Check out this link for highlights from our night at Up for the Match in the Bush Hotel – 4 vidoes to enjoy.
Special thanks to Tommy Moran and Brian Blake for making such a wonderful night possible.
24-Sep-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
Carrick Cineplex is delighted to announce that well be showing the GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Final
– Kerry vs Donegal –
Live on the big screen this Sunday, 21st September
Doors open at 3pm, throw in is 3.30pm and entry is a €3 donation on the door, benefiting local clubs – Leitrim Gaels, Shannon Gaels & St Marys GAA Clubs.
Please share & help spread the word!
www.carrickcineplex.ie 071 96 72000
17-Sep-14 by Leitrim GAA
GAA INITIATIVE LAUNCH
Leitrim GAA encouraging participation in a wider range of GAA activities
Leitrim Inclusion and Integration Committee will host the rescheduled Leitrim GAA launch of the GAA initiative “Have a Go” on Sunday next September 14th in In Páirc Naomh Mhuire Cloone and are inviting all young people in the county to come along and participate in a range of GAA sporting activities . This event will take place in conjunction with a host of other GAA activities, including a number of blitz games involving neighbouring clubs. The blitz games will start at 1p.m. and the ‘Have a GO day’ activities will start at 2 pm.
Leitrim GAA Inclusion and Integration Committee are asking all GAA clubs, all primary school to encourage their young players to attend this event and to sample a range of games that they have not participated in before.
Have a Go Day in is an opportunity for young people at under 8 under 10 and under 12 to sample sports that they have not played before. On the day there will be an opportunity to play Rounders, Hurling, Camogie and of course Gaelic football for girls and boys.
The event will be attended by Mr Denis o Boyle, Connacht Inclusion and Integration Committee Chairman, Mr Ger Proctor National Rounders Chairman; Mr Cyril Feehily Connacht Rounders Chairman will be in attendance. Dympna Reilly and a team of national coaches will be in attendance to demonstrate the art of the game of rounders and provide coaching for the young people present. Coaching manuals, rule books and playing equipment will be available on the day.
Leitrim Hurling Coach Steve Feeney, and members of the Leitrim Senior hurling, Leitrim senior Ladies, and Men’s football panels will also be present to provide tuition and coaching. It is also hoped to have other special guests on the day
The GAA have been promoting this “Have a go day “ initiative with a view to attracting more people to the association and also providing the opportunity to young people top sample new sports that they have not had the opportunity to play on a regular basis.
As part of the initiative GAAclubs are asked to invite all the families in their communities to their sports grounds, make them feel welcome and give them the opportunity to participate in the family of GAA activities,
Leitrim GAA Inclusion and Integration officer Gerry McGovern is urging all clubs to host a” Have A Go Day” so as to give more people the opportunity to be part of the club and give new people the opportunity to sample the menu of GAA activities.
“Just because people don’t attend at GAA activities it does not mean that they are not interested, it might mean that they are not invited and maybe don’t feel welcome or that they don’t understand what is involved in the sport. By providing an opportunity like this you are giving an invitation to new people to come to the club, and to participate in the various activities. It will provide the young people of the community with the opportunity to participate in a wider range of sporting activities, get more people involved, and provide them with a social outlet locally. It can also lead to an increase in the playing population, and to an increase in membership and could provide the club with additional expertise in running its many activities.”
All GAA clubs, all primary school in the County are invited to bring their underage players along to this County launch in Cloone on Sunday,and participate in the various sports on offer.
There will also be a range of other activities for the young people to participate in on the day.
Proceedings start with the blitz’s at 100pm and the have a go day activities will start AT 2 PM. and It’s an event not to be missed.
09-Sep-14 by Leitrim GAA
Sympathy
Leitrim County Board GAA extends most sincere sympathy to the Cooke, Murray and McTague families, New Jersey, New York, Carrigallen, Ballinamore and Aughnasheelin on the death of Aisling Cooke.
Aisling is the daughter of Deirdre and Hugh Cooke and granddaughter of Pat and Mrs Murray of Killaneen, Ballinamore and of Paddy and Mrs. Cooke, Gortermone, Carrigallen.
Her death, close to her 15th birthday, is a devastating blow to her parents, younger brother, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and a very wide circle of friends, including her many close personal, college and sporting companions.
