*Jack O’Neill celebrates scoring UL’s first goal.
SIX Clare hurlers have claimed Fitzgibbon Cup medals as part of the victorious University of Limerick side.
UL capped off one of its most successful sporting weeks by winning a tenth Fitzgibbon Cup title in Croke Park defeating Mary Immaculate College 4-31 3-21 in Croke Park on Friday evening.
It is the first time the college has completed a Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup double. UCC in 1988 and 2019 plus UCD in 1977 previously completed the feat.
Clooney/Quin’s Jack O’Neill was the only starting Clare member of the UL side. He scored their first goal with five minutes played after making an excellent run down the right wing, linking up with Aidan O’Connor and then finishing low to the back of the net.
🚨 GOAL 🚨
Jack O’Neill fires into the net for UL! 🏹#FirstClassRivals @HigherEdGAA pic.twitter.com/qvBNxgZBzg
— The GAA (@officialgaa) February 13, 2026
Clonlara’s Diarmuid Stritch was introduced in the final quarter of the contest while injury kept Seán Rynne (Inagh/Kilnamona), Keith Smyth (Killanena) and John Conneally (Clooney/Quin) out of action with Patrick Crotty (Scariff) among the unused substitutes.
For Conneally, Smyth, Crotty and Rynne, it is their second time winning the competition.
Managed by Brian Ryan, UL’s backroom team included Kieran McDermott of Clarecastle as part of their video analysis team.
Ronan O’Connor of Feakle featured for the full hour in midfield for Mary Immaculate College, his clubmate Adam Hogan was introduced as a substitute in the second half.
Also part of the Mary I set-up were Seán Boyce of O’Callaghans Mills, Inagh/Kilnamona’s Mark Callinan, Patrick Daly from Feakle and Aaron Hayes of Clarecastle. Their coach was Cratloe’s Podge Collins with his clubmate Shane Gleeson also part of Jamie Wall’s backroom team.
