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allianz football leaguE
Division 2 - Round 7
cill
dara –V–
an iarmhí
Saturday 24 oct 2020, 14.00
St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge
REFEREE: CIARAN BRANAGAN
CL ÁR O I FI GIÚIL/OFFIC IAL P ROG RAMME
@kildaregaa
www.kildaregaa.ie
ALLIANZ NATIONAL LEAGUES 2020
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A MESSAGE from the chaIrman
Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur romhaibh go continue to liaise with Croke Park and The
léir go dtí Páirc Naomh Conlaith anseo i Leinster Council regarding how best to
nDroichead Nua inniu agus tá súil agam minimise the spread of this virus and we
go mbainfidh sibh sár-thaitneamh as an dá hope all keep safe and adhere to public
chluiche health guidelines over the next few weeks.
On behalf of Kildare GAA I want to I wish to thank our main sponsor
welcome you all to St Conleth’s Park Brady Family and all our sponsors for
today for the final round of the Allianz their continued support, we are extremely
League Football Division 2 between grateful, and we wish you continued
Kildare and Westmeath. I want to extend success.
a warm welcome to the Westmeath Finally, I want to thank all our loyal
team, management and officials on their supporters and I hope you all enjoy today’s
visit today. I expect that we will all be game online, on GAAGO or on KFM and
treated to very enjoyable, exciting and RTE radio.
competitive match here this afternoon.
To ensure the running of our Yours in sport
organisation and our games is of the
highest standard it requires a lot of work Mick Gorman
behind the scenes. On that note I want Cathaoirleach
to thank my fellow officers, our stewards,
and all who continue to volunteer their
services to Kildare GAA. Thanks also to
our grounds men for having our pitch in
excellent condition for today’s game. I also
want to express my thanks to Club Kildare
who continue to raise funds for Kildare
GAA.
Unfortunately, as anticipated the
number of Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
cases continue to increase. Kildare GAA
Today’s programme was compiled by the Kildare GAA Communications committee
Photos supplied by Sean Brilly. Graphic Design: pixelpress.ie
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Kildare and Westmeath
collide with everything
to play for
BY ROBERT CRIBBIN
A week has passed since the resumption two excellent wins over Cavan and Laois
of Inter County action and it all still feels a last weekend for the teams present this
little surreal. afternoon.
In some ways it’s even an achievement Westmeath with John Heslin firing
that we have a game at all but thankfully on all cylinders rather cruised to victory
the GAA has got the go ahead to proceed over a Laois side that could be in a bit of
with matches at Senior Level albeit even if trouble by the close of play this evening.
the Minor and Under 20 grade has fallen The team in Maroon and White were
by the wayside for the time being. 1-18 to 0-13 victors with Jamie Ganoud
It’s a very unusual year way beyond netting the vital goal for the hosts.
any sport that may or may not take place Heslin is the main man and after
but the conclusion of the League’s is spending a period of his childhood in
something that didn’t look very likely even Rathcoffey he will be well primed for
a few weeks ago so fair play for those in the Kildare test but in Ronan O’Toole,
making it happen. Ray Connellan and Kieran Martin they
Games are being played behind closed still have players who can do damage to
doors with no crowd present and how their a Kildare defence that conceded twenty
absence is keenly felt and while it was only points last weekend.
six days ago that Kildare and Westmeath Kildare on the other hand came out
registered victories in the Allianz National on top against Cavan in a high scoring
Football League it seems like a lifetime shootout with points going over at will.
ago with what has been going on this week. It was a we attack you attack type of
Under normal circumstances in a game and the Lilywhites flourished with
Covidless year there will have been a lot a Fergal Conway goal putting Kildare
more talk of what has to be said were ten points up at one stage but in typical
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fashion they almost threw the game away
at the end. Remarkably there are still four
In some ways that will have been a
perfect tonic for the Kildare management or five teams that could still be
as they will have had plenty to improve either promoted or relegated so
on at training during the week and a win is winning has never mattered as
no mean feat without the likes of Daniel much.
Flynn and Jack Robinson.
One big positive Jack O’Connor Defeating Westmeath is something
will have been Jimmy Hyland returning Kildare usually routinely do but they
to something like his Under 20 All- actually lost the last time the sides met in
Ireland winning form and alongside Ben the Championship when current selector
McCormack and debutant Darragh Tom Cribbin oversaw the demise of his
Kirwan the inside line was always a threat. own county but deservedly so it must be
As per usual Division 2 is turning into said with the Lakesiders qualifying for that
an absolute minefield of a competition and year’s Leinster Final after edging a one
even second guessing what will happen is point encounter against Cian O’Neill’s
an amateur’s game. men.
