Clothing & Mobile phone collection

Many thanks to everyone that supported our fundraiser, we will be doing it again during the summer ........



As you all know, we are constantly trying to raise funds....A difficult task in these times. So, here is a fundraiser that won't cost you anything......

Éire Óg Camogie Club are holding a clothing & mobile phone collection on Sat 23rd Feb.

Please donate all your clean unwanted clothes, towels, sheets,blankets, curtains, handbags & shoes. These can be in any condition. Also mobile phones, but please keep these separate. Bags can be dropped to Éire Óg on Saturday morning 23rd between 10.30 & 11.30. Or collection can be arranged if necessary by calling 086-8117373

Items can also be dropped off this Friday evening(22nd Feb) between 5 & 6.

U8,U10,U12 & U14 Training is back

Training recommences for all age groups from u14 down to u8 on Saturday February 23rd @ 11 a.m. until 12 noon.

New players welcome, come along on the day or contact Mary @ 086-8117373

Challenge match & League Fixture

Challenge match v Ballyea/Clarecastle in Clarecastle at 4 p.m. on Sunday 24th February. All players to be at Clarecastle pitch @ 3.30 p.m.


Division 2  League match v Scariff/Ogonelloe on Sunday March 3rd @ 3.30 in Éire Óg.
Referee : Martin Leahy

All players to be in Éire Óg @ 2.45

Junior League 2012

                                                                          Round 1

Eire Og v Truagh/Clonlara

@ Eire Og Sunday 26^th Feb 3.30pm

Referee : Niall O’Brien ( O’Callaghans Mills)

Half time score : Eire Og 1-06 Truagh/Clonlara 0-01

Full Time score : Eire Og 1-10 Truagh Clonlara 0-01

Eire Og team: Katie Malone, Sophie Hanna, Blathin Casey, Tara Sheehan ,Claire McMahon, Aoife Sheehan, Sinead Darcy, Alana O ‘Brien, Orla McMahon(c), Aoife O’Neill, Orla Devitt(0-07 2f), Shauna Keane(1-01), Shaunagh O’Brien(0-02)

 Subs: Rae Wall for Alana O’Brien( inj) 20 mins. Lisa Greene for Shauna Keane (inj) 24 mins. Louise Kirwan for Aoife’O’Neill(42mins) , Deirbhile Ryan for Aoife Sheehan( 45 mins) Caroline Walsh for Shaunagh O’Brien( 51mins)

                                                         Round 2

                                                               Bodyke v Éire Óg

@ Bodyke Tuesday 10^th April @ 6.30pm

Referee : Diarmuid Walsh (Bodyke)

Half time score : Eire Og 0-08 Bodyke  1-03

Full Time score : Eire Og 2-10 Bodyke 2-03

Eire Og team: Katie Malone, Sally Wall, Sophie Hanna, Tara Sheehan, Ruth Lillis, Rae Wall, Alana O’Brien, Orla McMahon(c), Shauna Keane, Aoife O’Neill, Orla Devitt ( 1-02), Claire McMahon( 1-05 01f), Shaunagh O’Brien(0-03) .

Subs: Louise Kirwan for Shauna Keane 40mins. Lisa Greene for Tara Sheehan 58mins  

                                                                 Junior A  Semi Final

                                                                     Tulla v Éire Óg

@ Kilkishen  Friday 20^th April @ 7.15

Referee : Damien Fox(Clooney Quin)

Half time score : Éire Óg 3-09 Tulla  2-01

Full Time score : Éire Óg 5-12 Tulla 3-02

Éire Óg team: Katie Malone, Sally Wall, Blathin Casey, Tara Sheehan, Ruth Lillis, Rae Wall, Sinead Darcy, Alana O’Brien(1-02), Orla McMahon(c)(0-02), , Aoife O’Neill, Orla Devitt ( 2-03), Claire McMahon( 1-02 01f), Shaunagh O’Brien(1-02) .

Subs: Aoife Sheehan for Tara Sheehan(inj) 28mins, Shauna Keane for Shaunagh O’Brien (H.T.)(inj), Louise Kirwan for Rae Wall (inj), Lisa Greene(0-01) for Orla McMahon, Sophie Hanna for Bláthin Casey

Junior A League Final

 Éire Óg v Feakle

@ Tulla  Saturday May 5^th @ 6 p.m.

Referee : Niall O’Brien ( O’Callaghans Mills)

Half time score : Éire Óg 1-06 Feakle 1-01

Full Time score : Éire Óg 4-11 Feakle 2-01

Éire Óg team: Katie Malone, Sally Wall, Blathin Casey, Tara Sheehan, Ruth Lillis, Rae Wall, Sinead Darcy, Alana O’Brien(0-01), Orla McMahon(c)(0-01), Aoife O’Neill,  Claire McMahon    (0-06 3 x ’45 3 x f)Orla Devitt ( 3-03), Shaunagh O’Brien(1-00) 

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Subs: Aoife Sheehan for Sinead Darcy(inj) 38mins, Shauna Keane for Tara Sheehan 42mins , Lisa Greene for Aoife O’Neill (inj) 55mins, Sophie Hanna for Bláthin Casey 59mins

