MIC Senior Hurling Team wins its first ever Fitzgibbon Cup
Mary Immaculate College made history on 27 February when its Senior Hurling team beat UL in an epic final to secure the Fitzgibbon Cup for the first time ever.
It took two periods of extra-time and more than 90 minutes of hurling but the MIC team eventually emerged successful to claim their first Fitzgibbon Cup final after a pulsating encounter.
MIC paid homage to its victorious Senior Hurling Team, Fitzgibbon Cup champions 2016, at a special event held in the Castletroy Park Hotel on 22 April.
Over 150 guests attended the black-tie ball to celebrate the team’s historic achievement. Guests included Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Liam Galvin; Bishop of Limerick, Bishop Brendan Leahy; Chairperson of the County Board, Mr Oliver Mann, and Mr Sean Kelly, MEP.
Tribute was paid to Éamonn Cregan, who announced his retirement after more than two decades as MIC’s hurling manager. Tribute was also paid to Noreen Lynch, a former PE Lecturer at MIC, who in 2014 was awarded the GAA President’s Award in recognition of her outstanding voluntary contribution to the GAA, specifically for her contribution in developing Gaelic games at third level. Noreen is credited with enlisting Éamonn Cregan to take charge of hurling in MIC some 23 years ago.
