Sporting Limerick Charity Cup Final At Markets Field

Rugby makes a welcome return to Markets Field when Garryowen play Nenagh Ormond in the Sporting Limerick Charity Cup Final on Friday, November 17, at 7.30pm.

It will be a match of many firsts. Garryowen FC, from their foundation until their relocation to Dooradoyle in the late 1950s, had long connections to the ground. It is their first return to it and Nenagh Ormond, who have had a great season to date, make their first appearance in a Sporting Limerick Charity Cup final. There is great anticipation in both clubs and the wider rugby family ahead of this game.

Welcoming the event, North Munster Rugby Chairman Ger Malone said that it was “timely and fitting” that the game would return to a “venue so steeped in Munster Rugby history”.

LEDP (Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership), the Markets Field stadium owners, see the event as being a further step in the recognition of the venue as a multi-sport facility for the people of Limerick. Sporting Limerick are also proud to be associated with this initiative.

A bumper crowd is expected for this historic night which will benefit local charities, including  St. Vincent’s Lisnagry, Parkinson’s Association, Redemptorist Fathers Christmas Poor Campaign, Limerick Marine Search and Rescue, and Milford Hospice.

This should be a great sporting occasion and a fantastic fundraiser for local charities.

Sporting Limerick Charity Cup Final

Friday, November 17

Garryowen v Nenagh Ormond, Markets Field, 7.30pm;