The Launch Night for the Oskars will take place on Friday night, September 27th in The Mill Bar from 7pm. Music by Graham Feeney and a great night is ensured! 

Intermediate Championship 

We were well beaten by Sean Connollys in the final group game on Saturday evening last in Killoe, 1-14 to 1-7. The team started well and led 0-5 to 0-3 after 25 minutes with the scores coming from Conor Keenan, a Jamie Nertney free and three points from the lively Martin Cassidy. However the Connollys took over into the break and were leading 0-7 to 0-5 at the whistle. A Connollys goal early in the second half killed the contest, though we later responded with one of our own when David Collum flicked a long Ryan Crowe ball into the net. Conor Keenan and Martin Casidy rounded off the scoring from a Gaels point of view. The team and scorers were as follows: Paddy Collum, Paul McGee, Cian Brady, Darren Reilly, Aaron Quinn, JP Farley, Kaelum Gill, Mark Breslin, Sean Whelan, David Collum (1-0), Mark Hughes, Jamie Nertney (0-1, 1f), Cian Cassidy, Martin Cassidy (0-4, 1f), Conor Keenan (0-2). Subs: Ryan Crowe, Kevin Whelan, Cathal Quinn. The semi-final takes place in two week’s time. 

Junior B Championship 

The Junior B championship came to an end last Sunday morning in Legan when we were beaten 2-7 to 1-7 by Carrickedmond. Team and scorers: Cody Lee, David McKenna, Declan Donnelly, Sean McKenna, Caelum McGee, Ciaran Cooney, Tom McGee, Mark Duffy, Darren Farley, Kevin Whitney, Petie Collum (0-3, 1f), Chris Crowe (0-2, 1f), Jim Rogers (1-1, 1f), Aiden Gray (0-1), Padraig O’Neill. Subs: Philip Kane, Liam Lynch, Orrin Greene. Thank you to Graham, Darren, Dessie and the lads for their effort all year. 

Junior C Championship 

The Junior C championship concluded last week after a heavy defeat by Cashel, 2-16 to 0-3 and we were unable to field on Saturday against Grattans. The team and scorers were as follows: Ryan Francis, James O’Neill, Darren Cawley, Brean Kane, Mick Kane (0-1), Nathan Maher, Auley Thomas, Ciaran Quinn, Tyrone Crowe (0-1), Eamon Nertney, Jack Nertney, David Taylor, Ciaran Mulligan. Subs: Mike Mulleady, Gearoid Nertney (0-1), Anthony McKeon, Ruairi Mimnagh, Eoin Garvey, Gareth Donnelly. 

Lotto 

The lotto draw took place in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, September 16th. The Jackpot was €19,200. The numbers drawn were as follows: 

5, 19, 20, 26 

There was no winner. The Jackpot is now a record €19,400! 

The three €50 winners were: 

Petie Joe & Olive Gill, Corrick 

Gavin Mitchell, Gortletteragh 

Peter Wynne, Gortletteragh 

Thank you to all who support our lotto. The next draw will take place in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, September 30th. Thank you to Owen for doing the draw, use of the premises and for providing refreshments. Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers. 

Sympathy 

The club extends its sympathy to the McGee family, Kilnashee, on the sad passing of Teresa McGee. Our condolences are also extended to the Brady and Conefrey families and all in Longford Slashers and Carrickedmond GAA on the passing of Donal Brady. Solas na bhFlaitheas orthu. 

Oskars Launch Night 

The Launch Night for the Oskars will take place on Friday night, September 27th in The Mill Bar from 7pm. Music by Graham Feeney and a great night is ensured! 

