Monaleen GAA Club

The lotto jackpot was won again on Thursday 8th March - this is the second jackpot in 2012!

The numbers drawn were 4,9,23 and 25 for a Jackpot of 5400 euro.

Congratulations to Michael Hynes of Newtown.

Monaleen Cancer Support Walk

The Annual Monaleen Cancer Support Walk will take place on Sunday March 25th. Please come along and support. See www.monaleencsg.ie

Juveniles Awards Night

The annual Under-Age awards night was held on Sunday 4th March. There was a large attendance to see the U15 Hurlers, U14 Footballers and U13 footballers receive their County medals. There was also a presentation to the Monaleen NS hurlers who won the Olo Cup last year. Also recognised were the many players who represented Limerick at various grades throughout the year. Our chairman Conor Harty welcomed everyone to the event and looked forward to more successes in the coming season. Special thanks went to Brian Geary, Muiris Gavin and Damien Cosgrave for presenting the awards.

Intercounty Senior Football

Congratulations to Barry Fitzpatrick who lined out in midfield and Ger Collins at corner forward against Kilkenny on Sunday, Ger chipped in with 5 points from play.

Intermediate Hurling

Challenge Game : Monaleen 4:15 Clonlara 4:17

Cian O Dwyer, Ciaran Stack, Finbarr Nash, Darragh Madden, Eamon O Connell, John Bartley(0-1), Luke Murphy, Pa McCarthy, Damien Cosgrave(0-1), John O Dwyer(2-0), Dan Foley(0-1), Michael Doyle(0-2), Pater Russell(1-9,6f), Luke Kavanagh, Simon Griffen(1-1), Subs Bernard O Carroll, Sean Power, David Haugh

Minor Hurling

Monaleen 2:09 Tulla 1:09

Monaleen Minor hurling team got their season off to winning start, with a 3 point win over Tulla under lights last friday night. Played in ideal conditions, the match was run over 3 x 20 min periods , with this rather young outfit playing well in all .Final scoreline of Monaleen 2.09 to Tulla 1.09. Scorers Ed Doyle 1.05, Leo Morrison 1.00 , John Nicholas 0.02, Sean Power 0.01 and Simon Griffin 0.01..

U14 Feile hurling

Monaleen 2-11 South Liberties 2-11 (after extra time)

The first round of this year’s feile was a home tie that produced a game that was most entertaining and had everything , late goals, great scores and outstanding individual performances. Both teams contributed immensely and at the final whistle, the draw was the fairest result. James Halas in goal was superb, Darragh O Leary tallied 1-4 from play and Alan Nicholas worked tirelessly throughout but the performance of the day was produced by Jams Kelly at corner back.

Team: J Halas, J Kelly, D Enright, S Donegan, M O Dwyer, S Malone, D Hession, A Nicholas, D Golden, D Coughlan, J Power, D O Leary, G Clancy, S Fitzpatrick, D Neville: Subs B. Sheehan (S. Donegan), C Murphy (G Clancy) and J Regan (J Power).
Under 12 Football Claughaun 3-1 Monaleen 4-3

Under 12 Football

Claughaun 3-1 Monaleen 4-3

The Under 12's had a good run out on their first game of the 2012 season with a trip to neighbours Claughaun and a good standard of football was displayed by both teams. The Monaleen defence was under constant pressure for the first 10 minutes, but they held firm with Paul Power at full back and Cillian Toland in goal limiting the damage. As the game entered the second quarter Monaleen half backs and midfield got the upper hand and forced the play for much of the rest of the game to be played down in the attacking half of the field. Fionn O'Muiri was excellent at half back clearing the ball downfield where Jack Canny, Conor Coughlan and Cathal McCarthy dominated possession, setting up the attacking chances, where Tom Ryan and William Campbell were busy converting the scores.
The whole team played well, and the rest of the season beckons for these players to improve and enjoy their football.