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Faypoint Ranger and Ballybrown GAA are our 2025 Con and Annie Kirby Memorial champions. Congratulations to owner Patricia Flanagan and husband Chris, trainer Graham Holland and all at Riverside Kennels, nominated club, Ballybrown and all connected with this wonderful success.
A massive thank you to our sponsor Noreen & JP McManus, the Kirby family, all at Martinstown and all involved in this wonderful event.
Congratulations to all our finalists, win or lose all will receive a prize for participation with thanks to generous sponsorship of JP and Noreen McManus.
1st place - Faypoint Ranger (Prize €80,000), Club: Ballybrown GAA (€10,000)
2nd place - Sole Mio (Prize €20,000), Club: Bruff GAA (€5,000)
3rd place - Bubbly Charger (Prize €10,000), Club: Dromcollogher Broadford Ladies Football (€2,000)
4th place - Skywalker Schar (Prize €4,260), Club: Templeglantine GAA (€1,000)
5th place - Pain Barrier (Prize €4,250), Club: Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan (€1,000)
6th place - Droopys Deploy (Prize 4,250), Club: Bruree GAA (€1,000)
Don't miss the Final of the 2025 Con and Annie Kirby Memorial on Saturday 19th April in Limerick Greyhound Stadium. One lucky greyhound and their connections will secure the €80,000 winner's prize while their nominated GAA Club will take home €10,000.
DOORS OPEN 6PM
1ST RACE 7:34PM
FINAL: 9:24PM
MUSIC AFTER RACING
Sponsored by JP & Noreen McManus, in memory of Noreen's parents, the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial celebrates 12 years in 2025.
⭐ Cheer home the Greyhound Racing stars of the future in the Final!
🐾 Enjoy a top-class card of supporting races
🏆 Our lucky Club Finalists will support their greyhound in the Club Banner Parade
🍽️ Enjoy a delicious meal in our restaurant as you follow the racing action
🍻 Full Bar available on the night in our Ground Floor & Mezz areas
🍟 Feeling peckish? Enjoy a meal from our Fast-Food counter
🕺 Music after racing to keep the party going!
Join the conversation on social media using #Kirby2025
Trap 1 BUBBLY CHARGER Dromcollogher Broadford Ladies Football
Trap 2 SOLE MIO Bruff GAA
Trap 3 PAIN BARRIER Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan GAA
Trap 4 FAYPOINT RANGER Ballybrown GAA
Trap 5 SKYWALKER SCHAR Templeglantine GAA
Trap 6 DROOPYS DEPLOY Bruree GAA
On Saturday 19th April, one lucky winner will add their name to the Roll of Honour as the 12th winner of the prestigious Con & Annie Kirby Memorial. (View previous winners)
It's not just Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Final this weekend, it's also Easter Weekend and we're excited to welcome back our favourite, the Easter Bunny!
🐰 Meet the Easter Bunny - parents, don't miss the photo opp!
🥚 Easter Eggs for the kids*
🎨 FREE children's face-painting
🖍️ Children's Colouring Competition
Bring the family for a fun Saturday night out for all with Easter Entertainment and exciting racing action. The Easter activities are all included at no extra cost so it's a perfect pocket friendly way to entertain the kids this Easter Weekend in Limerick.
*Subject to availablity - arrive early!
Brush up on the form, recap on the competition and highlights so far with your free virtual Race Programme. You can also have it to hand if watching the Final at home on Virgin Media 2 TV, online with SIS or Barking Buzz or at another stadium via the Intertrack.
The Virtual Race Programme looks best when viewed fullscreen. Make it fullscreen by clicking on the square icon in the middle of the screen or the bottom corner.
You can click here to view the Virtual Race Programme in a new window.
Nothing beats being here but if you can't make it to Limerick, here's how you can watch the 2025 Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Final.
- Watch it live on Virgin Media 2 Television from 9pm. The show will also be available online and afterwards on the Virgin Media Player to watch back
- Watch online with SIS on sisracing.tv or with Barking Buzz
- Watch it at your local Greyhound Stadium racing on Saturday night via the Intertrack
Each of the greyhounds in the Con and Annie Kirby was assigned a Limerick GAA, Camogie, Ladies Football or Handball Club. Thanks to the sponsorship of Noreen & JP McManus, the six finalist clubs will share in a €20,000 prizefund.