As well as being highly academical, Aisling was known throughout the New York and New Jersey areas for her sporting prowess in gaelic Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Ice Hockey and numerous other activities in her community and her schools. Indeed, it was while returning from a charity football game with her team that the minibus in which she was travelling was involved in a road accident in which she received the injuries that eventually proved fatal. Her parents and the wider family circle and neighbours, teachers and school friends, members of the Leitrim GAA Club and Leitrim Society of New York were among the many who gathered at the hospital to pray for Aisling and to be of support to her family. But she passed away peacefully to the immense grief of everyone who knew her.
Pat Murray, who won a Leitrim Senior Championship with Ballinamore in 1956, has been associated with both the Leitrim Club and Leitrim Society since emigrating to New York in 1957 and has been Chairman of the Leitrim Supporters Club in New York since its inception. He and his wife Pidgie have welcomed and hosted countless Leitrim exiles and visitors in their home in Sunnyside. All the Cooke, Murray and McTague families have been very supportive of Leitrim County Board GAA and of several Leitrim associated charities in The States and in Ireland.
Tá Aisling imeasc na naomh anois.
05-Sep-14 by Leitrim GAA
Home From Home is a series of two one-hour films broadcasting on Setanta Sports on August 26th and 27th at 9.45pm. It tells the story of Irish emigration through that most unique of Irish institutions, the GAA. The series documents the stories of both the well established and newly arrived members of four overseas GAA clubs based in Christchurch, Dubai, London and Toronto.
Of local interest,there is a feature on Charlotte Faughnan, former Leitrim ladies footballer of the year who had recently emigrated to the city.
You can watch a clip from the documentary below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfynÓgGX70
26-Aug-14 by Leitrim GAA
CLOONE GAA TO HOST “HAVE A GO DAY”
Leitrim Inclusion and Integration Committee in Conjunction with Cloone GAA Club will host the Leitrim GAA launch of the GAA initiative “Have a Go” on Sunday Aug 3rd in Pairc Naomh Mhuire Cloone starting at 1 30 pm. Have a Go Day in is an opportunity for young people to sample sports that they have not played before. On the day there will be an opportunity to play Rounders, Hurling, Camogie and of course Gaelic football for girls and boys.
The event will be attended by Mr Ger Proctor National Rounders Chairman, Mr Cyril Feehily Connacht Rounders Chairman and a team of national coaches will be in attendance to demonstrate the art of the game of rounders and provide coaching for the young people present. Coaching manuals, rule books and playing equipment will be available on the day.
Leading exponents of the other various games will be on hand to demonstrate the skills of the other games and to invite the young people to take part.
The GAA have been promoting this “Have a go day “ initiative with a view to attracting more people to the association and also providing the opportunity to young people top sample new sports that they have not have the opportunity to play on a regular basis.
As part of the initiative GAAA clubs are asked to invite all the families in the community to their sports grounds, make them feel welcome and give them the opportunity to participate in the family of GAA activities,
Leitrim GAA Inclusion and Integration officer Gerry McGovern is urging all clubs to host a” Have A Go Day” so as to give more people the opportunity to be part of the club and give new people the opportunity to sample the menu of GAA activities.
“Just because people don’t attend at GAA activities it does not mean that they are not interested, it might mean that they are not invited and maybe don’t feel welcome or that they don’t understand what is involved in the sport. By providing an opportunity like this you are giving an invitation to new people to come to the club, and to participate in the various activities. It will provide the young people of the community with the opportunity to participate in a wider range of sporting activities, get more people involved, and provide them with a social outlet locally. It can also lead to an increase in the playing population, and to an increase in membership and could provide the club with additional expertise in running its many activities.”
All GAA clubs in the County are invited to bring their underage players along to this County launch in Cloone on Sunday, and participate in the various sports on offer.
There will also be a range of other sports events taking place on the day
Proceedings start at 1 30 pm and It’s an event not to be missed.
28-Jul-14 by Leitrim GAA
It is sad to learn of the death of Kevin OMalley. Kevin was one of the stars of the great Melvin Gaels Championship winning teams of the 60s and also represented Leitrim with distinction in League and Championship including the 1963 Connacht Final. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Death Notice and Funeral Arrangements
The death has occurred of Kevin OMALLEY Dublin /Kinlough, Leitrim — June 22, 2014 (peacefully) after a short illness, surrounded by his loving family, at St. Vincents Hospital, beloved husband of Maureen and loving father of Aidan and Gerard; sadly missed by his loving wife, sons, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, daughters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Reposing at home on Monday. Funeral on Tuesday after 10am Mass in Church of the Ascension of the Lord, Balally, to Glencullen Cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu to Cancer Research.
