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St Marys/Sean Finns GAA Club
The draw was held in the Community Centre on Thurs 18th Dec. This was the 57th consecutive staging of this event and it again proved to be a very successful event for the club.

Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA Notes
The Celebrations continued their last Tuesday night week above in Knocktoosh, with sods of peat briquettes lighting on the pikes once again and the Dromcollogher/ Broadford GAA Calendars to honour the success of our Senior Footballers were launched by John Cregan TD and on the same night in Knocktoosh.

Den Haag GAA European Invitational Tournament
The Hague GAA club would like to extend an invitation to all Ladies Gaelic football teams to their third annual European Invitational Gaelic Football Tournament!

McCormack setback for Mickey Ned
Limerick full back Michael McCormack will miss the county’s National Football League campaign after suffering a broken leg.


Pallaskenry GAA Club Notes
Best of luck to the City Divisional Team who begin their campaign to qualify for the Senior Club Hurling C’Ship with a trip to Newtownshandrum this Wednesday, January 7th.

Patrickswell Notes
Happy New Year to all members!! The club’s Annual General Meeting will take place in the Clubhouse on Thursday 15th January at 8pm. All members and interested parties are invited to attend.

Football Roundup
It was a busy day on the football front across the country with a total of 17 games as the new experimental disciplinary rules kept teams on their toes in the O’Byrne Cup, McKenna Cup, McGrath Cup and FBD League.

Hurling Roundup
All the hurling action was in the Waterford Crystal Cup in Munster today with Waterford, Clare, UL and Waterford IT registering victories.

Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA Notes
The Celebrations continued their last Tuesday in Knocktoosh, with sods of peat briquettes lighting on the pikes again and the Dromcollogher/ Broadford GAA Calendars to honour the success of our Senior Footballers were launched by John Cregan TD and on the same night in Knocktoosh.

Merry Christmas from www.hoganstand.com
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Munster football final our aim says O’Callaghan
The Limerick footballers stepped out of the shadow of their more illustrious hurling counterparts this year with a series of impressive championship displays which included an emphatic victory over Meath. Limerick captain Kieran O’Callaghan, who missed the All-Ireland qualifier campaign, was delighted with the team’s progress and feels a place in the Munster final is highly achievable in 2009.

Experimental Rules
Following is some information on the Experimental Rules to be used in the upcoming subsidiary provincial competitions and Allianz GAA Hurling and Football National Leagues.

Patrickswell GAA Notes
The Christmas Draw for Patrickswell Juvenile & Camogie club took place in the Dark Horse last Saturday night.

Cumann Chlochain
We are pleased to report that the venture was a fantastic success, and much-needed funds were raised in support of the underage structure within the club.

Brennan reiterates funding problem
GAA President Nickey Brennan has once again stressed to county boards the importance of cutting back on their expenditure for the coming year.

Kearns back in management
Liam Kearns has made a return to football management in Limerick to help out and advise celebrity manager Emma O’Driscoll in her new role as manager to the St Patrick’s GAA club in next year’s reality television series ’Celebrity Bainisteoir’.

Blackrock take Under 21 title
Blackrock claimed the county Under 21 B hurling title last Sunday with a well-earned three-point victory over Killulta Gaels at Feenagh.

Moloney: We can have no complaints
Bruff player-manager Paul Moloney says his side can have no complaints about losing out on the Munster JFC title last Sunday to Skellig Rangers of Kerry.

GAA Quiz
Our popular quiz is back with a first prize of 300 euro and seven runners-up prizes of 50 euro each.

Players receive grants
Inter-county players have been issued with their grant payments ahead of the festive season.

Cork tops Munster Council grants list
Cork clubs have received over EUR500,000 in grants from the Munster Council Development Committee.

New cards system unveiled
The GAA has launched its experimental playing rules which comes into effect at inter-county level on January 1, with Disciplinary Task Force chairman Liam O’Neill warning that there will be "casualties" of the new system.

Cumann Chlochain
This weekend sees an important club fundraiser in the shape of bag-packing at Dunnes Stores, Childers Road.

Killulta Gaels Club Notes
The curtain finally came down on the season last Sunday in cold but sunny Feenagh as Killulta Gaels took on Blackrock in the County U21 B, Hurling Final.

Pallaskenry GAA Club Notes
We played St. Pats in the last match of the year last Sunday as we contested the U15 B Hurling Final in Rhebogue. We got off to a great start with a goal from full forward Darragh Walshe.

Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA Notes
This was a very tight game of hurling up until the last ten minutes which Blackrock pulled away from Dromcollogher/ Broadford.

City G.A.A. Board Notes
Disappointing last Friday evening when our interdivisional hurling championship game against East divisional side Geraldines was postponed due to the bad weather conditions.

St. Patrick’s G.A.A. Club Notes
A terrific performance from our under 15 hurlers when they captured the under 15 City hurling league title at home last Sunday afternoon.

