GAA Football Gold DVD featuring All-Ireland highlights from 1947-1959 is launched by the IFI Irish Film Archive at Croke Park by former champion footballer Minister Jimmy Deenihan, Dublin Manager Pat Gilroy, and current and former Dublin champion footballers including Bernard Brogan and Kevin Heffernan.
The IFI Irish Film Archive launch GAA Football Gold DVD at Croke Park today with a gathering of footballers of different generations who will toast a different era in the history of Gaelic Football. The GAA Football Gold DVDis the first time that the All- Ireland Football highlights from the National Film Institute (now the IFI) has been available to own at home. It follows the hugely successful GAA Hurling Gold DVD which was one of last Christmas’ must have stocking-fillers. The beautifully presented DVD is priced €19.99 and is available from www.ifi.ie, the IFI Film Shop and all good retailers, with profits going to the newly launched IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund.
The films capture a different era of gameplay and some of the greatest football players in GAA history such as Galway’s Frankie Stockwell and Seán Purcell, Cork’s Denis “Toots” Kelleher, Dublin’s Kevin Heffernen, Kerry’s Mick O’Connell and Seán Murphy; and Cavan’s Peter Donohoe, P.J Duke and John Joe O’Reilly. The DVD includes wins for Kerry, Meath, Dublin, Mayo and Galway as well as a golden era for Cavan football with three wins and a rare All-Ireland victory for Louth.
The extraordinary atmosphere at Croke Park is well documented with capacity crowds being swelled by fence-jumpers, roof-walkers, canine pitch invaders, Bishops, Presidents and Taoisigh. The finals were occasions of huge national significance, the political and religious pageantry of the era are prominently highlighted while the footage of supporters arriving in Dublin and families gathered around the wireless back home provide priceless records of the social history of the time. Much of the commentary is provided by the legendary Michael O’Hehir who’s infectious passion for the game and humourous style more than cover any hiccups in the emerging technology.
Five time Kerry All-Ireland winner Jimmy Deenihan TD., Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht welcomed the release of the DVD saying, ‘GAA is a key part of our Irish identity, it is important for us to be able to see and enjoy this interesting stage in the evolution and development of our Gaelic Games. Without the work of the IFI Irish Film Archive in collecting and preserving important parts of our past such as this, we wouldn’t have this valuable record of our past achievements. I am pleased that funding from my Department was provided through the Arts Council, to support the IFI Irish Film Archive to ensure the important work of making accessible our moving image heritage continues”.
Kasandra O’Connell of the IFI Irish Film Archive said ‘We are delighted to follow up the success of last year’sGAA Hurling Gold DVD with this fascinating collection for Gaelic Football Fans also taken from the vaults of the IFI Irish Film Archive. The fact that this amazing footage survives serves as a reminder of the importance of the work of the IFI Irish Film Archive, and that our moving image heritage is an invaluable part of our cultural identity that needs to be actively protected.’
The films have been painstakingly remastered and digitised by the staff of the IFI Irish Film Archive, who preserve the original film reels in their climate-controlled vaults. The Archive holds thousands of reels of commercial and amateur footage, a moving image record of Ireland’s history from 1897 to the present. The IFI ensures that this rich resource is shared with the public in as many ways as possible including research access, public screenings, and events in Dublin, nationally and internationally. The release of key titles on DVD is another way to make this rich material available to audiences.
GAA Football Gold is the sixth in a series of DVD releases from the IFI Irish Film Archive which also includes the feature film Irish Destiny (1926) and Seoda, a collection of short Irish films from 1948-1970, The O’Kalem Colletion, and the hugely successful GAA Hurling Gold DVD. All six DVDs are available from the IFI Film Shop,www.ifi.ie and all leading DVD retailers.
GAA Football Gold All-Ireland Finals 1947-1959
1947 Cavan v. Kerry
1948 Cavan v. Mayo
1949 Meath v. Cavan
1950 Mayo v. Louth
1951 Mayo v. Meath
1952 Cavan v. Meath (inc. replay)
1953 Kerry v. Armagh
1954 Meath v. Kerry
1955 Kerry v. Dublin
1956 Galway v. Cork
1957 Louth v. Cork
1958 Dublin v. Derry
1959 Kerry v. Galway
The DVD is priced €19.99 and is available from www.ifi.ie, the IFI Film Shop and all good DVD retailers, with profits going to the newly launched IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund.
For more information, interview requests and images please contact Patrick Stewart at the IFI Press Office on 01 679 5744 or pstewart@irishfilm.ie.
The IFI acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.
