All Ireland Hurling Fever!!

With the All Ireland Hurling Final on Sunday things are at fever pitch back home! Will Kilkenny be the first team in the history of Gaelic Games to complete a five -in - a - row in the All Ireland Championship. Check out these two songs that are doing the rounds back home:

Tipperary - Premier Rap

An Kilkenny's own - Shine on Kilkenny

Lets hope its a great game!!!

New York Ladies seek manager

To whom it may concern,

The New York Ladies County Board in conjunction with Games Development Officer are seeking applicants to manage and also for selectors for the New York Senior Ladies Football team, with a view to entering the All Ireland Junior Football Championship in 2012.

All applicants must be willing to commit to a two year involvement with the team.

If interested, please forward your name to Margaret Kelly secretary of the ladies board at dromelihy1@yahoo.com at 1-9143196457 prior to next months county board meeting on NEXT tuesday 7th september.

Is mise le meas

Eugene Brophy,

Chairperson,
New York Ladies GAA

Weekend action 8/29/2010 from Gaelic Park

Reports Courtesy of Eugene Kyne
Get all the latest from Gaelic Park @ www.irishcentral.com/sport

Saints Alive in win
St Barnabas 4-17 Cavan 2-05

St Barnabas had too much scoring power for a rejigged Cavan side to clinch the number three slot in the junior playoffs next week. With three goals in the first half and a slew of points in the second the Lads from Woodlawn were always in control. Conor Hogan and Sean Carbin with a brace were the goal scorers but Thomas McGovern, Adrian Clarke and Brian Dennehy caused problems up the center constantly. Cavan did have a Paul Galligan bullet goal in the opening thirty and a sublime Eugene Kyne point from the sideline as their highlights but a Deon Narney goal and nine points from all sorts of angles and range gave the winners the decision with ease.

Cavan 1 Jim Gilsenan 2 Naill Spillane 3 Gary Gilsenan 4 Sean Shanahey 5 Gerry Fitzpatrick 6 Sean McGivney 7 Ronan Fitzsimmons 8 Finbarr O’Neill 9 Eugene Kyne 10 Ogie Shannon 11 Barry Dalton 12 Paul Galligan 13 Colm Shannon 14 Conor Brady 15 Michael Smith

St Barnabas 1 Joe Hallinan 2 Matt Hannon 3 James Hannon 4 Brendan Murphy 5 Mike McVann 6 Adrian Clarke 7 Shane Hogan 8 Conor Hogan 9 Thomas McGovern 10 Deon Narney 11 Brian Dennehy 12 Douglas Brady 13 Sean Carbin 14 TJ Weiner 15 Kieran Moyles

Man of the Match Thomas McGovern (St Barnabas)

Referee Tommy Fahey

Intermediate Football

Gaels clinch third slot
Astoria Gaels 4-08 Roscommon 1-04

Astoria and Roscommon faced off with playoff positioning still up in the air in the Intermediate division. It was sorted however before the ball was thrown in as the game was played as a challenge outing with a couple of guest players in the Roscommon lineout. The win puts Astoria in as the three seed and they will face Brooklyn/Long Island next Sunday in one of the quarter finals as Kerry and Dublin meet each other in the second one. The game itself started brightly for Roscommon and they had a 0-04 to 0-03 lead twenty minutes in. A goal from Derek McKenna who was very busy over the hour gave Astoria the lead after 22 minutes but it was cancelled out by James Dolan, the former Westmeath minor and senior when he crashed the ball home at the other end. It was all Astoria in the second half however and they added two goals in the first ten minutes of the half to seal the encounter. Sean Kelly raced in for the first while Shane Sweeney followed with the second a sweet stroke low to the net. After two points from play Conor Daly had the third goal of the half and fourth of the game and Astoria cruised to the end of the contest.
Astoria Gaels 1 Pa Ryan 2 Alan Foley 3 Peader Stack 4 Naill McGuinness 5 Fergal Murphy 6 Joe Scully 7 Gary Cornyn 8 Sean Kelly (1-01) 9 Sean McQueeney 10 Michael Coyle (0-01) 11 Conor Daly (1-01) 12 Damien Ward (0-01) 13 Shane Sweeney (1-01) 14 Derek McKenna (1-03) 15 Kieran Cull

Roscommon 1 Pat Kenny 2 John Beirne 3 John Walsh 4 Kieran O’Rourke 5 Eoghan Kyne 6 Lonon Maguire 7 Pat Daly 8 Thomas Walsh 9 Adrian Doherty (0-01) 10 Damien Dooley (0-02) 11 Sam Yore 12 Conor Hogan 13 Shea McGlinchey (0-01) 14 James Dolan (1-00) 15 Killian O’Neill