Dromcollogher Broadford was established in 1992 with an adult junior team winning the junior final in this year. In 1999 a juvenile club was set up with players from Dromcollogher and Broadford and surrounding villages. It was decided to change our club colours to Sky blue and navy around this time. Pink was added in more recent years. We have won many championships and leagues over the years within the county representing Limerick in Munster Championship 4 times only reaching the munster final 2016.
Success in the National Feile competition in 2002 and 2003 winning All Ireland Division 2 titles back to back. We hosted in 1999 and 2016, in 2016 reaching the All Ireland Final in Mallow in Division 3. Represented Limerick on 4 other occasions, reaching final in Croke Park in 2000 (Div 2) and semi final 2001 (Div 1). In 2021, we also were very lucky to be picked out in National Draw to represent Limerick in the Feile Day in Croke Park.
Dromcollogher Broadford LGFA Club have also claimed top honours in the ‘Best Overall Programme Engagement’ award. In 2023 Dromcollogher Broadford were successful in their application to represent Limerick in the National competition. We ran numerous events including building of a fairy village in their town park with help from the local preschool, as well as art competitions, community trail walks, Limerick TLC clean ups and also information evening with Jigsaw and Ciaran Carey and more. Winning this we receive €5,000 as overall programme award winners.
Many of our players represented Limerick in the green and white winning All Ireland Junior in 2010, U14 All Irelands in 2014 and 2015 and also represented their college s in All Irelands finals with UL and MIC, and also the many players who represented Limerick in the green and white, Current players Alison Davis (u18), Krissie Sheehan and Grace Burton (u16) Lily Stokes Caoimhe Quaid and Amy O Kelly (U14)
Today is a proud day for our club, our Gaa club, parish, parents, friends and families to be part of the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Stake Final. We wish all clubs here tonight every success. We would like thank Noreen and JP McManus for sponsoring this event, and for the continued support to Limerick Gaa clubs and county teams.
Bruff GAA, established in 1887, is a proud and prominent club in Limerick. The club, adorned in red and white, actively participates in both hurling and Gaelic football competitions. The club has a rich tradition in hurling, having claimed the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship titles in 1989 and 2008, as well as the inaugural Premier Intermediate title in 2014. These victories helped cement their reputation as a strong force within Limerick hurling.
In Gaelic football, Bruff also also found success, notably winning the Limerick Junior Football Championship in 1987 and again in 2008. Bruff GAA places a strong emphasis on youth development, and that commitment has paid off with continued success at underage levels. In 2024, the club’s under-15s won both the Feile na nGael (hurling) and Feile Peil (football) county titles—a testament to the club’s dedication to nurturing young talent.
The club has also produced players of national recognition. Paul Browne and Seán Finn are two notable figures who came through the Bruff ranks to represent Limerick at senior inter-county level. Finn, in particular, has been an integral part of the Limerick senior hurling team's recent All-Ireland successes. Beyond its achievements on the pitch, Bruff GAA plays a central role in the local community, promoting sport, fitness, and social connection. The club continues to be a vital part of life in Bruff, with a proud history and a promising future.
Askeaton-Ballysteen-Kilcornan is a dual club catering for well over 200 playing members. With over 30 coaches in both codes we are an ever expanding club promoting both hurling and Gaelic football. Traditionally our adult teams went under the name Ballysteen for football and Askeaton for hurling but in 2025 all our teams now play under the banner of Askeaton-Ballysteen-Kilcornan to acknowledge the addition of Kilcornan who have been an official part of our underage club since 2015.
On the field we are competing at the Intermediate grade in football and Junior Premier in hurling. Our most recent success came when we won the County under 20 B Hurling title in December following a thrilling win versus Croom-Granagh-Ballingarry. We are currently enjoying our highest level of representation for a number of years with inter county panels with club players in most age groups aswell as on both senior county panels.