Monaduff Park 40th Anniversary 

It was a fantastic day on Sunday last celebrating 40 years of Monaduff Park. Thank you to everyone who worked hard behind the scenes to make it a memorable occasion for all the kids of the parish. A special word of thanks to Fr Ber for blessing the grounds. Well done to Oisín Kiernan’s team on winning the Parish League, to lift the Frankie Mulleady Trophy. Congrats to Anna Mulleady on winning Player of the Match. Well done to Darragh Connolly on winning the penalty competition. Congratulations to the Mothers & Others who had a narrow victory over the Dads & Lads, despite a few controversial decisions from referee Paraic Brady! 

Monaduff Park 40th Anniversary 

This Sunday, September 22nd, is a special occasion as we mark the 40th anniversary of the official opening of Monaduff Park between 2 and 5pm. On the day there will be the Parish League final, club parade, skill challenges, Kids Corner, U-10 match and a match between the Mothers & Others and Dads & Lads. Refreshments will be served and there is no admission. We look forward to seeing you all there. 

Championship 

The final round of the Intermediate Championship group stage takes place this Saturday in Killoe when we play Sean Connollys at 8pm. The Junior C championship is on tonight Wednesday in Monaduff against Cashel at 8pm and the Junior B Championship is on Friday against Carrickedmond in Michael Moran Park, with the time still to be confirmed. Best of luck to all our teams and management. 

Lotto 

The lotto draw took place in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, September 16th. The Jackpot was €19,200. Results are currently on the club website and social media and will be published in next week’s notes.Thank you to all who support our lotto. The next draw will take place in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, September 30th. Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers. 

Oskars Launch Night 

The Launch Night for the Oskars will take place on Friday night, September 27th in The Mill Bar from 7pm. Music by Graham Feeney and a great night is ensured! 

Oskars Fundraisers 

There are loads of fundraisers ongoing at the moment to support our Oskars initiative and we ask if you can support whatever you can. This Friday night there is a table quiz in The Mill Bar at 9pm. Table of 4 costs €40 and there are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

Sympathy 

The club extends its deepest sympathy to the McCormack family, Gaigue, on the sad passing of John McCormack in Navan. Solas na bhFlaitheas air. 

Executive 

The club would like to thank Paul Dowler for all his years of hard work after he recently stepped down from his role as Insurance Officer. We welcome Aiden Gray to the role and wish him the best of luck. 

Church Gate Collection 

Thank you to everyone who so generously supported our Church Gate collection last weekend in Ballinamuck and Drumlish. Thanks to Stephen McDermott, Kathleen Brady, Michael Lennon, Pauline Corr, Pauric Gill, Lorraine Corrigan, Dessie Connell and Pat Donnelly for helping out. 

Junior B Championship 

The Juniors had another great win in the championship on Wednesday evening last in Monaduff, defeating Abbeylara 0-14 to 0-3. The team and scorers were as follows: Cody Lee, Sean McKenna (0-2), Mark Duffy, David McKenna, Caelum McGee (0-1), Ciaran Cooney, Tom McGee (0-1), Darren Farley (0-1), Jim Rogers (0-2), Petie Collum (0-2), Aiden Gray, Kevin Whitney, Orrin Greene, James McCann, Chris Crowe (0-5, 2f). Subs: Padraig O’Neill, Sean Hourican, Eoin O’Hara, Aaron Crowe, Philip Kane. 

Lotto 

The lotto draw took place in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, September 2nd. The Jackpot was €19,000. The numbers drawn were as follows: 

8, 17, 20, 29 

There was no winner. The Jackpot is now €19,200! This is the highest our Jackpot has ever been since the club launched it in 1995! 

The three €50 winners were: 

Sharon Curwin 

Sinéad Breslin 

Joe Cassidy 

Thank you to all who support our lotto. The next draw will take place in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday, September 16th. Thank you to Cathal Quinn for doing the draw, use of the premises and for providing refreshments.  Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers. 

Oskars Launch Night 

The Launch Night for the Oskars will take place on Friday night, September 27th in The Mill Bar from 7pm. Music by Graham Feeney and a great night is ensured! 

