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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES:- 30th June 2025
U13 FOOTBALL LEAGUE RD 5
Na Fianna U13 Footballers came oh so close to getting their first win of the year when they took on Edenderry in Rd 5 of the League last Wednesday evening in Geashill but it was Edenderry who came away with the win on a scoreline of 1-11 to 2-06. The sides got off the mark with the first 3 points apiece inside the opening 10 minutes with Mason O’Meara, Ethan Henchy & Patrick Flynn on target for Na Fianna. Na Fianna then edged in front with a pointed free before grabbing their first goal in the 16th minute when a 45 taken by Mason O’Meara was caught in the square by Aaron Duffy who turned and blasted it to the net. The sides added 2 more points apiece before Edenderry added 1 more in the final minute of the half so at the break the goal was the difference between with Na Fianna leading by 1-06 to 0-06. The third quarter saw just the 1 score a point for Edenderry but the 4th quarter began with Na Fianna grabbing their second goal in the 15th minute scored by Moson O’Meara to open up a 5 point lead. That advantage was short lived as within 2 minutes it was wiped out as Edenderry struck 1-02 without reply to draw level then adding 2 more points over the next 5 minutes to go in front. The remaining 5+ minutes saw Na Fianna press for the comeback scores but were thwarted each time as Edenderry held on to claim the win.
NA FIANNA: Jack Foy, Lewis Cleary, Jason Brennan, Daire McFadden, Alex Stafford, Sean Condron, David Dunne, Jamesy Garry, Oliver Foy, Adam Young, Patrick Flynn (0-01), Ethan Henchy (0-04), Ethan Kearney, Aaron Duffy (1-00), Mason O’Meara (1-01).
SUBS: Sean Fallon, Tomas Fallon, Conor McCarthy, Finn Concannon, Reece Johnson.
U13 FOOTBALL LEAGUE RD 6
At the fifth time of asking Na Fianna U13 Footballers finally got the winning feeling as they came out on top against Shamrocks in Rd 6 of the Shane Lowry League last Friday evening in Mucklagh on a scoreline of 1-11 to 2-05 to claim their first win of the year. Shamrocks hit the ground running from the off opening the scoring with the first 2 points inside the first minute. Na Fianna then got going getting off the mark in the 8th minute with their first point from Mason O’Meara followed immediately by their second from Finn Concannon. The next and only further score of the half was a point for Shamrocks on the midpoint of the half which put Shamrocks in front at the break by just 0-03 to 0-02. The first 10 minutes of the second half saw Na Fianna score 3 points without reply to take the lead for the first time. Shamrocks got in to score their first goal in the 13th minute to take back the lead but Na Fianna responded within a minute by getting their goal when a free about 30m out taken by Mason O’Meara was flicked to the net at the right post by Ethan Kearney. 2 points for Shamrocks in the 22nd minute left it all square again but from here Na Fianna seized the opportunity with determination they were not not going to be denied this time as fired over 5 points in a row from Michael Culliton (2), Jamesy Garry (2) and Patrick Flynn. Shamrocks did get a consolation goal in stoppage time but Na Fianna wrapped it up with the final point from Alex Byrne.
NA FIANNA: Jack Foy, Lewis Cleary, Caleb McDermott, Alex Stafford, Jason Brennan, David Dunne, Jamesy Garry (0-02), Ethan Kearney (1-01), Ethan Henchy, Patrick Flynn (0-02), Finn Concannon (0-01), Mason O’Meara (0-01), Aaron Duffy.
SUBS: Reece Johnson, Alex Byrne (0-01), Conor McCarthy, Sean Fallon, Tomas Fallon, Michael Culliton (0-03), Adam Young.
