Team News | Louth panel for All Ireland SFC Quarter Final
An upcoming weekend of four mouth-watering All Ireland SFC Quarter Finals. One of, if not the best weekends in the inter-county calendar with the festival of football taken place over two days at GAA Headquarters.
Louth take on Monaghan in the third Quarter Final. 1.45pm Sunday.
The Louth starting XV remains unchanged to the last round game with Armagh. Meanwhile, Ciaran Keenan and Padraic Tinnelly both come into the matchday panel, in place of Sean Reynolds and Cormac McKeown.
Peter Lynch, Eoghan Callaghan and Dermot Campbell remain absent due to longer term injuries.
Louth Team, captained by Sam Mulroy:
- Niall McDonnell – St Fechins | 40 Appearances
- Emmett Carolan – Newtown Blues | 53 Appearances
- Donal McKenny – Ardee St Marys | 72 Appearances
- Daire Nally – Newtown Blues | 30 Appearances
- Conall McKeever – Clan na Gael | 124 Appearances
- Dara McDonnell – Naomh Mairtin | 22 Appearances
- Craig Lennon – St Mochtas | 52 Appearances
- Paul Mathews – St Fechins | 52 Appearances
- Sean Callaghan – Ardee St Marys | 8 Appearances
- James Maguire – Carrickmacross | 8 Appearances
- Sam Mulroy – Naomh Mairtin | 98 Appearances
- Conor Grimes – Glen Emmets | 105 Appearances
- Kieran McArdle – St Brides | 22 Appearances
- Ciaran Downey – Newtown Blues | 91 Appearances
- Ryan Burns – Hunterstown Rovers | 119 Appearances
- Tiernan Markey – Ardee St Marys | 3 Appearances
- Ciaran Byrne – St Mochtas | 47 Appearances
- Tommy Durnin – Westerns | 138 Appearances
- Conor Early – Na Fianna, Dublin | 71 Appearances
- Leonard Gray – St Patricks | 56 Appearances
- Ciaran Keenan – Ardee St Marys | 45 Appearances
- Conall McCaul – St Josephs | 27 Appearances
- Conor Mac Criosta – Newtown Blues | 0 Appearances
- Tadhg McDonnell – Ardee St Marys | 14 Appearances
- Padraic Tinnelly – Dundalk Gaels | 5 Appearances
- Anthony Williams – Dreadnots | 91 Appearances
Gabriel Bannigan named his team on Thursday evening with Goalkeeper Rory Beggan and Midfielder Karl Gallagher both included in the starting lineup. Despite concern over injury.
Monaghan team: Rory Beggan; Ryan Wylie, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Dessie Ward, Ryan O’Toole, Conor McCarthy; Micheal McCarville, Karl Gallagher; Aaron Carey, Micheal Bannigan ©, Stephen O’Hanlon; Jack McCarron, Andrew Woods, Stephen Mooney.
Subs: Kian Mulligan, Fionan Carolan, Robbie Hanratty, Cameron Dowd, Oisin McGorman, Ryan McAnespie, Darragh McElearney, Thomas Hughes, Max Maguire, David Garland, Tom Doherty.
Louth have taken the direct route to this stage, taken two games to reach headquarters. A 4-18 to 1-24 win over Dublin in Round 1 reignited a summer that may have burned out after a disappointing Leinster exit. Gavin Devlin has referenced that Dublin semi-final as a huge turning point in this team’s story. No doubt, the team has looked completely different since. The Semi-Final in Portlaoise was an unusually flat performance from the Louth men. Gavin Devlin and Peter Dooley are shrewd operators and have used the intervening weeks to perfection which was shown at the Round 1 win over Dublin (4-18 to 1-24). The Round 2A victory over All-Ireland contenders Armagh (2-20 to 2-19) sparked headlines nationwide. Sam Mulroy’s buzzer beater goal threw the championship into chaos, so much so that Armagh have now been knocked out.
Monaghan’s Round 1 defeat to Mayo (2-20 to 1-24) was not such a downer for them as they fell just short after a comeback of epic proportions. They fired back two weeks later against Connacht champions Roscommon with a comfortable 1-20 to 0-14 win. Once again, Gabriel Bannigan’s men followed this up as they knocked out another provincial champion in Round 3 with a 1-28 to 2-19 win over Westmeath in Clones