Man of the Match Derek McKenna (Astoria Gaels

Senior Football


Loud Statement by Cork
Cork 2-13 Down 0-07

In a repeat of the county final of last season, Cork made a loud statement with an emphatic win over Down on Saturday evening at Gaelic Park. They were led by a brilliant display by Brendan Quigley in the middle of the park as he dominated proceedings in both directions. His fielding and ball handling were tremendous. His fellow Laois native Paraig McMahon was clinical in front of goal and his blasts one in each half were outstanding. Cork jumped into an early three point lead and then reacted to two points from Down in superb fashion. They tacked on 1-05 before the break with the goal arriving after a throw up was awarded. The ball was won by Cork and Jason Kelly stormed forward. He slipped the ball to McMahon and the former Laois player did the rest. Both Kelly and McMahon also had points in the mix of scoring. They continued to hold Down scoreless as the second half unfolded with Denis McCarthy particularly impressive. Cork added their second goal after a Benny Reilly point. Brendan Quigley went on a long solo run and crashed through any would be tacklers before ah=gain laying of to Paraig McMahon. Ger McCullough had his third point of the game before Down finally got their third. It came after a 30 minute drought. Liam Farrell was the scorer and his side actually outscored Cork 4 to 3 the rest of the way but it was all cosmetic at that point.

Cork 1 Gary Lowney 2 Dennis McCarthy 3 Alan Raftery 4 Jonathon McDermott 5 Brian Argue 6 Rory Stafford 7 Steve Garvey (0-01) 8 Brendan Quigley 9 Sean Lordon 10 Francie Cleary 11 Gavin McIntire 12 Ger McCullough (0-04) 13 Benny Reilly (0-02) 14 Jason Kelly (0-02) 15 Paraig McMahon (2-02)Down 1 Gary Smith 2 Brian Murray 3 John McCarthy 4 Dermot Hayes 5 Paul McCormack 6 Kevin McGourty (0-01) 7 Damien Ward 8 Robbie Moran 9 Alan O’Hara 10 Terrance Flynn 11 Liam Farrell 12 Michael Sheridan 13 Brian Annette 14 Eddie Reilly (0-02) 15 Kevin O’Rourke (0-03)

Man of the Match Brendan Quigley (Cork)

Martina Duffy Memorial Day @ Paddys Field

On Sunday a large crowd gathered at Paddy's Field to celebrate the life of Martina Duffy

Formerly of Woodside, Queens and Lough Egish, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. Martina was a former member of Monaghan Ladies GAA NY and sadly passed away from cancer on March 19, 2009. Organise events on the day was the Martina Duffy Memorial Day Committee led by Marie Glennon and Sandra Carolan. There were events for all the family with soccer and Gaelic matches while also fun races and games for kids. Heartwarming speeches were made and donations were made to the Ballybay Cancer Society county monaghan.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.

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Coaching Resources

Ulster GAA development squad page has compiled a huge library of resources for coaches with development squads at u15 and U17 level. These resources are for both Hurling and Football coaches and would be ideal for u16, U18 , u21 and senior teams in mens hurling and football and ladies football. If you would like to access these resources please contact me @ nygaagdo@gmail.com

Na Fianna are the champions!

Report Courtesy of Eugene Kyne


Na Fianna 0-17 Cavan 0-10

Na Fianna was pushed all the way before they won the Sean Faherty championship with Molly O’Rourke outstanding with 11 points in the victory. Cavan had a brilliant opening to the game and had a 1-04 to 0-02 lead after ten minutes. It was all Na Fianna after that point however and they followed the lead of the player of the game to secure back to back titles.

The sides had two points a piece to open the game before Cavan had their big scoring outpour. Colleen Jordon and Emma Clarke had points before Jordon had a goal bound shot stopped by Katrina Lynch. Caitlin Hynes grabbed the rebound and forced the ball to the net off a defender. Jordon added a further point to increase the lead to 1-05 to 0-02. Na Fianna started a tremendous comeback at that point and it came from midfield dominance. Aine Dwyer, Fiona McHale and Noelle Tierney were all prominent and the early ball into Molly O’Rourke started to become effective. She had five points in the last ten minutes and also forced Fiona McLoughlin into a good save under the crossbar. Joanne McKenna also had a point and by the time the short whistle arrived Na Fianna were ahead by one 0-09 to 1-05.

