The 25 Lismore Players Bidding For All-Ireland Glory

Aisling O Brien is the Lismore goalkeeper and has been in fine form all year both for club and county. Already the holder of 4 county senior Camogie and three Munster Intermediate medals playing with Lismore, Aisling will once more have to be on top of her game if she is to add an All-Ireland Club medal to her already collection.  In addition to honours won for Lismore, Aisling has won an All-Ireland Junior and Munster Intermediate medals. She has also won college titles, was the winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011 and has played for the Irish Shinty/Camogie

 

Aoife Hannon is the sides top scorer this year in the championship. In her last six games with Lismore, she has hit a massive 2-41. A fantastic free-taker, she will punish the Ballyhale Shamrocks defence for any indiscipline that they show.  The holder of an All-Ireland Junior medal with Waterford in 2011, she has won numerous titles with Lismore as well as with Blackwater Community School.

 

Aoife Houlihan is one of the younger players in the panel. She has been magnificent all year long playing in defence or around the middle of the team. Despite her young age, Aoife has already won an array of medals from Under 14 up to senior. She is also the holder of honours won with her college side.

 

Ber O’Keeffe is one of the most experienced players in the panel, having won six county titles, two junior county titles and three Munster Club Titles with Lismore. An All-Ireland medal this weekend would undoubtedly be the highlight of her career.

 

 

 

Caithriona McGlone is one of the most consistent players in the panel, scoring in each of her sides last six competitive games.  Playing in the forwards since her sides win over Galltir in the County Semi final she has hit 3-7 for Lismore. She is the holder of numerous underage county titles as well as 3 senior county senior titles, 1 junior county title, 3 county league medals, three Munster Club medals and has also won Munster and All-Ireland Colleges medals with Blackwater Community School.

 

Gráinne Kenneally is another massively experienced player. A duel player (Camogie and Ladies Football) with Waterford she has won honours in both codes. She missed much of 2013 but is not back in action. Grainne has won 3 Senior Club County Titles, 3 Munster Intermediate Club Titles, National league medals, an All-Ireland Junior medals, and Ashbourne Cup and Inter provincial medals, amongst others.

 

Jennifer Kingston is yet again another very experienced Lismore player. She has won six county medals with Waterford and three Munster Intermediate medals. Should the game with Ballyhale Shamrocks prove to be a close one, Jennifer could be one of the players called upon to show her experience and guide the team over the line.

 

 

Johanna Houlihan is a young player who has broken into the starting line up in recent times. She has proven to be a live wire in attack for Lismore in recent games and is someone that the Ballyhale Shamrocks defence will have to keep a close eye on. She has won honours with Lismore from under 12 up to minor. In the last two years she has won league titles with Lismore and this year won her first County Senior and Munster Intermediate titles with the club. She was part of Mark Cooney’s Waterford Intermediate panel in 2013.

 

Laura Buckley is a vastly experienced player who was part of the County Intermediate Panel in 2013. When a revival was made in Camogie in the early part of the last decade, Laura was one of the players that got the ball rolling, captaining the counties under 16 team to the 2003 All-Ireland Final. She is also the holder of several underage county titles won with Lismore and has won four senior medals, three Munster Intermediate and League Medals with Waterford. She also won a Munster Intermediate medal with Waterford in 2013.

 

Marie Russell is in her early 20’s Marie is one of the most experienced players in the panel. She has played in attack in the past but is now mostly used in defence, but still knows where the posts are and has hit some crucial scores with both club and county. She has won numerous underage county titles as well as three senior and two junior county titles and also league medals and Munster Club medals with Lismore. With Waterford she has won Provincial and All-Ireland medals with Waterford plus league medals. She has also won Munster and All-Ireland Colleges medals.

 

Niamh Molumphy is another vastly experienced player with Lismore. She missed part of 2013 but is now back in contention for a place in the team. She has won county senior and Munster Intermediate Club medals with Lismore. She is also the holder of a National League Title won with Waterford and has also won a Munster Schools Intermediate Colleges title.

 

 

 

 

Nicola Morrissey is yet another player that has won many medals at club and county level in recent years. She is the holder of 4 senior county titles, three Munster intermediate titles won with Lismore. With Waterford she has won provincial and all-Ireland medals in recent years as well as National League titles.  She has also won Intermediate Colleges titles and is also the winner of a Soaring All-Star award.

