Champions Laois and Antrim Lead the Way as TG4 Teams of the Championship Announced
CHAMPIONS Laois and Antrim lead the way in the 2022 TG4 Teams of the Junior and Intermediate Championships. These selections honor outstanding individual displays throughout the 2022 TG4 All-Ireland Championships in the Junior and Intermediate grades – with the winners set to receive their awards at a Croke Park function on Friday November 4. Laois were crowned TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate …
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Lidl Ireland #SeriousSupport Schools Program is Back with a Bang
Lidl Ireland have announced the 2022 launch of its #SeriousSupport Schools Program, designed to increase participation of young girls at secondary school stage in ladies Gaelic football.
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Former President McAleese Appointed as Independent Integration Chairperson
The Gaelic Games Associations are pleased to announce that former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has agreed to be independent Chairperson of the integration process between the Camogie Association, the GAA, and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Over the course of this year, all three Gaelic Games Associations separately discussed integration towards a One Association model. Mark Dorman has been …
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Cathy Carey Named The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month for August
Antrim’s Cathy Carey has been honoured with The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for August 2022. The 32-year-old St Ergnat’s, Moneyglass, player produced a superb performance in the TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Final replay against Fermanagh on Saturday, August 13, as the Saffrons collected the West County Hotel Cup at Armagh’s Athletic Grounds. Carey scored 2-1, including a …
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Double Delight for Laois as County Stars Collect ZuCar Golden Glove and Golden Boot Awards
LAOIS were celebrating on the double today as county stars Eimear Barry and Mo Nerney collected their 2022 ZuCar Golden Glove and Golden Boot awards at Croke Park. Goalkeeper Eimear has been confirmed as the winner of the Golden Glove award, introduced in 2021 to acknowledge goalkeeping excellence during the TG4 All-Ireland Championships. Eimear’s crucial second half save against Wexford …
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“It’s going to be hugely difficult” Mo Nerney and Laois prepare for 2023 step up
Laois ace Mo Nerney says this year brought the O’Moore County together and they feel like a family as they prepare to take on the might of Meath and Dublin next year. Laois were crowned TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate champions after victory over Wexford at Croke Park on 31 July. And Nerney scored 1-5 bringing her personal tally to 5-31 (46 …
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The Bright Future For Ladies Gaelic Football In New York
‘With Covid, we had a massive membership increase’ says Simon Gillespie when commenting on the recent stats that over 1000 girls are playing Gaelic Football in New York this year. Simon reflects that ‘it is an amazing moment for us since LGFA started with just 12 people in a room figuring out if we could get a club team 30 …
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“Rosie O’Reilly is synonymous with LGFA in New York” – Simon Gallespie
Since its establishment in 1992, Rosie O’Reilly has become a household name in the institution of Ladies Gaelic Football in New York. Almost exactly 30 years ago, O’Reilly was in the room where LGAA NY was created, and since then has played in every single season to date. From that small meeting of 15 people with interest in LGAA, 7 …
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“There Were No Pitches Available To Us” Ellee McEvoy Is Raising Awareness For Womens Football
The current whipped up, their rafts collided with logs on the river bank and they began to take on water, six of the group went under. Ellee McEvoy spotted two who were being taken away by Bow River in Canada and stuck out her hand to save them before everyone climbed up on one of the logs. The ice-cold temperatures …
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The ‘thunderbolt moment’ where Gaelic football in New York changed forever
As part of an exclusive documentary produced by Her Sport; Simon Gillespie, Rosie O’Reilly, Margaret Brady, Nollaig Cleary, take us through the epic journey of women’s Gaelic football in New York and the creation of the NY LGFA. It all started in the 1980s when 25 thousand Irish women immigrated to New York to escape the Irish recession. From that …
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