The sides again swapped points to open the half as McArdle and Jordon for Cavan, McHale and O’Rourke for Na Fianna found the range. The winners again started to dominate however and they five points over the next ten minutes to put breathing room between the sides. Molly O’Rourke had three of the points as she continued her tremendous day in front of the posts. Michelle Brennan had one when she was first to react to the ball when it hit the crossbar after a Joanne McKenna free. Colleen Jordon did have a free but it was cancelled out by Joanne McKenna as Na Fianna kept the lead at five, 0-16 to 1-08. After an Aine Dwyer point Cavan had a tremendous opportunity to come back into the contest when Noelle Tierney was sin binned when she fouled in front of goal. Colleen Jordon pointed and Emma Clarke fired over their tenth as they looked to use the player advantage to sneak a result. Inexplicable the advantage was gone when Caroline McBrien was sin binned for a harmless foul that may not even have warranted a free. Fourteen a side, Na Fianna ran out the clock and even had a chance for a goal when Fiona McHale sent a screamer across the goal before the end.

Cavan 1 Fiona McLaughlin 2 Kate Kilkenny 3 Ashley Callery 4 Bridget Mulligan 5 Nicola Rogan 6 Sheana Kiernan 7 Caroline McBrien 8 Linda McKeon (0-01) 9 Aimee Gomez 10 Rosie O’Reilly 11 Emma Clarke (0-02) 12 Caitlin Hynes (1-00)13 Kelly McArdle (0-02)14 Colleen Jordon (0-05)15 Nicola King

Na Fianna 1 Alison Leydon 2 Jesse Garcia 3 Katrina Lynch 4 Aisling Brophy 5 Katherine O’Sullivan 6 Noelle Tierney 7 Stephanie Tierney 8 Fiona Dwyer 9 Fiona McHale (0-02) 10 Brianna Tierney 11 Aine Dwyer (0-03)12Joanne McKenna (0-01)13 Mary O’Rourke 14 Molly O’Rourke (0-11)15 Jeannine Rynne 14 Molly O’Rourke 15 Kelly McCormack Sub Imelda Mullarkey Kelly McCormack
Player of the game Molly O’Rourke

Referee Donal O’Donnell

Offaly complete the four in a row!

Report courtesy of Eugene Kyne

listen to a report on the games from Eugene

http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/

Senior Hurling Final

Offaly are Champions

Offaly 0-16 Tipperary 0-11
Offaly are the New York Champions for the fourth time in a row after a comprehensive win over Tipperary. They used an early 0-10 to 0-02 burst to gain a lead that they never looked like losing over the hour. Tipperary did make a comeback but were still behind by four at the break. Tipp continued their good form with a scoring burst to open the second half and were within one at the fifteen minute mark. Offaly ran out the game with a four point to one swing however to run out winners.
Three points for Offaly opened the game with Stephen Brown snatching two. After a Tipperary score from Shane Quinn, Offaly added two of the next three with Darren Reilly the man who fired over from frees. Damien Hayes had the Tipperary score from play but the Offaly defense was shutting down all attacks. Offaly continued their momentum as they had the next four points and with ten minutes on the clock it was ten to two. Tipperary had a good period before the break as they tacked on four points to close within four as the half time whistle arrived in a down pour.
After a Dermot Lyng point, Tipperary continued their good form. They had four points from four different scorers, Hayes Meehan, Daly, and Quinn and were now within one with fifteen minutes gone. It was their last hurrah however as Offaly came back on the shoulders of Shane Sweeney who rattled over four points after a point from his captain Darren Reilly to again put breathing room between the sides. Damien Murray did have a point from a free as the game closed but it was too little too late.
Tipperary 1 John Madden 2 Conor Hayes 4 Ger Mahon 5 Ray Maloney 6 Shane McDermott 7 Shane Stapleton 8 Conor Gough 9 Dave Loughnane 10 Fintan Meehan (0-01) 11 Paul Loughnane 12 Shane Quinn (0-04) 13 Damien Murray (0-01) 15 Damien Hayes (0-04) Subs Jason Daly (0-01)
Offaly 1 Finbarr Flood 2 Damien Joyce 4 Aaron Griffon 5 Colin Egan 6 Brendan McGourty (0-01)7 Neill McAuley 8 Darren Reilly (0-03)9 Michael Coady 10 Dermot Lyng (0-04)11 Stephen Browne (0-02)12 Donie Broderick 13 Shane Sweeney (0-05) 15 Iarlaith Tannion

TG4 Covers the CYC

You can view TG4 coverage here of the CYC championships which was shown in ireland last week .

