Archive for category: County Football

The times, dates and venues for the Round 2 All-Ireland Football Qualifiers and Phase 2 of the Hurling Championship have been confirmed by the GAA.

Saturday, July 6 

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

Clare v Laois, Cusack Park, Ennis, 5pm

Derry v Down, Celtic Park, 5pm

Roscommon v Tyrone, Dr Hyde Park, 6pm 

GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Phase 2

Clare v Laois, Cusack Park, Ennis, 3pm

Kilkenny v Tipperary, Nowlan Park, 7pm (Live on TV3)

Saturday, July 13

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

Longford v Wexford, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 2pm

Leitrim v Armagh, Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, 5pm (Stand tickets €15 and Terrace €10, U16s €5)

Cavan v Fermanagh, Kingspan Breffni Park, 7pm

Kildare v Louth, Newbridge, 7pm

Further information on ticketing for the Kilkenny-Tipperary Phase 2 Hurling Championship game to follow on GAA.ie.

01-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

Sunday 30th June 2013
Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Connacht GAA Minor Football Championship Semi Final

Galway v Mayo *
Throw in: 1.30pm
Referee: Ray McBrien (Leitrim)

Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship Semi Final REPLAY

London v Leitrim *
Throw in: 3.40pm
Referee: TBC

*Extra time to be played, in the event of a draw

NB:     Dul Isteach- Ticket Only 

• Adult                           €20
• Juveniles (U-16)           €5
• Students & OAP’s          Full price must be paid.
• Group Tickets               €30 (10 x juvenile & 1 Adult)

Refunds of €10 will be paid to OAP’s & Students, (with current ID cards), at Turnstiles 6&18

Groups: available through the Connacht GAA Office. Entry at Turnstile 8. All children must be accompanied by Group Leader(s)

Patrons are reminded that all persons, (including children, students and O.A.Ps), must have a ticket.

Tickets available through

• Clubs in the participating counties
• CountyBoard Offices

Leitrim County Board – Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
email: secretary.leitrim@gaa.ie              Phone: (071) 9620441

www.leitrimgaa.ie

Galway County Board – Pearse Stadium, Salthill, Galway

Email: administrator.galway@gaa.ie       Phone: 091)862500

Opening Hours- Monday to Friday, (9.30am-5pm)

Mayo County Board – McHale Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Email secretary.mayo@gaa.ie               Office number: 094-9250487

www.mayogaa.com

Connacht GAA Centre – Bekan, Cloonacurry, Claremorris, Co. Mayo

094-9630335. (Credit Card bookings accepted) 

or

• online at reception.connacht@gaa.ie 
• at www.tickets.ie
• Supervalu  & Centra Outlets.

Leitrim

Donohoe’s SuperValu, Ballinamore

Centra, Drumshambo

Rooney’s Supervalu, Manorhamilton

Glancy’s Supervalu, Carrick-on-Shannon

Galway

Centra, Athenry

Dunne’s SuperValu Ballinasloe

Holmes Ballygar, Ballygar,

Centra, Carnmore

Centra, Clarinbridge

KavanÓgh’s Supervalu, Clifden

Centra, Craughwell

Minihanes SuperValu, Gort
Clarke’s SuperValu, Barna
McInerney’s SuperValu, Loughrea
O’Toole’s SuperValu, Tuam
O’Meara’s SuperValu, Portumna
Nestor’s SuperValu, Oranmore
McCann’s SuperValu, Moycullen

Supervalu, Lackagh, Turloughmore

Mayo

Sweeney’s SuperValu, Achill

Roche’s Centra, Balla

HennÓgan’s Centra, Ballindine

Cuffe’s Centra, Belmullet

KavanÓgh SuperValu, Castlebar, Co Mayo
Moloney’s SuperValu, Bunree, Ballina, Co Mayo
Centra, Castlebar

Cummins’ SuperValu, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
O’Connor’s SuperValu, Westport, Co Mayo

KavanÓgh’s SuperValu, Claremorris

Munnelly’s Centra, Crossmolina

KavanÓgh’s Supervalu, Kiltimagh

Sheridan’s Centra, Newport

Duffy’s SuperValu, Ballaghadereen, Co Mayo

Patrons are requested to arrive early for the games and co-operate with stewards and Gardai.  Please leave the vicinity of the stadium tidy.

Gates open 12.30pm.

26-Jun-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

Connacht Senior Football Championship Semi Final 

Páirc Seán MacDiarmada Sunday 23rd June 2013 Throw in 3.30pm

Leitrim team to play London 

The Leitrim team make five changes in personnel from the team that started against New York in May. Ciaran Egan, Enda Williams and Barry Prior come into a new look defence, with Brendan Brennan starting in midfield and Paddy McGowanÓgetting the nod at wing forward.