Feakle team : Muirne Donnellan, Siobhan Nelson, Ciara Minogue, Sarah McGuinness, Sharon Naughton, Siobhan Tuohy, Catriona Naughton, Mary-Kate Moloney, Louise O’Halloran, Marie Naughton, Vera Loughnane, Colette Purcell, Clodagh McDonnell

Éire Óg bridged a lengthy gap of years with no success at adult level  with a resounding 4-11 to 2-01 win over Feakle on Saturday evening. Freetaker, Claire McMahon made no mistakes when she stepped up to take a ’45 after Feakles Muirne Donnellan put Orla Devitts shot on goal out over the line. McMahon put her side three points up after five minutes of play  with two pointed frees. However, this lead was wiped out when Vera Loughnane raced through the Éire Óg defence to score a cracking goal. Two Orla Devitt points  put the Ennis side two points in the clear until a lovely point from Feakle pulled the advantage back to the minimum. Éire Óg finished the half strongly as  a pointed ’45 from McMahon and an unstoppable goal from Devitt gave them a 5 point lead at the interval.

 Both sides stepped up a gear in the second half. Feakle attacked from the throw in and were unfortunate to put two shots wide of the mark in the opening minutes. The Ennis girls made no mistakes and once again McMahon opened the scoring with a pointed ’45. Devitt found the Feakle net to score her second goal of the match. An outstanding sideline cut from Feakles Mary Kate Moloney  spun off  Katie Malone’s hurley to register Feakles second goal. The tide turned completely in Éire Ógs favour with the introduction of subs Aoife Sheehan and Shauna Keane and the switch of Claire McMahon wing back. Orla Devitt completed a hat trick of goals and tacked on a pointed free. Orla McMahon and hardworking mid-fielder, Alana O’Brien added points to the tally, while Shaunagh O’Brien added a goal to put Éire Óg firmly in the driving seat. The match concluded, as it started, with a pointed ’45 from McMahon. The final whistle signalled heartbreak and bitter disappointment for the east Clare side and unrestrained joy for the “townies” as they headed back to Clonroadmore in possession of the long sought after Junior A shield. It is worth noting that for Ruth Lillis, Sally Wall, Sally Wynne, Sinead Darcy, Bláthin Casey,Orla McMahon, Shauna Keane & Tara Sheehan, this is their first taste of success despite having played with the club from under 12.

Back Row left to right : Niall Malone Sally Wynne, Caroline Walsh, Bláthin Casey, Lisa Greene, Sophie Hanna,Rae Wall, Tara Sheehan, Aoife O'Neill, Sinead Darcy, Ruth Lillis, Sally Wall, Deirbhile Ryan, Brendan Lynch

Front Row left to right: Orlaith Flynn, Aoife Sheehan, Shauna Keane, Orla McMahon (c), Alana O'Brien, Orla Devitt, Katie Malone, Shaunagh O'Brien, Claire McMahon, Mary McMahon (Club Secretary)

                                                                        

RTE PRO of the YEAR Award 2011 & 2012

Brid MacNamara, Clare Camogie PRO & member of Ruan Camogie Club has been awarded the prestigious RTE PRO of the Year 2012. This is a major achievement, and all the sweeter as Brid also claimed this title for 2011. Going for the three in a row now !! Well done , Brid. We are all hugely proud of you for the honour you have brought not only to yourself but also to the county. 

Photos below taken at Éire Óg Camogie & Ladies Football Fashion show in March 2012 when the club presented Brid with a small token of our appreciation.

The article after the photos is the piece which appeared in the 2012 GAA Yearbook.

Brid MacNamara,PRO of the Year 2011 with Mary McMahon(Éire Óg), Marie McDonnell (Clare Camogie)
and Michelle McMahon (Éire Óg) 

Marie McDonnell & Brid Mac

Brid Mac & Michelle McMahon

Brid MacNamara

RTE PRO of the Year 2011

“This is Brid MacNamara reporting for Clare FM sports”, a familiar line heard every week on our local radio station along with a weekly slot on Sideline View, Camogie corner in the Clare People, multiple reports and photos in the Clare Champion, regular  newsletters that reveal the human & social side of camogie , a Facebook page with brilliant photos ,an email sent to every club in the county and beyond every Friday morning,a new website,huge publicity surrounding the shinty weekend and the opening of Fr. McNamara Park, match results and fixtures on the radio on a daily basis, programmes at matches. We take it all for granted, it’s there , it’s something we wouldn’t miss unless it was gone .It’s difficult to believe that one solitary person could be responsible for all this, but she is.

 Fortunately, at the end of 2011, Clare Camogie Board decided that it shouldn’t be taken for granted and nominated this human dynamo for the prestigious “ RTE PRO of the Year Award”. And of course, she won it, hands down. No other result could even be contemplated. Never has an award been more merited. Brid has raised the profile of camogie to unprecedented levels in Clare with a presence in all channels of media bar television and it would not be beyond the realms of possibility to  see her sitting alongside Michael Lyster on the Sunday Game next year !  

Brid has achieved these heights with  the co-operation of the clubs and long may that co-operation continue. I am sure that every club in Clare will join me in thanking Brid for the huge amount of time and effort that she dedicates to her role as PRO. Her coverage has made our male counterparts and the general public sit up and take notice of the importance of camogie in the county. Support and attendance at camogie matches has surged over the last two years.

Brid, congratulations & well done. Enjoy your moment in the limelight !