All Ireland Scór Success

Coiste Chontae Liatroma take this opportunity to congratulate Bornacoola Question Time team who won the All Ireland title in Killarney on Saturday.  Well done to all our other competitors who did Leitrim and Connacht proud with marvellous performances all round.  They were of course:-

Glencar Manorhamilton in the Figure Dancing

Louise Staunton for Bornacoola in Recitation

Leitrim Gaels in the Instrumental Music

St Marys in the Ballad Group

Ballinamore Sean OHeslins in the Novelty Act

 

A full report on the finals will be posted shortly.

 

 

26-Apr-10 by Colette Fox – PRO

All-Ireland Finals of Scór Sinsear

Best of luck this weekend to all our competitors prepare to shine in the INEC this Saturday 24th with the hope of taking home an All-Ireland Scór title. With 6 clubs from Leitrim qualified, it is the highest representation the county has had since 1984 in the finals.

Wishing the clubs the very best of luck and safe travel to all.

The clubs taking part:

Figure Dancing – Glencar/Manorhamilton

Instrumental Music – Leitrim Gaels

Recitation – Bornacoola, Louise Staunton

Ballad Group – St Marys

Question Time – Bornacoola

Novelty Act – Sean OHeslins

 

 

24-Apr-10 by Scor Liatrioma

Cancellation of weekend fixtures

 

Coiste Chontae Liatroma Executive hereby advise that all scheduled fixtures in Hurling and Football at all levels are canceled as a mark of respect to Philip Mc Guinness and his family.

No permission to play challenge game will be grant to any club at any level.

CCCC Leitrim will issue fixtures for week commencing 26th April 2010 in due course.

 

 

20-Apr-10 by Leitrim GAA

Coiste na nÓg Monthly Meeting – cancelled

The monthly meeting of Coiste na nÓg due to take place Tomorrow night Tuesday 20th April has been cancelled as a mark of respect to the Late Philly Mc Guinness. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

 

 

 

19-Apr-10 by Barbara Byrne – PRO – Coiste na nÓg

Philip McGuinness – Rest in Peace

 

 

 

It is with great sadness and regret that Leitrim County Board confirm the tragic and untimely passing of Philip Mc Guinness of Mohill GAA Club and member of the County Leitrim senior team.

His death, as the result of an injury sustained in a Club game at the weekend has left not only his family, his Club and the people of Leitrim in deep shock but also the entire GAA community

‘Philly, as he was known was the ultimate team player, talented, dedicated and above all loyal. His death has had a profound effect in Leitrim GAA circles.

However, his loss to Club and County is second to the void now left in the Mc Guinness household of his mother Phil, brothers John and Michael and to the extended Mc Guinness family throughout Ireland. To all of them we offer our sincerest condolences.

Solas na bhFaitheas ar a ainm dílis.

Coiste Chontae Liatroma CLG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19-Apr-10 by Leitrim GAA

Statement from Mohill GAA Club – Sunday

 

Statement from Mohill GAA Club Co Leitrim

Philip McGuinness Mohill GAA Club and Leitrim Senior County Player was involved in an unfortunate accident during a Senior Club game on Saturday evening last.

Philip received a serious head injury, and is currently in a critical condition in Beaumont Hospital.

Thoughts and prayers of the local and wider community are with Philip and his family at this difficult time.

 

signed

Mohill GAA

 

 

18-Apr-10 by Mohill GAA

Phillip McGuinness – Sunday

 

 

Due to an injury sustained in a match yesterday Phillip McGuinness remains critically ill.  Our thoughts and prayers are with him & his family at this difficult time.

 

Coiste Chontae Liatroma

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-Apr-10 by Leitrim GAA

Leitrim v Limerick Report

Limerick 1-22
Leitrim 0-9

Limerick totally outclassed Leitrim in the last game in Division 4 yesterday.  The result means Leitrim remain in Division 4 next year while Limerick and Waterford make the leap to Division 3.  

Limerick were quite impressive in this encounter and aside from their comfortable victory they are currently the leagues top scorers, are still in contention for the 10,000 Fair Play Award and now look forward to a League Final against Waterford (possibly in Croke Park).

To be fair to Leitrim they battled right to the final whistle and had they not wasted two goal chances the scoreline may have been different.  Leitrim opened their account when Michael Foley pointed the first of five frees for Leitrim in the ninth minute but by half time the homeside led by 0-11 to 0-5.  Leitrim only scored a point from play in the second half while Limerick converted a penalty and ran out easy winners on a scoreline of 1-22 to 0-9.

