Limerick Cricket Club is affiliated to the Munster Cricket Union (MCU) and the Irish Cricket Union. The MCU has teams ranging from far afield as Galway, Kerry, Clare, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. The league format is split into 4 divisions with a total of 23 teams from 11 clubs.
Cricket has been played in the city since the early 1800s. Limerick Cricket Club in its current form was established in 1968.
The mid-seventies were not a good time for Limerick Cricket Club in terms of success. The concentration was on survival and the struggle to establish a home ground to play on. During this time it was often difficult to raise a side to travel and on some occasions, the Club travelled with 9, 10, and on occasion, 8 players to Cork to fulfil a fixture. However, throughout the history of the Club, we have always fulfilled our fixtures, and have never cancelled a match because we could not travel.
The 80’s were a particularly successful decade for the Club. For the first time in 1982, Limerick Cricket Club won the Munster Senior Cup. In the Cup we were successful in 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, and beaten finalists in 1980 and 1989. We won the league in 1984, 1985 and 1988.
The lack of success in 1983 can no doubt to a large extent be attributed to the fact that the Club had no proper ground, with all competitive games having to be played away. This is a sentiment echoed throughout the history of the Club, even when the Club was its most successful.
In 1990, the Club moved to the University of Limerick. During the early 90’s the Club won the Munster Junior Cup twice and a memorable Munster Minor Cup and League double in 1992. The Club fell on barren times during the mid to late 90's, with only a couple of Munster Senior Shields and a remarkable Munster Senior Cup win to show for its endeavours. In the 90s we won the Senior Cup in 1992 and 1994 and the Senior League in 1990 and 1992.
The early years of the millennium demonstrated promise with a Munster Minor Cup (2001) and Munster Senior Shields (2003; 2005) and Munster Senior League titles (2004; 2005). This was also a very productive time for the Junior side, with the Munster Junior Leagues (2004; 2005), and a League and Munster Junior Cup double in 2005. This period of success was remarkable as it was achieved despite a lack of resources, including a home venue.
Limerick Cricket Club has consistently had members in the Munster representative cricket team, particularly during the 80’s when it made up the bulk of the team.
May 25th 2012 will go down as an historic day for Limerick Cricket Club. On this day the Club put in place its first dressing room/Clubhouse in its new home in Adare. A mat wicket was laid in the summer of 2010 and the the Club played its first match on a ground they can call their own on the 17th of July 2011. These are very exciting times for our Club. Success has returned on the field too. The club acheived a Minor League and Cup double in 2011 and successfully defended their league trophy the following season. The team went on to win the Junior League in 2015 and thus promotion to the Premier League once again. We now field teams in all four league and cup competitions in the Munster Cricket Union. In 2016 we competed in the National Cup. We became the first Munster side to reach an All-Ireland Final when we reached the National Cup Final in 2018.
The club completed its most successful year in 2020, winning 5 out of 8 trophies across the four Munster League divisions. A remarkable achievement which saw the return of the Premier League trophy to Shannonside for the first time since 2005. The Premier Division side was captained that year by Arslan Anwar.
In 2024, the club entered its first ever women's team into the MCU and continues to play to this day.
A shift in the club's success has seen recent years been dotted with youth accolades and silverware. The club's U13 side reached back-to-back national finals in 2024 and 2025, where they would lose to Instonians CC and Phoenix CC respectively. Nonetheless, the club has managed to recoup a number of underage competitions in the last few years, most notably at U13 and U15 level. This has resulted in a large cohort of the club's underage players representing Munster on an annual basis, with these players claiming multiple awards at the end-of-year MCU Awards ceremony for their performances throughout the season. The future certainly is bright here at LCC!