FOIREANN LIATROIM

Cathal McCrann (Gortletteragh)

Alan Wynne (Allen Gaels)

Ciaran Egan (Gortletteragh)

Gary Reynolds (Carrigallen)

Danny Beck (Mohill)

Enda Williams (Clonguish)

Barry Prior (Aughawillan)

Darren Sweeney (Glencar Manorhamilton)

Brendan Brennan (Melvin Gaels)

Paul Brennan (Melvin Gaels)

Emlyn Mulligan (Capt) (St Brigid’s)

Paddy McGowan (St Patricks Dromahair)

Kevin Conlon (St Patricks Dromahair)

James Glancy (Glencar Manorhamilton)

Robbie Lowe (St Marys)

19-Jun-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

CONNACHT GAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday 23rd June 2013
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Semi-Final: Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship
3.30pm: Leitrim v London
Semi-Final: Connacht GAA Minor Football Championship
1.30pm: Roscommon v Sligo

NB: Dul Isteach- Ticket Only

 Stand €25
 Terrace €20
 Juveniles (U-16) €5
 Students & OAPs Full price must be paid.
 Family Tickets available for Stand: Adult full price & child €5
 Group Tickets €30 (10 x juvenile & 1 Adult)

Refunds of €10 will be paid to OAPs & Students, (with current ID cards), for Stand & Terrace Tickets at designated areas, (Refund Box, Main Carpark & Turnstile 22).
Groups: available through the Connacht GAA Office. Entry at Turnstile 1. All children must be accompanied by Group Leader(s)
Season Ticket Holders: Entry at Turnstile 14

Patrons are reminded that all persons, (including children, students and O.A.Ps), must have a ticket.

Tickets available through 
 Clubs in the participating counties
 County Board Offices

Roscommon– 5-6 Castle View, Roscommon
Email: administrator.roscommon GAA.ie Phone: 090)6627176
www.roscommongaa.ie

Leitrim County Board, Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
email: secretary.leitrim@gaa.ie Phone: (071) 9620441
www.leitrimgaa.ie

Sligo County Board:Sligo GAA Office, Aughamore Near, Carraroe, Sligo
email: administrator.sligo@gaa.ie phone: 087-0524574(9am-5pm).
www.sligogaa.ie

 Connacht GAA Centre, Bekan, Cloonacurry, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
094-9630335. (Credit Card bookings accepted) 
or online at reception.connacht@gaa.ie

 at www.tickets.ie
 Supervalu & Centra Outlets. 
Leitrim
Donohoes SuperValu, Ballinamore
Centra, Drumshambo
Rooneys Supervalu, Manorhamilton
Glancys Supervalu, Carrick-on-Shannon
Roscommon
Smiths SuperValu Monksland, Athlone, Co Roscommon
Flemings SuperValu, Main Street, Roscommon, Co Roscommon
Duffys SuperValu, Ballaghadereen, Co Roscommon
Cahills SuperValu, Castlerea, Co Roscommon
Supervalu, Boyle
Sligo
Kanes Supervalu, Ballymote
Surlis SuperValu, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo
Cosgroves Centra, Maugheraboy, Co Sligo
Whitesides Centra, Collooney, Co Sligo
Mullaneys Supervalu, Grange
Tanseys Centra, Gurteen
Whitesides Supervalu, Ballisodare

Patrons are requested to arrive early for the games and co-operate with stewards and Gardai.

Please leave the vicinity of the stadium tidy.

Gates open 12.30pm.

18-Jun-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

Postcard to Home

Mike Carty of Rosie O Gradys Bar & Restaurant hosted a magnificent Leitrim evening on Friday 3/5/13. 

Leitrim Tourism Board kicked off the evening with a very informative promotional event which was attended by Joe Dolan, Chairman of Leitrim Tourism whos Bush Hotel is the Leitrim team sponsor; by Enda Stenson, Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council and by Sinead McDermott Leitrim Tourism Officer. 

Frank Brady of the Leitrim Society and Leitrim GAA New York paid tribute to the work being done by Leitrim Tourism in promoting his home county while special guest Seamus ORourke regaled the large attendance with a selection from his famous repertoire. 

In attendance also was Gerard Fitzgerald of Gerald Anthony Menswear Carrick on Shannon, sponsor of casual gear for the Leitrim team who with Joe Dolan was delighted to greet the team party and officials. 

Joe Flynn, Cathaoirleach of the Leitrim County Board conveyed sincere thanks to Mike Carty for his generous sponsorship of the meal to the team party. All the Leitrim folk (home and USA based) in attendance had the opportunity to meet the Leitrim players and wish them well for Sunday. 

On this wonderful Leitrim evening, the hospitality of Mike Carty set a wonderfully warm atmosphere as we all mingled and joined on the streets of Manhattan to wave off our heroes as they departed on their team bus. 

Liatroim Abú

04-May-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

Heading into the heart of Leitrim, at the very core of the Big Apple, NYC

The security staff at Dublin and Shannon airports are about to be exposed to a retrospective exhibition of Leitrim club and county.