With an ever expanding club, costs continue to soar and the prize money from our nominated dog will be put to good use. We wish Pain Barrier the very best of luck in the Con and Annie Kirby Final and express our gratitude to JP and Noreeen McManus for their continued support to all things sporting in Limerick.
Ballybrown GAA club was founded in 1890. It is one of the oldest clubs in Co Limerick. Our colours are White and Green. Our club is a hive of activities going from under 6 all the way through to senior grade in Hurling. We also have under age football and a junior Men's and Women's football team. And lastly a mothers and others football team. We have two fields on which to play on. Recently we improved our facilities by adding an astro turf pitch. This has helped us to train our under age all year round. Over the years we have been very lucky to have members of our club play for the Limerick senior hurling team. We as a club are very proud of the great achievement and to have two members of our club currently on the Limerick senior hurling panel, Aidan O'Conor and Colin Coughlan. We wish them well for the upcoming championship.
This year we have been promoted back to the senior A grade of the hurling championship, where we look forward to playing the best teams in the county and developing our new group of minor hurlers that have made the big step into adult hurling. The club is going from strength to strength in terms of facilities and player development and we can only look forward to the bright future ahead of us in our small parish.
We are delighted to have made the final of the Con and Annie Kirby memorial stake.
Templeglantine GAA Club was formed in 1898 and currently fields teams from Under 6 to Junior A. The Club colours are green and gold and the dedication of players, coaches, volunteers and supporters is what makes this club truly special.
The club crest features the parish church, from which the village grew, the scenic Tullig Wood in the western end of the parish and the famous Barnagh Tunnel at the eastern side of the parish. Located just outside the village of Templeglantine at Dore’s Cross, the club's facilities include a playing pitch, a clubhouse, dressing rooms, a viewing stand, a viewing bank, a hurling wall and a team gymnasium.
Templeglantine GAA have won County Limerick Junior Hurling titles in 1937, 1993, 2007 and 2013. The club won the Munster Junior B Hurling Championship Final in February 2014.
A rural GAA Club like ours, in the heart of a small community works best when it works hand in hand with all the other groups in the area, most notably, our sister club, Templeglantine Camogie Club. This was evident recently when both clubs came together for a Strictly Come Dancing Event that connected the entire community once again.
Templeglantine GAA Club is more than a place to play hurling, it is where lifelong friendships are formed and where values are passed from one generation to the next.
Fr. Eugene Sheehy, the Land League Priest, who was parish priest in Rockhill-Bruree at the time, founded the South Limerick GAA Club. Under the charge of Fr. Sheehy, the club, based in Bruree, won the 1893 County Senior Hurling title. After some success in the 1930s, the club disbanded in 1940. The Bruree Hurling Club was revived at a meeting in the L.D.F. Hall in Bruree in November 1944.
Bruree won the South Junior Hurling title in 1948 and went on to repeat the deed in ‘49, ‘50 and ‘51 to make it a record four in a row of South titles. The winning streak culminated with the annexation of Bruree’s first County title since 1893 when Bruree defeated South Liberties in the County Junior Hurling final of 1951. Bruree went on to win South Junior Hurling titles again in 1957, 1963, 1966 and the Junior B title in 1997. 1966 was another successful year for the club, with Bruree winning its second County Junior Hurling title.
Bruree went Senior the following year and though they came close on a few occasions, it wasn't until 2006 that the County Senior Hurling title came back to Bruree. Bruree has one Munster title to its name, winning the Munster Junior Hurling final back in 2008. Bruree's last appearance in a county final in hurling was last year when we lost out to Croagh Kilfinny Intermediate Hurling Final.
Bruree GAA has all the elements which make for a successful club. We have a dedicated group of players both at adult and underage level. We have dedicated people who work with these players to bring out the best in them. Our officers and committee members at adult and underage are hardworking and committed to the future of the club. We are extremely lucky to have a large and loyal band of supporters within and outside the parish who are very generous with the support on the sideline and financially. We thank everyone who has helped in any way to make Bruree GAA the great club that it is.
Be part of the action on one of the biggest nights in Irish Greyhound Racing at the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Final.
Adult Admission: €10 per person, including Race Programme
OAP / Student Admission: €5 per person, including Race Programme (Valid ID required)
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