Next season the Leitrim Team will be joined by Roscommon and Fermanagh who made the drop from Division 3 so if it is any consolation there will be some interesting local derbies and short journeys at least!

Leitrim scorers: M Foley 0-5 (5f), D Gilhooley 0-2, S Canning and R Kennedy 0-1 each.

Leitrim: G Phelan, D Beck, J McKeon, D Reynolds (St Marys) B Prior, S Foley, C Clarke, S Canning, T Beirne, P McGuinness, D OConnor, M Foley, J Glancy, R Kennedy, D Gilhooley.

Subs: C Maguire for Beck, B Gallagher for Kennedy, R Cox for J Glancy (G Manor), C Richardson for Canning, D Sweeney for OConnor.

 

 

 

12-Apr-10 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim v Longford – Report

Leitrim 0-13
Longford 0-12

The first half of this penultimate round of the league left a lot to be desired as the flow of the game was constantly eroded by free after free.  The wind assisted Longford team made the most of the elements with Francis McGee slotting over six frees for Longford who took a 0-8 to 0-6 lead into the break.

The pace of the second half intensified as Leitrim charged into the Tesco end determined to change the scoreline.  Within six minutes of the restart, Leitrim had leveled through points from substitute Ronan Kennedy and an on form Michael Foley. The teams swapped points through out the half and in the last 10 minutes Leitrims Colm Clarke, fresh on the field. took the ball in defense and soloed 50 yards to strike the ball clean over the bar from distance.  Leitrim fought hard during the remaining time and held out for a deserved win.

The quality of football was not as pleasant to watch as in recent games but this local derby was never going to be easy and Leitrims desire to up the tempo and grind out a result is heartening.

Next up for Leitrim is the last game of the league and a trip to the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick in what promises to be a keenly contested game as Limerick have a chance of promotion and need the points.  In our last visit south Leitrim visitors to Kilmallock in 2008 will remember the circumstances in which the green and gold were robbed of a crucial point to avoid relegation to Division 4 with literally the last kick of the game. 

scorers –
Leitrim: M Foley 0-8 (0-5f), J Glancy 0-2, C Clarke, R Kennedy, D OConnor 0-1 each.
Longford: F McGee 0-7 (0-5f), P Dowd, B McElvaney 0-2 each, R McGoldrick 0-1.

Leitrim: E Lyons; D Beck, J McKeon, D Reynolds; J Glancy (St Marys) G Reynolds, W McKeon; S Canning, T Beirne; P McGuinness, D OConnor, M Foley; P Howard, J Glancy (Glencar/Manor), D Gilhooley.
Subs: R Kennedy for Howard (29), R Mulvey for Gilhooley (56), C Clarke for G Reynolds (63), B Gallagher for J Glancy

Longford: D Sheridan; D Brady, B Gilleran, S Hannon; S Mulligan, E Williams, N Farrell; B McElvaney, A OConnor; D Masterson, F McGee, G DennÓgan; D Reilly, D Keenan, R McGoldrick. Subs: C MimnÓgh for McGoldrick (24), P Kelly for Gilleran (h-t), P Dowd for DennÓgan (h-t), J Martin for Keenan (58), P Foy for Reilly (71).

Referee: R ODonnell (Donegal).

 

 

04-Apr-10 by Brendan Doyle

Leitrim v Longford – Team

the Leitrim team remains unchanged for this weekends local derby against neighbours Longford in the 2nd last round of the national league in division 4.  This is a home game for Leitrim and throw-in is at 2:30pm on Saturday in Páirc Seán.

 

1 Enda Lyons
2 Daniel Beck
3 John McKeon
4 Dermot Reynolds (St M)
5 James Glancy (St M)
6 Gary Reynolds
7 Wayne McKeon
8 Shane Canning
9 Tomas Beirne
10 Philip McGuinness
11 David OConnor
12 Michael Foley
13 Philip Howard
14 James Glancy (G/M)
15 DeclanÓgilhooly

Subs

Gareth Phelan            Ronan Kennedy
Barry Prior                 Shane Foley
Colm Clarke              Keith Moran
BrendanÓgallagher      Philip Maguire
Clifford Richardson     Dermot Reynolds (Aduff)
Ray Mulvey                Darren Sweeney
Colm Maguire            Ciaran Egan

 

 

 

 

 

02-Apr-10 by Brendan Doyle – IT Officer

Handball News – 28 March 2010

Results.

