The 2026 Salthill Devon 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 Mervue United 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 calender for the 2027 season.
Squad # Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous Club Signed Notes Goalkeepers 1 Ethan Fahy GK Athenry 2026 13 David Gavriliak GK Select Generation 2026 23 Sam Begley GK Galway United 2026 Defenders 2 Al-Amin Obasa DF Summerville Rovers 2026 3 Churchill Idemudia DF Galway United 2025 4 Calym Crowe DF Galway United 2020 Captain 5 Shane O'Rourke DF Academy 2013 12 Ruari Hatch DF SV Eichede 2026 21 Richard Lapointe-Guevara DF Treaty United 2026 24 Jamal Sow DF Mayo FC 2026 Midfielders 6 Nnabuike Nneji MF Avenue United 2026 8 Timmy Molloy MF Galway United 2021 10 Josh Keane-Quinlivan MF Broadford United 2026 11 Princewill Diala MF Maree Oranmore 2022 14 Dermot MacGiollarnath MF Academy 2026 15 Osakpolor Omorodion MF Aisling Annacotty 2026 17 Callum Loomes MF UNOH Racers 2026 18 Jacob Carroll MF Galway United 2026 20 Kyle Cooney-Murray MF Tullamore Town 2026 Forwards 7 Ben McDonnell FW Galway United 2026 9 Cole Connolly FW Athenry 2025 16 Darren Darcy FW Glaway United 2025 22 Ronan Kerin FW Avenue United 2026
Club Coaching staff
Manager: Greg Cunningham Coach: Padraig Fadden Coach: Tommy McClean
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 Salthill Devon competing in Group 2, 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 2
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
FAI Cup
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 Ethan Fahy0000 2 DF Al-Amin Obasa4040 3 DF Churchill Idemudia3(1)030 4 DF Calym Crowe4040 5 DF Shane O'Rourke4040 6 MF Nnabuike Nneji2020 7 FW Ben McDonnell4343 8 MF Timmy Molloy4242 9 FW Cole Connolly4(1)242 10 MF Josh Keane-Quinlivan2(2)222 11 MF Princewill Diala1(1)010 12 DF Ruari Hatch0000 13 GK David Gavriliak1010 14 MF Dermot MacGiollarnath 3(3)030 15 MF Osakpolor Omorodion4(2)040 16 FW Darren Darcy3(3)030 17 MF Callum Loomes0000 18 MF Jacob Carroll4040 20 MF Kyle Cooney-Murray0000 21 DF Richard Lapointe-Guevara4040 22 FW Ronan Kerin3(2)030 23 GK Sam Begley3030 24 DF Jamal Sow3(1)030
Clean sheets Player Total 1 Ethan Fahy0 13 David Gavriliak0 23 Sam Begley1
Disciplinary record Player Total 5Shane O'Rourke2009Cole Connolly20018Jacob Carroll20021Richard Lapointe-Guevara2002Al-Amin Obasa1003Churchill Idemudia10024Jamal Sow100Totals1100
References