U14 HL V Lisgoold – 6/6

  Shamrocks 4-7, Lisgoold 3-9     Shamrocks travelled to Lisgoold last Wednesday evening for this latest league fixture. The points were conceded by Lisgoold before the ball was thrown in as due to injuries and holidays, they had to play some of their Premier players to fulfill the fixture. We travelled with only 12 … Read more

U12 FL V Whitescross – 4/6

  Whitescross 4-11, Shamrocks 3-13   We travelled to play a table topping clash with Whitescross on Monday evening and this turned out to be a ding dong battle. We were playing catch up for most of the first half as the Whitescross outfit hit us with some great long distance points. We trailed at … Read more

U12 FL V Aghinagh – 1/6

  Shamrocks 5-18, Aghinagh 2-6   We played 2 matches over the bank holiday weekend. The first was in Shanbally against Aghinagh and this resulted in a comfortable win for us. We played some great football and the large panel of players that we had present resulted in everyone getting game time.  A lot of … Read more

U14 HL V Cloughduv – 1/6

  Cloughduv 7-13,  Shamrocks 1-8   A vast gulf in standards were evident this morning in Shanbally. One wonders what good this did our opponents as they are clearly located in the wrong section. Cloughduv has big numbers and more importantly some very fine hurlers who would, in my opinion, hold their own in “A” … Read more

JAHL V Kinsale – 29/5

  Kinsale 1-23, Shamrocks 2-19   This high scoring encounter played in ideal summer conditions in Kinsale saw the home side steal a one point win in injury time. Though Shamrocks were understrength, the lads on duty gave of their all and recorded some excellent scores in both halves. Kinsale led 1-13 to 0-10 at the … Read more

John Kerins Qualifying (U11 F) – 25/5

  Camden pitch was the venue for this year’s John Kerins Memorial Cup qualifiers. Four U11 teams battled it out for two qualifying spots in the semi finals to be held on the 16th June. First round games pitched Shamrocks against Passage and Ballygarvan against Crosshaven.   Crosshaven won convincingly against Ballygarvan and Shamrocks had … Read more

U8 Hurling Blitz – 25/6

  Shamrocks U8 hurlers played in Belgooly on Saturday morning May 25th in a blitz. They played Sliabh Rua, Tracton and Crosshaven and all players were outstanding on the day. Well done to them, their parents and to the managers Jason Browne and Stephen Keane.   Players on duty: Nicholas O’Driscoll, Michael Dorney, James Dorney, Danny … Read more

U12 HL V Passage – 25/6

  Passage 6-8, Shamrocks 2-6   Shamrocks and Passage played in the sunshine in Passage on Friday night and Passage were well worth the victory. They were much the better team in the first half and led 5-5 to 0-2 and never really gave Shamrocks a chance to get into the game. The sleectors asked … Read more

Primary Schools Football Blitz – 23/5

  Well done to the 1st and 2nd class pupils from the 3 primary schools in the parish who took part in our Annual Schools Football Blitz on Wednesday in Shanbally in glorious sunshine. All the 120 boys and girls on the day showed great enthusiasm and skill. Our thanks to Coaching Officer Pa Andrews who … Read more