Nicky Rackard – Leitrim v Fermanagh

Leitrim 2-13 Fermanagh 1-11

Monday July 07 2008

Leitrim secured their first victory in this competition by beating a strong Fermanagh side in a high-intensity game at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Fermanagh led briefly by the 10th minute but two first-half goals by Leitrims Colm Hayes in the 12th minute and Liam Burns in the 23rd minute rocked Fermanagh.

However, the visitors finished the half strongly when Jason McManus netted in the 32nd minute quickly followed by a Declan McGarry 65 and a Ryan Bogue point to leave Leitrim ahead 2-6 to 1-11.

Fermanagh lost their first-half momentum as Leitrim took control, hitting five points without reply to be well ahead with 10 minutes left.

Bogue and McManus reduced the arrears but Clement Cunniffe steadied the Leitrim ship with a pointed free seven minutes from time.

ScórERS — Leitrim: C Cunniffe 0-8 (6f), L Burns 1-2, C Hayes 1-0, B Carroll 0-2, M Burns 0-1. Fermanagh: J McManus 1-1, R Bogue 0-5 (3f),K Kehoe 0-2, D McGarry (1 65), O McShea, J Duffy 0-1 each.

LEITRIM — F McKiernan; K McGrath,J Keane,nÓglancy; V McDermott, S Feeney, D Tiernan; J Glancy, C Cunniffe; D Poinaird, L Burns, C Hayes; M Poinaird, B Carroll, M Burns. Subs: M McKeon for D Tiernan.P McWeeney for D Poinaird, K OConnor for M McKeon.

Fermanagh — P McEvoy; M Beagan, F Bannon, M Teague; D Slevin, J McManus, F McBrien; B Smyth, D McGarry; O McShea, K Kehoe, J Duffy; D Curran, M Slevin, R Bogue. Subs: C Rice for D Slevin, S Corrigan for O McShea.

REF — C Groome (Offaly)

 

 

09-Jul-08 by Irish Independant.ie

Leitrim teams head to Feile Péil na nÓg

Best of luck to all 3 Leitrim competitors who are heading to Cavan today for the Feile Péil na nÓg competition that starts this afternoon. Leitrim with co-hosts Roscommon and Sligo has fond memories of this wonderful event which was hosted last July and wishes the Cavan committee the very best in what is a huge undertaking.

Last years Feile divisional winners Drumreilly compete in the 15 aside while Annaduff are in the 12 aside this weekend. Drumreilly will be hosted by Drumlane and their first game is today (Friday) at 3pm

Annaduff are being hosted by Killinkere and their first game is at 3pm today. Meanwhile in the Ladies St. Josephs are being hosted by Killinkere and their 1st game is also today at 2.15pm.

Best of luck to all competitors and mentors.

You can keep track of the event by clicking on this years official Feile Péil na nÓg website

 

 

04-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Coaching News

Under 14 school of excellence trials.

The second trial for the under 14 football school of excellence will be held in Drumkeerin, tomorrow evening Thursday 03/07 commencing at 7.30pm. Cormac Flynn from the St.Marys club will be in charge of this year’s school and can be contacted on 087-6787716.

Under 8 & 10 blitz club blitz.

The next series of games were not scheduled to take place till September but at the request of clubs we have organised a round of games for Saturday 12th July. The following is the list of games.

Sean O’ Heslins v Fenagh, Manorhamilton v St.Marys, Drumreilly v Carrigallen, Kiltubrid v Leitrim Gaels, Bornacoola v Annaduff v Cloone, Gortletteragh v Mohill, Dromahair v Drumkeerin v Glenfarne, Melvin Gaels v Allen Gaels v St.Osnats, Aughnasheelin v Aughavas. Please note first named club has home venue.

Vhi GAA Cul Camps 2008

Our Vhi GAA cul camps kicked off in Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon and Aughawillan on Monday last, with a large attendances at all three venues. Please note that it’s still not too late to register for any of the up coming camps. If parents don’t have an application form they can download one from the GAA website www.gaa.ie. Return all forms to Thomas Keenan, Pairc Sean, Ck – on – Shannon, Co.Leitrim. List of camps for 2008 are as follows.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.

Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.(Bornacoola GAA grounds)

Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.

Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

 

 

02-Jul-08 by Thomas Keenan

Intermediate 9 Aside Final

Intermediate 9 Aside Shield Final

St Josephs 6-10 Dromahair 3-03

St Josephs captured the first Adult silverware of the season when they proved too strong for Dromahair in the Intermediate 9 Aside final. The final scoreline was in stark contrast to the score of the previous meeting when St Josephs escaped with a one point victory.While St Josephs were a full strength Dromahair missed the very influential Anna Conlon. Once St Josephs got going, they dominated in most areas of the field and moved the ball swiftly and Dromahair could not contain their lighting strikes. St Josephs created openings early on but had a number of wides.

The opening score fell to Dromahair where Erin Farrell finished of a lovely move with a cool finish to the net. A minute later the Fowley sisters linked up and Róisin fired over from close range. Vanessa Gallogly then came to St Josephs aid when she blocked a goal bound shot. Dromahair for whom Leonie Conlon and Eimear McDermott in the backline were outstanding resisted St Josephs attacks until the 12 minute. Sharon Kerrigan fed Michelle Heslin and she soloed through to goal. Dromhair were dealt another body blow when Leonie Conlon went of injured. Michelle Heslin added another goal a minute later and St Josephs were in front for the first time.

Áine Heslin finished of another move that started from their goal line. Sinead Fowley was brought down in front of the St Josephs goal and the free was easily scored. With two minutes to go to half time Dromahair trailed 1-02 to 2-01. However two late goals by the Heslins twins left an uphill struggle for Dromahair playing against the wind in the second half. From the first whistle St Josephs controlled the second half. Two points in the first minute by Clare Owens and Michelle Heslin were signs of what was to come. Sandra Brady played a long ball in Michelle Heslin latched on to it and goaled easily to give St Josephs a 13 point lead. Erin Farrell responded with a cracking goal. But St Josephs continued to dominate around the middle where Sharon Kerrigan and Alana Bohan were superb.

Points from Aisling Cooke, Sandra Brady Michelle Heslin and Brady again added to the St Josephs tally before Michelle Dolan interrupted the St Josephs run. However with good ball going into the St Josephs forward line the points continued from Louise Mollahgan, Edel McLoughlin, and Mary McBrien. Erin Farrell showed great strength and skill to goal but St Josephs finished the Scóring through Lisa McDermott

Starting Teams:

St Josephs
Lisa O Rourke, Sharon Kerrigan, Phillipa Maguire Finnula Bohan, Clare Owens, Alana Bohan, Áine Heslin, Catriona Brennan, Aisling Cooke.

Dromahair
Michelle Dolan, Eimear McDermott, Leonie Conlon, Edel Fowley, Sinead Fowley, Deirdre McDermott, Róisín Fowley, Róisín Curneen, Erin Farrell

 

 

01-Jul-08 by Kieran Moran – Ladies – Acting PRO

Leitrim turned over by Non Ards

Non Ards 3-16

Leitrim 2-16

A spirited second-half comeback saw Non Ards overturn Leitrims seven-point half-time lead in this Nicky Rackard first-round tie on Saturday.

Non Ards took complete control of the proceedings in the first 20 minutes of the second half when they wiped out a Leitrim lead of six points and then went two points ahead.

In this spell, John OKane put over three Non Ards frees while Daniel Morgan and Liam Morgan shot two points apiece from play with Martin Duggan also whipping over a point.

Afterwards, an Eoin McGuinness goal in the 61st minute made victory secure for the Mourne men.

Meanwhile, Leitrims top scorer, Clement Cunniffe hit a spectacular first-half goal from a 120-yard free, which dipped under the Non Ards crossbar at the last second.

scorers — Non Ards: L Morgan 1-5; E McGuinness 2-0; J OKane 0-5 (3f); D Morgan 0- 3; K Maxwell, A McGuinness, M Duggan 0-1 each. Leitrim: C Cunniffe 1-10 (9f); L Burns 1-4; V McDermott 0-1(f); M Poniard 0-1each.

Non Ards — G McMullan; L Deegan, B McAleenan, P McCusker; D McGovern, D McCusker, A Higgins; K Maxwell, R Mathews; A McGuinness, D Morgan, M Duggan; J OKane, E McGuinness, L Morgan. Subs: T Jennings for Duggan (47), M McCartan for Mathews (inj 59).

Leitrim — F McKiernan; K McGrath, M Poniard, nÓglancy; V McDermott, S Feeney, D Tiernan; J Glancy, C Cunniffe; B Carroll, L Burns, D Poniard; K OConnor, C Hayes, M Burns. Subs: P McWeeney for Hayes (57).

Ref–T McIntyre (Antrim).

