The Opening …

Well done to all involved in our Official opening of The Clubhouse Bar on Friday evening. 

The atmosphere was brilliant and the buzz mighty. Around 10.00 pm Conor Moore completed the formalities by cutting the ceremonial ribbon (green of course) with Debbie our vice-chairperson and Garrett managing  the ribbon. The scissors wasn’t great so the cut took a little longer than usual.

The bar was superbly organised with counter staff and floor staff on top of their game thanks to manager Davy Coyne. The club is indebted to the support and advice of Eamonn McGowan over the past two months or so. Eamonn has been most supportive and generous with his expertise  and management experience always available  to the club from the moment the decision was made to reopen the bar. 

Prior to Conor Moore taking the stage, the members were briefly addressed by club chairman, David Nohilly who explained that the night was about much more than the opening of a bar. “It was about building the community dimension of the club and building club spirit. Despite the counter attractions, on the night, the various elements of the Shamrocks family were well represented including parents,  adult players, LGF players and several members of the Gaelic for Mothers and Others who  dropped in after completing their training session. Included amongst the attending members was the Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke T.D. Mick Green, the chairman of Mullingar Shamrocks when the clubhouse was first opened in 1991, was there as was another Clare native County Board chairman, Frank Mescall who honoured the club with his attendance. Frank, of course was a superb manager when Mullingar Shamrocks won the 2000 county title in the never to be forgotten Arctic conditions of that mid-November day. Several  of those who enjoyed many a good night in the bar’s previous incarnation were back to relive the good old days. Some of the Castledaly lads who were in Springfield for a challenge against our seniors were welcome guests. 

Conor Moore stepped on to the stage in Ger Loughnane mode before adopting his  Michael D. O’Higgins persona: “It’s a very special evening and I would like to commemorate the occasion with a poem I wrote during the week because I am quite the Bohemian.” The poem covered the near 70 years of Shamrocks history as might be expected from someone with Michael D’s reputation for scholarship.   As a small man, the President paid special tribute to Shamrocks’ ace corner forward of the 1990s. Michael O’Reilly. 

“Ormsby would field it and kick into Mickey,

And no team could handle the Mickey Reilly shimmy.

Respect, Mickey from one little Mickey to another!” 

The ‘president’ was well versed in Shamrocks’ history and knew all about our 1990s era of glory: “The 90s you could say were our Golden Years, Five times we got to lift the Paddy Flanagan by the ears.” No Conor Sketches gig for a Shamrocks occasion would be complete without a Ned Moore sketch and Conor ended with a throw back to the heady days of the 1990s with a reprise of  Ned’s famous Whiplash-Ghost Riders in the Sky routine that ended abruptly with a ‘ torn hamstring’ that saw ‘Ned’ grounded.

Ross Corroon took centre stage for the rest of the evening and entertained in brilliant fashion with his guitar and vocal skills impressing all.

It was just one superb night for the Shamrocks club. 

 

U16 LGFA Championship Division 3 Round 1: Mullingar Shamrocks 6-11 v Cill Oige 6-15

Hard luck to our Under-16 girls who played an excellent game of football in Springfield on Tuesday evening. At half time the score line was 3-05 to 3-06 in favour of the visitors. The second half started with Cill Oige scoring 2 goals and 4 points in quick succession. All credit to the Shamrock girls who played with great determination and pulled back from 11 points behind with 15 minutes to the end to take it to a 4 point differential at the final whistle.

The girls showed great attitude and teamwork and played great football when under pressure in the second half. 

Team : Abigail Molloy, Erin Murray, Seoidin Thornton, Sarah Ford, Brona Moran, Rosie O Grady, Niamh Mc Dermott, Linda Raeside (0:02), Zara Corroon, Aine Creagh, Alessia Hassett (0:04), Ann Ninan, Mollie Darcy, Aideen Langtry (1:0),Sophie Russell,Jasmine Mc Farlane Ginnell (1:0) Jagoda Bartosiewicz (4:04) Katie Matthews, Grace Daly (0:01), Lavinia Matthews, Ella Moore.

On the road again: Gaelic for Mothers & Others 

Our Gaelic for Mothers and Others made a comeback to the playing fields on Tuesday evening with a journey to Ballynacarrigy to play against the locals. Under the guidance of Sean Hynes the team played superbly, many were playing their first game of LGF and can be proud of their efforts. At the final whistle the Ballynacarrigy Mothers and Others were ahead but on these occasions the result doesn't really matter. It's the fun and games and enjoyment that counts. 

 

Lotto (22 June 2022) 

Numbers drawn were 9,12, 22,29. No Jackpot winner. Lucky Dip winner was Gerry McGovern c/o Montgomerys. Next week’s (29 June 2022) Jackpot: €2,600. 

Fixtures

 

Junior B Football Competition: Mullingar Shamrocks v St Loman’s, Tuesday, 5 July 2022, Springfield, 7.30. 

 

Under-19 Football Championship: Mullingar Shamrocks v St Mary's Rochfortbridge will be fixed for Sunday, 10 July. 

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