The John Ryan Cup squad lists and fixtures: Athenry and Gort do battle

Connacht Schools hurling: Both schools enjoyed comfortable semi-final victories

The John Ryan Cup

Name of school: Presentation College Athenry

Coaches: Joe Kelly, Finian Coone, Colm Larkin

Captain: Jack Fitzpatrick

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How school performed in last year's championship: They won the Connacht title by beating St Brigid's Loughrea in the final by three points, before losing to eventual champions St. Kierans Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi final by two points.

Squad(with an * beside who played last year): R O' Shaughnessy, E Hickey, D Daly, M Cullina, B Callanan, I O 'Shea, A Greaney*, J Fitzpatrick*, E Niland*, B Callanan, C Salmon, A Martyn, L O' Grady, H Lane, B Concannon*, M Kennedy, F Garvey, S Parr, S Bannon*, U McGlynn, R Hardiman*, O Connolly, W Corcaran, P Donoghue, P Foley, D Loftus, M Fahy, S Loftus*, C McDaid*, L Heneghan, R Higgins, P Holland, L Forde, C Walsh, E Caulfield, K Conneely, S Coleman, E O'Donnell.

Prospects/county players: Evan Niland, Sean Loftus, Brian Concannon, Shane Bannon, Cillian McDaid, Jack Fitzpatrick, Cian Salmon, Patrick Foley, Liam Forde and Andrew Greaney were all part of Galways All Ireland winning minor panel last year.

Name of school: Gort Community School

Coaches: Michael Healy, David Moloney and Sean Hehir

Captain: Cathal Noonan and Jamie Prendergast

How school performed in last year’s championship: Gort reached last year’s semi-final where they were beaten by St Bridgid’s Loughrea.

Squad(with an * beside who played last year): L Byrne, D Fahy, S Cosgrove*, B Burke*, S Fahey, C Fahy*, S Murtagh, J Prendergast*, J Cronin Rodgers*, E Fahey*, M Lynskey, B Mullins*, E Egan, C Noonan*, M Caulfield*, M Smyth*, C Kelly, E Kelly, C O’Shea, N Fahey*, J O’Connor, J Taaffe, D Massey, K O’Rourke, D O’Brien*, C Neilan, P Gallagher, B Furey, D Keehan, E Hunt, C Finnegan, B McDonagh.

Prospects/county players: Cianan Fahy was a Galway minor last year, while Cathal Noonan was with the Clare minors.

Remaining Fixtures

Final - Sunday 20th February

Gort CS v Pres College Athenry

Eamon Donoghue

Eamon Donoghue

Eamon Donoghue is a former Irish Times journalist