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Club AGM Notes 2011 »

Ranelagh Gaels held the club’s Annual General Meeting in Beechwood Community Hall last Friday night. Though the attendance was smaller than hoped, it proved to be an extremely worthwhile meeting. Everyone that attended contributed and several good ideas which will help the club into the future were floated.

Ranelagh Gaels AGM »

Ranelagh Gaels’ Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday night. The venue is the Community Hall on Mountainview Road and proceedings get underway at 8.0. All club members are encouraged to attend as the AGM is where we make plans for the year ahead and address any issues that may have arisen during 2011. [...]

One Hell Of A Do »

THERE was a great turn-out on Thursday night for Ranelagh Gaels’ annual awards function. This is only the second year that the event has been run, but already it is a firm fixture in the calendar. Players from the men’s and ladies team plus other club members packed a room at Doheny and Nesbit on [...]

Death ‘Nells for Gaels’ Season »

Ranelagh Gaels 2-5 Parnells 2-9 RANELAGH Gaels’ brilliant run in the Junior C Championship came to an end at the semi-final stage on Sunday. Having beaten teams ranked far higher than them in earlier rounds, most notably Naomh Fionnbarra in the quarter-finals, the Gaels finally came undone against an excellent Parnells side in Balgriffin. Ranelagh [...]

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.