Sympathy 

The club extends its deepest sympathy to the Donnelly and Campbell families on the sad passing of Seamus Campbell, Clonmacart, last week. Solas na bhFlaitheas air. 

Intermediate Championship 

Well done to the team and management who had a 1-13 to 1-4 win over Ballymahon on Thursday evening last. This win means we have qualified for the semi-final with one round of the group stage left. The game started evenly and we equalised when Jamie Nertney pointed a free for a foul on Pauric Gill after good work from Sean Whelan. A couple more scores came from Gill and a Nertney free for a foul on Martin Cassidy, before Ballymahon struck for goal. Gaels responded well to this setback and fired over points from JP Farley (an excellent effort from long-range) and Cian Cassidy after superb direct ball was played in by Conor Keenan to Gill who played Cassidy through. Then a wonderful solo effort goal from Paul McGee put the Gaels in a commanding position. Paul tore up the pitch, evading many challenges and planted an excellent shot into the bottom left corner. Paul later took a very heavy frontal challenge, but played a stormer until the end. The first half scoring was closed with two further points from Gill and Martin Cassidy, after a great turnover, to leave it 1-7 to 1-11. The second half started off as the first finished with a good point from distance from Mark Breslin, then Martin Cassidy intercepted a kickout to place Pauric Gill for a point. Jamie Nertney fisted a score in response to two Ballymahon points. Cian Cassidy chipped over a lovely point when Sean Whelan won a great ball on the edge of the square and played it out to him. The scoring came to a conclusion in injury time with two more points from Mark Hughes and Gill, to leave it 1-13 to 1-4 in our favour. The team and scorers were as follows: Paddy Collum, Paul McGee (1-0), JP Farley (0-1), Cian Murphy, Kaelum Gill, Mark Hughes, Dean Cosgrave, Mark Breslin (0-1), Sean Whelan, David Collum, Conor Keenan, Jamie Nertney (0-3, 2f), Cian Cassidy (0-2), Martin Cassidy (0-1), Pauric Gill (0-4). Subs: Cian Brady, Ryan Crowe, Kevin Whelan, Cathal Quinn. We have a bye in the next round and then we play Sean Connollys in the last round on the weekend of September 21/22. There were a couple of errors in the teamsheets for the Cashel and Ardagh Moydow matches. Cashel should have read Conor Keenan (1-1) and Jamie Nertney (0-5, 5f). Ardagh should have read Sean Whelan (0-1) 

Win a €1,000 Travel Voucher 

Congratulations to the winner of our €1,000 Travel Draw Voucher: 

John Davis, Gortletteragh 

Thank you to Cathal Quinn for doing the draw and use of his premises as well as providing refreshments. Thank you to Cunningham Design & Planning and Larkin Windows for their sponsorship. Friday night was also our Marquee volunteer appreciation night. The highly talented Impulse provided the entertainment. Thank you to all those who worked so hard before, during and after the festival 

Junior B Championship 

The Junior B championship continued last Wednesday evening in Monaduff against Dromard. The lads had a good win on a final score of 3-12 to 0-1. Jim Rogers was in terrific form with 1-6 from play while Petie Collum also had a significant contribution with 1-3 from play. James McCann scored the other goal, a cracking effort into the top corner after an excellent run along the endline. Team and scorers: Aiden Gray, David McKenna, Declan Donnelly, Sean McKenna, Caelum McGee, Ciaran Cooney, Tom McGee, Mark Duffy, Darren Farley, Petie Collum (1-3), Kevin Whitney, Chris Crowe (0-1), Jim Rogers (1-6, James McCann (1-1, 1f), Padraig O’Neill. Subs: Orrin Greene (0-1), Sean Hourican, Rory McEvoy. We play Abbeylara this evening, Wednesday, at 8pm in Monaduff. Best of luck to the team and management. 

Junior C Championship 

The lads were playing Ardagh Moydow in the championship on Saturday last and were well-beaten 7-11 to 0-5. Two missed penalties unfortunately did not help our case. The team and scorers were as follows: Ryan Francis, James O’Neill, Francis Lennon, Brean Kane (0-1), Darren Cawley, Micheal Kane (0-1), Ruairi Mimnagh, Ciaran Quinn, Eamon Nertney (0-1), Tyrone Crowe, Cathal Curwin (0-1), Anthony Bispo, David Taylor, Kieran Mulligan, Paul Donnelly (0-1). 

Lotto 

The lotto draw took place in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, September 2nd. The Jackpot was €19,000. Thank you to all who support our lotto. Results are currently on the club website and social media and will be published in next week’s notes. The next draw will take place in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday, September 16th. Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers. 

Get Well Soon 

Everyone at the club would like to wish our hard-working executive member Von Corrigan a very speedy recovery after her recent procedure. We look forward to seeing you out and about again soon Von! 

Intermediate Championship 

Well done to the team and management on a hard-fought 1-7 to 0-9 win over Cashel last Friday. Gaels led 1-4 to 0-3 at half-time with the goal coming from a fortuitous dropping shot from Conor Keenan. Cashel led early on but Gaels equalised with a free from Jamie Nertney for a foul on Pauric Gill after great work from Cian Cassidy to keep the ball in play. Keenan and Gill fired over points before Nertney struck another free for a foul on Gill and then Keenan got the all-important score. Gaels were unlucky not to score a goal at the start when Sean Whelan’s palmed effort from a Gill centre was very harshly adjudged to have been in the square. The start of the second half was dominated by Cashel and we failed to register a point until midway through the half when Conor Keenan was fouled and Nertney converted the free. Cashel brought the game back level in the closing stages and the very accurate Nertney came to the rescue with two late converted frees for fouls on Gill. The team and scorers were as follows: Paddy Collum, Paul McGee, Darren Reilly, Aaron Quinn, Mark Hughes, JP Farley, Dean Cosgrave, Mark Breslin, Sean Whelan, David Collum, Conor Keenan (0-1), Jamie Nertney (0-5, 4f), Cian Cassidy, Martin Cassidy, Pauric Gill (0-1). Subs: Cathal Quinn, Kaelum Gill. The championship resumes tomorrow Thursday when we play Ballymahon at 8pm in Newtownforbes. Best of luck to the team and management 

Win a €1,000 Travel Voucher 

The Travel Draw, in conjunction with The Marquee in Drumlish, is also back this year where for just €5 you can win a €1,000 travel voucher. You can also buy 5 lines for €20 or 10 lines for €40. Tickets are on sale from any of the players or executive as well as on Clubspot. The prize has once again been kindly sponsored by Cunningham Design & Planning and Larkin Windows. The draw will take place on August 31st in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish. 

Junior B Championship 

The Junior B championship continued last Wednesday evening in Monaduff against Mostrim. The lads had a good win on a final score of 0-16 to 0-1. There was some excellent point scoring from James McCann, Petie Collum, Jim Rogers and Chris Crowe in particular. Aiden Gray pulled off a brilliant save just after half-time and the team kicked on from there. Team and scorers: Aiden Gray, David McKenna, Declan Donnelly, Sean McKenna, Caelum McGee, Ciaran Cooney, Tom McGee (0-1), Kevin Whitney, Darren Farley, Sean Hourican (0-1), Petie Collum (0-3), Chris Crowe (0-5), Orrin Greene, James McCann (0-3, 2f), Padraig O’Neill. Subs: Jim Rogers (0-3), Rokas Stoskus, Rory McEvoy, Aaron Crowe, Eoin O’Hara. We play Dromard this evening, Wednesday, at 8pm in Monaduff. The Junior C team play Ardagh Moydow on Saturday at 7pm in Ardagh. Best of luck to the team and management. 

