Two Roscommon players selected on Irish team for camogie/shinty series against Scotland
Ireland Camogie Shinty manager Ger Manley, Ireland Camogie Shinty captain Saoirse McCarthy, Ireland Hurling Shinty captain Dan Morrissey and Ireland Hurling Shinty joint-manager Michael Kavanagh, right, during an Ireland Hurling and Camogie Shinty squad launch at the GAA National Games Development Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Two Roscommon players have been selected on the Irish camogie squad for the International Rule series against their Scottish shinty counterparts this weekend.
Athleague's Tara Naughton and Four Roads' Sally Bolger are in the squad for the series which takes place in Inverness on Saturday.
The Irish camogie and hurling squads for the International Rules series in Inverness, have been announced.
The two Irish teams will take on their Scottish shinty counterparts at Bught Park with the camogie-shinty match throwing-in at 12 noon, and the Hurling-Shinty game getting underway at 2:10 p.m.
The women’s team will be managed by Ger Manley and captained by Cork’s Saoirse McCarthy.
The men’s team will be joint managed by Terence McNaughton and Michael Kavanagh and captained by Limerick’s Dan Morrissey.
The double-header will be broadcast live on the BBC Alba YouTube channel and available at gaa.ie/shinty.
Ireland camogie panel to play Scotland:
Aoife Corcoran (Westmeath), Fiona Keating (Westmeath), Aoife McDonald (Tyrone), Shannagh Heggarty (Antrim), Gráinne McDonald (Tyrone), Sive Byrne (Wicklow), Casey Kelly (Wicklow), Saoirse McCarthy (Cork - captain), Áine Cunningham (Tyrone), Tara Naughton (Roscommon), Sally Bolger (Roscommon), Dearbhla Magee (Down), Katierose Bell (Antrim), Ashling Thompson (Cork), Amy Cousins (Wexford), Dearbhail McLoughlin (Westmeath), Meadbh McLoughlin (Westmeath), Amy Quinlisk (Tipperary), Aisling Hagan (Tyrone).
Ireland hurling panel to play Scotland:
Dan Morrissey (Limerick), Cianan Fahy (Galway), Paddy Burke (Antrim), Ger Walsh (Antrim), Shane O'Brien (Limerick), Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny), Eoghan Connolly (Tipperary), Darragh McCarthy (Tipperary), Alan Tynan (Tipperary), Podge Delaney (Laois), Cha Dwyer (Laois), Ben Conroy (Laois), James Doyle (Carlow), Marty Kavanagh (Carlow), Andrew Kavanagh (Wicklow), David Dooley (Laois), Donal Hughes (Down), Kevin McDonald (Carlow), Nicky Potterton (Meath), Mark Cunningham (Westmeath).
