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    SHAMROCK GAELS G.A.A. CLUB
    SLIGO

Shamrock Gaels GAA Club Sligo
Ballyrush -  Gleann - Riverstown - Sooey

Weekly News 24th March 2025

We are hosting a Drug and Alcohol awareness workshop tomorrow evening, Monday 24th March, in partnership with the GAA and the Drug & Alcohol Task Forces. The workshop is at 8PM in Sligo Folk Park and is open to parents, coaches and club members who want to support young athletes and their well-being. 
 
We will be hosting an Easter Camp in Riverstown Park on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th April from 10AM to 2PM for boys and girls from 6 to 12years old. Cost is €25 and pre-registration is essential. To register please contact Michelle McMorrow on 087 6157455.
The season is now up and running after the winter break with our Ladies team first to return to competition against Drumcliffe/Rosses Point in the ACL with the Gaels finishing on top on a scoreline of 4-4 to 2-8. The team was: Kate Brehony, Katie Gilligan, Amy Healy, Ava Lyons, Naomh Quinn, Katie Mulligan, Louise Merrick, Leanne Galvin, Jade Lyons (1-0), Ceili Faughnan, Nola Eivers (0-2), Orlaith Scanlon (0-1), Emma Rainey (2-0), Rachel Boyd (0-1), Meave Lyons Subs: Aaleasha Sweeney (1-0), Hannah Hargadon, Ciara Gilligan, Aoibhinn Conlon, Molly Kearns Chapman.
 
The men's Spring league kicks off next Saturday 29th with our Junior team taking on Tourlestrane at home at 6.00PM while on Sunday our Senior team take on Coolera/Strandhill at home at 2.00PM.
 
The U18 girls get their league campaign up and running on Tuesday with St Nathys providing the opposition at 6pm in Shamrock Gaels Park.
 
Reminder to all members that membership for 2025 is now open and you should register as soon as possible through foireann.ie. If you have any problems accessing, please contact Michelle McMorrow or Mary Quinn. With games now started, all players and coaches need to have renewed their membership before they can return to play.
 
Thanks to all who supported what was a great night at our Dinner Dance last Saturday evening. The annual player of the year awards were presented with the Karl Galvin U20 player of the year award going to Daniel King presented by Lisa Galvin on behalf of the Galvin family, the Connolly Family Cup for Junior player of the year went to James Carroll and was presented by Michael Brennan on behalf of the Connolly family. The Vincent Boyd Cup for senior player of the year was presented to Oisin Conlon by Andy Kearns on behalf of the Boyd family.  The Davina Duncan Cup for Ladies player of the year went to Isobel Clark. We also made special presentations on the night to former chairperson, Lauri Quinn for his contribution to the Club, Evan Lyons to recognise his selection on the Tailteann Cup in 2024 and Club President Tommy Deignan made a special presentation to Johnny Kenny in recognition of his recent success on the national stage. 
 
Well done to Conor McMorrow and Sean Carroll who won a Junior colleges title with DCU last week.

The winner of last week's 50/50 draw was Mary and Elizabeth Quinn who won €1094. The next draw takes place tomorrow 24th March - play now at https://www.lottoraiser.ie/shamrockgaels/

Club Sligo

The Club Is currently selling Club Sligo memberships in support of the development of Gaelic Games in the County.
We are hoping to get at least 30 memberships which are available at €240 per year/€20 per month and would result in €3,200 funding for Shamrock Gaels. You will also be entered into monthly draws for cash prizes along with other benefits - full details on the Sligo GAA website.
So if you are interested in Supporting Club and Supporting County, you can buy through the attached link and make sure you specify Shamrock Gaels as your club or alternatively contact any committee member for further details.

As we look forward to underage teams returning to training at the end of April, on-line registration and membership is now open.  

Registration, which is mandatory for all players, automatically registers you as a member and includes insurance. There are a number of options depending on your particular situation and you can also upgrade your membership to participate in the monthly members draw.

 

‘Glory Days’ looks back on the 1990 and 1992 Sligo senior football championship-winning seasons for Shamrock Gaels.

Many thanks to Cathal Mullaney and Ocean FM for putting this feature together

Shamrock Gaels is delighted to announce that our grounds are now Smoke Free. The club was selected to be part of this great initiative as part of the GAA’s Healthy Clubs initiative sponsored by Irish Life and the Tomar Trust. The club have adapted a new smoke free policy and erected smoke free signage throughout Shamrock Gaels Park. In conjunction with the launch of the policy, the club used the opportunity to raise awareness on the dangers of smoking with the local national schools by running a poster competition which was won by Penny Barlow from Taunagh N.S. 

50th Anniversary Book

The club will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022 and we plan to mark the occasion with the publication of a Club History Book. The book will chart the many ups and downs since 17th March 1972 when the Sooey and Knockalassa clubs amalgamated to form Shamrock Gaels. The work has now started and we are soliciting content such as stories and photographs from the community. We are particularly interested in photographs from the 1970's and the 1980's - if you have photographs from this period please scan and email to pro.shamrockgaels.sligo@gaa.ie or whatsapp a photo to 0872358840.

"Superb clash as Shamrock Gaels win in extra time." This was the Sligo Champion headline of their report signalling the end of a ten year wait for a minor championship title. It was a tremendous performance and you can read all about it by clicking above where you can link to photos and a video of the day

After a number of close calls in recent years, we finally got our reward when we deservedly captured the Connacht Gold Sligo LGFA Junior title defeating Calry/St Josephs in the final at Fr Kevin Breheny Park in Keash.
We were in control throughout and always held the ascendency though a good spurt in the second half from Calry/St Josephs closed the gap to four points. However, we powered home in the final 15 minutes with Simone Kelly’s goal the key score to send us on the way to success
Location
Eircode: F52 H020
Co-Ordinates - 54° 09' 23.23" N     8° 22' 17.81" W  ( Decimal 54.156453N, -8.371614W )
Our home is situated in Coola in the beautiful countryside of East Sligo. Our pitch is named Shamrock Gaels Park and is situated between the villages of Riverstown and Sooey.