Rathkeale GAA Club Notes:
Victory Dinner Dance:
Rathkeale GAA Club celebrated a fantastic evening at Rathkeale House Hotel for our Victory Dinner Dance last Friday night. This celebration was to honour the outstanding achievements from the Intermediate Football County Champions, the U-20 Football County Champions, while also acknowledging the great season from our Junior A Hurlers.
We had our Chairman, Frank Geary, open the occasion, before passing the reigns over to Matt O’Callaghan, who was our resident MC on the night, and who performed admirably. We had councillor Adam Teskey, Seamus McNamara, Breda Breen, and Wayne Fitzgerald all in attendance and speaking, while Jimmy Lee was our special guest and presented the medals and awards, accompanied by local man, Jim ‘Blackie’ McEnery.
Congratulations to all our 2024 Players who won their respective awards:
Thomas Dillon and Mikey Meade – Intermediate Football Management
Barry Coleman and Andrew Meade – U20 Football Management
U20 Hurler of the Year – Niall Sheahan
U20 Footballer of the Year – Fintan McNamara
Junior Hurling ‘Managers’ Player of the Year – Darren Jones
Junior Hurling ‘Players’ Player of the Year – Mikey Morrissey
Intermediate Football ‘Managers’ Player of the Year – Adam Shanagher
Intermediate Football ‘Players’ Player of the Year – Andrew Meade.
We also had special Club recognition awards presented to the following, for their respective achievements for this year, and over the last number of years. Well done to all the winners:
Supporter of the Year – Janice Morrissey
Continued Longevity of Service – Mary Liston
Continued Longevity of Service – James O’Connor
Continued Longevity of Service – Pat Sheahan
Club Person of the Year – Dean Maune.
Special shout out to Dean, who is the driving force behind Rathkeale GAA, he is at every meeting, he has galvanised both the hurlers and footballers, to lead to the great successes of 2024, while still playing himself. He is an honest person, with an enormous heart for Rathkeale GAA Club and we appreciate everything he has done and delivered for the Club. The players also acknowledged Dean with a player’s gift for his commitment in 2024.
Finally, a few words of thanks. Thank you all to all our guests on the night, who turned out in great force. Thank you to the organising committee, who put in a wonderful effort and made the night a great success. Thank you to all our local sponsors who provided fantastic spot prizes on the night, and also to Shannon’s Balloon Boutique, for adding great colour and atmosphere to the occasion. A big shout also to Mr Swingman who belted out the songs, and also, Edmund Dollery, who unexpectedly stepped in with his professional camera services. Finally, a big thank you to Ann Madigan, and all her staff of Rathkeale House Hotel, who made this a very special occasion for all connected with Rathkeale GAA. Here is to the next Victory Social! Photos available through Edmund Dolley’s Facebook page which we hope to upload over the coming days – thanks again to Edmund.
Image 1 – Caption: Mary Liston with her husband Pat, with her Continued Longevity of Service Award
Image 2 – Caption: Mikey Morrissey and Kate Geary at our recent awards night
Image 3 – Caption: Geraldine Meade, accompanied by Mikey Meade and gang at the awards night
Image 5 – Caption: Chairman, Frank Geary, with councillor Adam Teskey
Fancy Winning €10,000? – Club Limerick Draw Kicks Off Again:
With only weeks to go before the kickoff of Club Limerick Draw 2025, we are encouraging you to sign up again for the season ahead! Rathkeale GAA Club have enjoyed fantastic success in recent years, with over 110 winners from the Club over the previous 9 years, with many of our members enjoying the top prize of €10,000 including:
Tom Keating
John O’Donoghue
Fr. Willie Russell
Alan O’Shea
Vincent O’Grady
Jack Coleman
Tom & Shiela Dillane
Fiona & Kevin Dalton
Niall O’Connor
Brendan Kennedy
Claire Liston.
The monies raised from the Club Limerick Draw funds have contributed greatly to the delivery of a new stand, fencing and pathways in our local facility, Sean Finn Park. We would like to thank you for your continued support in generating much needed funds to run the Club over the years. Our promoters will be in contact over the coming weeks, however, you can also sign up today by clicking on the following link: https://clublimerick.ie/draw/#join.
(Ensure you select Rathkeale GAA Club if completing the Online Form).
If you have family members, friends, or colleagues, that have expressed interest, please forward them on this message, we would love to have them onboard!
There is also an opportunity for Adult Players to pay for their Club Limerick Draw Membership and Club Membership at a rate of €160 online, bringing a saving of €40 for Adult Players. For Adult Non-Players, there is a combined offering for Club Limerick Draw Membership and Club Membership at a rate of €140 online, bringing a saving of €10.
Registration can be processed easily on the Foireann website, by using the following link: www.foireann.ie.
St Patrick’s Day Parade:
Rathkeale GAA Club are once again delighted to participate in the upcoming St Patrick’s Day Parade, which will be held in the town on Monday, March 17th, Time TBC. We hope to see a great turnout from our members, kids and Bord na nOg on the day. Our float will be congregating between the library and Tadhg O’Connor’s. We hope to see you there!
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