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Young Irelands meeting & Round Up

niall@intrade.ie — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:44:45 +0000

YOUNG IRELANDS MEETING
A Young Irelands meeting took place in Gowran Parish Hall last Wednesday night, and it was the first meeting under new Chairman Patrick Farrell.
The various Sub-Committees and Management Teams were almost all finalised for 2024.
The Management Teams are as follows:
Intermediate: Barry Power(Manager), Brian Glynn, James Fitzgerald, Toss Farrell
Junior A: Barry Power (Manager), Liam Walsh, Jonny Dunphy
Minor: Gary Farrell (Manager), Jason Brennan, Joe Langton
U16: Kevin Quinlan(Manager), Gerard Corcoran, Niall Byrne, Martin Farrell
U14: Ciaran Phelan (Manager), Liam Walsh, Seamus Farrell, Tommy Phelan, Dick Carroll.
Meanwhile, it’s not officially confirmed but Christy Delaney has been provisionally named as new Junior F manager having served as selector the last two years.
Full details are to be finalised.

KIERANS QUALIFY FOR ALL-IRELAND FINAL
Congratulations to St. Kierans College who qualified for the All-Ireland Senior Colleges Roinn A Final on St. Patricks weekend after they defeated Ardscoil Ris of Limerick 1-19 to 0-14 in the All-Ireland Semi-Final in Bansha on Saturday.
The Kierans lads were always in control and they led 1-11 to 0-7 at half-time, before they maintained their dominance throughout the second-half.
There is a strong Young Irelands presence throughout the St. Kierans squad with Michael Walsh part of the management team, while Jake Byrne, brothers Cian and Ben Phelan, Jim Conlon and Diarmuid Langton are all part of the panel.
St. Kierans College will now play St. Raphaels of Loughrea (Galway) in the All-Ireland decider, after St. Raphaels defeated Nenagh CBS 1-20 to 3-13 in a thrilling contest with the Loughrea School producing a strong second-half performance having trailed 3-8 to 1-8 at half-time.

INTER-COUNTY
Both Steffi and Tiffanie Fitzgerald will be in Galway next Saturday in round 3 of the National League next Saturday.
Tiffanie played full-back in the round two victory at home to Clare, while Steffi played a starring role at centre-forward as she scored 0-5 with 0-4 coming from play.
Michael Carey will be involved with the Kilkenny Senior Hurlers in Ennis next Sunday away to Clare, as victory will almost guarantee a home Semi-Final in the National League.

GAELIC FOOTBALL
The Young Irelands Minor Football Team played a 0-6 apiece away to St. Martins in the Minor Roinn A Football Championship Semi-Final in Coon on Sunday morning.
A replay will be required as The Gowran Boys will have home advantage.
The winners will play St. Patricks Ballyragget in the County Final after they defeated James Stephens 4-10 to 6-2 in a thrilling Semi-Final.
Meanwhile, the U14s enjoyed two great wins in the League during the week.
They defeated St. Martins 3-10 to 3-4 in Coon on Sunday morning, while last Tuesday they emphatically won 5-8 to 0-1 away to Danesfort.
The Young Ireland Junior Footballers will play Railyard in the Junior Championship Quarter-Final on Saturday afternoon at 2pm with venue to be confirmed.

YOUNG IRELANDS U-14 CAMOGIE PRESENTATION
Last years Young Irelands U-14 Camogie team received their Roinn B and Foila League final medals at a medal presentation in Gowran Park last Sunday night.
Young Irelands and Kilkenny Inter-County Senior Steffi Fitzgerald presented the medals to the girls, and a great night was had by all.

YOUNG IRELANDS HEALTHY CLUB
With the extra hour in the evening a month away – Easter Weekend – the Young Irelands Healthy Club will be busy organizing and arranging a host of activities for the months ahead.
Next Monday Evening, March 11th, they will host a Health and Wellness Evening at 7.30pm in Dungarvan Hall.
Among the guest speakers are Kildare Gaelic Footballer Conor Harris.
Also, following on from a meeting they hosted in Dungarvan in November, a new group has been organized for 6-16 years old, particularly for those with special needs and disabilities.
Further details can be got by contacting any member of The Healthy Club Committee.

VOLUNTEERING
Every club needs volunteers to help organise the many activities that happen throughout the year.
Helping out with Young Irelands GAA Club is a rewarding activity that connects people, develops skills and helps us to improve our club and therefore the greater community.
With the 2024 season upcoming, The Club are looking for volunteers in the following areas.
Matchdays – be it directing traffic and spectators, collecting money or helping in the shop,
Maintaining the club facilities – playing pitches, walkway, boundary, club rooms and stands etc
Club fundraiser volunteer
First aid
IT skills / Social media
Underage and Juvenile coaching
Healthy club activity
If you’d like to volunteer, you can fill in form at this link https://forms.gle/Zy3ZZgZU8oimMXw26
or contact any member of the Young Irelands Committee

Hurlers CoOpDraw 2023

Mary Holden — Wed, 10 May 2023 20:42:01 +0000

Tickets for 2023 Hurlers Co Op Draw are now on sale. €50 per ticket. 5 draws with €125,000 to be won in prizes which include three cars and two holidays! Tickets can be purchased from any committee member or buy online at this link Choose Young Irelands as your club when purchasing.

This is one of our major club fundraisers & your support is much appreciated.

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT GOWRAN

niall@intrade.ie — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:50:09 +0000

We invite everyone to join us for Darkness into Light next Saturday morning at 4.15am as Young Irelands host this event for the first time. We will have buckets available for collection at the pitch for donations to Pieta. Refreshments will be served. Please spread the word ! All are welcome. More details will follow during …

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“Can We Build It??”

