Ewan O’Brien, Leon Daly, Dean Hegarty, David McCarthy and Tom Hanrahan.

A FIRST EVER Collingwood Cup title for the University of Limerick saw five Clare players collect medals.

UL ended a long wait to win the prestigious third-level competition for the first time when they recorded a 5-0 victory over Trinity College in Galway on Wednesday afternoon. The premier competition of Irish Universities is in its 114th year and UL are the tenth college to ever win the title.

Parteen’s Ewan O’Brien who plays his club football with Regional Utd captained the side. Both he and Leon Daly from Querrin who lines out with Aisling Annacotty were part of the starting eleven.

Newmarket Celtic’s David McCarthy from Ennis was introduced off the bench for the final ten minutes with Moher Celtic’s Tom Hanrahan part of the squad along with Dean Hegarty of Newmarket Celtic a native of Kilnamona who is still recovery from an ACL injury.

Daly was among the scorers, hitting the back of the net on the fifty second minute to help send UL on their way to glory.

Edmund O’Dwyer who on Sunday will be lining out against Avenue Utd in the Munster Junior Cup semi-final was named as player of the tournament.

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