U21 Premier Football Championship Co. Quarter Final

Saint Kierans's 1-13
Fr. Casey's 1-12
The under 21 footballers made the journey into Rhebogue on Friday night last to take on Fr. Casey's in the county quarter final in what turned out to be a highly entertaining and competitive game of football. Having defeated Grange in a playoff to reach this stage of the competition we were hopeful of giving a good account of ourselves. It was the Abbeyfeale men who opened the scoring on a bitterly cold winter's night. Sean McSweeney, who was a major threat all evening, raised four white flags in the first half. Our other scores in this half came from Seamus Mangan and James O'Connor after a great forward drive from defence, leaving the teams level on 6 points each at the short whistle. We upped our performance level at the beginning of the second half, with James Hough and Shane Lynch leading by example at the back. Cillian Enright goaled for us with 10 minutes remaining, finishing calmly to the net following good work by Darragh Treacy and Patrick Liston. This score put us 5 points in the lead.  The Fealesider's clawed their way back into the game to leave the minimum of scores between the sides at the final whistle. Daniel Madden, Brendan McCarthy and Eoin Moran defended gallantly in the dying moments of the game, repelling many Abbeyfeale attacks. Both teams must be acknowledged for serving up a quality game in such testing conditions. We now meet old rivals Newcastle West in the semi-final of the championship. Newcastle West, who are amalgamated with Monagea, will start as warm favourites having defeated our boys in the group stage of the competition; however the sight of a magpie jersey often brings out the best in a Saint Kieran's team.
Panel: Daniel Madden, Eoin Moran, James Hough, Kevin Meade, James O'Connor, Maurice Shine, Shane Lynch, Brendan McCarthy, Darragh Treacy, John Byrnes, Seamus Mangan, Ger Kiely, Cillian Enright, Sean McSweeney, Patrick Liston, Dean Liston, Anthony Mullins, Paddy Hartnett, Michael Upton, Gavin Hayes

Saint Kieran's 8km Fun run/walk
Saint Kieran's GAA club are running an 8 kilometre fun run/walk on Sunday 28th of December. The event, which is open to all walkers/runners, will start from the Hall in Ardagh at 12pm with registration taking place from 11.15am. Entry fee will be €10 per runner, €5 per walker and €10 per family. Refreshments will be provided at the Hall after the walk/race, as well as shower facilities. All club members and interested parties are welcome to attend. Anyone available to assist in the organisation of the event can contact Ivan Neary on 087-6577541.

2015 Championship Draws
The draws for the 2015 Championships were made over the past weekend. In Senior football we have been drawn in Group 2 along with Adare, Ballysteen, Newcastle West, Na Piarsaigh and Fr. Casey's. In Intermediate hurling we have been grouped with Caherline, Feenagh/Kilmeedy, Knockaderry, Cappamore and Mungret. Both groups will be extremely competitive with all teams involved fancying their chances of doing well.

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