Old gear bags are being dug out from under beds, from the back of wardrobes and rooted out from the attic. Vintage jerseys with old familiar names still emblazoned on the chest are being dusted down and stretch-tested for maximum mid-rib capacity. Numbers 1 to 34 and all in between will be represented. Hats, Scórves and headbands are being checked and collected. The lyrics to Lovely Leitrim are being aired and then tucked away again in the depths of the lungs for unpacking in a watering hole in Yonkers. The loyal Leitrim brigade is off to New York.

The World Cup and the Olympics come around every four year; we have to wait five for our annual trip to the Big Apple. For many Leitrim fans the game has become akin to Mecca for the Muslims: you have to go once in your life. It really is one of the GAA’s unique occasions and one I hope that will continue as long as the championship does. Bringing our games to New York, home turf to so many legions of Connacht people, taps into a historical thread that not only spans sport, but the centuries. During the Famine period, about 650,000 Irish arrived in New York harbour. Imagine that for just a moment as you step through the arrival gates in JFK and think of all that has happened in the intervening years; take note of the name of the airport in which you have just arrived. Make the connection.

In 1847 New York had a population of approximately 372,000. 52,000 Irish arrived in the city that year. That’s the equivalent of everyone in Leitrim landing there this weekend, twice. (The 1841 census recorded Leitrim as having 155,000 residents; just ten years later it was down to 112,000 and still falling fast.) It’s hard to get your head around those numbers but it helps give you an idea of why the city remains so Irish and why so many Americans you meet during your stay will be able to trace their roots back to an Irish ancestor. Take the time to listen to their story.

Before the GAA was formed at a meeting in Thurles in 1884, those who had come to New York from our wee county had already formed ‘The Leitrim Young Men’s Association’ (first mention of the Association is mentioned in the Irish World on January 17, 1874).  At a meeting of the group the following were elected: Matthias K. O’Rourke, President; OwenÓgilbride, Vice President; James McDermott, Recording Secretary; John Burke, Financial Secretary; Captain William James, Treasurer; Henry H. Flynne, Sergeant-at-arms; Thomas Stack, Patrick Devany and James Kilbride, Trustees. Quite a few familiar names on display.

The Leitrim Society of New York, as it is now known, hosted a wonderful dinner dance for the squad, backroom team and supporters in 2003 on the evening after our historic first match. Gaelic Park had its biggest ever crowd at that game that day, and nearly 1,000 people attended the dinner if I recall correctly. As players we were just grateful to have escaped with a victory after a thrilling game that went to extra-time and pushed us to the pin of our collars. We were flying back home on the Monday, and really it was an insane schedule to put the players through. There was simply to time to relax or spend any time with the countless people you wanted to spend time with.  People from your parish who had travelled from San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Arizona, Toronto, Washington, and elsewhere to take of bite of the little bit of Leitrim that made up the Big Apple that weekend. We returned home absolutely exhausted from what was a roller-coaster experience of a lifetime. Of course it was a trip home that one of us will never forget (but more on that if I successfully secure the rights to the authorised biography of a certain individual from Ballinamore – nÓgotiations are onÓgoing.)

The second trip in 2008 was a little more relaxed for everyone, except Dessie Dolan. Dessie, in case you didn’t know, is the Dennis Bergkamp of the GAA – he’s afraid of playing. Whenever we played London in Ruislip Dessie would take the long-route via car ferry, usually with his trusty side-kick and daughter Denise doing the driving. That option wasn’t open for New York, although I think Gary McCloskey may have suggested he should recreate one of the famine-ship journeys, for authenticity sake. In the end we went with the A-Team option (if it worked for B.A. Baracus it might just work for Dessie, we figured). Yep, we put some drugs in his milk. Well not literally, a mild sedative from the good doctor Loftus had Dessie as relaxed as a Junior C dressing room at half-time during a Bank Holiday Monday challenge match. (Speaking of Dr. Loftus, come Sunday, if I’m not mistaken, Declan will be the one member of the team who has represented Leitrim at all three games in New York.)       

For the players there is a job to be done, and that will keep the minds focused until they can finally get their feet on and off the artificial turf of Gaelic Park on Sunday. For the rest of you, it’ll be a surreal trip into the heart of Leitrim, 3,000 miles from home in the heart of the greatest city in the world. Seamus O’Rourke will threading the boards (well) off Broadway (in Rory Dolan’s) as the Carrigallen posse in the crowd wonder was it them the latest character was based on while Fergal McGill plays tunes to the Bornacoola faithful in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty (well, JP Clarke’s the be exact). McClean Ave in Yonkers will once again become the melting pot that saw it christened Little Leitrim as diverse cultures from Aughawillan and Glenfarne mix and mingle, and exotic accents from the northern-infused mountains tribes of Kinlough dance and sing with those from the plains of Drumshanbo. And you can forget Micheal Bloomberg, Tommy Moran is the Mayor of New York City this weekend. Sure where else would you be?

Liatroim abú.

01-May-13 by Colin Regan