 

Rachel Knowles prior to joining Lismore in 2013 played for clubs outside of the county including Broadford and Johnstownbridge. Her first year with Lismore has proven to be a successful one winning Senior League and Championship titles and added her first Munster medal to her collection in November when Lismore beat Newmarket-on-Fergus after a replay in Latten-Cullen

 

Ruth Geoghegan has possibly the biggest collection of medals in the panel. Ruth missed the end of 2012 and much of 2013 with injury but is not back to her brilliant best.  She has won all possible titles at underage medals with Lismore, including a national Féile Medal and Runners up medal won in 2006 and 2008 respectfully. Added to this she has four county league medals, three county senior medals, three Munster Intermediate club medals. With Waterford she won an All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate medals. Added to these medals she has Munster under 16 winners and runners up medals. She has a Munster Minor and All-Ireland Runners up medal meals also with Waterford, while on the colleges scene she has won a Junior 7’s Runners up medals as well as Munster Senior A, B and C titles, All-Ireland Senior B and C winners medals and an A All-Ireland Runners up medal.

 

Sandra Prendergast is one of the unsung hero’s of this years team playing in the full back line. She has won numerous county underage titles, three county senior titles, County Junior Titles, County Senior Leagues, Munster Intermediate Titles with Lismore and also won an All-Ireland Colleges medal with Blackwater community school.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Coughlan is another of the young members of the panel. She has won titles at under 14 level with Lismore and was part of the successes that the senior panel from Lismore that achieved in recent times. She has also won honours on the college’s scene.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Fenton has to be one of the most committed members of the panel travelling home from college in France for many of her sides games. She captained the Lismore team to success at Feile in 2006 and was also part of the Blackwater Community School sides that won successive Munster and All and All-Ireland medals. At adult level she has won county and Munster medals with Lismore and also adding county league titles to her collection of medals. 

 

Sarah Geoghegan standing to be corrected on this, is the youngest member of the panel. She has won county under 14 and 16 medals with Lismore as well as a county Feile Title. She also has a County Minor ‘A’ Runners up medal in her collection. On the adult scene, she has one Senior League, one senior County championship and one Munster Club Championship with Lismore.  On the Inter County Scene she has win a Munster Under 16 and All-Ireland Runners up medal while with Blackwater Community School she has  won a Munster Junior Medal and a Munster Junior Runners up medal.

 

Sarah Russell is another one of a large number of teenagers in the Lismore panel. Sarah has win three under 14 and three Féile titles, a under 16 county title as well as a Junior and Senior league title and a County Senior and Munster Intermediate medal with the side in Black and amber.

 

 

 

 

 

Shauna Fennessy is another teenager in the Lismore panel. Shauna has come through some successful underage teams. She has won three under 14 and three Féile county finals. Added to these titles Shauna has won titles at Under 16 and junior level and in 2013 she won County Senior league and Championship medals and a Munster Intermediate club medal.

 

Shauna Kiernan is another player in her early twenties that has won so much with Lismore and is so crucial to her sides hopes. She is one of a strong unit that has lined out in defence for Lismore and will know that if they can play as they have in many of their most recent games that she will be adding to her collection of medals. She has already win a National League and All-Ireland medals with Waterford, while for Lismore she has won three county senior titles and three Munster Intermediate club medals. Honours have also been won with Waterford at under 16 and minor levels with Waterford. She had won three Munster Colleges medals with Blackwater Community School and two All-Ireland Colleges medals with the same school.

 

Shauna Prendergast is another member of a teak like Lismore defensive unit that has impressed up to now in the championship. She has won numerous underage titles with Lismore and also won Feile winners and runners up medals. For the county she has won 2 under 16 medals and with Blackwater Community school has won three Munster and two All-Ireland titles. With Lismore at adult level she has win three county and league senior championships and also won three Munster Intermediate Club medals.

 

Shona Curran is the team Captain and is another duel star with the county, and has won honours in both codes. With Lismore all year she has played the Captains roll extremely well and has lead by example, hitting some crucial scores for her side when they were most needed. She has win three County senior and Munster Intermediate medals in the colours of Lismore and also won county Senior League medals.  With Waterford she has won Munster Intermediate titles in both Camogie and Ladies Football.

 

Sinead Bennett is another hugely committed player who commutes from London for games. Sinead’s goal at the start of the second half against Saint Anne’s in the county final at Lemybrien was a score that turned the game. The 2012 champions for much of the game up to that point were the better of the two sides, but her score turned the game. She has won three county senior and league titles and has also won a hat-trick of Munster Intermediate Club titles. She has also won a junior league title with Lismore.

 

Sinead Walsh has already won a number of titles with Lismore including four Under 14 and Feile titles as well as titles at Under 16 and minor levels. For Blackwater Community College she has won A Munster Junior final, while with Lismore, she has won County League and Championship senior medals in the past twelve months and as also won a Munster Intermediate Camogie medal.