Limerick GAA Notes - latest news from clubs around the county
AHANE
AGM: We held our AGM on Sunday 10 December in the Clubhouse in Mackey Park. There were huge numbers in attendance. The achievements in the club were read out and all our players who represented us on various county, schools and colleges teams were congratulated. The outgoing officers were thanked for their time, dedication and commitment to the club and the following officers were elected for 2024. Chairperson – Donal Morrissey; Secretary – Tony Harnett; Treasurer – Shane Clifford; Vice Chairperson – Conor Quirke; Asst Secretary – Ann Ryan Carey; Asst Treasurer – Carol Condon; PRO – Emer Kenny; Registrar – Leanne Quirke; Child Welfare Officer – Mary Hassett; Health & Well Being – Linda O’Connor; County Board Delegate – Colm Barry; East Board Delegate – Ollie Moran; Irish Officer – Denis Kelly.
U21 Football: Our U21 Footballers are in a County Semi Final on Saturday 16th against Ballybricken Bohermore/ Fedamore in Kilbreedy at 2pm. We wish them the very best of luck!Camogie Spinathon
Camogie Spinathon: Our annual 12 hour spinathon is back once again this year! Once again we are partnering with CAM Cancer Support. Our Spinathon will take place on Saturday 23rd December and will start at 9am and end at 9pm. As always it will be held outside Shannon House Restaurant. Keep an eye out over the next few days and weeks to see what time our various age groups will be taking to the bikes.
CROOM
Bord na Nog: Croom Bord Na nOg are looking for volunteers to help with coaching, organising team events, catering club events, organizing fund raisers, etc.., If you feel that you are able to help out in any way please contact P.J. O’Mahony 085 7161505 / Trevor Costello 087 0691023 or Breda O’Dwyer 086 8798219.
Fun Run: Fancy getting out for some fresh air and exercise over Christmas? Why not pop down to our annual Fun Run/Walk/Cycle on St. Stephen's Day starting and finishing at the clubhouse? Maybe bring the kids to test out their new bikes/trikes from Santa? The event starts at 10.30am with registration starting from 10am. Everybody from the community is welcome, particularly families. This year we are having an additional special prize category for 'Croom's Fittest Family'. Families of at least 1 adult and kids up to 15 years of age can compete, with the winning family being the first to have each family member back at the finish line. Entry: Adult €10, Child<12 €5, Family €25. There will be refreshments and light snacks for all attendees. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd male and female runners and of course Croom's Fittest Family! We hope to see you there on the day for a bit of fun and exercise! Contact Breda O'Dwyer for further information 0868798219.
Club Lotto: No winner from our latest draw. Next jackpot is €10,600. Numbers drawn were 4, 21, 23 and 25. Lucky dip winners were Mairead Quirke, Croom (Online), Eileen Cahill, Croom, John Brennan , C/O Daffys Bar; Sam Ryan , C/O Daffys Bar, Darrin Naughton, Croom.
GALTEE GAELS
Club Na Nog: Activity is coming to an end for the present season the Club na nÓg held a walking event in conjunction with the Healthy Club initiative on Friday last, also the club seat was installed in the grounds during the week. On December 23 club members are invited to the walkway to walk one circuit and to enjoy a cup of tea and some Christmas treats as a thankyou to all who helped out with any aspect of club activity during the year, meet up at 5pm.
LADIES CLUB: Congratulations to the under nineteen girls who travelled to Ahane to play them in the County Shield final recently, after a slow start Galtee Gaels came good to lead at half time on the score 1-5 to 0-4 they took over in the second half and ran out winners on the score of 4-14 to 1-6. It was a delighted Captain Leanne Quirke who received the shield from Caroline Reidy of the County Board, all the playing activity has now come to an end for the current season.
HOSPITAL-HERBERTSTOWN
Club Lotto: Our Club Lotto continues weekly every Monday night except on Bank Holidays. Our next draw will take place in Devanes on Monday Dec 11th. Last week’s numbers were 1, 4, 19, 24. Unfortunately, we had no jackpot winner however our lucky dip winners 5 x €20 were Terrie McCarthy Kilteely, John Murphy Kilcullane, Timmy Conway Herbertstown, Claire Daly Hospital, Terry Ranson Herbertstown. Sellers Prize Pat Whelan. Next jackpot is now €10,000. Reserve Jackpot is €9400. Tickets can be purchased in local shops from any committee member or online link available on our Facebook page. One line costs €2 or you can avail of the special offer of 3 lines for €5. All support is greatly appreciated.
