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HOLLOWAY GAELS 2011 REVIEW


Highlights of the 2011 season includs the club's participation in the Paidi O'Sé tournament in March where a great weekend was had by all who travelled over to Kerry. Holloway also held a successful race night in The World's End pub in Finsbury Park, raising vital funds for the club. Another highlight was the 3rd consecutive Ann Dunning tournament hosted by the club in Greenford in November. 2011 also saw the Gaels win some silverware, winning the Provincial Shield in Birmingham after beating Roger Casements of Warwickshire.

The success of 2011 all culminated on the 26th of November with a lovely buffet held in The Quays on Holloway Road and presentation of awards. Congratulations to all of our winners on the night.


2011Award winners:
Angie Fenton (Club Person of the Year)
Olivia Giltenane (Best Newcomer)
Aileen Brady (Player of the Year)
Hannah O'Connell Blair (Most Improved Player.)

With a heavy heart, the club bid farewell to Paul Maher, who has been involved in the training and running of the club over the last few years. Paul stepped down in order to fully commit to new London men's team Éire Óg and the club wish him and the lads all the best for the future. Paul had a lovely few words to say about the team, and was presented with a gift from all of the team on the night. A big thank you to Paul for all his hard work and commitment over the years and we look forward seeing him out supporting the Gaels when he can in the new year.
Tosh Kilcommons will continue to coach the side in 2012.

We would also like to wish the best of luck to the new committee of 2012, who were elected at the Holloway Gaels AGM, which was heldin December 2011.

Finally, a big congratulations to Mary Kirrane, Jenny Smyth and Olivia Giltenane and their partners on their recent engagements, and a Happy New Year to all from Holloway Gaels, here's to much success for the club in 2012.
holloway , 26/01/2012 at 22:01

Moving to London Ladies?? Join Holloway Gaels!!
Holloway Gaels Ladies Gaelic Football Club London
2012 Training begins on Saturday 28th Jan 12 @ 11am in Finsbury Park London

If you're planning to move to London soon, or indeed already live in London, and wish to join a vibrant, organised and welcoming Ladies GAA club then look no further than Holloway Gaels Ladies Gaelic Football Club.

Holloway are a club with a reputation for committment, fitness and great team spirit. We look forward to welcoming new members for the 2012 season. We are a mulitcultural club that welcome diversity and variety amongst our members - a club that reflects the best of London GAA.

The only centrally located club in London, we train in Finsbury Park on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. The Park is easily accessible from wide areas of London - largely due to the fact that Mainline Rail services, Victoria and Picadilly Tube Lines service the nearby station, 1 minute walk away.

If this sounds like the club for you, please get in touch via our website www.hollowaygaels.com of find us on Facebook
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holloway , 26/01/2012 at 21:56

"The only way is Father Murphy's" GAA Club London
Fr Murphy's Ladies. Great match on Sunday between Fr Murphy's and St Anthony's at the Madejski Stadium, during half time of the London Irish v Sale Aviva Premiership game, very competitive game level until near the end when a goal from Aoife ni Lionnain claimed victory for the Fr Murphy's. See this weeks Irish Post, Irish World and Thursdays Irish Independent for reports and photos .
Labhras , 10/01/2012 at 14:24

"The only way is Father Murphy's" GAA Club London
Fr Murphy's Ladies football & Camogie Club London are well geared up for 2012, with the footballers out on January 8th in the Madejski Stadium at half time in the London Irish v Sale Aviva Premiership match, where they will take on St Anthony's, a great day out assured, we have been again been given, by London Irish a great opportunity to display ladies Gaelic Football and would appreciate any support, tickets are available from London Irish on www.london-irish.com, afterwards there will be the usual hospitality and craic at The Gateway, where we have always been looked after by the host Corkman Martin O Sullivan.
On 24th February we are off to West Kerry to take part in the Comortas Peile Paidi O Se, a great weekend in store in Dingle anyone still wanting to travel contact Fr Murphy's GAA.
Labhras , 16/12/2011 at 17:24

Women Vs Men
What kind of statement is that, women are very passionate and its equally as important.
Fiatach , 19/11/2011 at 21:53

All Stars....
Well done to all the girls special Mention to Mary Kirwan of Laois who has given her life to the game and has been over looked before ...well done all...Jul Murphy from cork deserved the player of the year aswell what a player she is!
BigJohn.6_8 , 15/11/2011 at 14:21

All Stars....
Ok i know this post now is dead and buried as the girls are now selected and all the girls who got there niminations i am delighted for them.
what i do think is that the selection process is mad really bad. Clonee your totally wrong in saying that no girls from Wicklow or Westmeath were good enough or better than any of the girls who were selected.
now a couple of points Westmeath had a superb goalkeeper who let in less i think than anyone in the champio0nship they had a midfielder who won player of the final and 4 other player of the matches in 4 other championship matches and they had a girl at wing forward i think her name is Maher who practically won a all ireland on her own by destroying the Cavan defence and i never seen any senior players at any grade run at defenders like she could. Now lastly wicklow girl Mullhall is probably 1 of teh most talented full forwards out there and she would walk onto any senior team and i know for a fact that every single 3rd level college was looking for them to join there o'connor cup teams and surely she deserved recognition.
the total point is it would be nice to acknowledge that teh
Djkray , 14/11/2011 at 12:52

