2026 M. Donnelly Myclubshop.ie Poc Fada launched
Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Jarlath Burns in attendance alongside President of the Camogie Association, Hilda Breslin, event sponsor Martin Donnelly and Poc Fada Hall of Fame inductees Ger Cunningham and Lyndsey Keohane at the 2026 M Donnelly GAA Poc Fada All-Ireland Finals Preview at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile.
The 2026 M. Donnelly Myclubshop.ie Poc Fada was officially launched in Croke Park on Wednesday afternoon.
GAA Uachtarán Jarlath Burns was joined by Hilda Breslin, former president of the Camogie Association, in launching the annual event, which will take place this year on Monday, August 3rd.
This year’s event will once again be hosted in county Louth, with Annaverna Mountain on the Cooley Peninsula providing 27 competitors with the sternest of tests over a five-kilometre course across the mountain.
Defending senior champions Colin Ryan of Limerick and Molly Lynch from Cork are both set to return to defend the titles they won in 2025, with specialist Lynch going for a remarkable sixth title in a row.
Ryan will be aiming to win his third title, having tasted success in 2021 as well as last year.
Interestingly, Westmeath youngster Conor Raleigh will also be back to defend his U16 boys title this year, having triumphed in the youth grade last year.
The competitors qualified for the All-Ireland finals after coming through their own respective county and provincial competitions.
Meanwhile, Cork legend Ger Cunningham was inducted into the Poc Fada Hall of Fame having won the competition on seven successive occasions between 1984 and 1990.
Carlow’s Lyndsey Keohane (nee Condell) was the camogie recipient of the Hall of Fame award, having won the event back-to-back in 2007 and 2008.
In total, 26 of the 27 competitors across the four grades (senior men, senior women, U16 Boys and U16 Girls) are confirmed, with a special guest competitor to be confirmed for the hurling competition closer to the event.
Senior Hurling
Sean Og McLaren (Antrim)
Connor Delaney (Cavan)
Bobby Douglas (Mayo)
Noel Fallon (Roscommon)
Diarmuid Quirke (Kerry)
Aidan McCarthy (Clare)
Pat Burke (Westmeath)
Eoin Reilly (Laois)
Mark Sheery (Clare)
Darren Geoghegan (Louth)
Colin Ryan (Limerick)
Senior Camogie
Eimear Colton (Tyrone)
Caoimhe Higgins (Galway)
Laura Shinners (Tipperary)
Orla Duggan (Kilkenny)
Maedbh Thornton (Louth)
Chloe Morey (Clare)
Molly Lynch (Cork)
U16 Hurling
Damien Laverty (Antrim)
Nathan Fawle (Galway)
Ben Rooney (Waterford)
Conor Raleigh (Westmeath)
U16 Camogie
Grainne McAleenan (Down)
Isíbeal Stanford-Kilkenny (Galway)
Sadhbh Whelan (Clare)
Eloise McCann (Kildare)
