The Limerick hurling final sunday week is an All parish meeting of Patrickswell and the rural Northern part of that parish Ballybrown.
2 teams from the one parish meeting in the Senior County final cant be that frequent , just wondering of similar storys elsewhere.

Patrickswell did meet Ballybrown in 1995 also in the final played in front of a huge crowd in Kilmallock that day with Patrickswell winning .
Patrickswell of course is home to names Like Ciaran Carey, Gary Kirby, Richie Bennis , Leonard Enright whilst Ballybrown has names like Tom ryan, Pat Davoren , Terence Kenny, Ollie O Connor amongst others in the past .

The population of the parish is circa 3000 and Ballybrown field 3 adult teams and Patrickswell 2 adult teams. Circa 125 Adult hurlers in a parish fair going and both clubs separately have won Limerick Feile in Hurling in the past 2 years. Patrickswell 2015, Ballybrown 2016.

hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 867 - 13/10/2016 14:46:06    1925752

Great achievment for both clubs. Its not easy competing with Na Piarsaigh and other big clubs like Kilmallock. It certainly is unusual but not altogether unheard of to have 2 clubs from the same rural or semi rural county parish in a county final. The one that immediately springs to mind is Clarecastle v Ballyea back around 2007.

bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 13/10/2016 15:54:19    1925790

Sarsfields and Moorefield. both from Newbridge meet again in the Kildare football final on Sunday. I think it's the 6th or 7th time since the millennium.

lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 13/10/2016 16:05:56    1925800

bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 13/10/2016 17:44:59    1925854

Ballyea are in their second ever senior final next Sunday. In their previous final, they were beaten by Clarecastle, same parish.

I recall Kilnamona and Inagh meeting in an intermediate final, two halves of a rural parish. Now they play together as one club.

1914 (Clare) - Posts: 92 - 13/10/2016 23:01:58    1925952

well done the well today - cian lynch outstanding - good luck in munster

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 24/10/2016 00:01:57    1928532

In Dublin, Faughs and St. Judes are the two closest clubs to one another. They've never met in a Championship final but have played each other in Championship before. I'd hazard a guess that they are probably the two closest clubs in the country. Separated by a fence. Literally centimetres between the two clubs.

I don't really know about parish boundaries but I presume both clubs are in the same one.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13719 - 24/10/2016 09:55:41    1928559

happened in meath in 2006 or 7 in the intermediate final with st ultans and cortown reaching the final both from the bohermeen parish and in 1996 in the junior final with meath hill and drumconrath both from the drumconrath parish. Think thats all from around meath but i stand to be corrected

srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 24/10/2016 10:03:51    1928564

m_the_d (None) - Posts: 1099 - 24/10/2016 10:36:33    1928577

Senior teams from the same town in a senior county final is uncommon and of course Moortown/Sarsfield in Kildare is a good example. In Meath the last two championships were won by Navan O'Mahony's and the other Navan senior club Simonstown Gaels is now in the county final. Am I'm correct in saying that their is only one club in Portlaoise. m_the_d - I do know that in Belfast their are a lot of very strong clubs very close together close to the Falls Rd/ Casement Park area.

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 24/10/2016 11:19:44    1928588

Suas Sios (None) - Posts: 1550 - 24/10/2016 11:29:42    1928592

Not exactly the same, but St Michaels/Foilmore and Portmagee won the all ireland Intermediate and Junior football the same night in 09 in croke park. St Michaels (from Ballinskelligs) and Portmagee share the same parish.

Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 24/10/2016 12:04:51    1928607

srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 24/10/2016 12:28:54    1928615

How about Mullinaghta winning the Longford championship this year and their other half of the parish (Gowna) is in Cavan and they won several County championships in Cavan a few years back. Some hotbed of football !! And Gowna's next door neighbours Arva and Cornafaen won the Intermediate and Junior championships this year in Cavan.

BreffniDub (None) - Posts: 377 - 24/10/2016 13:02:12    1928625

Sonofsarsfields (Kildare) - Posts: 1 - 24/10/2016 14:06:46    1928641

Plasticman (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 24/10/2016 17:10:48    1928684

Castlebar Mitchels played Breaffy twice in the last three seasons in the county senior football final. It would be three times only for Knockmore upsetting Breaffy in the Mayo semi-final on Sunday. A lot of players on the Mitchels, Breaffy and Ballintubber teams would have gone to the same school (St.Gerald's, Castlebar).

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 24/10/2016 18:21:49    1928699

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 24/10/2016 23:09:17    1928769

A couple of years ago the 2 Mullingar town football teams, Shamrocks & St. Loman's, met in the Westmeath County Final. Their club grounds are almost beside each other on the Delvin road. In hurling, Turin, Cullion, Crookedwood & Clonkill are all in the same parish. The first 3 are intermediate clubs & would regularly have met in championship finals over the years.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 24/10/2016 23:23:47    1928773

GormlaighG (Mayo) - Posts: 77 - 24/10/2016 23:26:29    1928774