Tommy Carr has announced his provisional Cavan squad for the Breffni County's up and coming Dr McKenna Cup campaign in the New Year. by Shane Corrigan Having impressed over the course of the season and in the more recent regional and trial games, several new additions have been made in the 43-man panel. Castlerahan goalkeeper Brian Coleman, Drumalee pair Enda McCormack and Gary Ferncombe, Kildallan sharpshooter Ronan O'Reilly and Drumlane's Dane O'Dowd are all new faces to come into the senior fold. All in all 26 clubs are represented across the panel, with senior champions Cavan Gaels boasting the most with five members, one of which being their captain Eamonn Reilly, who was mysteriously left out of the panel this past season. Other returns to the squad include Gowna ace Gerard Pierson and former county underage star John Tierney. Following impressive championship campaigns with their clubs, attackers David Givney and Paddy Gumley also make Carr's provisional selections for the Dr McKenna Cup, where each will be looking to try and woo the Tipperary native so as they can make the cut for the National Football League, which kicks-off for the Breffni men away to Longford on February 1. The 2009 Dr McKenna Cup commences in just under three weeks time for Cavan, when they will come up against Antrim, Queen's University Belfast and their Ulster conquers Armagh without 14 of the squad that will be committed to playing with their colleges, as they look to go one better than last season's campaign and capture their first title in the competition since 2000. Cavan provisional squad 2009: Goalkeepers: James Reilly (Drung), Eoghan Elliot (Cavan Gaels), Brian Coleman (Castlerahan) Defenders: Michael Brides (Oliver Plunkett's), Johnny Crowe (Crosserlough), John McCutcheon (Cootehill), Keith Fannin, Michael Hannon (Drumgoon), Mark McKeever (Gowna), Padraig O'Reilly (Ballinagh), Barry Watters (Drung), Rory Dunne (Redhills), Eamonn Reilly (Cavan Gaels), Paul Brady, Dermot Sheridan (Mullahoran), Ronan Flanagan (Castlerahan), Martin Cahill (Denn), Dane O'Dowd (Drumlane), Enda McCormack, Gary Ferncombe (Drumalee) Midfielders: Dermot McCabe (Gowna), Ciaran Galligan (Drung), Nicholas Walsh (Cavan Gaels), Lorcan Mulvey (Butlersbridge), Eugene Keating (Cuchullains), John Cunningham (Swanlinbar) Forwards: Raymond Galligan (Lacken), John Tierney (Knockbride), David Givney (Mountnugent), Micheál Lyng, Sean Johnston (Cavan Gaels), Gerard Pierson (Gowna), Anton O'Reilly (Ramor Utd), James Clarke (Kilinkere), Ronan O'Reilly (Kildallan), Martin Reilly (Killygarry), Paddy Gumley (Redhills), Jason O'Reilly (Belturbet), Sean Brady, Cian Mackey (Castlerahan), Conor Smith (Cuchullains), Eddie O'Reilly (Mullahoran), Ray Cullivan (Ballyhaise) Tweet

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