10-Nov-11 by
Lory Meagher Cup
County HurlingThe Lory Meagher Round 1 Draw is as follows:
(first team listed has home venue)
Leitrim v Tyrone
Fermanagh v Longford
Warwickshire Bye
14-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
Scór na nÓg 201112
ScórScór na nÓg is now less than three weeks away and all club entries must be with Maura Mulvey by Friday 25 November. The competition categories are Figure Dancing, Solo-Singing, Instrumental Music, Recitation, Ballad Group, Question Time, Novelty Act and Set Dancing. If your child has an interest in joining in a group or in an individual entry, please contact your local Club Officer for more details. Dates and venues are listed below.
Clubs should notethat the following dances are excluded from this years competition:
Rince Foirne
Cross Reel
Rince Seit
Longford Reel
The Roscommon Lancers
Also the use of battery operated keyboards are permitted in Instrumental Music at both senior and junior levels.
Scór na nÓg semi final venues and dates:
Carrick-on-Shannon – Saturday 3rd December at 5pm
Ballinamore – Sunday 4th December at 3pm
County Final
Manorhamilton Sunday 8th January at 2pm.
Connacht Final
Travellers Friend, Castlebar, Sunday 29th January 3pm
All- Ireland Final
Travellers Friend, Castlebar, Saturday 18th February at 3pm.
13-Nov-11 by Claire Crossan – PRO – Scor
Sympathy
GeneralCoiste Chontae Liatroma extend deepest sympathy to the family of the late Oliver Regan, Derryloughan, Tullaghan, who died peacefully on Wednesday evening (9/11/11). Oliver was the father of Colin Regan who is a regular contributor to our website and the ASAP National Coordinator for the GAA.
Oliver’s enthusiasm for our games was evident to those who knew him and his colourful presence the length and breadth of the country supporting club and county, is something we will all miss.
Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
Funeral Arrangements:
Remains reposing at his late residence from today (Thursday 10/11/11) at 2pm. Removal of remains on Saturday for 1pm funeral service at the Church of Ireland Kinlough followed by burial immediately afterwards in the family plot at the old cemetery Kinlough. House strictly private on the morning of the funeral.
10-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
GAA Football Gold DVD
Club FootballGAA Football Gold DVD featuring All-Ireland highlights from 1947-1959 is launched by the IFI Irish Film Archive at Croke Park by former champion footballer Minister Jimmy Deenihan, Dublin Manager Pat Gilroy, and current and former Dublin champion footballers including Bernard Brogan and Kevin Heffernan.
The IFI Irish Film Archive launch GAA Football Gold DVD at Croke Park today with a gathering of footballers of different generations who will toast a different era in the history of Gaelic Football. The GAA Football Gold DVDis the first time that the All- Ireland Football highlights from the National Film Institute (now the IFI) has been available to own at home. It follows the hugely successful GAA Hurling Gold DVD which was one of last Christmas’ must have stocking-fillers. The beautifully presented DVD is priced €19.99 and is available from www.ifi.ie, the IFI Film Shop and all good retailers, with profits going to the newly launched IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund.
The films capture a different era of gameplay and some of the greatest football players in GAA history such as Galway’s Frankie Stockwell and Seán Purcell, Cork’s Denis “Toots” Kelleher, Dublin’s Kevin Heffernen, Kerry’s Mick O’Connell and Seán Murphy; and Cavan’s Peter Donohoe, P.J Duke and John Joe O’Reilly. The DVD includes wins for Kerry, Meath, Dublin, Mayo and Galway as well as a golden era for Cavan football with three wins and a rare All-Ireland victory for Louth.
The extraordinary atmosphere at Croke Park is well documented with capacity crowds being swelled by fence-jumpers, roof-walkers, canine pitch invaders, Bishops, Presidents and Taoisigh. The finals were occasions of huge national significance, the political and religious pageantry of the era are prominently highlighted while the footage of supporters arriving in Dublin and families gathered around the wireless back home provide priceless records of the social history of the time. Much of the commentary is provided by the legendary Michael O’Hehir who’s infectious passion for the game and humourous style more than cover any hiccups in the emerging technology.
Five time Kerry All-Ireland winner Jimmy Deenihan TD., Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht welcomed the release of the DVD saying, ‘GAA is a key part of our Irish identity, it is important for us to be able to see and enjoy this interesting stage in the evolution and development of our Gaelic Games. Without the work of the IFI Irish Film Archive in collecting and preserving important parts of our past such as this, we wouldn’t have this valuable record of our past achievements. I am pleased that funding from my Department was provided through the Arts Council, to support the IFI Irish Film Archive to ensure the important work of making accessible our moving image heritage continues”.