All Stars....
surely Lucy Mulhall of Wicklow is as good if not better than some of the senior forwards that have got All Star nominations
arranbanner , 08/11/2011 at 13:30

All Stars....
Clonee - As usual ya miss the point - I disagree with the All Stars as they are currently constituted - There should be Junior, Inter and Senior All Stars as they are not selecting like with like (this would be fairer) - Aish is a good player but no better than some other Junior and Intermediate players. So what if she scores a line ball - if you are taking that line she missed some crucial frees at end of All Ireland. This is a fact !. I don't begrudge anyone a nomination but my point is that some of these so called selector are never even seen at the relevant matches. The simple matter is that if some of the players not selected were on a senior team they would have a better chance to be selected without doubt and they would make the senior teams - Absolutely ridiculous that Mary Rose Kelly got an All Star nomination as keeper - She didn't select herself but I don't know a keeper that let in more goals in the championship so someone likes her within the selection process which seems to be all one needs for a nomination !!!!
Puppys01 , 08/11/2011 at 12:31

All Stars....
pick one player from the wicklow or westmeath teams and say who they should replace on the all star nominee list? the fact is there is nobody on either team that is better, and im not being harsh there, iv seen all play, across all the levels, and there isn't one girl who should be on that list in place of the girls that are on it. it's irrelevant who is senior and who is intermediate and who is junior.

the all star selection is INDIVIDUAL, so as such it doesnt acutally matter that westmeath won all round them and wicklow won the all ire, because on an individual level they aren't better. for example, are the wicklow or westmeath midfielders better than juliet murphy and tracy lawlor? no. are any of the defenders better than sharon courtney, chrissie reilly, aisling leonard, sinead goldrick? no. individually, no players from either team are better than the 45 nominees on the list. and in terms of intermediate nominees, not being biased here but nobody can argue with aisling doonan's inclusion. show me a wicklow/westmeath player who can put over a sideline from inside the 13 (NOT a fluke, she did the exact same on Tg4 in the league final last year) and then you can argue! :-)
clonee , 06/11/2011 at 16:55

Women Vs Men
Would you say Men's football is more important and better that Women's and if so why??
I don't think so, I think is important to bout!!
Cavanperson , 17/10/2011 at 18:54

All Stars....
Hey guys after that last comment I decided to look up Westmeath results this year. Cork and Westmeath are the only teams to win all 3 cups they compete in. Westmeath never lost a game in league or Leinster championship winning this 2 cups and 1 loss in championship and still finished first in there group. Went on to win semi final and 2 finals in Croke park and them and cork are only 2 teams in the country to only loose 1 game in the year and there intermediate champions and no all star nominations OMG what'S that all about. All star nominations were picked before Westmeath won and they presumed that they would loose as they came from nowhere this year but with there unreal fighting attitude I think they deserved at least 3 nominations and defiantly the blonde number 12 maher I think should 100% be a all star never mind nominated and the captain finn was unreal scoring the winning point and leading her team to glory surely these deserve a mention. I think it's bad enough my own county Dublin got more nominations than cork but it's a slap on the face of those girls in Westmeath who achieved the unbelievable this year and no reward. I think the all star nomination committee obviously made up of my own dubs should be ashamed of themselves and showed total disrespect. What you think guys
Djkray , 14/10/2011 at 11:42

All Stars....
Two things strike me about the All Stars - Westmeath and Wicklow (both Leinster and All Ireland Champions and victors after a replay) fail to get even a nomination. Absolutely ludicrous. I give up on this so called selection committee - love to know how many matches they attended at Junior and Intermediate level. Will never know as they don't account for their decisions. Always believed the awards were ridiculously selected and this year I've seen it for myself. Let's be fair and select three grades of All star and stop the bull about it being accross the board - The token Junior nomination went to Wexford and while I applaud the girl who got it many more girls have been overlooked.
Puppys01 , 13/10/2011 at 10:56

All Stars....
Why did Dublin get most nominees???
Makes no sense??
Think Laois and Kerry should get a few each and Cork and Monaghan will probably get 7 between them...
BigJohn.6_8 , 11/10/2011 at 12:55

"The only way is Father Murphy's" GAA Club London
How are Fr Murphys doing in the ladies competitions this year?? Havent heard of ye doing anythin impressive this year??
peile1 , 20/09/2011 at 14:47

Should ladies football players wear skirts?
Most women who play sport obviously have no regard for their appearance. therefore it doesn't really matter what they wear.
womenourlimits , 09/09/2011 at 16:51

Wexford for Junior Championship this year
Two great wins for NY against Carlow & Wexford. They can go all the way now & bring the All-Ireland Junior title back to NY.
katave , 03/09/2011 at 18:00

Best young ladies goalkeeper?
Ya I fully agree, I don't think women are capable of being good keepers in a full sized goals though so maybe make the goals smaller for them? It's the same rubbish in camogie.
bbilly , 15/08/2011 at 12:39

Best young ladies goalkeeper?
but if you train the keepers it wont be as funny to watch
rightside , 14/08/2011 at 20:22

Best young ladies goalkeeper?
definitely. up to the management at county level to get out to club games, pick some good tall girls with a modicum of ability and train them and mould them into good keepers. goals going in over the head RUINS the game as a spectacle, pick out the tall girls at a young age, train them up and improve the standard of goalkeeping in the game
clonee , 08/08/2011 at 13:27