Over the weekend Leitrims Ladies Connacht champions encountered tough opposition at the
all Ireland semi-final stage of the championship. Last years junior C singles all Ireland champion, Mary Shanley travelled all the way to Kilkenny city on Saturday to play Marie T ONeill. Mary had to bow out to a much more experienced player. Her Kilkenny opponent
dominated the game through out. Also on Saturday at Roscommon Ciara McLoughlin battled with great heart against a very accomplished player in Aoife McCarthy of Westmeath. The doubles pairing of Michelle Gaffney & Lenora Nellis also found the same Aoife MCarthy with doubles partner Niamh Egan a formidable duo.

Juvenile B Championship finals at Castlebar.

U12D Ruadhan O Curraoin & Oisin O Cualain (Galway) dft
Jarlath Scollan & Alan Wrynn(Leitrim)15-9,15-10.

U16S Colm MacDonnachadha (Galway) dft Paul Hazlett 15-4, 15-6.

U17S Tony Keane (Galway) Defeated James Hazlet (Leitrim) 15-14,15-10.

All Ireland Semi-Finals.

Ladies Junior C at Mullingar.
Aoife McCarthy & Niamh Egan (Westmeath) dft
Michelle Gaffney & Lenora Nellis (Leitrim) 21-11,21-8.

At Roscommon Aoife McCarthy(Westmeath) dft Ciara McLoughlin (Leitrim) 21-10,21-5.

In the Ladies Junior at O Loughlins Kilkenny.
Marie T ONeill(Kilkenny) dft Mary Shanley (Leitrim) 21-5, 21-6.

Fixtures.

Enter County Juvenile B team of 6 at Salthill Monday 5th April.
Trials to pick a Leitrim team for this competition are ongoing.

Community games semi-finals at Oxfield County Sligo on Saturday 10th April.
Leitrim will be represented by the Fenagh Club with an U13 team.

Entry forms for the Irish Nationals competition and the Williamstown One-Wall Tournament are available for download from the irish handball homepage. Also available from your local club.

 

 

30-Mar-10 by Stephen Wrynn – Handball PRO

Allianz National Hurling League Division 4 – Report

Allianz NHL Div 4 – Round 5

Monaghan 2 – 11
Leitrim 1 – 12
Lady luck certainly did not smile on the Leitrim hurlers on Sunday afternoon in Ballinamore when they took on Allianz NHL Division 4 unbeaten side and table toppers Monaghan.
Monaghan came from behind to grab a Scórcely deserved victory over Leitrim with goals by Sean Leonard and Brian Phelan in the last five minutes of an entertaining tie.

Prior to that Leitrim led this encounter from the 24th minute until Phelans strike in the 70th minute, which put the Farney men, who had been facing an unexpected defeat, ahead again. After controlling the exchanges for 46 minutes it certainly was very disappointing for Leitrim to surrender the win in the closing stages of this contest.

Despite the defeat it was undoubtedly Leitrims best all round display in their five games of the league, even though only slightly better than their come from behind win over South Down a few weeks ago in Carrick.

All the Leitrim backs performed well and curtailed the Monaghan forwards to limited Scóring opportunities until the crucial final five minutes while Vinnie McDermott at fullback and young Sean McWeeney at wing back were rock solid.

Keith Connolly turned in an excellent display at midfield while his partner Michael Poniard put in a tremendous amount of good work. All the Leitrim forwards worked hard with Ian Bermingham, Clement Cunniffe and Liam Burns to the fore.
It is hoped that all our suspended, injured and unavailable players get back to training now for the Lory Meagher Cup and build on this great hearted performance.

Leitrim: Paul McKiernan, Kevin McGrath, Vincent McDermott, David Tiernan, Morgan Quinn, Sean McWeeney, Kieran Boyle 0 – 1, Keith Connolly 0 – 2, Michael Poniard, Paraic McWeeney, Clement Cunniffe, Ian Bermingham 0 – 6(2f.), Michael Burns, Liam Burns 1 – 0, Cathal McCrann 0 – 1. Sub Kevin OConnor 0 – 1 for M. Burns (12 mins).
Referee: Ashley Stapleton (Laois).

 

 

 

29-Mar-10 by Paddy O Connor – PRO – Hurling