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.

Pearse Óg McCrickard
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

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McCrickard 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

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Team

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Liatroim Fontenoys
Down

Individual

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Awards

References

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  1. ^ "Pearse Óg McCrickard - Ulster Colleges Dual Star". St Colman's College website. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ "St Mary's win Fergal Maher Cup". The Saffron Gael. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Laitroim Win Intermediate Hurling Championship". Down GAA website. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Liatroim are crowned Down intermediate champions after Rostrevor spurn late goal chances". The Irish News. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Herity guides Kildare to Christy Ring Cup triumph over Down in Croke Park decider". The42.ie. 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Meath storm past Down to win Christy Ring Cup". Irish Examiner. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Down claim Division 2B title as Derry suffer another final defeat". Irish Examiner. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Dual ambitions remain but McCrickard aiming to build on impressive 2023 with Down hurlers". The Irish News. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.