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Fitzgibbon's finest: Picking a joint UL-Mary I team from a decade of dominance

UL and Mary I meet in Friday's Fitzgibbon Cup final. Bar UCC's two titles, the Limerick colleges have dominated the competition for a decade.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 18:15

Tom Clancy

The 2016 Fitzgibbon Cup final, which went to extra-extra-time, may stand the test of time as one of the great hurling games. It pitted clubmates and inter-county teammates against each other as the University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College met for the first time in a decider.

UCC’s pair of titles, in 2019 and 2020, are all that his disrupted the cosy Limerick cartel’s dominance of this famous old competition in the last decade. On Friday, UL take aim at a 10th crown in all, while Jamie Wall’s Mary Immaculate look to upset the boys from the other side of town, just as they did in 2024. A fourth title is the aim for his band of underdogs.

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