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Gaels Set the ‘Barrs High »

Ranelagh Gaels 2-5 Naomh Fionbarra 0-9 Ranelagh Gaels battled their way to the semi-finals of the Junior C Championship with a brilliant away win against Naomh Fionnbarra on Sunday. Playing against the Division 7 Champions on their home patch in a do-or-die quarter-final, the Gaels showed tremendous intensity to beat higher ranked opposition. The ’Barrs [...]

Shot-Shy Scribe Tells of His Fresh-Air Faux Pas »

Red-faced Peter Sweeney last night broke his silence on his dramatic late howler against Erin Go Bragh at the weekend. On Saturday day night the horrified hack failed to make contact with a simple effort in front of goal, when an easy tap-in would have won the game against the Division 8 pace-setters.

Up the Dubs – Club Notes »

RANELAGH Gaels joined in the celebrations on Sunday night as Dublin landed Sam Maguire for the first time in 16 years by beating Kerry. Everyone at the club, even our members from the Kingdom, pass on best wishes to manager Pat Gilroy and his team for a magnificent achievement.

Get Down To Smyth’s For the Quiz on Thursday! »

SO WHAT do you normally do on a Thursday evening? Do you sit around the pub with your mates arguing over who finished third in X Factor two years ago (we’re not sure either, but we’d go for Jedward)? Well on Thursday, September 15, you can do that AND win some top prizes at Ranelagh [...]

Big Pat’s Big Move »

Ranelagh Gaels said good-bye to one of the club’s most popular players when Pat Koucheravy was given a send-off recently. Big Pat, his wife Grace and their little daughter Carys are heading back to America. Pat was born in Washington DC before moving to Ireland with Grace and he took up Gaelic football for the [...]

Club Notes »

RANELAGH Gaels continue their preparations for next month’s Junior C Championship showdown with by participating in St Joseph’s OCB’s summer tournament. The competition, which features eight clubs based between or close to the two canals that form the borders of Dublin City, starts Tuesday night with a quarter-final game against Clan na Gael Fontenoy in [...]