U14 FL V Tracton – 14/3

  Shamrocks 7-12, Tracton 1-5   Shamrocks got their season off to a winning start in Moinane Bridge with a big win over Tracton. Shamrocks got off to a great start and scored 4 goals in the first 7  minutes to give themselves a comfortable cushion. The rest of the half was more even as … Read more

MFL V Tracton – 25/2

  Tracton 3-6, Shamrocks 2-4   Minor football league versus Tracton today. 3-6 Tracton, 2-4 Shamrocks. Lads played well for the first game of the season .

JFL V Courcey Rovers – 26/2

  Shamrocks 2-7, Courcey Rovers 1-8   Goals win games and two smashing finishes by Roy Twomey and Darragh O’Sullivan in the second half of this keenly contested league tie ensured a vital win.   This game, played in blustery conditions was an end to end affair with plenty of honest endeavour from many of … Read more

JAFL V Ballymartle – 12/2

  Ballymartle 3-9, Shamrocks 1-7   Ballymartle’s strong second half display won them their second league victory of the new season, a match played in Shanballys second pitch. The weather was typical of February and Shamrocks played with the aid of the hill in the first half and led 1-6 to 1-2 at halftime, with … Read more

A night of celebration for Shamrocks Footballers

  There was a full house at The Monkstown Golf Club recently when large numbers of Shamrocks, young and old assembled for a Victory Dinner and celebration to mark the Junior Footballers successful 2016 season.   After an elongated wait of twenty two years The Junior Footballers captured silverware and the Pad Joe Cronin Memorial … Read more

Long Puc 2017

  The annual long puc was held on News Years Day from the roundabout in Shanbally to the FBI in Ringaskiddy. A large number of competitors both young and old, male & female took part this year for the bragging rights for 2017.  The following are a list of winners and runners up:     … Read more

Christmas Draw 2016 Results

  Niamh Buckley c|o Kenny Coveney – Classical Hamper John Jordan – Classical Hamper Ronan Cullinane c|o Novartis Joe O’Driscoll Irene Aherne Brian Cullen c|o Barry Mulqueen John Joe Flynn Shane Broderick c|o Jason Bowne Mary O’Sullivan Hannah O’Keeffe Eileen Twomey Senan Andrews Mairead O’Sullivan Jonny Tuohy Kieran Cummins c|o Kevin O’Grady Catherine Ronayne Ronan Murphy Tommy … Read more

Polar Plunge for the special Olympics

  It was a great honour to be present today in the National Maritime College of Ireland to witness Shamrocks Gaa club taking part in the Polar plunge to raise funds for the Special Olympics. This consisted of diving into the sea survival pool under simulated windy conditions with a heavy swell.  The six brave … Read more

Origins of the name Carrigdhoun

  A household name steeped with tradition and long associated with the South-East Cork region and particularly the Owenabue River and Carrigaline. The name originated in a poem written in the 1840’s. In 1924 the GAA in Cork set up regional boards to run the County. The region of South-East Cork was called Carrigdhoun. The … Read more