Mohill GAA Club Notes 31/01/2018

John Mulligan RIP – On Thursday last former player and Hon President of the club John Mulligan Lahenamona was laid to rest in Mohill. John’s playing days spanned the late forties and into the early sixties. He was a formidable opponent and great defender earning himself the nickname of ‘The Bear’. He won Junior Championship and League medals in in 1957. The Club sends condolences to his wife Rose, his daughter Lorna and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, his sister Maura, nieces, nephews and extended family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

National GAA Draw – This week Club members will be out selling the National Draw tickets for €10 in the Mohill area. There are some great prizes all donated by GAA Headquarters which include a car, All Ireland Hurling and football packages, Great shopping vouchers. The Club is hoping to make big improvements in the Park this year which will be to the benefit to all the community, so be generous and buy a ticket or maybe two.

Senior Scór – The Scór co-ordinator Róisín Kennedy informs us that Scór is just around the corner. Singers Actors, Dancers, Quiz specialists are asked to contact Róisín @0872147350

Recent injury – We wish Caillin Canning a speedy recovery from his serious shoulder injury sustained in Antrim on Sunday. Next weekend he will be presented with his Club Player of the Year at the County Board Awards night. The ups and downs of a footballer’s life!

County Team – Leitrim will face Laois on Sunday next in Pairc Seáin so we wish them the best and urge people to come out and support

Mohill GAA Lotto – Everyone is encouraged to join our Lottery every week and it can also be done online @https://www.locallotto.ie/play

Mohill GAA Club Notes 22/01/2018

Presentation Night – Our awards and Dinner Dance was a great success on Saturday last. It was fitting that the players were presented with their medals by ex-Manager Padraic Davis. Padraic was emotional in his farewell speech but he assured everyone he was only a phone call away. We wish him well in his future endeavours. We thank everyone who helped organise the event and all the businesses of the town who gave spot prizes.

New Manager – Also present on Saturday night was our new football Manager Frank Browne and his wife Deirdre. He delivered a nice introductory speech to everyone present and we welcome and wish him success in 2019

National GAA Draw – This week Club members will be out selling the National Draw tickets for €10 in the Mohill area. There are some great prizes all donated by GAA Headquarters which include a car, All Ireland Hurling and football packages, Great shopping vouchers. The Club is hoping to make big improvements in the Park this year which will be to the benefit to all the community, so be generous and buy a ticket or maybe two

Registration – Now is the time for registration to the club and thanks to modern technology it can all now be done online. The deadline for registrations is 30th March 2018.  We need all memberships registered and finalised by that date. Senior players €50, Student players €40, Minors €30, Under 6 €25, Non-players €30. There are numerous reductions for families so contact Therese Foy 0879675718. Everyone is encouraged to join the Lottery every week and it can also be done online @ https://www.locallotto.ie/play

County Team – We wish the County team success as they meet Antrim in the National League first round, away. There are seven Mohill men on the panel, James Mitchell, Shane Quinn, Keith Keegan, Caillin Canning, Alan Armstrong, Keith Beirne and Oisín Madden. The following week will be a home game, support, as usual, is appreciated.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 17/01/2018

Presentation Night – On Saturday next we hold our Presentation and Awards night in Lough Rynn Castle with a reception starting at 7pm. All ticket orders must be in by today Wednesday. This will be a night to celebrate what was a most successful year for the club. The music will be provided by DJ, Keelin Murphy. Don’t miss it.

