The annual Hurling week for boys and girls under the Club Ciaran banner proved to be another unqualified success. The planning and the organisation were excellent and we had eighty seven youngsters between the ages of five and thirteen who were there to learn and to play our greatest national game of hurling. … Read more
Shamrocks 3-17, Donoughmore 0-7 Shamrocks first game back after the exams was a comfortable outing against the visitors to Shanbally on a wet Friday evening. Shamrocks were in total command from the first whistle to the last and eased to victory while putting up a nice score considering the conditions. They led 1-10 to … Read more
Ballinhassig 0-10, Shamrocks 0-6 Two rusty teams were trying very hard to get back into a football mode after a prolonged absence. Shamrocks had the perfect start with two copybook points from Canice Caffrey in the 2nd and 3rd minute. Then the home side moved into gear and were on top for … Read more
St Vincents 8-18, Shamrocks 7-10 Take no notice of the 11 point winning margin here. St Vincents and Shamrocks could barely be seperated for 72 minutes of this amazing game that went into extra time, but unfortunately for Shamrocks, Vincents finished the stronger in the last 8 minutes to score a flattering 11 point win … Read more
Club Ciarán got off to a great start on Monday morning where, despite the drizzle, everyone was enthusiastic and ready for action . We had 90 boys and girls this year which is an excellent turnout and is very managable. We had 15 coaches and helpers, many from our u21 and minor teams who have … Read more
Whitescross 8-8, Shamrocks 5-13 A very high scoring game of hurling went Whitescross’ way on a beautiful Sundfay monring for hurling. The old adage that goals wins games rang true here as though Shamrocks got more socres than the visitors, the 8 goals conceded proved the losing of the game. Shamrocks were … Read more
Ballinhassig 4-2, Shamrocks 3-3 This league is a 10 a side is pilot project by Rebel Óg and both teams played their first game of the season on Saturday in Shanbally. There was plenty of excellent hurling on offer on both sides in this three periods of 15 minutes games. Ballinhassig won by 2 … Read more
Shamrocks 0-16, Tracton 1-11 Shamrocks are back in the championship proper after this gutsy win over Tracton on Friday evening in Carrigaline. The stakes were high for Shamrocks as they would have been out of the championship if they had lost. But they responded to a late Tracton surge to battle to a deserved … Read more
Shamrocks 4-11, Lee Gaels 3-7 A second win in a row for the u14 hurlers as they beat Lee Gaels in Dripsey by 7 points. The teams were fairly well matched but on this occasion Shamrocks had that bit more hurling than the home team and were able to get scores at the vital … Read more
Aghada 4-2, Shamrocks 0-2 If ever a result did an injustice to a game, then this was it! Whilst Aghada were the better side overall, Shamrocks battled away all night without any reward. They had a good number of scoring chances but luck deserted them on the night. Shamrocks has 18 players togged out – the best … Read more