 

 

30-Jun-08 by Irish Independant.ie

Leitrim to travel to Clare in Tommy Murphy Cup

Leitrim must travel to the Banner county to meet Clare in the 1st round of the Tommy Murphy Cup on July 19th. The draw was made this evening in Croke Park and was aired live on TV3 with the preliminary pairings of Kilkenny & London drawn first. First drawn teams get home advantage and the full lineup of games is as follows:

 

Prelim: Kilkenny v London

 

Round 1 –

Kilkenny / London v Sligo

Antrim v Carlow

Clare v Leitrim

Wicklow v Waterford

 

 

 

29-Jun-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

George OToole RIP

It was with deep sadness that Coiste Chontae Liatroma CLG have learned of the passing of George OToole after a short illness in Sligo Hospital.

A native of Annaduff, George served as Uachtarán of Coiste Chontae Liatroma from 1996-1998 and Cathaoirleach of Coiste Chontae Liatroma from 1971-1980.

He represented Leitrim at Connacht level for 20 years and he was also a former Cathaoirleach of Comhairle Connacht from 1988-1990.

Other notable posts include that of being a former Trustee of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael and Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.

At Club level he captained St. Marys to their first ever Senior championship in 1958 while serving as the clubs chairman at the same time. He played for 16 years with St. Marys.

He was closely associated with Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada as he was a member of the committee that purchased the grounds in 1964 and was chairman of the committee for 34 years until his retirement in 1995.

Pre-deceased by his wife Alma in 1995, he had worked locally inÓgilmartins Cash and Carry from 1943 where he became a Manager and director of the company until his retirement in 1991.

We offer our sincere sympathy to his family and wide circle of friends.

Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam dilis.

 

 

 

 

 

25-Jun-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Coaching news

Under 15 residential School.

10 footballers and 5 hurlers spent three days last week attending an under 15 residential school of excellence at N.U.I. Galway. Over the three days all players took part in various aspects of coaching and games development including resistance training, skills development and conditioned games. We would like to congratulate the following players on their performances both on and off the field over the three days. All players involved were a credit to their clubs, schools and most of all to their families. Well done lads.

Football. – Ronan Reynolds, Conor Farrell, Barry Tiernan, James Flynn, Gerald Percivel, Michael McManus, John Fanning, SeanÓgallagher, Patrick McHugh and Thomas Mulvey.

Hurling. – Tomas Glancy, John McDermott, Ronan Flynn, Conor O’Donnell and Fionnbarr Quinn.

Under 14 school of excellence trials.

Two trial evenings will take place next week for the under 14 football school of excellence. Monday evening next 30/06 in Cloone GAA grounds and Thursday evening next 03/07 in Drumkeerin GAA grounds. Both trials will commence at 7.30pm. Cormac Flynn from the St.Marys club will be in charge of this years school and can be contacted on 087-6787716. Cormac will be in contact with all clubs over the next few days.

Under 8 & 10 blitz club blitz.

The next series of games were not scheduled to take place till September but at the request of clubs we will organise a round of games for Saturday 12th July. The full list of games will be published in next week’s paper and will also be on the Leitrim GAA web site.

Vhi GAA Cul Camps 2008

Monday next 30/06 is the start of this years Vhi GAA cul camps and we hope everyone attending will have a great time. If you have not yet registered, please note that it’s still not too late to register.If parents don’t have a form they can download one from the GAA website www.gaa.ie. Return all forms to Thomas Keenan, Pairc Sean, Ck – on – Shannon, Co.Leitrim. List of camps for 2008 are as follows.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.

Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.(Bornacoola GAA grounds)

Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.

Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

 

 

24-Jun-08 by Thomas Keenan

Leitrim Ladies News

Leitrim Ladies Notes

Unfortunately Leitrim Ladies are not entering a Senior team in this years Championship, this is due to the failure of the Committee to appoint a Manager of sufficient standard to manÓge the team. The players are no way responsible for this situation and it is up the Committee to ensure no blame is attached to the players and that they appoint an excellent management team for these brilliant bunch of players. The underage teams continue to do well. The County U12 team take part in the Mayo Blitz in Kiltimagh this Saturday. We wish them all the best of luck. Congratulations to Cloone on claiming the U14 7 aside crown with a comprehensive win 4-15 to 0-05 over Leitrim Gaels. This Wed sees the 9 aside final in Drumshanbo at 7pm featuring Drumkeerin and Fenagh. On Thursday the semi final replay of the 11 aside takes place between Aughnasheelin/Kiltubrid and Glencar/Manor. On Sunday St Josephs take on Dromahair in the Inter 9 aside League final.

