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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES:- 14th April 2025
U14 FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUND 2
After getting a win Rd 1 Na Fianna U14 Footballers suffered their
first defeat of the year against neighbours St Vincents in Rd 2 of the League
last Monday week in Ballycommon on a scoreline of 6-14 to 1-05. The home side
hit the ground running right from the off blitzing their opponents with wave
after wave of attacks as they built up a commanding first half lead of 4-09 to
Na Fianna’s 0-01. To their credit Na Fianna were not giving up and they enjoyed
their best spell of the game for the first 10 minutes of the second half
scoring 1-03 without reply, the goal
coming in the first minute when a St Vincents kickout was caught by Na Fianna
full forward Fionn McGrath who pick out Darragh McAndrew in the clear who in
turn lobbed the ball over the keeper off his line and into the empty net. The final 2 goals for St Vincents around the
mid point of the half quashed any hope of a Na Fianna comeback and the scoring
was completed in the final 10 minutes with the final 5 points to 1 in favour of
St Vincents.
NA FIANNA: Eojn McLachlain, Sean Condron, Ben Wallace, Harry
O’Meara, Rian Duke, Oisin Dolan, Conor Dunne, Kevin Dunne, Oliver Foy, Kyle
Kelly, Cathal Cuskelly, Noah Condron, Kaiden Dunne, Fionn McGrath, Darragh
McAndrew.
SUBS: Aaron Duffy, Alex Stafford, Kaiden Monaghan, Alex Byrne,
Caleb McDermott
U16 FOOTBALL LEAGUE RD 2
After the disappointment of defeat by the minimum margin Rd 1 the
first win of the year is getting closer
for Na Fianna U16 Footballers who salvaged a draw against Shamrocks in Rd 2 of
the League last Wednesday evening in Mucklagh on a scoreline of 2-13 to 3-10
but had to do it the hard way after clawing their way back from an big early
deficit. Shamrocks opened the scoring with a goal inside the first minute
having already had one disallowed for a square ball then kicking over their
first 3 points in a row before Na Fianna got off the mark in the 14th minute
with their first point from Michael McAndrew who immediately added a second
from a free. The remainder of the half went in favour of Na Fianna who added 5
points to Shamrocks 3 so at the break it was Shanrocks leading by 1-06 to 0-07.
The second half began alike the first with a Shamrocks goal inside the first
minute. The sides added a point apiece before Na Fianna struck for their first
goal in the 5th minute scored by midfielder Kajus Ramanuskas. Another point
apiece followed before Na Fianna raised their second green flag in the 11th
minute when Cillian Hogan took a quick free on the edge of the square with a
short pass to his right to Kajus Ramanuskas who fired it to the net. This gave
Na Fianna the lead for the first time which they doubled moments later with a
pointed free before Shamrocks snatched their third goal on the midpoint of the
half to re-take the lead. This is how it remained for the next 10 minutes
before the sides exchanged 2 points each in the following 5 minutes with Na
Fianna then grabbing the equaliser in the 3rd minute of stoppage time with a
point from Kajus Ramanuskas.
NA FIANNA: Adam Harte, Darragh Staunton, Callum Grehan, Tomas
Lynch, Senan Farrell, Liam Jones, Eoin Gorman, Sean Dempsey, Kajus Ramanuskas
(2-03), Mark Dunne, Michael McAndrew (0-03), Cormac Staunton, Fionnan Connolly,
Cillian Hogan (0-07), Donal Connolly.
SUBS: Cormac Ryan (for Tomas Lynch), Eoghan Fox (for Sean
Dempsey), Rory Kehoe (for Fionnan Connolly), Aaron Meacle, Adam Kehoe, Jamie
Lynam, Tom Dunne, Cathal Sheil, Rory Gill, Tomas McFadden, Josh Kelly.
U13 FOOTBALL SHANE LOWRY LEAGUE RD 1
Na Fianna U13 Footballers who had a bye in Rd 1 began their 2025
playing campaign last Friday evening against Tullamore in O’Brien Pk, Tullamore
in Rd 2 of the Shane Lowry League. Tullamore who already had a game under their
belt from Rd 1 were always going to be a tough prospect to be facing in their
first day out and so it proved to be despite a brave effort by Na Fianna it was
a more finely tuned Tullamore side who claimed the win but Na Fianna will be hopeful
of narrowing the gap should they meet again later in the year.
