The club are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Liam Shanahan as our new Schools Coach and Education Officer. Liam’s job will basically involve him going into the 3 schools in the parish (namely Scoil Barra Naofa (Monkstown NS), Shanbally NS and Ringaskiddy Lower Harbour NS) and coaching the boys and girls in all … Read more
We held our now annual Fundraising 10km Run/5km Walk for 2012 on Saturday last. The weather was fantastic and the turnout, in particular from the parents was excellent. Our sincere thanks to everyone, idir óg ‘is aosta, who got involved. The event organisers John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) and Liam Shanahan were very happy with the way things … Read more
Shamrocks travelled to St. Vincents Hurling and Football Club on Sunday 4th of November for their second hurling blitz which was run by Coiste na nOg. Players were on the road at nine o’clock for a 9.45am start. Shamrocks were drawn against Blarney, Na Piarsiagh and Ballincollig. The lads played against Blarney first in … Read more
Grenagh 5-7, Shamrocks 1-6 We travelled to Grenagh on Saturday for our u/15 hurling league final and got off to a bad start where we found ourselves 1-01 to no score after only two minutes. Grenagh then got a second goal before we got on the scoreboard with two points from play having … Read more
Shamrocks under 9 hurlers travelled to Mayfield to play in the Monster Hurling Blitz on Saturday morning and it proved a great success. Saturday morning is quite a popular morning for the youth of our parish with many sports competiting for the minds of the kids; on this occasion Shamrocks were missing up to … Read more
Thanks to the coaches who turned up on Saturday morning for the final leg of the Munster Club Development Program with Martin Coleman GDA. Some of the lads put in the extra effort as they then had to play two hurling matches in the afternoon as well. Pa Andrews will be in contact with … Read more
The Dripsey Invitation Hurling Tournament took place on Saturday 13th and after two splendid games of hurlng Shamrocks came home with a handful of trophies. Shamrocks played their first game against Ballinora at their venue and afer a well contested game the home side edged in front at the final whistle on the scoreline … Read more
Ballinhassig 2-6, Shamrocks 0-4. This was a good game of football played in Ballygarvans pitch last Saturday evening with Ballinhassig wining through to the B championship final. While the scorline suggests that Ballinhassig were the much better outfit, they only pushed on in the middle section of second half as the Shamrocks lads legs … Read more
Dripsey GAA are hosting a Hurling Development Tournament on Saturday October 13th. The tournament is aimed at players under the age of 25. The four teams taking part are Dripsey, Shamrocks, Kilmichael and Ballinora. The tournament was successfully launched last weekend in Dripsey National School, with all four clubs well represented on the night. … Read more
Grenagh 2-10, Shamrocks 1-8 Grenagh won the C grade league in Shanbally on Wednesday evening last after a 5 point win over Shamrocks. It hasnt been a good few days for the Shamrocks lads as they lost out in the championship by the same margin the previous Saturday. Shamrocks started the brighter, playing against … Read more