Remarkably there are still four or five The Clane man did a fine job with
teams that could still be either promoted Westmeath but he will be looking for a
or relegated so winning has never vastly different result this time around.
mattered as much. Westmeath will be looking for a
Against the odds Westmeath come to similar result though and with a chance
Newbridge with a real shot of promotion at Division 1 Football possibly appearing
and a win could easily see them slip into in the rear view mirror they will be doing
the top two with Armagh facing into a everything in their power to try claim the
difficult enough trip to Ennis to take on success they will need.
Clare. Even though they won’t have any
Kildare only sit a point behind the supporters cheering them on Kildare will
Lake County but their priority is a lot still be favourites playing at St. Conleth’s
more simple, win and they will retain their Park and a repeat performance of the
Division 2 status. Cavan showing should see them there or
In some ways this game is thereabouts come the final whistle.
more important than any Leinster Championship may only be a fortnight
Championship contest over the coming away for both but with so much still on
weeks and even more so for Westmeath the line this may just be Kildare and
who have the shadow of the All Ireland six Westmeath’s season over the next 70
in a row chasing Dublin locking horns with minutes.
themselves in the opening round. It’s all set up.
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Player Profile
david hyland
Age: 26
Height: 6ft 1ins
Occupation: Management Consultant at
Accenture
Club: Athy
Position: Centre Back
GAA Honours (Club & County): County
– Leinster U21 medal Club – 2 Senior
Championship, 2 minor championships
& 2 under-21 championships College –
Sigerson cup with UCD in 2016.
What age were you when you started
play Gaelic football: 4 Favourite County Player: Kevin Feely
Someone who has had an influence Best grounds you have ever played in:
on your career: My mother & father. Croke Park
Coaching wise Joe Kelly. What do you most enjoy about been
Three words to describe yourself as a part of the GAA: Being able to share
a common goal with your best friends
player: Hard-working, determined &
while also trying to make your family &
trustworthy.
community proud.
Favourite Sportsperson:
Best Advice someone has given you:
Kieran McGeeney
The harder you work, the harder it is to
Who is the best player you played with: surrender
Niall Kelly
How do you prepare for games: I would
Best player you played against: always make sure I have something to do
Conor McManus the day before & morning of matches.
Most memorable GAA sporting What advice have you for the young
moment: Kildare winning Leinster in players in the county: It may not always
1998 be your day, but the bare minimum you
Favourite Club Player: Joe Kinihan can bring to the party is work rate.
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Remembering
Mick Sammon
from Clane
The Forgotten Bloody Sunday Referee
The GAA has publicised plans to
commemorate the centenary of Bloody
Sunday on 21 November 1920. On that
occasion, 14 people, including Tipperary
player, Michael Hogan, were killed by
British Crown forces during a football
match between Tipperary and Dublin.
In all the accounts of what happened
on Bloody Sunday, there was little or
no mention made of the referee on that
fateful day. Who was Mick Sammon, and
why was he appointed to such a significant Féin manifesto in Kilcullen on 15 August
role? 1918.
Mick Sammon, was born on 7 February On Sunday 21 November 1920, Mick
1893 in Clane, County Kildare. As a refereed the tragic Tipperary v Dublin
prominent footballer with Kilcullen and challenge match, which became known
Clane, he played with the Lilywhites as Bloody Sunday. The whistle he used is
from 1918 to 1921 and won an All-Ireland displayed in the GAA Museum.
medal in 1919 at centrefield alongside
Ten minutes into the game, the Auxiliaries
Larry Stanley.
and the Black and Tans arrived on the
As a Sinn Féin officer, he served time in pitch. The subsequent firing by Crown
three prisons due to a reading of a Sinn forces resulted in the deaths of 14 people
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including Tipperary player, Michael
Hogan, in whose memory the Hogan
Stand in Croke Park is named.
Mick Sammon served on sporting
committees including the Tailteann
Games Committee, the National Athletic
and Cycling Association of Ireland and
a sub-committee of GAA Congress
to report on the formation of an Irish
Athletic Governing Body.
He refereed the 1923 All-Ireland
Junior football final and the 1924 All-
Ireland Junior semi-final. In addition to
involvement in the GAA, he also had an
interest in dogs and enjoyed significant
success at dog shows and coursing.
On Monday 26 June 1922, Mick married
Elizabeth Gill from Buttersteam, Clane. Michael Sammon and his bride Elizabeth Gill.
