By Michael McMullan

FORMER Antrim player Neil McManus will captain the Ireland team for the Hurling/ Shinty international later this month.

The squad with another man – Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton – on the management team will include Niall Garland from Lory Meaghar champions Monaghan and Down’s Caolan  Taggart and  Luca McCusker of  Fermanagh

The game will take place on Saturday, 21^st October at 2.45pm in Páirc Esler in Newry. The game will be shown live on the official TG4 YouTube channel.

Squad:

Niall Arthur, Iniskeen Grattans – Monaghan

Mickey Joe Egan, St Dominic’s – Roscommon

David Fitzgerald, Inagh-Kilnamona – Clare

Peter Duggan, Clooney-Quin – Clare

Andrew Gilsenan-Kavanagh, Barndarrig – Wicklow

Cillian Kiely, Kilcormac-Killoughey – Offaly

Eoghan Cahill, Birr – Offaly

Fionan Mackessy, St Brendan’s – Kerry

Luca McCusker, Maguiresbridge – Fermanagh

Neil McManus, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall – Antrim

Chris Nolan, Mount Leinster Rangers – Carlow

Ryan Mullaney, Castletown – Laois

Stephen Maher, Clough-Ballacolla – Laois

Paddy Purcell, Rathdowney-Errill – Laois

Enda Rowland, Abbeyleix – Laois

Caolan  Taggart, Portaferry – Down

Padraig Walsh, Tullaroan – Kilkenny

Ger Millerick, Father O’Neill’s – Cork

Rob Downey, Glen Rovers – Cork

Tom Monaghan, Craughwell – Galway