Jerry Kelleher RIP

  The death has been announced of Jerry Kelleher R.I.P, Shanbally. Jerry, who was a previous owner of the local shop endeared himself to us all since he first took up residence in Shanbally, many years ago.   An extroverted man, he served as a physical trainer of the Shamrock Junior teams and with his experience … Read more

U16 CHC V Lee Gaels – 10/7

  Lee Gaels 5-6, Shamrocks 2-3   Unfortunately, Shamrocks bowed out of the championship at the first hurdle in Dripsey on Friday night. Due to holidays mainly, they were very short on the night and couldn’t get any sort of challenge going. Lee Gaels ran out comfortable winners.

U16 HL V Kinsale – 5/7

  Kinsale 4-12, Shamrocks 3-6   Team;  Shane Flavin, James Lynam, Cathal Murphy, Evan Seymour, Daniel O Mahony, Jody Sisk, Ruairí Mehigan, Cillian Hayes, Shane Downey, Seán Andrews, Luke O’ Driscoll and Mark Sisk.   A big thank you to the parents who travelled on Sunday to the top of Dunderrow for this fixture. Your … Read more

Frank Thompson RIP

  The untimely death of Frank Thompson of Aghamartha and late of Raheens has shook us all with forlorn and deep sadness.   Frank was a member of a well known and highly respected family who were prominent and progressive farmers at Raheens for many years. In the late 1980’s, they moved to Aghamartha just … Read more

JAFC V Tracton – 4/7

  In a pulsating finish Philip Brady grabbed an equalizer almost in the sixth minute of added time. Philip’s point ensured that Shamrocks would live to fight another day.   Credit Shamrocks for coming back every time Tracton looked like moving into top gear. We had the worse of starts with Tracton 0-4 to 0-0 on … Read more

U12 FL V Cill na Martra – 4/7

  Shamrocks 6-15, Cill na Martra 4-5   Shamrocks qualified for the semi final of the Football League following this comprehensive victory this afternoon.Shamrocks dominated from start to finish, putting on our best performance of the season.   The first half was close in scoring terms – 0-6 to 1-3 at half-time – but we … Read more

U10 Football Blitz – 4/7

  Tracton was the host club for this morning’s Football blitz. We fielded one team with a mix of young and older players. We played Sliabh Rua, Douglas and Kinsale and performed well against all. Thanks once again to all for travelling to support us. Panel – Cathal O’Donovan, Eoin O’Flynn, Josh Bartlett, James O’Keeffe, … Read more

Club Ciaran 2015 – Day 5

  They say, all good things come to an end and perhaps this is the perfect cliche in describing our Hurling Week for the year 2015.   It was surely a good week and the levels of satisfaction and fulfilment could be easily seen on the faces of the boys and girls who participated. Their … Read more

Club Ciarán 2015 – Day 4

The week has flown and day 4 has come to a successful conclusion. The levels of enthusiasm from both the participants and Coaches is truly astonishing. They all like very much, what is going on.   Surprise visitors today was a crew from TG4. They were doing a programme based on the locality and Club … Read more