Scór na nÓg – Congratulations to Mohill’s fabulous young singer Amelia Pajek who is Connacht Scór na nÓg Champion in solo singing, Amelia won the hearts of the audience and the adjudicators with her beautiful rendition of Siúil a Rún, she will now represent Leitrim in the All Ireland finals in Sligo. The young actors in The Novelty Act got a great response from the audience and were just pipped to the post by an older bunch from Mayo. All of our participants did Mohill and Leitrim proud on Sunday last in Claremorris and we congratulate the Dancers and Ballad Group from Carrick and the Question Time from Ballinamore who have also qualified for Slogo

AGM – There was a large attendance at the AGM held on Friday last in the Clubrooms. Paul Murphy stood down as Secretary to pursue further studies. Paul has worked hard for the Club for the last two years and has seen success on and off the field, he still has a strong involvement with Bórd na nÓg so retirement is not on his agenda. Colm Conway an enthusiastic young man takes over from Paul as secretary and he’ll be a busy man in 2018 with hopes for big developments in the park. Another hard worker, Frank McGowan has retired as Treasurer but will continue as Lotto co-ordinator. Lisa Boyle takes his place as Treasurer and she is also eager to continue the great work of our past treasurers. The other officers were all elected en bloc. Chairman Padraig McLoughlin in his address praised and thanked everyone who played coached or worked in any way for the club all year, he hopes that the club will have continued success in 2018 and so say all of us

Registration – Now is the time for registration to the club and thanks to modern technology it can all now be done on line. The deadline for registrations is 30st March 2018.  We need all memberships registered and finalised by that date. Senior players €50, Student players €40, Minors €30, Under 6 €25, Non players €30. There are numerous reductions for families so contact Therese Foy 0879675718. Everyone is encouraged to join the Lottery every week and it can also be done online @ https://www.locallotto.ie/play

Mohill GAA Club Notes 08/01/2018

Awards and Presentation Night – The annual Dinner dance organised by the Men’s Club, the Ladies Club and The Mothers and others, will take place on Saturday 20 in Lough Rynn Castle. It will be preceded by a reception at 7pm so put your order in immediately as there is a deadline for numbers. Tickets which cost a mere €25 can be ordered from Therese Foy @ 0879675718.

National GAA Draw – Next week Club members will be out and about selling the National Draw tickets for €10 in all the Mohill area. There are some great prizes all donated by GAA Headquarters which include a car, All Ireland Hurling and football packages, Great shopping vouchers. The Club is hoping to make big improvements in the Park this year which will be to the benefit to all the community, so be generous and buy a ticket or maybe two.

AGM – The Annual General Meeting was postponed last Friday and will now take place this Friday, Jan 12 at 9pm in the Clubrooms. All members are welcome.

Eamonn Tubman RIP – The Club expresses its deepest sympathy with the family of Eamonn Tubman who died suddenly last week. Eamonn, a great GAA worker, was involved with Fenagh and Leitrim GAA all his life and was a very pleasant man to meet at all times may he rest in peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

TP Reynolds RIP – We also extend sympathy to the family of TP Reynolds Gortletteragh who died last week. TP was a very good footballer in his young days and his daughter Miriam Murray lives and works in Mohill, while his grand-daughter Lorraine played for our ladies Club. Go ndeana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis

Mohill GAA Club Notes 26/12/2017

Dinner Dance – The Club will hold The Presentation and Awards Night On January 20 In Lough Rynn Castle, starting with a reception at 7pm. This will be a great night, celebrating our many and various achievements during 2017, the tickets are flying out so get your order in as soon as possible  Tickets are a mere €25.

Observer Staff – We thank John Connolly and the staff of the Observer for their help and courtesy during 2017 and wish them all a happy and successful 2018

Management and players – We wish Padraic Davis, his team, and his players a Happy New Year. The team brought great jubilation to the town when they won the Senior County Final in October. Mohill also won the Under 21 Championship, the Senior and Junior Leagues and underage competitions with boys and girls. We would love more of the same in 2018

National GAA Draw – Tickets for this draw are on sale locally for €10. There are some great prizes all donated by GAA Headquarters which include a car, All Ireland Hurling and football packages, Great shopping vouchers. The Club is hoping to make big improvements in the Park this year which will be to the benefit to all the community, so be generous and buy a ticket or maybe two.