Club Limerick Draw: The Club Limerick Draw for 2023 is continuing. You can join at any time. When you support the #CLUBLkDraw ,you are supporting your local GAA club as half of your money goes to your nominated club. The purpose of the Club Limerick draw is to provide funding for our footballers and hurlers training fund from Minor to Senior grades. Please contact club officials for details. It can also be done online. There is one draw left for 2023.
Harty Cup: John The Baptist have been drawn to play Árdscoil Ris in the quarter final of the Harty Cup to be played in Jan in what will be a historic occasion for the school and all the local clubs including our own represented on the panel.
KILTEELY-DROMKEEN
Club AGM: Thanks to all who attended our Club AGM on Sunday, December 10. More details to follow.
DADS & LADS GAELIC:New players always welcome so just message James at 0879646197 to join. Hurling blitz in Tipp Town, 6th January.
ROAD HURLING: Juvenile, Family and Adult Road Hurling to take place this St.Stephens Day. Details to follow. Starting from 10.30am from Kilteely Village.
FITNESS CLASSES: Block of fitness classes for men and women of all fitness levels continues this Wednesday 13th Dec at 8pm. Pay as you go for €7 at our club GAA grounds in our alley and Astro.
GAA HISTORY BOOKS: Ahead of Christmas the last few books are available in Aherns of Kilteely, O'Dwyers of Old Pallas, Lee's Centra Pallasgreen, Daybreak Dromkeen and O’Sullivans Centra, Hospital.A huge amount of time and effort to bring you this publication we are really proud of for just €30. As costs were covered 100% of that fee goes back to the club.
MONALEEN
Club Lotto: There was no winner from our latest lotto draw. This draw is kindly sponsored by Pat Tiernan Motors. The Jackpot was €6,000. The numbers drawn were 01 28 13 06. Lotto Plus Numbers were 31 07 08 14. Lucky Dip winners were Colm Lynch, Deirdre McCann, Tom Herlihy, Fran Hogan. Next weeks jackpot: €6,300. The club lotto can also now be played online.
2024 Membership: Membership for 2024 is now open. Details can be found on our club website.
Results: U21 Premier Football Championship - Monaleen 3-9 St Kieran's 1-7; U21 Premier Hurling Semi-Final - Monaleen 1-23 Ballybrown 2-14; Junior A County Final - Groody Gaels 1-3 Athea 2-4.
Fixtures: U21 Premier Hurling Final - Monaleen v Mungret St Paul's; Tuesday, December 19 in Mick Neville Park at 7.30pm; U21 Premier Football Semi-Final, Monaleen v Group 1 winners on Friday, December 22. Venue and time to be confirmed.
MUNGRET ST PAUL'S
U12 Camogie: Our U12s had their final training session of 2023 on Thursday night. With everything from “Santas Sack Race”, “Sleigh All Day” and “Shoot the elf” the girls as always got stuck in all while wearing their Christmas clobber. With prizes and treats a plenty, it really was the perfect send off! This age group are an absolute pleasure to train. Always willing to learn, always encouraging each other and always in great form. Fantastic ambassadors for #MSPCamogie. Thanks to incoming camogie Chairperson Mary Barry Larkin for popping down to meet the group last night. To all the parents, thanks for always replying to texts and brining the girls wherever they are needed. Finally, to our Smashin coaches, Alan Browne, Niall Mullane, Clodagh Reaboi, Brian King, John Page & Annie Browne - we know these girls hold a special place in your hearts. Enjoy the Christmas break girls, we’ll be back at it in the new year ready to take on 2024.
U21 Hurling: Our U21 Premier hurlers made it to the county final with a four-point win over Na Piarsaigh after extra time. The game ended with the sides deadlocked at 1-13 apiece.With the breeze getting colder and frost threatening the game went into an extra ten minutes for each half. Mungret St. Pauls came racing out of the traps early and lead by four points with Na Piarsaigh only managing to bring it back to three as their last minute point was the only one for them in the first half. In the second half of extra time Na Piarasigh got an early score in but it was Mungret St. Pauls who finished the game. A great result which now sees our U-21 Premier hurlers into the Final against Monaleen.
Munster IFC Final: It was not to be for our Intermediate footballers after they were beaten by Cill Na Martra in the Munster final. A tough first half saw us down by 2-9 to 0-1 at the break. Mungret St Paul's improved in the second half but were ultimately beaten by the better team on the day. Well done to all the players and management, you never gave up and did not give Cill na Martra an easy game.
OOLA
Split the Pot: This weeks winner was Hannah Madden , envelope sold by Helen Ryan and Hannah won €490. Envelopes can be bought in local businesses and online subscription available.
