| 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 | ||
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.
Career
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
Team
- Liatroim Fontenoys
- Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: 2022
- Down Intermediate Football Championship: 2023
- Down Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2022
- Down
Individual
- Awards
References
- ^ "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.
This page was last edited on 26 March 2024, at 11:00