They had two daughters, Betty and
Maura. He purchased The Railway Hotel
(now The Abbey Lodge Pub) in Celbridge. Committee Members:
He died on Thursday 24 April 1947 at
Cllr Pádraig McEvoy, Chairperson, County
a relatively young age of 54 and was
Kildare Decade of Commemorations
interred in the family plot in Clane. Committee
The Mick Sammon Commemoration Lorcán O’Rourke, Secretary
Committee is seeking contributions,
background or artefacts of any kind Dave Cahill, Secretary Kildare GAA County
for an exhibition on Mick Sammon in Board
November. We are keen to hear stories Fergus Sammon, Grandnephew of
about Mick and his family, their time in Mick Sammon
Clane, Kilcullen, Dublin or Celbridge.
Seamus Cullen, Historian, Baltreacy
Any information can be sent to Lorcán
Marie Woods, Clane GAA Club
O’Rourke: lorcanorourke142@gmail.com
Eoghan Corry, Travel Writer & GAA
The Mick Sammon Commemoration Historian
Committee will mark the centenary of Mick’s
death with a private wreath laying ceremony Dr Ciarán Reilly, Historian, Maynooth
at his grave in Clane. University
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Player Profile
kieran martin
Age: 29
Height: 6ft
Occupation: Games Development
Officer AIT/ Performance Games
Development Officer Westmeath
Club: Maryland
Position: God Only Knows!!!!
GAA Honours: Division 3 National
League (Division 3&4 National League
Title, Intermediate Champions 2008 Most memorable GAA sporting
What age were you when you started moment: Walking in the parade in Croke
play Gaelic football: 6 Years old Park in my first Leinster Final
Favourite Club Player: John Egan,
Someone who has had an influence on
Athlone
your career: Biggest influence has to
be my family as they have always been Favourite County Player: Michael
hugely involved in GAA and have done Murphy
everything they possibly could to help me Best grounds you have ever played in:
throughout my career Has to be Croke Park
Three words to describe yourself as a What do you most enjoy about been part
of the GAA: The people you meet from
player: Hard Working, Passionate, Direct
around the country, no matter where you
Favourite Sportsperson and why: go GAA links everyone together
Usain Bolt, as he is not always serious and
Best Advice someone has given you: The
enjoys his sport. But when it comes down harder you work, the luckier you get
to that 10 seconds before his race he can
How do you prepare for games: Eat as
totally focus on what he has to do
much as I can the day before
Who is the best player you played with: What advice have you for the young
Luke Loughlin players in the county: Enjoy every
Best player you played against: moment you get a chance to put on the
Diarmuid Connolly Westmeath jersey.
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league
results
Allianz Football League Division 2
Round 1 Kildare 2-12 Fermanagh 0-14
Round 2 Kildare 0-10 Clare 0-11
Round 3 Kildare 0-10 Armagh 0-16
Round 4 Kildare 0-13 Roscommon 2-11
Round 5 Kildare 0-15 Laois 0-10
Round 6 Kildare 1-21 Cavan 0-20
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All-Ireland and World Handball
Champion Robbie McCarthy
from Mullingar has done it all
in GAA Handball
When GAA handball action resumed last and 2 World Senior Doubles medals as
August, Westmeath’s Robbie McCarthy well as 2 US Open Singles wins in the
was preparing for his 12th All-Ireland 60 x international-sized 40 x 20 court is a
30 final. He had won that championship very confident player who declares,
on seven occasions since 2011 and cruised
through the 2020 championship with “I can play at an intense level and
consummate ease winning his last three I’m happy to compete at this level
matches by a total of 126 aces to 36. That and that’s just it. I enjoy handball
brings his total All-Ireland Senior singles immensely and I give great credit
medal haul to 12, four of these in 40 x 20 to my parents who have supported
(2014, ‘15, ’16 and ’19). me in every way possible from the
time I could hold a ball and aim
Now serving in the Defence Forces in for a target.”
Athlone, the 33-year-old Mullingar native
spent several years in the Naval Service When handball activity was stalled in
and was humbled and happy to take March, McCarthy was in flying form and
part in refugee rescue missions on the had qualified for the All-Ireland 40 x 20
Mediterranean Sea. final which had to be postponed and is
now scheduled for 6 December.
The double All-Ireland champion has more
county, provincial, national, US and World
Handball titles than he can remember.
The holder of 6 World underage titles
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Of the break in sport, he says, Robbie is one of the best-known handball
players in the world, but younger sister,
“I did a little bit of fitness training
Aoife, has made her mark in the sport
while handball courts were out of
with many wins in Ireland and abroad.
bounds but as I was really busy
Sha caused a major shock in the 2020
with work as the Defence Forces
Ladies 60 x 30 championship defeating
were doing a lot. It gave me a nice hot favourite, Caitríona Casey, 11-9 in a
bit of a break. I just did a little bit tie-break.
of training to tick over, piled on
a heap of weight and had to get Their father, Robbie Snr., has an enviable
rid of it when I went back. A huge record in the game and has medals to
advantage was that I got to spend prove his ability in the traditional Irish
more time at home with my wife hardball code, as well as in 60 x 30 and
and children. 40 x 20. He has won several times on
the international stage, and at all levels
“It was nice to get the break, but in the domestic game and coached and
it wasn’t nice the way it happened. mentored his protégés for over 25 years.