Kasandra O’Connell of the IFI Irish Film Archive said ‘We are delighted to follow up the success of last year’sGAA Hurling Gold DVD with this fascinating collection for Gaelic Football Fans also taken from the vaults of the IFI Irish Film Archive. The fact that this amazing footage survives serves as a reminder of the importance of the work of the IFI Irish Film Archive, and that our moving image heritage is an invaluable part of our cultural identity that needs to be actively protected.’
The films have been painstakingly remastered and digitised by the staff of the IFI Irish Film Archive, who preserve the original film reels in their climate-controlled vaults. The Archive holds thousands of reels of commercial and amateur footage, a moving image record of Ireland’s history from 1897 to the present. The IFI ensures that this rich resource is shared with the public in as many ways as possible including research access, public screenings, and events in Dublin, nationally and internationally. The release of key titles on DVD is another way to make this rich material available to audiences.
GAA Football Gold is the sixth in a series of DVD releases from the IFI Irish Film Archive which also includes the feature film Irish Destiny (1926) and Seoda, a collection of short Irish films from 1948-1970, The O’Kalem Colletion, and the hugely successful GAA Hurling Gold DVD. All six DVDs are available from the IFI Film Shop,www.ifi.ie and all leading DVD retailers.
GAA Football Gold All-Ireland Finals 1947-1959
1947 Cavan v. Kerry
1948 Cavan v. Mayo
1949 Meath v. Cavan
1950 Mayo v. Louth
1951 Mayo v. Meath
1952 Cavan v. Meath (inc. replay)
1953 Kerry v. Armagh
1954 Meath v. Kerry
1955 Kerry v. Dublin
1956 Galway v. Cork
1957 Louth v. Cork
1958 Dublin v. Derry
1959 Kerry v. Galway
The DVD is priced €19.99 and is available from www.ifi.ie, the IFI Film Shop and all good DVD retailers, with profits going to the newly launched IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund.
For more information, interview requests and images please contact Patrick Stewart at the IFI Press Office on 01 679 5744 or pstewart@irishfilm.ie.
The IFI acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.
10-Nov-11 by
County Convention
MeetingsCounty Convention is scheduled to take place this Sunday (11th of December) at 2pm in the Bush Hotel.
Clubs and Supporters are reminded that the Annual Leitrim GAA Awards night has been set for Friday 27th January, 2012 in the Bush Hotel.
10-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
Football Finals
Club FootballA busy weekend is in store for CCC Liatroma as two league finals are scheduled to take place and the U21 B Football Champions will also be crowned.
St Marys and Melvin Gaels will contest the Gallogly Catering ACL Division 4 League Final this Saturday (19th Nov) at 3pm in Pairc Sean. On Sunday (20th Nov) at 2pm in Pairc Sean the Gallogly Catering ACL Division 3 League Final takes place between Leitrim Gaels and Annaduff. Extra time in both games if agreed in advance.
In the U21 B Football Championship Final, Gortletteragh and Carrigallen will be challenging for honours. The final takes place this Sunday (20th Nov) at 2pm in Cloone. Extra time if necessary.
Elsewhere in Coiste na nÓg the U16 FC 15aside Final takes place on Saturday at 3pm in Cloone between Mohill and Carrigallen.
We wish all teams the best of luck.
09-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
FBD Insurance League 2012
County FootballFBD Insurance league 2012 fixtures
Section A
Round 1
Sligo IT v Galway, 7.30pm – Wednesday 4th January
Sligo v NUIG, 7.30pm – Wednesday 4th January
Round 2
Sligo IT v London, 7.30pm – Friday 6th January
Sligo v London, 2pm – Sunday 8th January
NUIG v Galway 2pm – Sunday 8th January
Round 3
NUIG v London, 7.30 – Friday 13th January
Sligo IT v Sligo, 2pm – Sunday 15th January
Galway v London, 2pm – Sunday 15th January
Round 4
IT Sligo v NUIG, 2pm – Sunday 22nd January
Galway v Sligo, 2pm – Sunday 22nd January
Section B
Round 1
GMIT v Roscommon, 2pm – Sunday 8th January
Mayo v Leitrim, 2pm – Sunday 8th January
Round 2
Leitrim v Roscommon, 2pm – Sunday 15th January
Mayo v GMIT, 2pm – Sunday 15th January
Round 3
GMIT v Leitrim, 2pm – Sunday 23rd January
Roscommon v Mayo, 2pm – Sunday 23rd January
Home Final – 29th January
Final – 7th October
Format for deciding League & Round Robin Format
Where Teams finish with equal points for Qualification for the Concluding Stages, the tie shall be decided by the following means and in the order specified, subject to Clause (d) below –
(i)Where two Teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two Teams in the previous game in the Competition.