AGM – Our AGM takes place in the Clubrooms on January 5th

Mohill GAA Club Notes 20/12/2017

Ireland’s Fittest Family – Congratulations to the Beirne Family who won Ireland’s fittest family on Sunday last. The Club is so proud of the young trio Dearbhaile, Jonathan and Keith all treasured players for Mohill and with the fitness their Dad Michael showed he could line out in 2018 for us. 
National GAA Draw – Tickets for this draw are on sale locally for €10. There are some great prizes all donated by GAA Headquarters which include a car, All Ireland Hurling and football packages, Great shopping vouchers. The Club is hoping to make big improvements in the Park this year which will be to the benefit to all the community, so be generous and buy a ticket or two.
Scór na nÓg – We had a massive input to Scór on Sunday afternoon in Ballinamore. Róisín Kennedy our co-ordinator had dancers, ballad groups, recitations, solo singers, instrumental music and novelty and all the children performed brilliantly. The Club won the all over Club award, solo singing by Amelia Pajek and Novelty by Shane Mayock, Rian Walpole, John Macklin, Cillian Walpole, Saoirse McWeeney, Orla McWeeney, Niamh McNabola and Ava McNabola. They all go forward to The Connacht final in Claremorris on Jan15. We thank all who helped out especially Róisín Kennedy who was our driving force.
 
Awards and Presentation night – The tickets for our annual Presentation and Awards Night in January at Lough Rynn Castle are being taken up quickly so get your order in now as soon as possible and avoid disappointment.
Jordan Tighe – We wish one of our greatest young supporters Jordan Tighe a speedy recovery to full health following a few weeks in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. Jordan was disappointed to miss the Under 21 final but the team did not disappoint him as he kept in touch on Twitter.
Under 21 Champions – Congratulations to St Manchan’s on winning the last Under 21 final for the foreseeable future. Both teams played a very sporting game that was helped enormously by great refereeing from Eamonn O Grady. Keith Keegan was well deserving as man-of-the-match, but every man from both sides gave it their all and the future of Leitrim football looks good at this level. We thank the players of Cloone and Eslin who over the last few years have given their all in every age group.
Stephen Flynn – Congratulations to Stephen Flynn who has been elected to Vice Chairman of the County Board.                     

Mohill GAA Club Notes 11/12/2017

 National Club Tickets – We are now selling the National Club Tickets. There are wonderful prizes all provided by GAA Headquarters and all the proceeds go to the club. The ticket costs a mere €10 and among the hundreds of prizes is a car, All Ireland hurling and football packages. Great shopping vouchers. The Club will be making big improvements in the Park this year which will benefit the whole community so we ask everyone to buy a ticket or two.

Awards and Presentation Night –  This year our annual Presentation night will take place on January in Lough Rynn Castle. There is a big demand for Tickets so if you want to give one as a Christmas present put in your order immediately to Therese Foy.

Scór na nÓg – Thanks to the hard work of Róisin Kennedy our coordinator there were multiple entries in Dancing, Ballad Group, Solo Singing, Recitation and Novelty for competition but all was called off due to the snow

Under 21 –This final was called off on Sunday morning last.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 08/12/2017

National GAA Draw – Tickets for this draw are on sale locally for €10. There are some great prizes and all go to the Club.

New Baby – Congratulations to Sinéad McLoughlin and her partner Martin on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Sadie last week. Our Chairman Padraig and his wife Claire’s first grandchild.

Fittest family – The Beirne family are keeping Mohill on the map with great performances in Ireland’s Fittest Family on RTE at 6.30 on Sundays

Under 21 – St Manchan’s have qualified for the Under 21final which takes place in Pairc Seán on Sunday next at 2pm. On Sunday last they played St Brigid’s and it was another cracker of a game with good clean physical football played by both teams. St Brigids were minus their two County stars and Mohill played without Liam Rowley. Our scorers were, Keith Beirne 0-8, Fiacra McGuinness 2-2, Ronan Gordon 0-1, Oisín Madden 0-1, Ethan Harkin 0-1, Keith Keegan 0-1, Jordan Reynolds 0-1, OG.