Sunday @ Gaelic Park

For a full round up of Sunday's action in Gaelic Park check out Eugene Kyne's report www.irishcentral.com/sport/

Another action packed Sunday in Gaelic Park with wins for Kerry / Donegal , Tipperary , Down and Cork. Following on from the Tipperary's win in the hurling over Waterford a decent crowd assembled in Gaelic Park for the Peter Connaughton Final between Kerry / Donegal and Fermanagh . Kerry / Donegal dominated for most of the first half with Claire Hannon and Denise Dunnion in top form until a fabolous strike from Brianna Coyle brought Fermanagh right back into the game as half time approached , Loretta Cunningham added a second goal near the interval to put a point between the sides at the interval with Kerry / Donegal leading 1-7 to 2-3.

Kerry / Donegal pushed on in the second half and after the disappointment of last weeks game against Na Fianna took a commanding lead in the second half with Dunnion in particular in fine form with a nine point tally. Fermanagh battled back with Ashlinn Gormley and Erin Galligan in top form for the Erne exiles. Kerry / Donegal held on for with Claire Hannon and Sarah Grealis very impressive for the ladies as they went on to win the game 1-16 to 2-6.

kerry / Donegal 1. Benny Tuohy 2. Cathleen Enright 3. Una Burke 4. jenny Moran 5. kelly roche 6. louise lilly 7. niamh britton 8. catriona brady 9. michelle mc vann 10. anita mc kenna 11. ali kelly 12. sarah grealish (0-03) 13. denise dunnion (0-09) 14. claire hannon (1-04) 15. marie cassells

fermanagh 1. donna traynor 2. Noleen Fitzpatrick 3. Tracy Ann Mc Cullagh 4. christina brown 5. ann marie kelly 6. caroline mc ardle 7. siobhan mc court 8. Roisin toner (0-01) 9. Caitlin slattery 10. ashlinn gormley (0-02) 11. caroline murphy (0-01) 12. ashley o'sullivan 13. loretta cunningham (1-01) 14. erin galligan (0-01) 15. saoirse finnegan

Joint MVP Una Burke and Jennifer Moran (Kerry / Donegal)

Elsewhere in the hurling Tipperary beat a determined Galway outfit 2-18 to 0-11 . Shane Quinn and Damien Murray did most of the damage for the Tipp lads whil Aiden Roche and Kevin Keehan got nine points between them for Galway.

Galway 1. Ronan Sheedy 2. Barry Aird 4. shane kavanagh 5. tomas maher 6. tadgh callaghan 7. liam butler 8. aiden moylan 10. aiden roche (0-04) 11. kevin keehan (0-05) 12. matt silke 13. david russell 15. david ellis (0-02) subs Steven o'neill (0-01)

tipperary 1. John madden 2. conor hayes 4. Ger Mahon 5. ray maloney (0-02) 6. shane mc dermott 7. shane stapelton 8. conor goff 9. dave loughran (0-01) 10. arron ryan 11. paul loughnane (0-03) 12. shane quinn (0-08) 13. damien murray (1-03) 15. damien hayes (0-01)


man of the match : Shane Quinn (tipperary)

Some useful coaching websites

Below are some important website for any coaches looking for ideas for warm ups , training , games , drills , strength and conditioning for Hurling and Football. These sites contain videos, easy to print documents and pictures for coaches.

http://munster.gaa.ie/coaching-2/

http://www.dublingaagamesdevelopment.ie/

http://ulster.gaa.ie/coaching/

These websites are the most commonly used online resources for coaches in Ireland and contain lots of important easy- to - follow material for coaches of any sport not just gaelic games.

Cavan through to the final!

Cavan are through to the NY senior ladies final after and easy victory against an understrength Fermanagh running out comfortable 4-13 to 2-04 winners in Gaelic Park. Within two minutes of the game starting Rosie O'Reilly had the ball in the back of the Fermanagh net while Kelly Mc Ardle and Colleen Jordan added on points moments after. Linda Mc Keon then got the first of her hat trick after 10 minutes and it seemed the writing was on the wall for this match , further points from O'Reilly and Jordan left a huge gap between the teams before Ashley O'Sullivan got Fermanagh's opening score after 17 minutes . Cavan never let Fermanagh into the game and piled on further misery on the Erne exiles with Mc Keon getting her second in the bottom left of the Fermanagh net , Roisin Toner gave some home to the Fermanagh girls with a fine score on 22 minutes but at half time the difference between the teams was 12 points and there didnt seem any way back for the team in green.