Results: Oola played Shannon Gaels Athea on Saturday, December 9 in Round 3 of the U21 Championship, Oola received a walkover from South Liberties Crecora in Round 2. The game was played on a windy day in Oola, the field was in great condition for the game. The score at half time was Oola 4-2 Shannon Gael Athea 0-7 . Goals coming from Colin O’Grady, Tom Ryan and 2 from Eddie Stokes. Oola played down the hill in the second half however Shannon Gaels Athea reduced Oola’s lead to 3 points after being awarded and scoring 2 penalties. Kevin Maher scored Oola’s 5th goal of the game leaving the final score Oola 5-8 Shannon Gaels 3-10.
Fixtures: Oola v Kildimo/Pallaskenry Saturday, December 16 in Pallaskenry at 2pm.
AGM: Oola GAA AGM will take place on January 7th at 6pm in Oola Community Centre. Anybody requesting nomination/motion form please contact club secretary Sinead
PALLASGREEN
Road Hurling: Pallasgreen GAA Club will hold a Road Hurling Tournament on St Stephen’s day at 12noon. Starting in Old Pallas and finishing at the GAA Pitch. Teams of 3 and all are welcome to take part in what will be a fun day out. Registration will begin at 11.30am.
Representing Ireland: Congratulations to John O’Connell who was recently selected on the Irish International Masters team who will take on Australia in two test matches in international rules series in March. John was man of the match when Limerick won the All Ireland Masters Spirit Cup final early this year.
Lotto Results: No winner from our latest draw. Numbers drawn were: 10, 13 ,16 and 25. Lucky Dips: Riona Ryan, Jamie Mulcahy, Tony Greene, Hannah McMahon, Cilla Wallace. Lotto is now, online, please see Facebook page for further details.
SOUTH LIBERTIES
2024 Calendar: The club has created a fantastic calendar with some great pictures of all our teams and other stuff. This momento is only €10 and can be purchased through any committee member, at our underage academy next Friday evening or in Elm Court Ballyneety. Well done to everyone in putting this together.
U21 Hurlers: Our U21 lads bowed out of the A Championship at the semi-final stage last Saturday to Murroe Boher. Well done to everyone involved to have got so far.
Where in the Parish? Quiz:Our annual Christmas online quiz began on both Instagram and Facebook last Sunday morning. There are 12 questions in total and they go live every morning at 9am. You are asked not to answer publicly on line and a link will be posted on the last day, where you can then submit all answers in one go. John Cooney has put this quiz together again and is also sponsoring the winner's prize of a Hamper.
Parish Lotto: There was no winner of last week's lotto. Congratulations to lucky dip winner for the club Shane Garry. The jackpot is now heading for €1700.
ST KIERAN'S
U21 Football: St Kieran's defeated St Patrick's by 1-6 to 0- 7 in Round 2 of the County Under 21 Football Championship played at Mick Neville Park on Monday, December 4. Team Con Enright, Sean Long, Aaron Heffernan, Cillian Heffernan, Lorcan Murphy, Daniel Geraghty, Shane Fitzgerald, Cormac Mann, Sean Ryan, Mikey Long, Cathal Mc Enery, Fionn Gleeson, Conor Woulfe, Darragh Mc Mahon, Tom Mc Mahon. Sub Oisín Ryan. They lost to Monaleen by 3-9 to 1-7 in Round 3 played at UL on Friday, December 8.
OSKAR FUNDRAISER: The Calendar Girls have a slot in the Newcastle West Tesco Blue tokens Community Fund at present. They are asking customers shopping there in the coming weeks to donate tokens towards their Oskar fundraising in aid of the St Kieran's New Field Development.
REVIEW/PREVIEW NIGHT: St Kieran's GAA Club are holding a review of the 2023 season and a preview of the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship at the Longcourt Hotel Newcastle West on Saturday January 20, 2024. A panel of guests will be announced at intervals in the lead up to the event. To date Brendan Maher from Tipperary, Richie Bennis from Limerick Aislinn Connelly Galway, and Tom Condon Knockaderry have been confirmed. One more name to be announced and the MC will be TJ Ryan. The tickets will go on sale shortly and would make an ideal Christmas gift.
CHARITY ROAD HURLING: The St Kieran's annual charity road hurling will once again take place on Wednesday December 27 around the traditional 4km route in Ardagh starting and finishing at the Bottom Cross. This event has grown from strength to strength since its inception and the support and generosity of the entire community is greatly appreciate by all concerned. The event is open to participants of all ages. Teams of three. €10 per person. All you need is a high Viz jacket, Hurley and a few sliotars. They have announced their chosen charities who will benefit from the 2023 edition as Milford Care Centre, and The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. The club look forward to seeing you all on December 27 at 11am. People who are unable to attend can donate through the Go Fund Me page.