(ii) Scóring Difference (subtracting the total scores Against from total scores For)
(iii) Highest Total score For.
(iv) A Play Off.
(d) If Disqualifications, Retirements or Walk Overs materially affect the outcome of the Points Totals (scores) in the League Stage of a Championship, there shall be Play Offs to determine Qualification for the Concluding Stages of the Championship, Third Level Colleges have first call on the First 3 Players from a County.
08-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
Gallogly Catering ACL Division 1 League Final
Club FootballAnnaduff captured the Senior League title on Saturday last in Pairc Sean when they defeated Melvin Gaels on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-11. We take this opportunity to congratulate them on a wonderful victory. Annaduff have been a team in the ascendency over the last number of years. For the last two seasons they contested the senior championship semi finals and last season they lost the League Final so the weekends victory was just reward for this group of players.
The Melvin Gaels club will be disappointed by the defeat but can certainly take a lot of pride in their performances and development over the entire season. They won the Intermediate and Junior A Championships and next weekend they will contest the Division 4 League Final. As already mentioned, this time last year Annaduff were defeated in the League final so maybe Melvin Gaels can look to that for motivation.
Well done again to Annaduff.
07-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
The Pitch – 2 Act Comedy
GeneralThe Pitch by Shane Connaughton
Philly lived and played for his team, the jersey, the parish, his friends – the very pitch his enemies are now trying to take from him to turn into a housing estate. Like Philoctetes abandoned by his comrades as they go off to fight the Trojan War, Philly is tormented by painful memories and the unjust fate that holds him prisoner as he replays the events of that day when his club won the county championship for the one and only time and he wasn’t allowed to play. Accused of fathering an illegitimate child, and now threatened with retirement to a nursing home, he holds tight to the memory of the Herculean feats of his youth ‘ and to the land on which these dramas unfolded. For him, the old pitch is sacred ground, and it is here that he will make his last stand.
Thursday 10th November 2011
At the Corn Mill Theatre & Arts Centre
Carrigallen
Co. Leitrim
Doors open: 8:00pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
Booking: (049) 4339612 or bookings@cornmilltheatre.com
www.cornmilltheatre.com
ALSO SHOWING ON
Friday 25th November 2011
At Newtownforbes Sports Complex at 8.30pm (For bookings contact Catherine Faughnan on 087 9956496) – Tickets 10euro
07-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
Junior C Championship
Club FootballCloone captured the Junior C Championship crown on Saturday last in Ballinamore when they defeated a gallant Glenfarne/Kiltyclogher side in the replayed final.
Well done to Cloone on their great win but especially to both teams on producing two absorbing contests.
04-Nov-11 by Colette Fox – PRO
Scór na mBunscoileanna winners
ScórThe 2 nights of Scór na mBunscoileanna took place in Carrick-on-Shannon on Thursday 27th and Ballinamore on Friday 28th last.
The entries from the schools were up on last year and both nights had huge crowds in attendance. The standard of performances were a credit to the schools, parents and teachers, the children really promoted the culture and talent of the schools and showed true team spirit cheering on their classmates and waving their banners and posters.
The best performance on each night in each event got medals and the Cormac MacGiolla shield for the best school overall was won by Aughawillan National School.
Leitrim Scór na mBunscoileanna winners
Rince Foirne: Mohill NS& St Marys Drumlea NS
AmhranaÃocht: Casey Bruen, Leitrim NS & James Lennon Fenagh NS
Ceol: Gaelscoil Liatroma and Fenagh NS
Recitation: Yvonne Quinn Aughwillan NS & Megan Mc Hugh Scoil BhrÃd Naofa Ballinamore
Rince Aonair: Clodagh Mitchell Mohill & Stephanie Daly St Marys Drumlea
Trath na gCeist: Drumcong NS and Fenagh NS
Nuachleas: Aughawillan NS & Scoil Naomh Padriag Ballinamore
Ceol Aonair: Hanna NÃ Fhearghail, Gaelscoil Liatroma & Sibheal Reynolds Fenagh
Bailéad Ghrúpa: Mohill NS and Scoil BhrÃd Naofa Ballinamore NS
Rince sean Nos: Sarah Ward, Aughnasheelin NS, no entry Ballinamore heat
Rince Seit: Fenagh NS & no entry Carrick-on-Shannon heat
30-Oct-11 by Claire Crossan – PRO – Scor
County Minor 2012
Coiste na nÓgNext County Minor Trials takes place on Monday 31st October at 12-30pm in Aughawillan. Can you please confirm your attendance with Mark Heslin on 086 3607370.
29-Oct-11 by PRO – Coiste na nÓg