Ahane Notes
The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on Sunday night last at the Clubhouse and was well attended.

Patrickswell GAA notes
The main event this week is our Juvenile & Camogie club’s Annual Christmas draw. There’s a great selection of prizes to be won, especially for sports lovers!

Mungret/St Pauls GAA Club
We closed out another successful year holding our Bord na nOg AGM last week and winning the city U13a football final against Monaleen.

Munster club JFC final: Skellig see off Bruff
Skellig Rangers of Kerry claimed the Munster junior club football title following a four-point victory over Limerick’s Bruff at Mallow.

Brennan warns counties
GAA President Nickey Brennan has stressed that county boards must tighten their belts during this time of economic crisis in the country.

Inter-divisional series
The road to next year’s county senior hurling championship begins this Friday night at Newtownshandrum, Cork.

Rathkeal set to become Munster’s ’centre of excellence’
The Munster Council have designated Rathkeal’s Mick Neville Park as its new ’centre of excellence’.

O’Sullivan wins Club Person of the Year award
Athea GAA club secretary Liz O’Sullivan has won the Munster and All-Ireland VHI Healthcare Club Person of the Year award for 2008.

Lenihan rallies clubs to support underage plan
Limerick chairman Liam Lenihan has called on clubs to give their backing to the county’s new blueprint for the future, ’Lifting the Treaty’.

Claughaun GAA Club Notes
The 105th Annual General Meeting took place in the club on Monday 1st December and was preceded by Mass for deceased members.

Stokes basks in Munster club glory
Drom-Broadford midfielder Jason Stokes has acknowledged that Sunday’s Munster club football success was a dream come true for everyone associated with the West Limerick club.

Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA Notes
This was a Brilliant game of football played there last Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, in very good conditions for this time of the year and the is very tight game and we came the right side of the game at the end.

St. Mary’s/Sean Finns GAA Club notes
The Annual General meeting of the club took place in Rathkeale House Hotel on last Friday 5th December at 7.30pm and it was heartening to see so many committed members in attendance.

Pallaskenry GAA Club Notes
This Sunday, December 14th, will see the last County Club Final of the year played as Killulta Gaels take on the winners of Dromcollogher/Broadford & Blackrock in the U21 ’B’ Hurling C’Ship.

City GAA Board Notes
City GAA Board were delighted to host this years County convention last Monday evening at the South Court Hotel and many thanks to our Chairman Paddy Verdon and other officers of the board.

St. Patrick’s GAA Club Notes
The first of our double finals for our under 15 squad will take place on this Sunday when our under 15 hurlers will take on Pallaskenry at home in Rhebogue in the final of the City under 15 hurling league at 2pm.

Patrickswell GAA notes
It was a quiet week on the playing front as the season draws to a close. The Under 15 hurlers visit Na Piarsaigh for the Fr. McNamee Cup Final (City) on Sunday 14th December

McGrath and Galvin scoop Munster awards
Tipperary’s Shane McGrath and John Galvin of Limerick were named as the Munster Hurler and Footballer of the Year award winners respectively at the weekend.

Drom-Broadford boss "over the moon"
Dromcollogher-Broadford boss Ned English was ecstatic after his side’s historic Munster club football title success.

Mungret-St Pauls
This Friday 12th December the club will hold a table quiz in the clubhouse, commencing at 8.30pm. Members and players are especially asked to support this fundraiser.

Munster club SFC final: Historic first for Drom-Broadford
Shock winners over Nemo Rangers last time out, Dromcollogher-Broadford completed a fairytale year at the Gaelic Grounds when edging out Kilmurry-Ibrickane to claim their first Munster club football title.

Roundup: Titles for Kilmacud and Drom-Broadford
Kilmacud Crokes are Leinster club SFC champions while Dromcollagher-Broadford bagged the Munster football crown on a day which saw the Ulster final replay postponed due to a frozen pitch.

No extra investment in Interpros
GAA President Nickey Brennan has stressed that Croke Park will not be investing extra funds into the inter-provincial series, having spent over Eu1m on the competition in recent years.

Brudair wants to get ball rolling
Dromcollogher-Broadford manager John Brudair believes that a historic first Munster club SFC title for Limerick could pave the way for other clubs in the county to follow suit.

Buckley to meet familiar faces
Dromcollogher-Broadford footballer Seanie Buckley will be a recognisable face to the Kilmurry Ibrickane side as he’s the local garda in the Clare area.

Tommy Stack(ed) with confidence
Dromcollogher-Broadford defender Tommy Stack is experienced enough to know that the side still have it all to do if they are to lift the Munster title this weekend.

Ardscoil target Harty success
Following their success in the Dean Ryan Cup, Ardscoil Ris trainer Niall Moran believes that this side can go on and win this year’s Dr Harty Cup.

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