I didn’t want the break, but I got
the break, so I took it.” Mention the McCarthy name in handball
company, and the talk will inevitably
focus on the family as well as on the
amazing achievements of the individual
players themselves.
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CILL DARA
1
Mark Donnellan
Marcus Ó Donalláin
Maigh Nuad
2 3 4
Shea Ryan Mick O’Grady Eoin Doyle
Shea Ó Riain Mícheál Ó Gráda Eoin Ó Dúghaill
Na Sairsealaigh Cill Droichid Nás na Ríogh
5 6 7
David Hyland Con Kavanagh Kevin Flynn
Daithí O hAolaín Conn Caomhánach Caoimhín Ó Floinn
Ath í Na Sairsealaigh Cill Droichid
8 9
Kevin Feely Aaron Masterson
Caoimhín Ó Ficheallaigh Aaron mac an Mhaistir
Ath í Acadha Mórdha
10 11 12
Paul Cribbin Paddy Brophy Liam Power
Pól Mac Róibín Pádraig Ó Bróithe Liam De Paor
Droichead Baile Sheain Cill Droichid Na Raithiní
13 14 15
Ben McCormack Darragh Kirwan Jimmy Hyland
Beircheart MacCormaic Darragh Ó Ciarubháin Seamus Ó hAoláin
Na Sairsealaigh Nás na Riogh Baile Thaigh
FIR IONAID 16
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James Robinson, Séamus Mac Róibín, Na Cloigthithe
Mark Dempsey, Marcas Ó Diomasaigh, Acadha Mórdha
18 Darragh Malone, Dara Ó Maoileoin, Fiodh Aluaine
19 Eoghan Bateman, Nás na Ríogh
20 Tommy Moolick, Tomás Moolick, Léim an Bhradáin Bainisteoir:
21 Luke Flynn, Lúcas Ó Floinn, Droichead Baile Sheain Jack O’Connor
22 Fergal Conway, Fearghal Coinmheadh, Cill Droichid
Maor Fóirne /
23 Eanna O’Connor, Éanna Ó Conchuir, Acadha Mórdha Roghnóir:
24 Neil Flynn, Neil Ó Floinn, Maigh Nuad Ross Glavin,
25 Conor Hartley, Conchubhar Ó hArtaile, Na Sairsealaigh Bryan Murphy,
26 Daragh Ryan, Dara Ó Riain, Na Sairsealaigh Tom Cribbin
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AN IARMHÍ
1
Jason Daly
J. Ó Dalaigh
St. Lomans Mullingar
2 3 4
Jack Smith Ronan Wallace Boidu Sayeh
S. Mac Gabhann R. Bhailis B. Sayeh
Skerries Harps Multyfarnham Rosemount
5 6 7
Jamie Gonoud Kevin Maguire James Dolan
S. Mag Nuad C. Mag Uidhir S. Ó Dúláin
Tyrrellspass Caulry Garrycastle
8 9
Ray Connellan Sam Duncan
R. Ó Conalláin S. Ó Donnacháin
Athlone Milltownpass
10 11 12
Luke Loughlin Ronan O’ Toole Paddy Holloway
L. Ó Lochlainn R. Ó Tuthail P. Ó hAilmhic
The Downs St. Lomans Mullingar Castledaly
13 14 15
Lorcan Dolan John Heslin Kieran Martin
L. Ó Dúláin S. Ó hEislin C. Ó Máirtín
Castledaly St. Lomans Mullingar Maryland
FIR IONAID 16
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Eoin Carberry, E. Ó Cairbre, Rosemount
Ger Egan, G. Mac Aogáin, Tyrrellspass
18 Callum McCormack, C. Mac Cormaic, Maryland
19 David Lynch, D. Ó Loinsigh, St. Malachys
20 Killian Daly, C. Ó Dalaigh, Mullingar Shamrocks Bainisteoir:
21 Anthony McGivney, A. Mac Dhuibhne, Multyfarnham Jack Cooney
22 Conor Slevin, C. Ó Sléibhín, Tyrrellspass
Maor Fóirne /
23 Brandon Kelly, B. Ó Ceallaigh, Milltownpass Roghnóir:
24 Darren Giles, D. Ó Glaisne, Coralstown Kinnegad Paschal Kelleghan
25 Noel O Reilly, N. Ó Raghallaigh, Milltownpass Declan Gorman
26 Alex Gardiner, A. Gairnéir, Garrycastle Brian Flanagan
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