Stephen Mulligan
We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Ukrainian Family Christmas Party

The Clontarf community came together on Saturday for a special Christmas party for local Ukrainian families, hosted in St Anthony’s Community Hall.

Well done to all the volunteers who helped make it happen, including local residents, An Garda Síochána, and the young leaders on our local GAA Dermot Earley programme.

Special thanks for the wonderful music to the OLV Gospel Choir, the Ballygall folk group and our Ukrainian choir - who performed a musical selection which included Molly Malone and N17! And great to see Santa there too!

Clontarf GAA was delighted to help support this wonderful family event. Some photos below of the event.

Adult and Minor Player Awards Night

The Adult and Minor Player of the Year Awards were held on Saturday night in a packed Áras! A great night was had, topped off by some great entertainment from our own Katie Murray. Here is a list of all the deserving winners and some snaps of some of them receiving their awards.

Men's Division 1 Football

Player of the Year          Kieran McKeon

Young Player of the Year            Leo Cunningham

Men's Division 4 Football

Joint Player of the Year          Niall McCaffrey

Joint Player of the Year          Paddy Breen

Joint Young Player of the Year            Dan Lloyd

Joint Young Player of the Year            Paddy O'Grady

Men's Division 8 Football

Joint Player of the Year          Cian Mulligan

Joint Player of the Year          Thomas Craddock

Division 3 Hurling

Player of the Year         Kevin Mangan

Young Player of the Year           Matthew McMahon

Division 6 Hurling

Player of the Year         Dan Patton

Young Player of the Year           Cillian Hayes

Division 9 Hurling

Player of the Year         Brian Kelleher

Young Player of the Year           Jack Crumlish

Senior Women’s Football

Player of the Year           Tara Fitzgibbon

Young Player of the Year  Ciara O'Connor

Junior A Women’s Football

Joint Player of the Year            Ann Shannon

Joint Player of the Year            Isobel Finnegan

Young Player of the Year          Lizzie O'Callaghan

Junior B Women’s Football

Player of the Year             Caoimhe Mulligan

Sprit of the Team             Anne O’Keeffe

Junior C Women’s Football

Player of the Year             Aoife Walsh

Young Player of the Year    Ciara McKeon

Adult Camogie

Player of the Year                         Grainne McDaid

Young Player of the Year              Amelie Ni Riain

Most Improved Player                 Grace O'Donnell

U21 Camogie

Player of the Year              Grace O'Keefe

Most Improved Player     Rachel Scott

Minor Camogie

Player of the Year             Alison Garvey

Most Improved Player    Sophia Keane

Minor A WOMEN’s Football

Player of the Year            Timea Kovacs

Most Improved Player   Aisling Ahearne

Minor B Women’s Football

Player of the Year             Naoise Finnegan

Most Improved Player   Cara Doody

Minor C Ladies Football

Player of the Year            Áine Mulligan

Most Improved Player   Maeve Howard

Lost & Found

We have collected all the lost property around the club and left it in a box outside the office (upstairs and down the corridor from the bar). We are going to give all unclaimed items to charity in 2 weeks. The items are mostly coats and jackets. If anyone wants to reclaim lost property, please do so by 9th December.

Pop Up Shop

The Club Shop clearance sale of left over stock will be on this Thursday 1st Dec at 7pm to 9pm. It will be downstairs, in through the main doors of the clubhouse and into the room on the right.

Please note is is a clearance sale of old stock and shorts & socks & hurleys we won’t have any of the new range that is on the online shop. When they're gone they're gone!

Click here for a list of items we have with the sizes available and the prices they will be at (greatly reduced from the current web price) and also we have a number of items which are not on the web shop which are discontinued.

AGM - Friday 11th November 8pm in the Áras/Clubhouse

For the first time in three years, we were able to hold our AGM in person last week. It was a really well attended night as we welcomed our incoming Chair, Kevin Hoy and his new executive committee and we thanked our outgoing Chairman Ollie Mangan and his committee for their years of service. Ollie has agreed to serve one more year as Kevin’s vice-chair.

We also recognised the services of previous Chairmen, Stephen McGinn (collected by his Dad Chris) and Donal Nolan, presenting their medals delayed by the pandemic restrictions.

After presentation of the Chairman’s report, the Finance update and the review and ratification of the Club Constitution, there was some good debate on AOB matters.

Thanks to the great numbers that attended on the night and made it such a success.

We showed a “look back” video on the night also which is available to watch here. If you would like to share it with your teams, send them this link: https://vimeo.com/764476476/2738bf7a18

After the meeting, Ollie and Kevin both enjoyed a pint of the finest to celebrate the occasion… well deserved both of you.

Later on we were joined in An Culdoras by a number of Ex-Chairmen and we were lucky enough to grab the “council of elders” for a quick snap with our new Chairman. I’m sure they all had some sage wisdom to impart…

Under 21 Hurlers

See below a selection of photographs taken by Sean O’Sullivan at last weekend’s Under 21 Hurling Championship match versus Commercials in Rathcoole.

Sponsor Night

We had a great evening in the club on Friday celebrating our fantastic sponsors. Pat Walsh was on hand to capture the moment. Pictures below.

If you or your company would like to be a part of our sponsor community give Mike Kavanagh a call on 087-2260072

Senior 3 Hurling Final - Saturday in Parnell Park

This weekend is a huge one for our club.

Our Senior Men's Hurlers are in the Senior 3 Hurling Championship final on Saturday in Parnell Park at 4pm against our near neighbours Naomh Barróg. Make no mistake, this is a big deal! It is only the second occasion in the history of the club that we have reached a Senior Championship final in any code.

The club has produced a commemorative programme for the match that can be downloaded for free from here

We would ask members to come out in force in support of the team (Click here to purchase tickets). If any of the kids would like to bring along their hurls, they can go on to the pitch at half time for a puckaround! Also, the Club Bar and Astro will be open early after the game.

Please note that unlike previous matches there IS a charge for juveniles and tickets are required.

Many of our senior hurlers are involved in coaching in the nursery or juvenile teams so it is important we now support them. They are taking on a Division 1 Team in the final so all support will be welcomed.

Tickets Can Be Purchased Here: https://www.universe.com/events/go-ahead-senior-3-club-hurling-championship-final-tickets-Y02FB7

One final note - to celebrate the lads making the final, we will have a special €500 prize draw next week (27th October) in the Club Lotto (assuming the jackpot isn't won!). Click here to join in the lotto if you're not already in!

National Draw Grand Prize Winner - Aidan Conlon receives his brand new Dacia Duster!

As you may remember from earlier in the summer, Clontarf GAA member and mentor Aidan Conlon won the grand prize in the GAA National Draw! Aidan was recently presented with his prize - a brand new Dacia Duster. Some great pictures here from Windsor Airside of Aidan receiving his new wheels! Club Chairman, Ollie Mangan is also pictured.