many scores. Mungret struggled to close them down resulting in two first half goals for Tralee. Momentum was starting to build for Tralee, however, with fifteen minutes to go in the first half, Mungret began to reduce the deficit.
Thomas Slavin converted three difficult frees, while Josh Rohan was extremely unlucky for a goal. His effort was saved by the goalkeeper and it landed over the bar.
At half time the score was Mungret Community College 0-8 Tralee CBS ‘The Green’ 2-8. Tralee would have been content with their first half performance. Their attacking play was effective as their forwards used the ball very well. It was all to play for in the second half.
In the second half, Mungret started the strongest. Sean Walsh secured countless possessions on the wing and won frees that were converted by Thomas Slavin. Shortly later, centre forward Mark Neligan scored a great goal. His low shot proved tricky for the goalkeeper to save. Following this, Thomas Slavin scored a fantastic goal. This gave Mungret great belief to turn the tide. He later converted three more frees. One of these frees was won by Eoghan Hardiman who made a tremendous impact off of the bench. As the game progressed, Eoghan scored a super point off of his left hand side to send Mungret Community College in the driving seat. At this stage of the game, Mungret were ahead by five points which looked like a promising outcome. The Mungret defence defended heroically. This was led by full back and captain Cian Reilly who emerged with many possessions from the full back line. Jack Houlihan was immense in the half back line throughout the whole game. He attacked the ball at speed, winning numerous possessions and delivering lots of possession into the full forward line. Josh Rohan continued to cause problems for the Tralee defence. Conal Leenane caught a great ball in the second half and made some great clearances towards the conclusion to help his side to sustain their lead. However, the momentum of the game took a turn for the worse. In the last five minutes, Tralee scored two great goals in quick succession. This meant that the Kerry men were ahead by one point. It seemed that they were going to clinch the title. Rather than lamenting on the goal, Sean Moriarty showed great focus and determination. Straight away, he picked the ball up out of the net and struck it up the field as fast as he could. The ball broke over the half back line and was won by the danger man Eoghan Hardiman. On a solo run, he turned his marker, side stepped the full back and hand passed the ball across the square. As the ball travelled along the ground, Sam Roche was waiting in anticipation. He pulled on the ball and his effort rifled the back of the Tralee net. This goal was the final play of the game which meant that Mungret Community College won the game by two points and became U15C Limerick County Champions for the first time. Mungret Community College defeated Tralee by showing resilience, grit and determination. They fought extremely hard for every ball, forced many turnovers and closed down the Tralee players in possession. This made it extremely difficult for Tralee to win possession and use it wisely like they did in the first half. Not only are this team the current U15 Munster Hurling Champions, they are now County Champions and are undefeated. Well done to all of the panel members and to the management involved.