Mary Holden — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:51:04 +0000

“Can We Build It??”

“YES WE CAN” AND WE HAVE!!

The GAA and Camogie clubs are pleased to update you on club infrastructure progress. Over the past week we have completed installation of a new spectator fence at the main pitch. This installation is a welcome improvement to pitch facilities , enhancing safety for players and spectators as well as providing improved professional look and feel to our home grounds.

Additional to above our club now has the ability to engage with local business sponsorship, indeed over 50 businesses have already signed up to pitch side sponsorship. Our “Help us Help You” promotion allows businesses to sign up for 4 year or 10 year support deals. For example, a single sign for 4 years costs just €1,000. Discounts are available for multiple signs or for longer term commitments. The customer is king, we help you design the sign, we manufacture the sign, and we install the sign. Once you sign up it’s completely hassle free.

We are so grateful to businesses and indeed local politicians who have already signed up. We seek to return their commitment to us by giving them pride of place for their sign are our facility, on our website and social platforms. Ultimately you get our custom and we get to invest in the health and future of our teams and our community.

With the fence now paid for, each new sign commitment will allow us to progress towards installation of dug outs and finishing the road surface entering the car park. We are even exploring the feasibility of installing some all-weather surfaces for winter training.

We are now asking all friends of our teams, supporters and sports enthusiasts to have a think about how you too can help our clubs which are at the heart of our community.

Do you work for or with a business that could partner with young Ireland’s?
Do you know or have influence with a business that would value our partnership?
Can you help sell the idea with us?

We have a lot done but if you can help in sign up of pitch side sponsors there’s more to be done.

To get more detail please visit our website sponsor page or contact any of the following:
Pat O’Neill, Charlie Carter, Eoghan Farrell, Michael Walsh, Christine Preston, Peter Carroll, Joanne Fitzgerald, Margaret Comerford, Niall Walsh, Michael Phelan.

“Ní neart go cur le chéile” – There is strength in unity.

Thank you Neal Dunne for use of your Drone Footage

niall@intrade.ie — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:31:02 +0000

Medal Presentation Night, Friday, November 18th 2022.

niall@intrade.ie — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 16:06:02 +0000

On Friday night the Juvenile Committee held a Medal Presentation night to award 80 of their players who were on successful teams during the year. The 2021 U13 team, the U15 team, minor team and U19 team were all present to accept their medals from guest of honour; Dublin Footballer, Philly McMahon. Philly gave an inspirational talk to a captive audience who all will at some stage have to make that “half-time choice”.

Gary Farrell then presented last year’s successful “double” League and Championship team with their medals. Harry Byrne’s medals were collected by his brother, Sam. A signed jersey by all Harry’s teammates was presented to Fergal and Annette by Gary who recalled some fond and funny memories of Harry.

Tadhg Hunt accepted a beautiful piece of Jerpoint Glass Jerpoint Glass on behalf of his father, the late Tom Hunt who contributed so much to Young Irelands GAA, especially in football. Tadhg then presented the 2022 Young Irelands’ Féile Football team with their winning medals.

Michael Pitt then called on the U15 League and Championship Shield teams to collect their medals. Michael had many a kind and encouraging word to say about his team though a few words of warning were given too!!

Ciarán Phelan then invited the Minor Championship Shield team to accept their medals from Philly. Next Tom Drennan called upon the U19 League team to collect their medals. Finally, Club Chairman, Denis Quinlan made a presentation to Patrick Langton, a framed photo of the U20 All Ireland. Patrick represented the Club on the winning U20 Kilkenny team.

To end the night, TJ Mills spun the decks and some great music was had at the disco for the three hundred plus in attendance.

Many thanks to the Juvenile Committee for organising the Presentation Night and to Juvenile Chairman; Eoghan Farrell for doing MC and keeping the night on track.

Many thanks to Philly McMahon for making the journey to Kilkenny and for being so generous with his time and experience.

Thanks to Digital Outputs ltd for doing the posters and tickets.

Thank to Gowran Park for the fabulous venue and delicious meal.

Thanks to Conor Ryan, our superb photographer, who took such great photos to capture the fun and spirit of the night.

Finally, thanks to the parents and players who turned up in such great number and who made the night so special and memorable.

Mól an óige agus tiocfaidh sí.

Young Irelands Juvenile Presentation Night

niall@intrade.ie — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:21:13 +0000

A presentation night for Young Irelands Juvenile Club will take place on Friday 18th November in Gowran Park Racecourse. The night will celebrate the achievements of the Young Irelands Juvenile Teams throughout 2022 who will receive their medals & a busy night is in store with Guest of Honour 8-Times All-Ireland Senior Football Winner with Dublin Philly McMahon. There will be a special tribute to Harry Byrne who was a member of the Young Irelands U-13 Team that won the League/Championship double in 2021, while there will be also a tribute to Young Irelands stalwart Tom Hunt who gave sterling service to the Club for several years.

Also, there will be a special presentation to Paddy Langton who was a member of the Kilkenny U-20 Team that won the All-Ireland Final.
Once the formalities are complete, a Disco will take place.

DOUBLE QUARTER-FINAL GLORY FOR PRIMARY FOOTBALLERS
It was a superb 24 hours for the Gowran Primary School Footballers who had two Quarter-Final victories this week. On Tuesday, they defeated Danesfort 5-4 to 2-4 in the Country Cup Quarter-Final, while 24 hours later they were most impressive in dismantling Gaelscoil Osrai 6-7 to 1-5 in the Roinn A Quarter- Final.