U15 ALL IRELAND REGIONAL FEILE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Na Fianna U15 Footballers showed they are a real force to be reckoned with as they won out the All Ireland Regional Feile blitz tournament in Killinkere, Co Cavan last Saturday winning their first 2 group games to secure their place in the Cup semi finals with a game to spare and then hammering their opponents to secure big wins in both the Semi Final and Final. Na Fianna who secured their place in this tournament by winning the Offaly Div 2 Feile title earlier this year. In the first group game Na Fianna faced Glencarmanorhamilton from Leitrim and Na Fianna were quick out of the blocks opening the scoring with 2 points inside the first minute from Harry Fleming & Mark Dunne which was the difference between the sides at the break with Na Fianna leading by 0-04 to 0-02 and a further 2 points to 1 in favour of Na Fianna in the second half secured a first win on a scoreline of 0-06 to 0-03. In the second group game Na Fianna were pitted against St Kevins from Wicklow and in a one sided affair Na Fianna Turned a half time lead of 0-03 to no score into a full time winning result of 0-05 to No Score. This meant Na Fianna were now through to the Cup Semi Final as group winners with a game to spare so could relax and take their foot off the pedal in their final group game against local side Cuchulains from Cavan so using the opportunity to rotate their squad in what was a dead rubber fixture and the concession by Na Fianna of their first goals gave the local side a half time advantage of 2-02 to 0-03 which they maintained in the second half as Na Fianna lost their first game by 2-07 to 0-04. Attention now turned to the Cup Semi Final which was delayed for about an hour due to a referee shortage and in this Na Fianna came up against Dunsanny of Meath who will not have fond memories of teams in the Killeigh parish as it was their adult side that Ballinagar beat in the Leinster Club Junior Final last December. While Na Fianna came through the group without scoring a goal they more than made up for it in the Semi Final raising their first green flag inside the first minute scored by Mark Dunne followed by 2 more before the break scored by Cathal Cuskelly and Noah Condron so at half time Na Fianna had one foot in the Final as they led by 3-01 to 0-02 and there was no let up in the goal scoring in the second half by Na Fianna as they add 2 more including a spectacular pile driver into the top left corner of the net by joint captain Ethan Henry along with another from Mark Dunne as Na Fianna ran out comfortable winners by 5-05 to 1-02 with the Dunsany goal a consolation effort coming in stoppage time. With the delay in the Semi Final it meant very little time for rest as a quick turnaround was necessary for the Final in which Na Fianna were pitted against the host club Killinkere from Cavan who had reached the Final winning all 4 of their games. In the Final Na Fianna carried through their goal scoring exploits from the Semi Final as they got off to a dream start with another first minute goal this time scored by Cathal Cuskelly and while dealt a blow mid way through the half with the other joint captain Callum Grehan picking up a black card Na Fianna did not drop their heads grabbing their second goal in stoppage time scored by Mark Dunne following a perfectly executed pass from without doubt player of the tournament Thomas Lynch adding to his own point moments before so at the break Na Fianna were in control leading by 2-02 to 0-01. With the winning post in sight Na Fianna did not let up in the second half scoring a further 1-02 to 0-01 easily winning on a full time score of 3-04 to 0-02 with the third goal scored by Noah Condron following a blistering run in from the right wing by Mark Dunne. There was great scenes of joy as Na Fianna joint-captains Callum Grehan & Ethan Henry were presented with the winning shield in front of the large band of supporters who had travelled up to support them.This was a great team effort over the course of the day and well done to all players and mentors involved
NA FIANNA (Squad): Eoin McLachlain, Oisin Dolan, Ben Wallace, Tom Dunne, Harry Fleming (0-01+ 0-01), Darragh Staunton, Thomas Lynch (0-01), Callum Grehan (0-01), Ethan Henry (1-00), Kaiden Monaghan (0-02 + 0-01+0-01 + 0-01 +0-01), Adam Kehoe (0-01 + 0-01 + 0-01), Cathal Cuskelly (1-01 + 1-01), Mark Dunne (0-02+0-01 +2-00 + 1-00), Fionn McGrath, Fionnan Connolly (0-01+0-01), Oisin Whelan, Tomas McFadden, Rian Duke, Noah McDonnell, Noah Condron (1-02 +1-00), Conor Dunne, Harry O’Meara, Darragh McAndrew (0-01), Kyle Kelly (0-01), Kaiden Dunne, Kyle Stronge & Kevin Dunne.
U16 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RD 1
Na Fianna U16 Football First Team get their 2025 Championship campaign underway next Wednesday evening (02 July) @ 6;30pm as they face Ferbane / Belmont in Ferbane in Rd 1. Best of Luck to Players & Management. All Support would be appreciated.
U16 FOOTBALL 2nds Competition Round 2
Having received a bye in Rd 1 Na Fianna U16 Football No 2 Team also get their 2025 Championship campaign underway next week as they face Tullamore in Rd 2 of the 2nds Competition on next Thursday (03 July) @ 6:30pm in Geashill. Best of Luck to Players & Management. All Support would be appreciated.
MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RD 1
Having just missed out on success in the League Na Fianna Minor Footballers will be hoping for better luck as they get their 2025 Championship campaign under way against the side who pipped them to the league success Shamrocks next Monday evening (07 July) @ 7pm in Mucklagh. Best of Luck to Players & Management. 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.