Author: Maurice Fitzgerald

JUNIOR CAMOGIE 12-A-SIDE FINAL: Patrickswell produced a strong finish to claim the Limerick 12-a-side county final. Kailey O’Donnell and Orla Harty gave Patrickswell an early lead, but Na Piarsaigh hit the front with a goal. While Orla Harty equalised, Na Piarsaigh reached half-time at 1-1 to 0-3 ahead.

At the start of the second half, Shannon Gillane’s point levelled the game, but Na Piarsaigh went 1-2 to 0-4 ahead. The crucial moment of the match was Gloria O’Donnell’s clever turn and fierce shot into the net. The ‘Well were now ahead by 1-4 to 1-2. Na Piarsaigh reduced the arrears to a single point, but there was no response to Orla Harty’s point and lobbed goal from distance. The ‘Well triumphed by 2-5 to 1-3.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday December 5 at 8.00pm in the clubhouse.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday November 25 was not won. The numbers drawn were 12, 19, 28 and 31. The bonus number was 23. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Patsy Graham and Jimmy Reidy, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Ava & Alannah, Pat O’Shea, Joe O’Connor, Joanne Tierney, Aaron O’Reilly and Laura Murray. This week’s jackpot is €16,200

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday December 5 at 8.00pm in the clubhouse. The AGM Notice has been emailed to members, with some copies sent by post. The notice includes Nomination & Motions Forms to be returned on/before Thursday November 28 to the Secretary.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday November 18 was not won. The numbers drawn were 5, 24, 25 and 28. The bonus number was 8. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Bernie Scully and David Byrnes, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Nichola Murray, Jack Hall, Bobby Keyes, Maurice Histon, Patsy Bennis and Thomas O’Reilly. This week’s jackpot is €16,000

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday December 5 at 8.00pm in the clubhouse. The AGM Notice has been emailed to members, with some copies sent by post. The notice includes Nomination & Motions Forms to be returned on/before Thursday November 28 to the Secretary.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday November 11 was not won. The numbers drawn were 13, 15, 18 and 23. The bonus number was 14. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by The Thursday Club and Julie Callaghan, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Denis Crean, John Conway, Shaunna Gavin, Anne-Marie Breslin, Roberts Family and John Brennan. This week’s jackpot is €15,800

UNDER 20 HURLERS: The U-20 hurlers bowed out of the County Championship after a defeat to Adare. The first fifteen minutes were tightly fought as Adare built a 1-3 to 1-2 lead. Dayle McDonagh scored the Patrickswell goal and added a point to Liam Fitzgerald’s opener. The next five minutes were dominated by Adare, whose five points outshone a sole Patrickswell point. The scoreline after twenty minutes was a deficit of 1-8 to 1-3. However  Patrickswell surprised Adare with a salvo of two goals from Harry McDonagh and Alan Fitzgerald and a brace of points from Billy Earls. In that spell, Adare failed to score and Patrickswell reached half-time at 3-5 to 1-8 ahead.

The second half started badly for Patrickswell as Adare scored their second goal and two points within five minutes. Thankfully, Dayle McDonagh and Christy Carroll’s points put Patrickswell level at 3-7 to 2-10 in the 35th minute. Adare struck two more points, but Paddy McGrath’s goal saw Patrickswell lead narrowly by 4-7 to 2-12 in the 40th minute. The epic finish did not materialise and Adare cruised to victory by scoring ten points in contrast to Dayle McDonagh’s sole point. The final score was 2-22 to 4-8.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday November 4 was not won. The numbers drawn were 4, 13, 14 and 30. The bonus number was 15. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Paul Foley and Caroline Sheehan, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Amy O’Donnell, Michael Guerin, Seamus Kirby, John Shanahan, Des Foley and Timmy Toomey. This week’s jackpot is €15,600

LSSIF FUNDING: Patrickswell GAA and Camogie Club are delighted to announce that we were awarded €650,000 via the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). This is a momentous event in the club’s history. This funding is a significant allocation towards our €1 million development project. It will allow us commence the development of a Top Level Playing Pitch with Floodlights, a Training Pitch and a Walking/Running Track.

We wish to thank our Development Committee for all their tireless work to secure this grant, our Public Representatives for all their help and our members and the wider community for their continued support to make this dream a reality. In the coming months, you will see work begin on the playing infrastructure at Pairc Antoin O’Briain to modernise it to a high standard for this generation and beyond.

