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    SHAMROCK GAELS G.A.A. CLUB
    SLIGO

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

Weekly News 20th January 2025

We held our annual underage Merit Awards last weekend and also presented medals to the U13 Girls Autumn league runners up, U16 Girls Div 1 league shield winners, U15 Boys Div 1 shield winners, U17 Boys Championship shield winners and the U18 Boys league shield winners. The winners of the merit awards were, U10; Rachel Gillogley and Conan Sweeney, U11; Kyron Cox and Lexi Mullaney. U12: Cillian Conboy and Elyse Medas, U13; Karl Barlow and Lauren Orr, U14; Clodagh Galvin, U15; Fionnan Duffy, U16; Sophia Rose Henry, U17; Jack Brehony, U18; Joris Rooney and Ciara Gilligan. The overall winner was Sean Kelly.  We also made a special presentation to Leanne Galvin in recognition of winning the Minor B All Ireland and Connacht titles last year. Thanks to Storylab for creating the presentation and thanks to the Kearns' family for their continued sponsorship of these awards.
 
The winner of last week's 50/50 draw was Mark Tuohy who won €782. The next draw takes place on Monday 20th Jan - play now at https://www.lottoraiser.ie/shamrockgaels/ 
 
The club will be participating in the Frank Henry memorial 7-a-side Tournament being run by Leixlip GAA next Saturday. Anyone interested in travelling on the bus, please contact Mary Quinn.
 
The club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Peter Joe Henry, Oughterard and formerly of Whitehill, Riverstown. Peter Joe was a great GAA supporter and the Henry family have a long history with not only Shamrock Gaels but also Sooey and Knockalassa. Peter Joe played for both teams and won Foley Cups with both clubs in the late 1960's. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.  

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.