Shamrocks and Ballionhassig played out am football challenge on Sunday morning in Shanbally. The Shamrocks mentors of Pa Andrews and Jed O’Flaherty were very happy with the turnout and performance of the players with some lovely football being played throughout. Thanks to Ballinhassig for travelling down for the game and hopefully it sets up … Read more
Well done to all 21 coaches who have participated in and completed the Award 1 coaching course in the club over the past two Saturdays. The course was 16 hours long so required a decent level of committment. Shamrocks had members from mostly the Juvenile section and Girls Football and it was great to see … Read more
John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) last month won top prize in the Cork GAA Clubs Draw, a Kia Rio. It continued a remarkable run of success for our members following on from last years success by Diarmuid Murphy in the April draw 2015 and many others. John officially received his prize today from Pearse Murphy (Treasurer … Read more
Shamrocks 5-15, St Vincents 2-2 The minor footballers got off to a winning start against St Vincents second team in Shanbally on Sunday afternoon. The conditions were poor for both teams but the players on duty give it their best shot and there was no doubting Shamrocks victory in the end. Shamrocks (wearing … Read more
Shamrocks 4-7 , St Vincents 6-9 Shamrocks started our season last Saturday in Shanbally where we played a strong St. Vincents side in the U16 C league. We held our own in the first half but found the going difficult in the second period when we played against a very strong wind. Great credit is … Read more
Shamrock 1-14, Tracton 2-6 This well contested league game was close for much of the hour with Tracton leading 1-5 to 1-4 at halftime. In the second half Shamrocks changed their game and played more direct football and the scores came regularly. With ten minutes to go Shamrocks led 1-11 to 1-6 but … Read more
Shamrocks 5-11, Courcey Rovers 0-5 Shamrocks got their league campaign off to a winning start with this victory over a clearly weakened Courcey Rovers team. The pattern of the game was very similar to the league game played almost 12 months back and will resemble nothing like the championship matches that both will play … Read more
On Monday night the very sad news of the death of James McCarthy, late of Loughbeg, broke. He passed away after a long illness, bravely borne, in far away Alaska. We all mourn and regret his death at the age of 39 years. Our hearts and deepest sympathy go out to his parents Dick and Val, … Read more
The AGM of the club in preparation for 2016 took place in the Grace McCarthy Rooms on Thursday night last before a good sized attandance. The outgoing chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer gave their very detailed and comprehensive reports to the meeting. All outgoing officers of the Executive were returned unopposed, with the exception of … Read more
Fortunately for the Club, a break in the recent incessant deluge, allowed this years event to go ahead on Sunday 27th. As usual the entrants young and not so old assembled across the road from the newly renovated Oratory, ready for the task on hand. Despite the drop in temperature and the wet roads some … Read more