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Minor LFC Dublin v Laois

March 27, 2015
Leinster Minor Championship 2015 Dublin is back in Minor championship action this weekend when they travel to play Laois this Saturday in McCann Park, Portarlington Co Laois Reigning Leinster champions Dublin have enjoyed two championship victories to date over Westmeath and Kildare respectively. Saturday’s opponents Laois got their 2015 campaign off to a good start with a 0-13 to 0-05 win over Wexford however the O’Moore County has since endured two heavy de..

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Dublin v Laois U14 LFC

March 27, 2015
Leinster U14 Championship 2015 Dublin travel to Mountmellick on Sunday for their third round Leinster football championship clash with Laois the U14 game is being played ahead of the Tesco Home Grown NFL clash of Laois and Cork. Dublin championship campaign has gotten off to a good start with the young Dubs having accounted for both Meath and Longford in the opening two rounds of the 2015 competition. Laois enjoyed a good win over Kildare in their opening game but the O’..

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DCU 2 hold off DIT to claim Lynch Cup

March 23, 2015
DCU hold off DIT to claim Lynch CupDCU 2-13DIT 1-10There was some consolation for DCU as they saw off DIT in the Lynch Cup decider at CIT on Saturday afternoon.While the college had claimed victory in this competition twice in the past, this was the first time that their ‘second’ team had done so.A wide spread of scorers stood them in good stead and though they fell behind to an early Amy Ring point, they soon hit the front as points from Kate Caulfield (two) and Michel..

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Trinity too strong in Giles Cup decider

March 23, 2015
Trinity too strong in Giles Cup deciderTrinity College, Dublin 1-16Athlone IT 1-9Seven second-half points from Aisling Reynolds helped Trinity College to claim the Giles Cup as they beat Athlone IT in Saturday’s final at CIT.With Trinity holding a 0-6 to 0-5 lead at half-time, the Dublin college scored seven of the first nine points after the resumption, Reynolds scoring six as she was impeccable from frees while sub Stacey Flood also pointed soon after her introduction.The lead had..

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UL Cruise to Back to Back Irish Examiner O'Connor Cups

March 23, 2015
UL Cruise to Back to Back Irish Examiner O’Connor CupsUL 3-16DCU 0-9UL made it back-to-back titles in the Irish Examiner O’Connor Cup as they finished 16-point winners over DCU in the final at Cork IT.Leading by six points at half-time after a strong second quarter, the reigning champions pushed on thanks to two Áine Tighe goals early in the second period and from there there wouldn’t be any denying them.It was a sparkling all-round performance, with..

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Dubs team named for Laois clash

March 13, 2015
TESCO Homegrown NFL Sunday March 15th, 2pm Laois v Dublin Venue: Crettyard Co Laois   Dublin management has made three changes to their starting line- up for this Sundays 5th round NFL tie versus Laois.   Fiona Hudson is named at corner back in place of Muireann Ní Scanaill while Katie Murray replaces Lucy Collins at the heart of the Dublin defence. Nicole Owens returns to the Dubs forward line after her recent bout of concussion that she picked up in the Mayo game with Hannah ..

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Leinster Championship Round Up

March 01, 2015
Leinster Championship Round Up: Dublin Minors, U16’s and U14’s all enjoyed victories in the Leinster championship this weekend. On Saturday the Dublin U14’s recorded a good win for the Dubs U14s today over Meath with the full time score reading, Dublin 6-10 Meath 5-6.  This opening round Leinster fixture played before a large home support was an entertaining contest from start to finish with Dublin edging out a spirited Meath side by seven points ..

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Match Report Dublin v Kerry

March 01, 2015
Tesco Homegrown NFL  FT Dublin 2-8 Kerry 3-11 Dublin suffered their 2nd successive defeat in the Tesco Homegrown NFL losing out to a strong well drilled Kerry outfit by 3-11 to 2-8. The two sides were level at the interval registering 2-6 a piece having played out an entertaining 30 minutes of football despite the difficult weather conditions. Dublin Captain, Lyndsey Davey and half forward Carla Rowe scored the Dubs first half goals while Sarah Houlihan and veteran forward Patrice De..

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Dublin name Team for Kingdom Clash

February 28, 2015
TESCO Home Grown NFL Dublin v Kerry Sunday March 1st, 12:30 Legion GAA Club, Killarney   On Sunday Dublin ladies will take on Kerry in the 4th round of the NFL at 12:30 in Legion GAA Club, Killarney.   Disappointingly their male counter parts will be playing just five minutes up the road at 2pm in Fitzgerald Stadium.   One has to ask the question have the powers that be missed an ideal opportunity to promote both codes as part of what could have been a superb double- header ..

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Busy weekend of Inter County action

February 27, 2015
Busy weekend on the Inter County Scene   Four out of five Dublin teams are in action this weekend.   First up on Saturday Feb 28th the Dublin U14 and U16 teams begin their 2015 Leinster Championship campaign both take on local neighbours Meath.   The U14 game gets underway at 1:30pm in Pairc Ui Murchu at 1:30pm followed by the U16 clash at 3pm   On Sunday the Dublin minors play Kildare in their 2nd round Leinster championship fixture at 2:30pm in Parnells GAA Club, Coolock. ..

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