UNDER 20 HURLERS: The U-20 hurlers recorded a comfortable victory over St. Kieran’s on a mild Bank Holiday. Patrickswell raced into a 1-3 to 0-1 lead after ten minutes, thanks to Christy Carroll’s goal, Billy Earls 0-2 and Dayle McDonagh. Over the next ten minutes, Dayle McDonagh scored Patrickswell’s second goal and points were added by Liam Fitzgerald, Dayle McDonagh, Christy Carroll and John Murray. The advantage was now 2-7 to 0-5. To cap off the first half, Billy Earls recorded our third goal and Dayle McDonagh added two points. The interval score was 3-9 to 0-8.

The first quarter of the second half saw St. Kieran’s outscore Patrickswell by four points to three points (Christy Carroll, John Murray and Billy Earls). With fifteen minutes to play, the ‘Well led by 3-12 to 0-12. The last quarter produced a scoring spree of two goals and six points from Patrickswell. Dayle McDonagh and Cathal Fitzgerald struck the net and points were added by Liam Fitzgerald, Dayle McDonagh, John Murray, Billy Earls 0-2 and Hugh Maher. The result was a 5-18 to 0-13 win. The final group fixture with Adare is scheduled for Sunday November 10 at 3. 00pm in Adare.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Tuesday October 29 was not won. The numbers drawn were 6, 10, 25 and 26. The bonus number was 31. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Lena McCarthy and Mary Grace, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Aine O’Connor, Joanne Tierney, Declan Tierney, Jayden Quinn, Hazell McDonnell and Niamh Barrett. This week’s jackpot is €15,400

UNDER 20 HURLERS: The U-20 hurlers play St. Kieran’s on Monday October 28 at 3.30pm in Patrickswell.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday October 21 was not won. The numbers drawn were 4, 13, 14 and 28. The bonus number was 32. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Mags Tony Ryan and Jackie O’Carroll, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Teresa Griffin, Jimmy Hartigan, Rob Keyes, Ed Lowe, Eva Cahill and Alan Guerin. This week’s jackpot is €15,200

PARISH LEAGUE: The annual Parish League was played in bright, warm and windy conditions at Pairc Antoin O’Briain. The boys and girls took the opportunity to showcase their talent and played with great enthusiasm. When the final whistle blew, the Blue Team were awarded the trophy. Thanks to O’Brien’s Pharmacy for their continued support of this great event.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday October 14 was not won. The numbers drawn were 2, 3, 20 and 31. The bonus number was 12. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Lauretta Keyes and Brendan Molyneaux, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Mark Byrnes, Julie Darcy, Phil Byrnes, The Friday Club, Richie Quinn and Moss Carmody. This week’s jackpot is €15,000.

SENIOR HURLERS: Patrickswell bowed out of the championship with a semi-final defeat to Doon after a remarkable encounter. Doon made a lightning start and scored six points without reply in the first ten minutes. While Aaron Gillane notched our first point of the match, Doon were 0-10 to 0-1 ahead by the 15th minute. Aaron Gillane’s second point was overwhelmed by another Doon barrage of five consecutive points. To the amazement of the crowd, Doon were 0-15 to 0-2 ahead by the 20th minute and looked unstoppable. However, Patrickswell rallied strongly and pounded the East Men with a Patrick Kirby goal and four points from Aaron Gillane 0-2, Diarmaid Byrnes and Thomas O’Brien. Just before half-time, the large gap was trimmed to six points at 0-15 to 1-6. Despite Patrickswell having the momentum, Doon grabbed the final two points of the first half and led by 0-17 to 1-6.

Patrickswell were energetic at the start of the second half and profited from two points from Aaron Gillane and Patrick Kirby. The recovery was upset by the dismissal of Aaron Gillane. Despite the setback, a trio from Diarmaid Byrnes and another point from Evan Fitzgerald eroded the deficit to four points at 0-19 to 1-12. There were ten minutes left and a comeback was still possible. Unfortunately, Patrickswell were unable to score for another ten minutes and Doon plundered two points and two devastating goals to kill off the encounter. The game was beyond reach in the 58th minute at 2-21 to 1-12. While Kevin O’Brien bundled in a goal, Doon replied with three unanswered points to seal a 2-24 to 2-12 win.

JUNIOR A HURLERS: Patrickswell lost to Monaleen in the semi-final. The ‘Well trailed narrowly by 0-4 to 0-3 after fifteen minutes (Barry Carey and Calvin Carroll 0-2). Monaleen had a spell of domination and extended their lead to 0-8 to 0-4 by the 20th minute. Barry Foley’s goal put Patrickswell in touching distance, but an immediate goal and point from Monaleen increased their lead to five points. Calvin Carroll’s brace on the cusp of half-time made the arrears 1-9 to 1-6.