PJ Carroll RIP – Former publican PJ Carroll who was laid to rest in Mohill last week. His boys Peter, Seamus, Cathal, Fergus, Cyril and Jarlath have all donned the green jersey of Mohill and continue to support us in all our fundraising from the US. To his dear wife Kitty and his boys, we send our deepest sympathy.

Liam Rowley – Congratulations to Liam Rowley who played in the Universities League All Ireland final where his college RCSI beat DCU, a first for the college in serious competition. Unfortunately, Liam got injured towards the end of the game and St Manchan’s were without his services on Sunday last

Girls Under 16 – The Under 16 girls keep the flag flying when they beat St Brigids in the Under 16 Shield final at the weekend. The girls have contested four finals this year and the future looks good. The team on Friday was, Chloe Mulligan, Ellen McGuinness, Rose Reynolds, Sophie Ferns, Emily Harkin, Sinéad McNabola, Niamh Beirne and Sarah Doyle were joint captains, Allanah McGuinness, Rachel Stenson, Sarah Boyle, Laura Casey, Kate McGuinness, April Doyle, Sarah Murphy, Geraldine Reynolds and Aobha Macklin. Bella Rowley and Sarah Dugdale were out with injuries on the day. Well done to Simon and Siobhán McGuinness who trained the girls all year.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 27/11/2017

Child Protection Course – The Club is running a child protection course delivered by Matt Gaffey in the Club rooms on Thursday,  December 7 at 7pm sharp. It is mandatory that any person who is any way involved with training or management of underage boys and girls have this course completed. Contact Claire Quinn the Children’s Protection Officer at 0868394767 to book your place on this course.

National Draw tickets – The National Draw tickets are now on sale in the town and surrounding areas. GAA Headquarters supply all the great prizes so every €10 you spend is going to the Club.

Caillin Canning – Congratulations to Caillin who has been recognised as Senior Club player of the year. Caillin has had a great few years with Mohill and well deserves this honour.

Eanna Madden –Well done to Eanna Madden who was awarded Sportstar of the Year on Friday in Rynn Castle. Eanna is a national winner in athletics but has made appearances in the green of Mohill whenever possible during the year. Well done Eanna.

Phillip Casserly – Another ex-player making the headlines is Phillip Casserly. Phillip was always a twinkle -toes on the field of play and he showed all his talent last week when he was the winner in Seán O Heslin’s Come Dancing.

Under 21 – The game with Gortletteragh/Fenagh was called off on Saturday and will be fixed for a later day. St Manchan’s will play St Brigids on Sunday morning in the next round. Come out and support.

Scór na nÓg

Preparations are under way for participation in this year’s Scór. Róisin Kennedy has dancers, singers, actors all practicing their acts.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 21/11/2017

List of Sponsors – In the run-up to the County Final, the Club was humbled by the voluntary donations of businesses and ordinary supporters. Here are some names, more will follow. We are especially indebted to Reynolds Bros Hardware who donated financially and then helped put up the flags and buntings. Last weekend they removed all the bunting, this is truly a great family business that puts the community first and the local people should give them all their support. Also helping out were, John and Julie Early, Gerry Mulkerrins, Kevin Mitchell, Padraig Browne, Healy Martin Accountants, Pat & Susan O Connor, Beirnes Bar, Ciaran and John Kelly, Joe Rowley, Brian Gordon, Shane Moran, Liam Higgins, Michael Farrell, Spirit Bar, Superbly Ballinamore, KP Like and Gerry Mc Cauley, Padraig Mc Weeney, Matt Gaffey, Declan Moran, Willie McHugh Electrical Dublin, Breda Mulligan.

