The 2026 Mervue United A.F.C. season is the football club's first season back in the League of Ireland following the creation of the FAI National League. The club's last appearance in the League of Ireland came in the 2013 League of Ireland First Division.
The club is participating in the first ever addition in the FAI National League the new third tier of the League of Ireland. The club had spent the last 13 years with their senior men's team playing in the Galway & District League, after having pulled out of the League of Ireland First Division alongside Salthill Devon in order to make way for the at the time newly reformed Galway United.
The 2026 season is a truncated season of the National League in order to line up with the League of Ireland calendar for the 2027 season.
Squad # Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous Club Signed Notes Goalkeepers 1 Peter Healy GK Regional United 2023 20 Cian Costello GK Renmore 2026 Defenders 2 Luke O'Gorman DF Galway United 2023 3 Milo O'Malley DF Galway United 2024 4 Liam Murray DF Galway United 2025 Captain 5 Ify Asogu DF Maree Oranmore 2026 12 Daniel Brennan DF Academy 2017 15 Michael McSweeney DF Treaty United 2026 17 Adam Healy DF Academy 2017 21 Kacper Zatonski DF Maree Oranmore 2024 Midfielders 6 Eoghan McDonagh MF Maree Oranmore 2026 7 Kody McCann MF Athenry 2024 8 Donnacha McNamara MF Maree Oranmore 2026 10 Aaron Neary MF Galway United 2024 11 Jason Molloy MF Athlone Town 2017 13 Brian Tolan MF Salthill Devon 2026 14 Jack Naylor MF Mayo FC 2026 19 Charlie Jones-Concannon MF Galway United 2022 Forwards 9 Gavin Smyth FW Maree Oranmore 2026 16 Lewis Waweru FW Academy 2020 18 Darragh McNamara FW Corrib Celtic 2026
Club Coaching staff
Manager: Brendan O'Connor Assistant Manager: Ollie Neary Assistant Manager: Paul Sinnott Goalkeeping Coach: Tommy Lally
Competitions FAI National League
The first season of the National League is a truncated season which is intended to align the new clubs with the League of Ireland's summer calender for the 2027 season. The first season consists of 5 groups of 3, with Mervue United competing in Group 1, the winner of each group along with the best performing second place team will go on to a semi-final and final to decide the first National League Champions. For the first season there is no promotion.
Group 1
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Friendlies
Pre-season Friendlies
Statistics
Appearances and goals This table shows all of the players who have featured in a first team squad for Mervue United this season Brackets denotes appearances made as a substitute
Player League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Peter Healy4040 2 DF Luke O'Gorman4040 3 DF Milo O'Malley5050 4 DF Liam Murray4040 5 DF Ify Asogu5050 6 MF Eoghan McDonagh5(2)050 7 MF Kody McCann4141 8 MF Donnacha McNamara5(1)353 9 FW Gavin Smyth4(1)141 10 MF Aaron Neary5151 11 MF Jason Molloy3(3)030 12 DF Daniel Brennan 5050 13 MF Brian Tolan2(2)020 14 MF Jack Naylor4(2)040 15 DF Michael McSweeney 1(1)010 16 FW Lewis Waweru5(3)050 17 DF Adam Healy4(2)040 18 FW Darragh McNamara2(2)020 19 MF Charlie Jones-Concannon5(3)050 20 GK Cian Costello1010 21 DF Kacper Zatonski1(1)010
Clean sheets Player Total 1 Peter Healy0 20 Cian Costello1
Disciplinary record Player Total 17Adam Healy2003Milo O'Malley1004Liam Murray1007Kody McCann1008Eoghan McDonagh10010Aaron Neary10012Daniel Brennan100Totals700
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