Finally the following Officers have resigned due to the continuing mis-management of Ladies football in the County. Padraig Kelly – Vice Chairperson and Chairperson of the Fixtures and Disciplinary Committee Breege Brady – Assistant Treasurer and member of Fixtures Committee. Maeve Quinn – Cultural and Language Officer, Emer Horan – Registrar, Kieran Moran – Development Officer, Secretary of Fixtures and Disciplinary Committee and member of various underage Management teams. The four remaining Officers are Chairperson – Geraldine Cremer, Secretary Bernie Glancy, Assistant Secretary Claire Quinn, Childrens Officer NoeleenÓgeoghegan These Officers will carry out all the duties of the Committee until other officers are appointed.

 

 

24-Jun-08 by Kieran Moran – Ladies – Acting PRO

Leitrim Ladies Withdrawal

Leitrim not to compete in the 2008 TG4 Connacht and All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship The Ladies Gaelic Football Association wishes to confirm that Leitrim will not be participating in the 2008 TG4 Connacht Senior Football Championship or the TG4 All-Ireland series.  This unfortunate situation has arisen due to circumstances within the county and while it is regrettable in the short term, new structures are being put in place that will ensure that this type of situation should not arise again.  The Ladies Gaelic Football Association is confident that the necessary structures will be quickly put in place in Leitrim and that the county will be in a position to compete in next year’s League and Senior Championship.  Geraldine Giles, President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association said: “Leitrim have contributed hugely to Ladies Football in the last number of years, competing in a Junior All-Ireland final in 2006 and winning a thrilling Intermediate Championship final against Wexford in Croke Park last year.  “What has happened in the last few months has been an unfortunate series of events which has led to the situation whereby Leitrim cannot compete to the level they would have hoped for this season. As a result, Leitrim will not be taking part in the 2008 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship. However, I am sure that Leitrim will be back even stronger next season.  “The new structures in place within the next few months will stand the county and its dedicated players, administrators and supporters inÓgood stead into the future.”

 

 

23-Jun-08 by Kieran Moran – Ladies – Acting PRO

Club action this weekend

From Under 12 to Division 1 there is lots to keep you entertained this weekend starting this evening at 7 for the U12s 15 and 9 a sides. At 8 pm two ACL division 1 games take place with Gortletteragh meeting Allen Gaels and a repeat of last years county final with Kiltubrid home to St. Marys.

Tomorrow evening the remainder of Division 1 and 2 games are played at 6:30pm with the exception of a noonÓgame between Aughavas and Aughawillan. On Sunday ACL Divsion 3 and 5 teams play out various rounds of their respective competitions. Division 4 teams have a break this weekend.

In ACL Division 1 its early stages yet with Glencar Manor table leaders after 3 games by 2 points and they are closely followed by 5 teams in second place on 4 points.

ACL Division 2 sees Sean O Heslins lead the way on full points (6) with Dromahaire just behind on 5 points.

In ACL Division 3 Annaduff are clear leaders with the full 12 points with Glencar/Manor and St. Marys in joint secondon 8 each.

ACL Division 4 have no fixtures this weekend but Ballinaglera also have clear rounds with 7 wins out of 7 and Annaduff follow with 6 out of 7 wins.

ACL Division 5 is very tight with 3 teams fighting for top spot. Glencar/Manor, Bornacoola and CLoone all have clear rounds and share top spot on 12 points. They only differencating factor is score difference with 17 scores dividing the 3. Aughnasheelin are sitting quietly on 11 points just under the leaders.

 

 

 

 

20-Jun-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Jack McNally RIP

Leitrim GAA wishes to express its sympathy with the family of the late Jack McNally of Dromod, who passed to his eternal reward on Saturday evening last. Jack was a former long serving member of Coiste Chontae Liatroma CLG having served in the position of Treasurer from 1955-1971, and was also a Trustee of the Leitrim GAA property at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada from its original purchase to the present day.

A former inter-county player he was a member of the last Bornacoola team to win a SFC in 1957 and also lined out in the colours of Annaduff during his playing days. Jack McNallys removal will take place from his residence on this Wednesday evening arriving at Annaduff Church at 7.30pm with his funeral Mass on Thursday at 12noon. Jack is survived by his wife Millie, sons Padraig and John and daughters Maura and Anne to whom we extend our sincere sympathy on their sad loss. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam dilis

 

 

17-Jun-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO