Senior Championship We were drawn against our group opponents Longford Slashers for the quarter final of the senior championship. Check the fixture listings on the paper for details of time, date and venue. Best of luck to the team and management Junior Championship Our Junior team were comprehensively beaten by a very good Longford Slashers team on Wednesday evening last in Monaduff on a score line of 2-4 to 1-25. We now await the result of Granard and Longford Slashers to see if we progress any further in the competition. The team and scorers were as follows: Michael Courtney, James O’Neill, Gabriel Higgins, Declan Donnelly, Ciarán Cooney, Micheál Kane, Mike Kiernan, David Collum, Jonathan Connell, Tom McGee (0-1), Kevin Whitney, David Cassidy (1-2, 2f), Brian O’Connor, Mark Breslin (0-1), James McCann (1-0) Subs used: Emmet Collum, Paul Donnelly, Mark Prunty, Robin O’Neill and Brendan Kane Thank you to Joseph Gill for providing a live stream of the match on out Twitter page.   Division 4 Our Reserve League team held out for a good win over Granard on Sunday afternoon last in Monaduff. We played most of the match with 14 men after Declan Donnelly got the line and battled to come out on top 0-15 to 0-12 after losing Gearóíd Nertney to a black card in the last 5 minutes. The team and scorers were as follows: Aiden Gray, Declan Donnelly, Gabriel Higgins, Nigel Kiernan, Ciarán Cooney, Stephen Cosgrave, Tom McGee (0-1), Anthony Kane (0-4, 1f), Mark Duffy, Gearóid Nertney (0-1), David Cassidy (0-1), Kevin Whitney, Brian O’Connor, Podge Gill (0-3, 1m, 1f), Emmet Collum (0-3) Subs used: Cian Brady, Mark Prunty, Petie Collum (0-2, 1f) and Mike Kiernan Sympathy The club extends sympathy to the families and friends of Martin Devlin who passed away recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas air. Slán We say goodbye and thank you to Fr. Joe McGrath who moves on to a new parish this week. Fr. Joe served our community so well over the last number of years and we wish him all the best in Westmeath. Go raibh maith agat  

ACFL Division 2

We got our Division 2 campaign off to a winning start on Saturday evening last when we defeated Killashee on a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-9. Podge Gill scored the decisive goal mid-way through the second half. The team and scorers were as follows:

Aiden Gray, Cian Brady, Emmet Noonan, Derek McCormack, Mark Hughes (0-1), Liam Lynch, John Paul Farley, Paddy Collum, Seán Whelan, Dean Cosgrave, Pauric Gill (0-3), Darren Farley, Martin Cassidy (0-6, 3f), Podge Gill (1-1), Cian Cassidy (0-1).

Subs used:

Eoin Keane, Anthony Kane, Ryan Crowe

The next fixture is this Sunday, August 2^nd at 2pm against Seán Connolly’s in Ballinalee

ACFL Division 4

Our Junior team made it a successful weekend all round when they beat neighbours Dromard in the Division 4 league on Sunday last on a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-6. The team and scorers were as follows:

Aiden Gray, Gabriel Higgins, Cian Brady, James O’Neill, Mike Kiernan, Stephen Cosgrave, Tom McGee (0-1), Mark Breslin, Mark Duffy, Kevin Whitney, Ciarán Cooney, Robin O’Neill, Paul Donnelly (0-2), James Noonan (0-3), Brian O’Connor.

Subs used:

Nigel Kiernan (0-1), Mark Prunty, Gearóid Nertney (0-1), Derek McKeon, Shane Hagan

The next fixture is this Saturday, August 1^st at 7pm away to Ballymahon

 

Club Membership

Thank you to everyone who has paid their membership to date, there has been a great response the last couple of weeks. If anyone else wishes to become a member, please contact Registrar, Bridie Reilly. This is necessary for anyone wishing to play Junior or Senior with the club this year. The cost is €30 for adult members and €15 for students.

Fixtures

Competitive action returns to the club this weekend coming. Thank you to those who have the grounds looking so well and in compliance with Covid regulations. We are playing St. Brigid’s, Killashee in Monaduff this Saturday, July 25^th at 7pm in the first round of the Division 2 league. In the Division 4 League (Patsy Reilly Cup – for players outside the named 15) we are playing Dromard in the first round this Sunday, July 26^th at 2pm in Monaduff.

Club Membership

Membership fees are now due. This is necessary for anyone wishing to play Junior or Senior with the club this year. The cost is €30 for adult members and €15 for students. Please make contact with Registrar, Bridie Reilly, to pay this as soon as possible.

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

A reminder that the club has offered to help collect the shopping/groceries/medication for the elderly and vulnerable in our parish. If you need this assistance or know of someone who does, please contact our secretary Lorraine Corrigan on 0864017301. Our team of volunteers are ready to help.

Old Photos

With a lack of action on the playing fields we are trying to collect as many old football related photographs to share them with our supporters. If you have any Gaels related pictures, be they action shots, team photos, trips away, old trophies/medals etc. please scan them and email to pauricgill@gmail.com or direct message to the Gaels Facebook page

Irish Independent

It was great to see 3 clubmen make Martin Breheny’s top 10 Longford players of the last 50 years in the Independent recently. Frank McNamee at no.9, Padraic Davis at no.7 and Jimmy Hannify at no.2. Nice bit of recognition for stellar careers at club and county

New Arrival

Congratulations to senior player Liam Lynch and his wife Breda on the birth of their daughter Faye at the weekend

Sympathy

The club extends sympathy to Marlene McWade and relatives on the passing of Stephen Thornton. We also extend our condolences to the family and friends of Michael Sonny McKeon (Clonaugh) who passed away recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas orthu.

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

A reminder that the club has offered to help collect the shopping/groceries/medication for the elderly and vulnerable in our parish. If you need this assistance or know of someone who does, please contact our secretary Lorraine Corrigan on 0864017301. Our team of volunteers are ready to help.

Old Photos

With a lack of action on the playing fields we are trying to collect as many old football related photographs to share them with our supporters. If you have any Gaels related pictures, be they action shots, team photos, trips away, old trophies/medals etc. please scan them and email to pauricgill@gmail.com or direct message to the Gaels Facebook page. Likewise if anyone has old videos of matches can they please get in contact. Thank you to Joseph Gill who has been doing a lot of work digitising many of the old games for Youtube recently.