Lotto 

The lotto draw took place in Dillon’s of Ballinamuck, on Monday last, August 19th. The Jackpot was €18,800. The numbers drawn were as follows: 

15, 18, 23, 26. There was no winner. The Jackpot is now €19,000 

The three €50 winners were: 

Louise Cadam 

Séamus Brady, Dring 

James Hanafee, Longford 

Thank you to all who support our lotto. The next draw will take place in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, September 2nd. Thank you to Dillon’s for use of the premises and for providing refreshments.  

Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers. 

St Vincents 

Well done to our juvenile team and management of Niall Mulleady, JP Farley and Martin Cassidy, on winning the Division 2 league last week against Longford Slashers. 

Well done to our juvenile team on winning the U-16 Division 2 League on Thursday evening, beating Longford Slashers in Michael Fay Park on 1-8 to 0-8 scoreline. Well done to the management team of Niall Mulleady, JP Farley and Martin Cassidy

Intermediate Championship

The championship resumes this Friday when we play Cashel at 8pm in Newtownforbes. Best of luck to the team and management

Win a €1,000 Travel Voucher

The Travel Draw, in conjunction with The Marquee in Drumlish, is also back this year where for just €5 you can win a €1,000 travel voucher. You can also buy 5 lines for €20 or 10 lines for €40. Tickets are on sale from any of the players or executive as well as on Clubspot. The prize has once again been kindly sponsored by Cunningham Design & Planning and Larkin Windows. The draw will take place on August 31st in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish.

Junior B Championship

The Junior B championship continued last Friday evening in Clonbonny against Rathcline. The lads had a good win on a final score of 0-19 to 0-7. Team and scorers: Cody Lee, David McKenna, Caelum McGee, Rory McEvoy (0-1), Sean Hourican (0-1), Ciaran Cooney, James McCann (0-2), Nigel Kiernan, Darren Farley (0-1), Jack Nertney, Petie Collum (0-5, 2f), Orrin Greene (0-1) Padraig O’Neill, Aiden Gray (0-2), Christopher Crowe (0-6, 1f). Sub: Nigel Kiernan for Jack Nertney (inj). We wish Jack Nertney a speedy recovery from the nasty head injury he received in the early stages of the match. We play Mostrim this evening, Wednesday, at 8pm in Monaduff. Best of luck to the team and management.

Junior C Championship

The Junior C championship continued last Wednesday evening in Leo Casey Park against Ballymahon. Unfortunately, we were beaten, 2-12 to 1-5. Team and scorers: Ryan Francis, Brean Kane, Derek McKeon, Nathan Maher (0-1), Mick Kane, Ciaran Cooney, Darren Cawley, Mark Duffy, Eamon Nertney, Padraig O’Neill, Auley Thomas (0-2), Colm Jordan (1-1), David Taylor, Tyrone Crowe (0-1), Ciaran Mulligan. Subs: Cathal Curwin, Darren Smith, Anthony McKeon, Gareth Donnelly. We play Cashel tomorrow, Thursday, at 8pm in Monaduff. Best of luck to the team and management.

Lotto

The lotto draw took place in Dillon’s of Ballinamuck, on Monday last, August 19th. The Jackpot was €18,800. Results are currently on the club website and social media and will be published in next week’s notes. Thank you to all who support our lotto. Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers.

The Marquee in Drumlish Festival

Our 13th Marquee in Drumlish Festival was held last weekend and we would like to thank everyone involved for helping make it such a tremendous success. Thank you to the artists who provided such wonderful entertainment on each of the four nights. Thank you to the Gray family for the use of the Old School site. Thank you to the many volunteers who worked in the preparation of the site and over the course of the weekend. There were many early starts and late finishes, but your hard work paid off and is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who helped run the Monster Bingo in aid of St Vincents MFC in Ballinamuck on Sunday and to those who ran the youth event in the Marquee on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to An Garda Síochána and the emergency services for their tireless work also.

Thank you to Cathal Quinn of Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish who was our licencing partner this year. Thank you to Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties who sponsored the festival once again this year. Finally, a massive thank you to all those who came from near and far to attend the Festival. We are sure you all had an enjoyable weekend, and we are looking forward to seeing you all back in Drumlish next year. We are extremely grateful to the people of our parish for their continued support in running the Marquee. Without this kind of support from the people of the community it would be impossible for us to stage such an event. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.

New Arrivals

Congratulations to Paddy Collum and wife Ailbhe on the birth of their twin boys last week, Dan and James. Two future Gaels and Longford stars!

Intermediate Championship

We had a good win in the championship on Sunday afternoon last over Ardagh Moydow in Michael Fay Park. The full-time score was 2-15 to 1-9. We got off to the perfect start when a high ball went in on top of Seán Whelan who broke the ball to the oncoming Conor Keenan, who was outstanding, to palm to the net. Jamie Nertney followed this up with a converted free for a foul on Pauric Gill and more scores came from Gill, Nertney, Cian Cassidy, Conor Keenan, Aaron Quinn and an excellent left footed effort from Seán Whelan. Just before the short whistle Cian Cassidy worked his way round the defence after a terrific long ball from Paddy Collum and was hauled down for a penalty, which Collum dispatched. The half time score was 2-8 to 0-4. Ardagh Moydow came back into the game in the second half when they converted a penalty but Jamie Nertney responded, converting some excellent frees for fouls on Dean Cosgrave, Aaron Quinn and Conor Keenan as well as firing over a wonderful effort from play off his left. The remaining scores came from Gill and Keenan as Gaels maintained a commanding lead throughout. Team and scorers were as follows: Paddy Collum (1-0, pen), Paul McGee, Cian Brady, Darren Reilly, Dean Cosgrave, JP Farley, Aaron Quinn (0-1), Seán Whelan, Mark Breslin, David Collum, Conor Keenan (1-3), Kaelum Gill, Jamie Nertney (0-6, 5f), Cian Cassidy (0-1), Pauric Gill (0-2). Subs: Mark Hughes, Martin Cassidy, Ryan Crowe. It was great to see all the lads out afterwards celebrating Cian Brady’s 21^st!

Junior Championship

There are two fixtures this week in the Junior Championship. We play Ballymahon in the C championship tonight Wednesday in Leo Casey Park at 7.30pm, then we play Rathcline in the B championship in Clonbonny on Friday at 7.45pm. Best of luck to the team and management

The Marquee in Drumlish

The Marquee is in full swing as I type and the club would like to thank everyone who helped make it a success again this year. A full run-down on the weekend will be in the notes next week

Get Well Soon

Everyone at the club would like to wish Lisa Brady a speedy recovery as she recovers from a tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family at this difficult time.

Lotto

Our lotto draw was held on Monday last, August 5^th, in The ‘98 Bar, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €18,600. The numbers drawn were as follows: 15, 16, 17, 26. There was no winner. The Jackpot is now €18,800 The three €50 winners were: Imelda Jones, Podge Gill, Mel Greene. Thank you to all who support our lotto. The next draw will take place in Dillon’s of Ballinamuck on Monday, August 19th. Please play again on Clubspot selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option, or from the usual sellers. On lotto duty this week is Pauric Gill

The Marquee is back this year, starting this Friday August 9th until Monday the 12th. We have a fantastic line up to ensure another entertaining weekend. On Friday night have Allie Sherlock, The Highstool Prophets and Ruaile Buaile. On Saturday we have Jimmy Buckley and Derek Ryan. On Sunday night the line-up is Qween, Chasing Abbey and Cronin. We round off the festival on Monday night with the main event – The Declan Nerney Night, which promises to finish a terrific festival in style, as always and includes acts such as Nathan Carter and many others.

Admission free.

Thank you to our event sponsors Mike and Martin Mulleady of Mulleady Properties who are back on board again this year. We look forward to seeing you all there!