Michael Lynch – Congratulations to our own Michael Lynch who won a rare All Ireland medal on Saturday last with the Longford/Leitrim Masters team. Michael played for many years with Mohill but bad knee injuries meant he missed out on Senior Championship medals. This will put a smile on Michael’s face.

St Manchan’s Under 21 – A Ballinamore side that was dictating play for most in this Under 21 game on Saturday in Pairc Philib, had to go home pointless when Evan Harkin scored a great goal in the last few minutes. This was a great goal that started in the full back line and ended in the back of the net breaking the visitors’ hearts. There was some great football played with high fielding and spectacular scores from both sides. The panel and scorers was A Keenan, D Mitchell, J Mitchell, L Rowley, O Madden, E Harkin 1-1, T Mulligan 0-1, E Keegan, E Harkin 0-2, K Keegan 0-2, S Harkin, J Reynolds, R Gordon 0-4, J Stenson 0-1. Next weekend we travel to Gortletteragh to play Gortina.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 13/11/2017

Under 21 – The game with Melvin Gaels scheduled to take place last Sunday morning was called off on Saturday. We now progress to the second round and play Ballinamore Seán O Heslins in Pairc Pilib on Sunday next at 12pm.  Ballinamore have a strong team so we need plenty of support next Sunday morning.

Dinner Dance – The Club will hold The Presentation and Awards night On January 20 In Lough Rynn Castle, starting with a reception at 7pm. This will be a great night, celebrating our various achievements during 2017.  Tickets will soon be on sale for €25.

Birthday Greetings – Happy Birthday to Keith (Squidgy) Keegan, who celebrated his 21st on Saturday last.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 06/11/2017

Connacht Club – Mohill played one of their best performances of the year on Saturday last when they came up against a strong Castlebar team in McHale Park. Unfortunately, Castlebar were the winners on the day but Mohill put up a great show and the sides were level going into the last quarter. It was a great experience for our boys and they can build on it in the years to come.

Into the West – We were treated like royalty by the officials in Castlebar on Saturday. There are no VIPs in that Club, Martin Carney was selling coffee and Willie Joe Padden- the Maradona of Gaelic football in the 80s – his wife was dishing out the grub. John Maughan was also there sending best wishes to Gerry Flanagan.

Acts of kindness – We thank our main sponsors Lough Rynn Castle for once again treating the Management, Panel and Officers to a substantial breakfast on Saturday morning before the game. Martin Moran then sponsored the meal for all in Castlebar. And on the way back we were invited to the Landmark Hotel where Ciaran and John Kelly had finger food and a drink for everyone in the audience.

The players – This bunch of players has given so much happiness to the town over the past three years. They have been a great example to all the young underage players and in all the celebrations following their victories, their conduct has been exemplary.

Padraic Davis – Alas this was Manager Padraic Davis’s last game in charge of Mohill Seniors. Padraic and his team of Pete, James, Ian and Gavin will be hard replaced. For three years he nurtured many good qualities in his willing men and boys and has left the club and players a lasting legacy. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you Padraic and wish you success wherever you choose to go.

Under 21 – Padraic Davis will continue with his young charges on Sunday morning next in Kinlough as St Manchan’s play Melvin Gaels in the first round of the Under 21 Championship. The game is at 12 pm.

Scór – Scór na nÓg will take place on Dec 10 and anyone interested in singing, dancing, music, recitation or novelty are asked to attend a meeting tonight Wednesday at 8pm in Fitzpatricks. Contact Róisín at 0872147350 if you can’t attend the meeting.

Irelands Fittest Family – Congratulations to Keith, Jonathan and Dearbhaile Beirne all Mohill players and their father Michael on winning the first heat in the RTE programme that goes out every Sunday at 6.30

Under 8s – Majella Higgins and Kevin Curran brought their Under 8s to The Den Club in Cavan where the boys and girls had a wonderful day. We thank Liam Higgins for sponsoring food for the youngsters