\n Limerick will be in action in Division 1B next season<\/p>\n
Source: Ryan Byrne\/INPHO<\/p>\n
MUNSTER SENIOR WINNERS James Ryan and Paudie O\u2019Brien have not been named in the first Limerick senior hurling squad selected by new manager John Kiely, but there is a recall for attacker Seanie Tobin.<\/p>\n
Kiely, who has taken over from TJ Ryan, has released his primary 39-man Limerick panel ahead of a 2017 season which will see them feature in Division 1B of the Allianz hurling league and face Clare in the Munster semi-final.<\/p>\n
Garryspillane player Ryan and Kilmallock\u2019s O\u2019Brien are two well-known players not included with both starting in the 2013 Munster senior final triumph against Cork.\u00a0Ryan is understood to be considering his inter-county future.<\/p>\n
\n Limerick hurler Paudie O’Brien<\/p>\n
Source: James Crombie\/INPHO<\/p>\n
Murroe-Boher forward Tobin also played in that game but returns to the panel after departing last March due to a lack of game time in the spring.\n<\/p>\n
Wayne McNamara has retired since the 2016 championship concluded while forward Kevin Downes is a long-term absentee after tearing his cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n
New players that have been named include Kyle Hayes, who captained Limerick in September\u2019s All-Ireland minor hurling final, and Stephen Cahill, who lined out for the Limerick senior footballers this summer.<\/p>\n
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Robbie Hanley and Robbie Egan \u2013 who played for Kilmallock in the 2015 All-Ireland senior club final \u2013 along with 2016 All-Ireland club victor with Na Piarsaigh, Peter Casey, are also drafted in.<\/p>\n
\n Na Piarsaigh player Peter Casey<\/p>\n
Source: Cathal Noonan\/INPHO<\/p>\n
Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon) and Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen) are other promising youngsters that are called up.<\/p>\n
Kiely has included the entire Limerick starting side that he steered to glory in the 2015 All-Ireland U21 final victory against Wexford.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Limerick hurling manager John Kiely<\/p>\n
Source: Tommy Dickson\/INPHO<\/p>\n
The panel is likely to be open-ended with club commitments set to potentially dictate involvement in the early stages of the 2017 season as Patrickswell and Monaleen are both featuring in Munster club clashes next Sunday.<\/p>\n
Limerick Hurling Panel<\/p>\n
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