Janesboro, Limerick
Pearse Stadium football since 1943
From Pearse Stadium off Colbert Avenue, Janesboro FC carries a 1943 Limerick football name across schoolboy, girls, women’s and adult teams.
A southside Limerick club with deep roots
Janesboro FC belongs to one of Limerick city’s best known football neighbourhoods. The club dates its start to 1943, only a few years after the Janesboro housing scheme opened and the area began to form its own sporting identity around Pearse Avenue, Colbert Avenue and the streets leading back toward the city.
The crest says a lot in a small space: Janesboro F.C. across the top, Founded 1943 below, black and white diagonal stripes in the shield, and the red football around the local landmark at the centre. It is a direct local mark rather than a generic football badge, and it gives the club a clear identity on team pages, match rows and visitor notes.
Locally, the club is often known simply as the Boro. That name sits naturally beside a long Limerick junior soccer tradition, strong underage work and community use of the clubhouse and ground. For a parent or visiting coach, the key point is simple: this is not a listing name on a fixture sheet. It is an active football place with a long memory and a busy weekly rhythm.
Pearse Stadium on Colbert Avenue
Pearse Stadium is the Janesboro home. The club gives its ground as Pearse Stadium, Colbert Avenue, Janesboro, Limerick, a short spin from the city centre and close to the streets that feed the club’s player base. The ground is also the venue named across Janesboro’s Limerick District Schoolboys/Girls League match records.
For families, the ground has the feel of a proper local football home rather than a borrowed pitch. The pitch, clubhouse and match setting all sit together, which helps younger players, adult teams and visitors know where to arrive and who to meet. As with any busy city club, check the latest club or league note for kick off time before travelling.
Schoolboy and girls pathway
The active 2026-2027 age groups tied to Janesboro include under 12, under 13, under 14 and under 15 football, with Pearse Stadium used as the home ground for the Janesboro home matches in those age bands.
The age bands tell parents what kind of football to expect. Under 12 and under 13 games sit in the early competitive years, where match routines, travel habits and confidence grow quickly. Under 14 and under 15 football brings a little more structure, sharper opposition and cup football, including a Janesboro entry in the SFAI Subway Under 14 National Cup.
League records connect Janesboro U-12 to Division 2 football and home games at Pearse Stadium.
The under 13 record links Janesboro to Division 1 football from the Limerick schoolboy and girls league feed.
The older underage records cover league football, cup football and a pathway toward youth and adult squads.
Women and girls football
Janesboro has made a visible push around women’s football in recent seasons. The club welcomed women to join a new soccer team in 2022 and its own news later noted a Janesboro ladies player, Kate Lee, earning a Centre of Excellence training call. That gives the pathway a wider shape than the older image of a junior men’s club alone.
The women’s side has also appeared in Munster and FAI women’s competitions, with Pearse Stadium named for home cup ties in 2025. For girls and women looking at Janesboro, that mix is useful: the club has underage records, local training identity and adult women’s football close enough together to make the next step feel reachable.
Cup days and Limerick pedigree
Janesboro carries a serious Limerick football name beyond its underage teams. The club won the Munster Junior Cup in 1980-81 and again in 2011-12, and it has also reached Munster Junior Cup finals in other seasons. Those entries place the Boro among the clubs that have shaped junior football across Munster, not just within Limerick city.
The club’s wider story includes FAI Cup days, Limerick District League titles and a roll of players who kept Janesboro visible in local soccer conversation across decades. For young players, that history is not there to add pressure. It gives the ground a sense of scale: the same place that hosts early underage games also carries memories of big junior ties, local finals and representative football.
Clubhouse, community and the week to week rhythm
Janesboro’s own site puts community beside coaching and facilities, and that is the right order for a neighbourhood club. Football brings people to the ground, but the clubhouse, volunteer network and local support keep the place alive between fixtures. Weekly activity can stretch from youth games and adult training to social nights and community use.
A club like Janesboro depends on familiar faces: coaches who know the families, committee members who keep the fixtures moving, parents who help on match days and senior players whose habits set the tone for younger squads. The public record around Garry Dillon’s underage work shows how one volunteer can hold a pathway together across many seasons.
Use the live fixture listing, then confirm time and pitch detail through the club or league channel before setting out.
Plan for Pearse Stadium, Colbert Avenue, and allow city traffic time on weekday evening fixtures.
What to know before the first visit
For a new player, Janesboro is best understood as a club with more than one doorway in. Younger players can come through the schoolboy and girls pathway. Adult players have junior and women’s football to look toward. Parents can see an established home ground, a club identity that has lasted since 1943 and teams tied to live Irish Youth Football records.
For a visiting coach, the useful details are Pearse Stadium, the Janesboro name on the fixture, and the age band in the competition title. The changing dates and scores belong in the live records, while the club identity stays rooted in Janesboro and Pearse Stadium.