23-Jun-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
It’s in your Blood!
Donation clinic in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon on Tues 24th and Wed 25th June from 4.30-8pm daily.
Take the short quiz on Giveblood.ie first to see if you are eligible to donate.
23-Jun-14 by Leitrim GAA
Its in Your Blood
The GAA are supporting the Irish Blood Transfusion Service by raising awareness about blood donation clinics. Blood is always in demand and over 4700 donations were needed in Sligo and Cavan Hospitals last year. There will be donation clinics in the Bee Park Resource Centre, Manorhamilton on Tuesday 10th from 6-9.30pm and in Ballinamore Community Centre on Wednesday 11th June from 3-5pm and from 7-9.30pm. The first step is to take the short eligibility quiz on the www.giveblood.ie website. When registering to donate, inform the clinic staff that you heard about the clinics through the GAA.
10-Jun-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim GAA Golf Classic 2014
Prize Winners
1st Newbridge Cutlery Set
Seamus Sweeney
Niall Sweeny
Leo KavanÓgh
Denis Flynn
2nd Coffee maker
Sean Flynn
Seamus Mitchell
Michael Mitchell
John Manton
3rd Leitrim Crystal Bowl
Declan Loftus
Jason Loftus
Colm Loftus
Jonnie Ahern
4th Radio
Peter Flynn
Seamus Mc Weeney
Michael Shearke
Kevin Beirne
5th Lanterns
Mel Sorohan
Tony Gray
Tom Gray
Tom Griffin
Ladies:
1st Slieve Russel Green Fees + Pastry Set
Renee Dolan
Anne Keenan
Siobhan Talbot
Geradilne Farry
17-May-14 by Leitrim GAA
Leitrim Players are Local Heroes
Nothing beats being there has been the GAA’s promotional slogan to encourage supporters to attend the Provincial and All Ireland Championships. Truth to tell, there is little to compare to the excitement of the football and hurling championships in the build up to September.
The high regard in which inter-county players are held was emphasised on Sunday last in Páirc Mac Diarmada, when Leitrim GAA hosted an Open Day for supporters, but particularly for children. The inter-action between the players, their managements and backroom teams and the youngsters was quite a promotional exercise and thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
Coiste na nÓg had the Allen Gaels, Carrigallen, Melvin Gaels and Ballinamore Sean O’Heslin Juvenile teams in attendance to play a series of blitzes, with county players acting as coaches, selectors, referees and water boys, much to the delight of the four teams. For once, the results of the games didn’t matter, a fun day was what it was all about.
But better was to come when every child in Páirc Seán had the opportunity to join a team that played a challenge against the Leitrim Senior footballers — hundreds against fifteen! The referee was none other than football Manager Sean Hagan, who certainly let the game flow and kept the black cards in his pocket. Doing the commentary on the game was current centre half back Gary Reynolds, who was the unanimous choice of the players for the task. Correction – he was actually second choice, but Gerry Hickey had baulked at the proposition — he would rather face the wild tackles from the Juveniles than do a commentary on a game his team mates were certain to lose. And lose they did, with the kids Scóring at will, due to some dodgy refereeing and umpiring decisions.
Then it was time for piggy back races and all kinds of hilarity, with the footballers and hurlers intermingling with their young fans. James Molloy had everyone lined up for the customary “High Fives”, but sudden incessant rain put paid to that.
However, all was not lost, as everyone retreated to the shelter of the stand, where the main organiser, County Board PRO Collette Fox, had goodies and promotional material ready for distribution to all the kids and the players were besieged for autographs. You see, these players are the local sporting heroes for our young generation.
Thanks is due to everyone involved – Terence Boyle and Barbara Byrne from Coiste na nÓg, Thomas Keenan, Games Promotion Manager, the Leitrim County Board, James Molloy, Brian Blake and all those who helped out on the day. But special gratitude must go to the team managements and particularly all the players who made the Championship Open Day one to remember.
Some photographs from the day are available on our Facebook page
13-May-14 by Leitrim GAA
The Leitrim GAA annual Church Gate Collection takes place this weekend (17th/18th May) throughtout the county. We are most grateful to the 24 GAA clubs in the county who will co-ordinate the collection on our behalf.
Leitrim GAA very much appeciate your support for our annual fundraiser.
13-May-14 by Leitrim GAA
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