page_title: Lisgoold GAA
section_title: 2008 Return to 'A' Grade
hierarchical_section_title: Lisgoold GAA / Key seasons / 2008 Return to 'A' Grade
caption_attribution_description: English: 2008 County Final Team Warm-up.
context_page_description: Lisgoold GAA Club is a gaelic football, hurling and ladies football club based in the village of Lisgoold, County Cork, Ireland. The club draws its support from Leamlara, Ballincurrig, Peafield and Lisgoold itself. The club fields teams in Cork GAA and Imokilly GAA divisional competitions.
context_section_description: Summary:
  After the 2007 season where the footballers won the East Cork 'B' Championship after a 24-year gap, and were now promoted to 'A' grade for 2008, this coupled with the Under-16's Hurlers winning county championship run in the same year, the 2008 season promised to be a great one for the junior hurlers. Promotion to division two in the East Cork league was achieved in May, which set them up for championship season. Like the 1994 squad they strung together a run of victories. They produced a 9-game unbeaten run in championship (16 if including friendlies) to land three trophies that were available to them that season. They secured the East Cork County section title in July 2008, beating Ballinacurra. On 23 August 2008, the Lisgoold junior hurlers captured the club's second adult county title by beating St. Mary's in the Cork junior B hurling Final in Páirc Uí Rinn on a score-line of 2-19 to 1-7. A month later, they added the East Cork Junior B Championship by beating St.Catherines 2-18 to 1-9 in the final. Around this time a new Munster and All-Ireland competition was organised for Junior 'B' level, this meant Lisgoold faced St.Brendan's of (Kerry) in the Munster Quarter-final. They succeeded in this encounter but succumbed at the semi-final stage to Bruree of (Limerick). However they were now back competing at Junior 'A' Grade level in hurling and football for the first time since 1985.
  2008 Season:
  2008 East Cork Junior B County Section Hurling Championship
  Semi-Final: Due to the number of teams in championship Lisgoold were given a bye to the final.
  East Cork Final:  Lisgoold 1-13 to 0-9 Ballinacurra
  2008 East Cork Junior B Hurling Championship
  First Round Due to the number of teams in championship Lisgoold were one of the teams given a bye to the second round.
  Second Round Lisgoold 1-30 to 3-4 Watergrasshill
  Quarter-Final Lisgoold 0-16 to 0-9 Carrignavar
  Semi-Final: Lisgoold 2-17 to 1-8 Ballinacurra
  East Cork Final: Lisgoold 2-18 to 1-9 St.Catherines
  Cork County Junior B Hurling Championship
  Quarter-Final  Lisgoold 4-21 to 2-6 Belgooly
  Semi-Final:    Lisgoold 1-16 to 0-7 Lough Rovers
  Cork County Final:  Lisgoold 2-19 v 1-7 St. Mary's
  Munster Junior B Hurling Championship*
  Quarter-Final  Lisgoold 1-15 to 1-7 St.Brendan's (Kerry)
  Semi-Final:    Lisgoold 0-7 to 1-5 Bruree (Limerick)
  Panel: Ciaran Cronin, Kevin O'Shea, Barry Stack, Mike O'Shea, Patrick O'Mahony, Kevin O'Loughin, Owen Hegarty, Barry Ahern, Charles Smart, Conor Walsh, Paul Stack, Denis O'Brien, Maurice Mulcahy, Noel Connery, Finbarr Brosnan, Donal O'Leary, John Cronin, Jonathon O'Shea, Maurice O'Connell, Robert Smart, Jer O'Connell, Wayne Kingston, Liam Foley, Jamie Woods, Alan Conroy, Patrick Connery, Noel O'Riordan, Darren Stack, Barry Guilly, Mike O'Riordan, Patrick Geary.
  Scorers (in County final vs St. Mary's): Maurice O'Connell 2-7, Wayne Kingston 0-3, Jonathon O'Shea 0-3, Rob Smart 0-3, Liam Foley 0-2, Denis O'Brien 0-1.
  Backroom Team: Jerry Ryan (Manager), Pete O'Keffee, Aidan Foley, Ned O'Keeffe, Jim Geary.
  *The Munster Junior B Hurling & Football Championships was only established in 2007. Hense, why no record of it exists in 1994.
caption: 2008 County Final Warm-up
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