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Bealin back in management

Bealin back in management
Bealin back in management
Former Carlow football boss Paul Bealin has made a quick return to management with Kildare club side Monasterevin.

Christmas gift ideas from Scullion Hurls
Christmas is upon us and once again Scullion Hurls have a wide selection of hurling and GAA related gifts available for you to choose from.

Ring Cup to be completed earlier
The Central Competitions Control Committee will meet on December 12 to discuss the possibility of staging the Christy Ring Cup earlier in the year.

Carlow board to probe under 21 final brawl
Carlow county board officials are set to launch an investigation into the disgraceful scenes which caused last weekend’s under 21 hurling final to be abandoned.

Tinryland to host All Ireland inter firms football semi final
Tinryland Co. Carlow will be the venue for the All Ireland inter firms junior football semi final on Sunday next at 2 p.m. when local Co. Seamus Byrne Electrical who recently captured the Leinster title take on Munster champions Limerick Garda.

Season ticket introduced
The GAA has launched a reduced price season ticket for the 2009 season which would offer purchasers a chance to buy an All-Ireland final ticket should their county reach a decider.

Thousandaire fundraiser
The Carlow hurling panels holiday plans were emphatically endorsed last night at the Talbot Hotel. The Christy ring cup champions are to head to New York after Christmas.

Greene looks forward to tough challenge
New Carlow hurling boss Kevin Ryan has admitted that he is looking forward to trying to fill the boots of his predecessor Jim Greene, who led the Barrowsiders to the Christy Ring Cup this past season.

Ryan named as Carlow boss
Waterford native Kevin Ryan has been named as the new Carlow hurling manager following an announcement by the County Board on Wednesday night.

Dempsey pleased with response
Carlow manager Luke Dempsey has met the current senior squad and outlined his plans for the coming year, as he prepares a couple of trial matches before Christmas.

National league fixtures announced
The GAA has confirmed that following a meeting of it’s Central Council that the fixtures for the Allianz GAA Football and Hurling National Leagues have been confirmed.

Who want to be a thousandaire
The Friends of Carlow GAA have rowed in behind the Carlow hurlers once again. The Friends are main sponsors for Thursday nights who wants to be a Thousandaire.

O`Hanrahans club notes
At a well attended `Annual General Meeting` of O`Hanrahans GFC which was held in the Clubhouse on Friday, November 21, the following officers and committee were elected:

Rhode boss rues Sullivan dismissal
Rhode manager Tom Coffey has admitted that Shane Sullivan’s straight red card against Eire Og is a huge blow to their chances of claiming a first Leinster club football title at Kilmacud Crokes’ expense.

Leinster club SFC: McNamee fires Rhode into decider
An exhibition of scoring from Niall McNamee, which saw the corner-forward notch 1-7 - 1-5 from play - helped Offaly champions Rhode overcome Éire Óg by a convincing 14 points yesterday at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, and advance into the Leinster club SFC final.

Sunday’s results
All the results from Sunday’s club football action which saw Corofin crowned Connacht SFC winners and Nemo Rangers dumped out of Munster by Drom-Broadford of Limerick.

Dempsey takes Games Manager position
Mick Dempsey has been appointed as the new Games Manager for Carlow GAA.

Whelehan concentrating on Birr
Birr co-manager Pat Joe Whelehan has said that he will not consider the role of becoming the county’s next senior manager until after his side’s Leinster SHC final against Ballyhale Shamrocks in two weeks time.

Carlow players slam Greene departure
The Carlow hurlers have issued a statement accusing their county board of not doing enough to keep Jim Greene on board as manager.

Eire Og take fixture logjam in their stride
Eire Og won’t be blaming their hectic schedule of late if they are beaten by Rhode in Sunday’s Leinster club football semi-final at Dr Cullen Park.

Players’ grants under threat
Sports Minister Martin Cullen has admitted that the GAA players’ grants scheme could be scrapped after just one year.

Leinster dates and venues announced
The Leinster Council has announced dates and venues for its 2009 championship fixtures in both football and hurling.

Leinster GAA fixtures
All the Leinster club provincial fixtures for the coming week.

Leinster club SFC: McCormack edges Ógs into last four
Éire Óg took their place in the last four of the Leinster Senior Football Club Championship by seeing off Colmcille after extra time in Pearse Park, Longford yesterday afternoon.

Results roundup
All the results from Sunday’s club championship games in Munster, Ulster and Leinster.

Tribute to Liam Quigley
A tribute night will be held to honour Liam Quigley’s memory in the Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow on Thursday, 11th December at 9pm. A popular Carlow father-of-one who lost his brave battle against illness.

Dempsey calls on exiles
Carlow manager Luke Dempsey has paved the way for exiled footballers Thomas Walsh and Derek Hayden to make a return to the Barrowsiders’ fold.

Search begins for manager
The Carlow County Board have begun the process of searching for a new hurling manager following the resignation of Jim Greene from the position.

Greene lets fly
Despite last ditch talks to resolve his differences with the County Board, Carlow hurling manager Jim Greene will not be remaining at the helm for another year.

Galway to face Offaly in Walsh Cup
Leinster hurling championship newcomers Galway will make their debut in the province when they travel to take on Offaly in the first round of the Walsh Cup on January 18 next.

Dubs begin Cup defence against Offaly
Pat Gilroy’s first game in charge of Dublin will be a trip to Offaly for their opening O’Byrne Cup defence on January 4.

Leinster accident competitions
The fixtures for the 2009 O’Byrne Cup, O’Byrne Cup Shield

Leinster SFC: Ógs earn replay after extra time
Éire Óg and Colmcille will have to do it all again in the Leinster Senior Football Club Championship quarter-finals after the two sides played out an absorbing draw yesterday at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, after extra time.

Club Roundup
All of the Provincial club action on Sunday was focussed on the big-ball code as the Connacht finalists were decided, Nemo Rangers advanced in Munster as did Crossmaglen Rangers in Ulster while it was a busy day in Leinster.

Sunday’s results roundup
All the results from Sunday’s provincial club championship games as well as the Waterford senior hurling final.
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