Pearse Óg McCrickard (born 1996) is an Irish hurler. At club level he is a dual player with Liatroim Fontenoys and is also a member of the Down senior hurling team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Piaras Mac Riocaird | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
1996 Leitrim, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Liatroim Fontenoys | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Down titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| St Mary's University College | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2018-present | Down | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Career
editMcCrickard first played hurling as a student at St Colman's College in Newry. He played on the Ulster combined colleges’ hurling team, as well as claiming Ulster Colleges' All-Stars.[1] McCrickard also played hurling during his time at St Mary's University College in Belfast, and was part of the Fergal Maher Cup-winning team in 2018.[2]
At club level, McCrickard first played for Liatroim Fontenoys in the various juvenile and underage grades, before later joining the club's adult teams as a dual player. He captained the team to a Down IHC title in 2022, before later claiming the Ulster Club IHC title.[3] McCrickard won a Down IFC title in 2023.[4]
McCrickard was a dual player at inter-county level with Down from under-14 up to under-21 level. He made his Down senior hurling team debut in 2018. McCrickard was a back-to-back Christy Ring Cup runner-up in 2019 and 2020, however, in spite of those defeats he won a National Hurling League Division 2B medal in 2020.[5][6][7] He was named on the Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year in 2023, having earlier been called up to the Down senior football team for a trial game.[8]
Honours
editTeam
edit- Liatroim Fontenoys
- Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: 2022
- Down Intermediate Football Championship: 2023
- Down Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2022
- Down
Individual
edit- Awards
References
edit- ^ "Pearse Óg McCrickard - Ulster Colleges Dual Star". St Colman's College website. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "St Mary's win Fergal Maher Cup". The Saffron Gael. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Laitroim Win Intermediate Hurling Championship". Down GAA website. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Liatroim are crowned Down intermediate champions after Rostrevor spurn late goal chances". The Irish News. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Herity guides Kildare to Christy Ring Cup triumph over Down in Croke Park decider". The42.ie. 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Meath storm past Down to win Christy Ring Cup". Irish Examiner. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Down claim Division 2B title as Derry suffer another final defeat". Irish Examiner. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Dual ambitions remain but McCrickard aiming to build on impressive 2023 with Down hurlers". The Irish News. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.