Fermanagh were awarded a penalty two minutes after the interval but Loretta Cunnigham hit the shot over the bar and it seemed nothing was going Fermanagh's way though AislinnGormely did seem to be carrying the fight to the Cavan girls making some searing runs into the Fermanagh defence. Further points from Caitlin Hynes , Mc Ardle, Jordan and O'Reilly put further points between the teams. But this was not just a forward show all the Cavan backs really impressed and wouldn't give an inch to their markers with Ashley Callery a commanding presence at full back and Caroline Mc Brein and Katie Kilkenny doing a great job in the corner. Erin Galligan finished a great move to put some respectability to the scoreline with a fantastic goal. Emma Clarke came on for the Cavan girls and got a great point much to the delight of the Cavan management.

Overall the game was one sided from the first number of minutes and Fermanagh will find it difficult to raise themselves for the Peter Connaughton cup final on Sunday in Gaelic Park against Kerry / Donegal but they can take the preformances of Aislinn Gormely and Donna Traynor in goals to heart and gather themselves up for sunday. For Cavan it was a case of a job done with stars all over the field, with the MVP nod going to Linda Mc Keon for three great goals from midfield. Cavan will know though that Na Fianna will be a different prospect in the county final and they will have to give their best preformance of the year to date if they are to add another trophy to the cabinet.

Teams Cavan: 1. Fiona Mc Laughlin 2. Katie Kilkenny 3. Ashely Callery 4. Caroline Mc Brein 5. Nicole Rogan 6. Sheena Kennan 7. Katie Mc Evoy 8. Linda Mc Keon 9. Aimee Gomez 10. Nicole King 11. Caitlin Hynes 12. Nora Kilkenny 13. Kelly Mc Ardle 14. Colleen Jordan 15. Rosie O'Reilly

Cavan scorers Rosie O'Reilly 1-03 , Kelly Mc Ardle 0-02, Colleen Jordan 0-06, Linda Mc Keon 3-0 Nicole Rogan 0-01 , Caitlin Hynes 0-01, Emma Clarke 0-01

Fermanagh; 1. Donna Traynor 2. Noleen Fitzpatrick 3. Tracy Ann Mc Cullagh 4. Christina Brown 5. Ann Marie Kelly 6. Siobhan Mc Court 7. Caroline Mc Ardle 8. Erin Galligan 9. Caitlin Slattery 10. Marie Dunleavy 11. Caitlin Hynes 12. Caroline Murphy 13. Loretta Cunningham 14. Roisin Toner 15. Aislinn Gormley

Fermanagh scorers Ashley O'Sullivan 0-01, Roisin Toner 0-01, Lorretta Cunningham 1-01, Caroline Murphy 0-01, Erin Galligan 0-01

New York vs Galway All Ireland Senior Football Championship Highlights as Gaeliege

Here are some of TG4's highlights from the game in Gaelic Park back in May , ta an chuid go leir in ngaeliege so ni bheith a lan daoine abalta chun e a thuiscint !

http://www.youtube.com/user/gaabeo#p/search/3/MLGuWGKn2lg

Barnabas complete the U21 Four- in -a -row

St Barnabas 1-10 Celtics 0-12

St Barnabas claimed the U21 final after a dramatic game in Gaelic Park sunday 8th August. There was very little between the teams throughout the game until MVP of the game Deon Norney scythed through the Celtic defence and hit a bullet past Kevin Mc Ardle in the celtics net.

Celtics 1 Kevin McArdle 2 Michael Lang 3 Rory Creegan 4 Conor Creegan 5 Thomas Brady (0-01) 6 Chris O'Connor 7 Del Ferrara 8 Shane O'Connor (0-02) 9 Brian McMahon 10 Dylan O'Neill (0-02) 11 Keith Lang (0-03) 12 Mark Murray (0-01) 13 Anthony Smith 14 CJ Molloy (0-03) 15 Kevin Traynor Subs Michael Sweeney Doug Moringielo

St Barnabas 1 Brian McGovern 2 Pat Hallinan 3 Naill Clarke 4 Nick Schmidt 5 Frank McDermott 6 Shane Hogan 7 Brendan McMorrow 8 Conor Hogan 9 Tom Vaughn 10 Deon Norney 11 Paid McDaid (0-03) 12 Conor Power 13 Liam Deane (0-01) 14 Jack Hannon (0-02) 15 Richie Schmidt (0-01) Subs Dan Schmidt, John Clarke Mike McBrien Mike Hannon Adrian Wynne Kevin Hallinan Eddie Hogan Kevin Moore