Category: Men’s Football

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.

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 [...]

Gaels Win a Wild Game in Bushy Park »

Ranelagh Gaels 1-11 Wild Geese 1-9 Recently married Eamon Courtney returned from his honeymoon to hit a match-winning 1-4 for Ranelagh Gaels on Tuesday night. The home team were struggling against Wild Geese in the second half when Courtney, who married the lovely Sharon just a few short weeks ago, slotted home a vital goal. [...]

Gaels Need No Place to ‘Hide »

X   Ranelagh Gaels 1-15 St Sylvester’s 1-12 By Gordon Manning RANELAGH GAELS’ reputation as ET specialists continued on Thursday night – but the star of the show was Duracell Bunny Barry O’Brien. Once more the Gaels had to phone home – Smyths – to say they’d be late after O’Brien’s clinically struck injury-time goal [...]

Double Delight for Gaels »

It was a great week for Ranelagh Gaels with two championship wins inside three days. First up on Tuesday were the Junior D’s, who won their first round replay against Robert Emmet’s to set up a meeting with St Anne’s this weekend. Then on Thursday night Liam O’Hagan’s Junior C’s advanced to the quarter-finals following [...]