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Masterson - Irish Times Sportswoman of the Month

December 09, 2010
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH: FOURTEEN WOMEN from 12 different sporting disciplines complete The Irish Times list of candidates for the 2010 Sportswoman of the Year award, the winner of which will be announced in Dublin on Friday week. And, without a shadow of a doubt, in what has been a remarkable year for Irish women in sport, the list boasts the most impressive collection of achievements since the awards began in 2004.And it is the captains of this year’s All-Ireland winning Gaelic football ..

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TESCO Club Person Award closing date looming ... 

December 08, 2010
Does your club have a player, mentor or administrator that goes above and beyond to make your clubs a success it is? If so nominate them for TESCO club person of the year 2010.Nomination forms can be downloaded from the lick below or from www.ladiesgaelic.ie and all entries must be received by Friday the 17th of December.There will be four provincial winners from which one overall winner will be announced. Nominations must be over 18. Why put forward a nomination for TESCO club person of the ye..

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Your chance to watch the 2010 All Stars Banquet

December 06, 2010
The ONeills / TG4 All Stars Banquet held in City West last November is the perfect ending to the season where players and distinguished guests from all across the Country get an opportunity to dress up in their fineries and take a look back over the year that was.2010 was a remarkable year for Ladies football, the Cork reign came to an end, Counties like Tyrone and Kerry emerged to the forefront and Dublin became All Ireland champions, at last!For 15 players to collect an All Star Award is the u..

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GAA Coaching Conference - POSTPONED!!!

December 02, 2010
 NEWS UPDATE The 2010 GAA Games Development Conference has been POSTPONED.Due to the adverse conditions, and poor weather forecast for the remainder of the week, the 2010 GAA Games Development Conference, “Coaching Children: Building a Platform for Lifelong Involvement in Gaelic Games” sponsored by Lucozade Sport,  due to take place on Saturday December 4, in Croke Park has been postponed.  The rescheduled date is Saturday, January 15, 2011.  All delegate bookings will remain valid for ..

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Weekly Notes - 28th November 10

November 29, 2010
December County Board Meeting: The next meeting of the County Board will be on December 14th in Parnell Park at 7.30pm. Matters for consideration on the Agenda are to be in the Office by Tuesday 7th Dec at the latest.Planning Ahead:Clubs need to start thinking about the 2011 season which starts in about 14 weeks time - yes March is only 14 weeks away! So please begin to plan which teams you are entering, etc as Affiliations will commence early in January.Spirit of the GAA:The Irish Daily Star o..

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Does your club have "True Spirit"..

November 26, 2010
DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE GAA?The Irish Daily Star on Sunday in association with TG4 and O’Neill’s are looking for 4 provincial clubs who promote all the aims and ideals of the GAA.The lucky winners will share in a magnificent €10,000 prize fund and then go forward to be crowned our All-Ireland Spirit of the Club Award winner.Provincial Prize:  €1,000 O’NEILLS Voucher x 4 and €500 Cash x 4Overall Prize:  €2,500 O’NEILLS Voucher & €1,500 CashTo be in with a ch..

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Fun for all in Carlow..

November 26, 2010
Dublin girls enjoy a fun filled family day in Carlow Pictured below are Ellie O’ Halloran and Eimear Nolan from Na Fianna with Julie Kavanagh (Dublin U13 Manager) who participated in an Inter County football blitz in Carlow over the weekend along with teams from Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin.  The Dublin U13 development panel consisted of 55 girls representing 28 clubs.   Dublin played Kildare on Nov 13th as we were twinned with them, Dublin travelled with the girls ..

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Alive alive o in Div 2..

November 23, 2010
In twelve weeks’ time the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy ladies NFL will commence and current All Ireland champions Dublin will be playing away in division two alongside All Ireland semi-finalists Kerry and Intermediate All Ireland runners up Waterford.  Whoever takes over the reigns as Dubs manager will have their work cut out in getting the metropolitans out of division two and back to top flight football.The NFL under took a transformation last year with the introduction of a new format comprising..

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PEIL - Last edition of 2010

November 23, 2010
Croke Park are looking for submissions for inclusion in the December edition of PEIL magazine. A note from PEIL Editor - Cliodhna OConnor:"When choosing what to submit please keep in mind we want to keep the magazine as current and interesting as possible. We are trying to move away from reports from matches that have long since passed and instead keep it as up to date as possible. Match results can of course be mentioned but perhaps just the highlights rather than a long report. Submissions s..

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Annual Convention Report

November 22, 2010
Maureen King (Garda) was elected as the new Chairperson of Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football and has taken over the helm from outgoing Chairperson Camillus Kilpatrick.Other post filled at the convention were:Vice Chairperson: Philip Bourke (Castleknock)Secretary: Eugene Egan (Cuala)Assistant Secretary: Kathleen Colreavy (Naomh Mearnóg)Treasurer: Siobhan Walsh (Naomh Mearnóg)Development Officer: Camillus Kilpatrick (Naomh Olaf)Leinster Council Delegates: Dave McCabe (Round Towers, Clondalkin)Finbar..

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