Mungret/St Pauls GAA Club Notes:

I would like to thank all the people from the community who supported our Limerick Fittest Superstars held in Mungret St Pauls’ GAA club yesterday under a mix of sunshine and heavy rain. Your support for our community is amazing.

I would like to thank the following for enabling a very successful event for the third year running: Kieran O’Brien and his amazing team who worked tirelessly over the past number of months to ensure that this event would run smoothly regardless of weather.

Dave Fitzgerald and his Fittest Superstars team (where we had our own Donnie & Joe Browne part of the team) who setup a challenging course for all the team and ensured they had fun and were safe throughout the event.

Our fantastic 53 teams who completed the course in different weather conditions.

Our sponsors of the 53 teams, whose support is critical to enable the teams to complete

Our corporate, community and individual sponsors. This sponsorship is going to continue the great development that is going on in Mungret St Pauls GAA club to enable the current and future players to have the right facilities to grow and develop their skills and as people.

Mary Lyons and her team from Hungry Lyons & Happy Dough Lucky who provided food for all. Our bar team led by Colin and Helen. What an amazing job and support they provided for the us all throughout the day and night. Martina and her team who looked after the shop and hall. Kevin and his team who looked after the security, ensuring the facilities were safe and clean. The carpark team who ensure all cars get parking and are safe. Caitriona and all the coaches & club members who looked after the Astro facilities, ensuring all the children had a safe place to have fun while the main event was going on. Siobhan and the Order of Malta who look after the people if there were any first aid needs. Mary and Tadhg who looked after the photos, videos and media on the day. Wanda who looked after the media in the weeks promoting the event.  Justin and Ger who worked tirelessly behind the scenes throughout the day to ensure everything worked great. Apologies if I left any volunteers out who supported the event, there were so many. Thanks again to the people of the community who I hoped had a fantastic day meeting up with friends and colleagues, while supporting the amazing 53 teams in all weather conditions. Keep supporting our facilities as they are there for you to use.

Regards,

Fintan Hynes

Chairperson

Mungret St Paul’s GAA Club

Well done to our 4 X U15 Limerick Camogie players who were welcomed to Glenroe Gaa on Saturday last for 2 matches v Clare and Tipperary.

First up were Lucy Barry and Chloe McAuliffe v Clare – their team produced a brilliant comeback to snatch the win in what was a very high scoring game

Next we had Saoirse Browne and Eilis O’Neill who’s team started like a train v Tipperary and held a good lead throughout the game finishing very strong with some brilliantly worked scores Well done girls! Keep her lit!

Hard luck to Vice Captain Ailbhe Larkin and her Limerick Snr Camogie team mates who had a tough day at the office last Saturday against a strong Cork team in Pairc Ui Rinn for the opener of their championship campaign. It was a great performance from the Limerick Senior Footballers when they beat Westmeath by just 1 point on Saturday 31 May 2025. This win now sees them into the Quarter Final of the Tailteann Cup. Mungret St. Pauls are delighted to have Jason Hassett, Darragh O’Hagan, Killian Ryan and Jack McCarthy on the panel with Ronan McElligott and U-20 players Diarmaid Hynes and Tom Lloyd on the extended panel. We also have Pa Ranahan, Michéal Cahill and Eoin O’Hagan on the management.

It was not the Limerick minor hurlers day on Sunday 1 June 2025 when they lost to Waterford in Thurles. Well done to Mungret St. Pauls players Killian Begley and Oisin Donnelly who are on the panel.

Our Camogie players now have the choice to wear Skorts OR Shorts following the passing of a motion by 98% at a special congress meeting in Croke Park last week.

Following Thursday’s vote Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said: “We are pleased to announce that delegates have voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of giving players greater choice in their playing attire.

“From midnight tonight, each individual player will have the option to wear skorts or shorts – adding choice while maintaining the professionalism and uniformity of our team kits in both colour and design. “I want to sincerely thank our incredible volunteers for their ongoing support over the last few weeks, and to our delegates for voting on behalf of over 120,000 members, including 94,000 playing members.”

The controversy over whether players should have the option of wearing shorts or skorts really intensified in the last month, with protests staged by teams turning up across the country in shorts rather than the regulated skorts (including our own Junior Team a fortnight ago) leading to match delays and even postponements. Rules had dictated that camogie players must wear a skort, or a divided skirt, for matches, although many players train in shorts. Here are MSPCamogie we are delighted that this motion has been passed, giving the power of choice back to players.