Five brothers lined out for the Sligo hurlers as they lost to Roscommon in the Connacht Hurling League at the Dome in Bekan on New Year's Day.
Liam, Tony, Gerard and Fergal O'Kelly-Lynch all started the game for Sligo while their sibling Robert came on at half-time to make his senior inter-county debut. The quintet play for the Naomh Eoin club.
18 June 2023; Gerard O'Kelly Lynch of Sligo during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3 match between Dublin and Sligo at Kingspan Breffni in Cavan. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
According to the Sligo GAA website, it is the first time that five brothers have appeared on the field together for one of their inter-county sides.
Gerard, a Sligo dual player, has been part of the county's hurling squad for more than a decade.
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The five O’Kelly Lynch brothers who fielded for @sligogaa this evening in the @ConnachtGAA hurling league at the @uniofgalway Dome at Bekan pic.twitter.com/x9sHlY4JRz
— Sligo GAA (@sligogaa) January 1, 2024
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Roscommon won the game 3-23 to 2-23. Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch was the top scorer for Sligo, hitting 1-9 (7f) while his brother Tony contributed six points from play.
Sligo had led by two points at half-time and by four in injury time. However, Roscommon scored 2-2 - the goals coming from Mickey Joe Egan and Sean Canning - to win the game.
Five players (from 4 clubs) off the @sligogaa U17 team that won a Celtic Challenge trophy in 2022 made their senior debuts in the @ConnachtGAA League tonight. Shows the standard & value of that competition + the quality of coaching on the pathway from club-school-academy. pic.twitter.com/qgUMc5UGUw
— Darragh Cox (@Darraghcox) January 1, 2024
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