NA FIANNA: Jack Foy, Caleb McDermott, Nathan Ryan, David Dunne,
Jamesy Garry, Lewis Cleary, Michael Culliton, Oliver Foy, Reece Johnson, Oisin
O’Grady, Alex Stafford, Aaron Duffy, Mason O’Meara.
SUBS: Finn Concannon, Darragh McFadden, Ethan Henchy, Tomas
Fallon, Sean Fallon.
MINOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE RD 2
It’s 2 wins out of 2 so far for Na Fianna Minor Footballers who
backed up their opening round win in the League with another against Rhode Og in
Rhode in Rd 2 last Sunday morning on a scoreline of 2-05 to 1-06. Na Fianna
opened the scoring with the first 2 points inside the opening 10 minutes from
Cian Multaney-Kelly and Doonacha Cooney.
The following 10 minutes saw Rhode get off the mark as both sides add 2
points apiece before Rhode slotted over another with just over 5 minutes of the
half remaining to complete the first half scoring so at the break it was Na
Fianna with their noses in front by just the minimum 0-04 to 0-03. Rhode took
control in the third quarter scoring 3 points without reply to go infront by 2
points. Then in the 17th minute Na Fianna struck for their first goal when a
high ball in was blocked down by the Rode keeper under pressure and in the
ensuing scramble was flicked over the line by Doonacha Cooney. That put Na
Fianna in front by just the minimum which they doubled to 2 moments later with
a pointed free from Colm Nolan. In the 26th minute a counter attack at pace
through the middle saw Rhode get in to score their goal to see the lead swing
back in favour of the home side but from the resultant kick out Na Fianna
worked the ball downfield where sub Darragh Flynn sent in a high ball from the
right which was met at the left post by the in-running Cian Multaney-Kelly who
punched it first time to the net for Na Fianna’s second goal which would prove
to be the winning score.
NA FIANNA: Adam Wallace, Michael Cooney, Dara Grehan, Rian Fenlon,
Lucas O’Meara, Jack Fox, Cormac O’Grady, Doonacha Cooney (1-02), Sean Dunne
(0-01), Conor Berry, Cian Multaney-Kelly (1-01), Adam Comerford, Colm
Nolan (0-01), Edward Mangan, Paddy
Sheil.
SUBS: Eon Brophill (for Rian Fenlon), Dylan Cunningham (for Adam
Comerford), Rian Power (for Paddy Sheil).
U16 FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUND 3
Na Fianna U16 Footballers
will ne looking to continue their upward progression of results as they seek
their first win of the year when they face neighbours St Vincents in Rd 3 of
the League next Wednesday evening (23rd April) @ 6:30pm in Geashill.
All Support would be appreciated. END OF YEAR REVIEW MEETING
There was a good turnout at the End of Year Review Meeting of Na Fianna Minor GAA Football Club which took place last Friday 24th Jan in the Old School, Geashill. The following officers were elected subject to ratification by the adult clubs: Chairman: Kieran Conroy; Secretary: Sean Gorman; Treasurer: Matthew O’Byrne; PRO: Ray Garry; Coaches Co-Ordinator: Brian Kehoe, Child Welfare Officer: Brian Kehoe (Raheen). The following Committee were also selected: Niall Carthy, Jimmy Dolan, Stephen Byrne, Ciaran Darcy, Brendan Connolly, Paul Garry, Sean McFadden, Adam Kinahan, Joe Gallagher, Dean Monaghan, Ken Concannon, Pauric Pierce, David Gorry, Ian Jones, Mick McManamon, Trevor Cahill & John Dillon.
The meeting also approved the Managers for the following Na Fianna Football teams for the forthcoming 12 months as follows:
U20: TBC
U18: Niall Carthy, David Gorry & Ryan Kinahan
U16:Ian Jones, Michael Farrell, Brendan Connolly & Paddy Arnold
U14: Jimmy Dolan, Dean Monaghan, Darren O’Meara & Lisa Wallace
U13: Paul Garry, Michael James Pierce & Ger Duffy
U12: Sean McFadden, Ken Concannon, Mark Kearney & Ollie Henchy
U11: Sean Gorman, Trish Henry, Trevor Cahill, Gus O’Brien & Damien Arnold
U10: Matthew O'Byrne, Joe Gallagher, Brian Kehoe, John Dillon & Mick Betson
U8: Kieran Conroy, Mick McManamon, Declan Costello, Ciaran Direen & Graham Doyle.