Patrickswell made a terrible start to the second half by conceding a goal almost immediately. However, five points via Calvin Carroll 0-2, Shane Hannon, Barry Foley and Billy Earls kept Patrickswell in the hunt at 2-11 to 1-11 on 45 minutes. A devastating third goal from Monaleen seemed to decide the match, but Patrickswell still had a great chance on 55 minutes at 3-12 to 1-14 adrift (Billy Earls and Calvin Carroll 0-2). Monaleen found an extra gear and scored two points to open a six-point lead at the beginning of injury time. The game was put to bed when Monaleen claimed two goals in two minutes. The final score was a 5-14 to 1-14 reverse.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday October 7 was not won. The numbers drawn were 7, 14, 22 and 28. The bonus number was 8. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Joe Harrington and Ollie Loftus, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Thomas O’Brien, Sandra Hannan, Helen O’Riordan, Carmel Kearney, Mary Ryan and Anne O’Dwyer. This week’s jackpot is €14,800

SENIOR HURLERS: Patrickswell overcame a stern test from Monaleen to reach the County Championship semi-final. The ‘Well made a good start and found ourselves 0-3 to 0-1 ahead after five minutes (Kevin O’Brien, Aaron Gillane and Thomas O’Brien). However Monaleen responded with six unanswered points in six minutes to roar 0-7 to 0-3 ahead. A reaction was required and Patrickswell dominated the following ten minutes to cut the deficit to 0-9 to 0-7 in the 25th minute, thanks to Patrick Kirby 0-2, Aaron Gillane and Diarmaid Byrnes. Despite playing into the breeze, we reached the interval with a 0-11 to 0-10 lead after Aaron Gillane struck three points and Kevin O’Brien scored the other.

The opening ten minutes of the second half saw an exchange of three points apiece (Patrick Kirby, Aaron Gillane and Diarmaid Byrnes) to establish a scoreline of 0-14 to 0-13. Monaleen dominated until the 50th minute and they found themselves 0-17 to 0-15 ahead in the closing stages. Two points in a single minute from Mark Carmody seemed to deflate Monaleen as Patrickswell equalised at 0-17 all. Cian Lynch, Diarmaid Byrnes and Evan Fitzgerald put a further squeeze on Monaleen. As the match entered injury time, we were 0-20 to 0-17 ahead. Monaleen tried from a goal, but claimed only one point to ensure a Patrickswell victory. On Sunday October 13 at 1.00pm, Patrickswell face Doon in Kilmallock. Tickets must be purchased in advance on the Limerick GAA website.

JUNIOR A HURLERS: Patrickswell edged past Claughaun in the County Championship quarter-final on a rain-soaked afternoon. The pace of scoring in the first half was low, with Calvin Carroll’s four frees opening up a 0-4 to 0-3 lead by the 20th minute. Claughaun held Patrickswell scoreless for twelve minutes and went ahead by 0-6 to 0-4. There was plenty of action on the stroke of half-time as Shane Hannon scored a goal from close range and Calvin Carroll & Liam Fitzgerald added points. The ‘Well led by 1-6 to 0-7 at the break.

Once again, the first 15 minutes of the second half yielded few scores. Billy Earls, Calvin Carroll and Peter Harty notched points, but Claughaun closed the deficit to 1-9 to 0-11. Peter Harty’s goal gave Patrickswell some breathing space, but Claughaun were still only 2-9 to 0-13 behind with five minutes left. All nerves were settled when Patrickswell steamed ahead with six consecutive points in six minutes from Calvin Carroll 0-2, Peter Harty 0-2, David Woulfe and Shane Hannon. The result was a 2-15 to 0-13 win. The semi-final is against Monaleen in Rathbane on Saturday October 12 at 4.00pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance on the Limerick GAA website.

CLUB LOTTO: The Club Lotto draw on Monday September 30 was not won. The numbers drawn were 10, 23, 25 and 31. The bonus number was 5. The €50 Lucky Dips were won by Ger Lynch and Eadaoin Kearney, while the €20 prizes were claimed by Olive Dinnage, Una Woulfe, Michael McGregor, Anthony Moore, Kevin O’Connell and Louise O’Donnell. This week’s jackpot is €14,600.