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Dubs name team to face Tyrone

March 02, 2012
Dublin boss, Peter Clarke has announced his team to play Tyrone in the 4th round of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL on Sunday March 4th @ 2pm in Killycogher.  Clarke has made five switches to the team that lost to Cork two weeks ago. Parnell's net minder Emma Merrigan starts between the posts for Cliodhna O'Connor, Skerries Harps Sinead O'Mahony takes over from Ailish McKenna at right corner back. Siobhan McGrath moves to the centre of defence in place of Sinead Finnegan wit..

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Dubs travel North to play Red Hand County

March 02, 2012
Dublin travel up north to Killycogher this Sunday to take on Tyrone in the fourth round of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL.  Dubs manager Peter Clarke will be anxious that his chargers get their league campaign back on track following their three point defeat to Cork two weeks ago having secured victories over Kildare and Meath respectively in the leagues earlier rounds.   Dublin and Tyrone's last meeting was in the 2010 All Ireland final when the Dubs accounted for the Red..

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BGE Ladies NFL Round 4 previews

March 02, 2012
Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Round 4 4th March 2012   Division 1 Donegal v Monaghan, Convoy, 2.00pm, (J Niland) Monaghan are currently sitting in fourth place in the league table with Donegal second from the bottom. A win for Donegal would be a huge boost to their campaign but Monaghan have been playing with intent and a loss this weekend seems very unlikely.     Kildare v Laois, Ballykelly, 2.00pm, (J Flood) A Leinster derby and two teams that know ..

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Young Dubs in action tomorrow versus Kildare

March 02, 2012
Dublin begin the defence of their U14 and U16 Leinster crowns tomorrow Saturday March 3rd as both panels take on the challenge of Kildare in the opening round of their Leinster campaigns.   St Laurences O'Toole GAA club are hosting both fixtures at their Ayrfield ground located on Blunden Drive, first up is the U14's fixture at 2pm followed by the U16 clash at 3.30pm   Dublin and Kildare met at U14 level on two occasions last season, on March 5th Dublin defeated Kildare..

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Dublin Minors start Leinster Campaign with a win

March 01, 2012
Leinster Minor Championship.                                                      Dublin 5-15 Offaly 0-6   Dublin got off to a flying start in the Leinster Minor championship in Ferbane last Sunday. Dublin started strongly and kept the intensity up right to the end. Nora Harney was ever reliable in goal and had great distance and accuracy with her kick-outs.   The full back line of Rachel Dwyer, Deirdre Murphy and..

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Dubs Minors in action this Sunday - Leinster Minor Championship

February 21, 2012
The Dublin minor team begin the defence of their Leinster crown this coming Sunday February 26th, with an away tie versus the Faithful County, Offaly at 2pm in Tubber GAA Club.   The structure of the Leinster Minor Championship has changed this season going from its traditional knock out competition to a round robin format with nine Counties competing.   Dublin is in group A along with Offaly, Louth, Westmeath and Laois while Group B consists of Wicklow, Meath, Kildare ..

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Dublin stats so far in the BGE Ladies NFL

February 20, 2012
Bord Gáis Energy NFL Div 1 Division 1 County P W L D F A DIFF PTS Cork 3 3 0 0 52 34 18 9 Dublin 3 2 1 0 51 24 27 6 Laois 3 2 1 ..

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Rebels overcome the Blues..

February 19, 2012
Rebels overcome the Blues ... Cork are sitting pretty at the top of the Bord Gáis Energy division 1 league table having secured a hard fought three point win over last year's division 2 champions, Dublin. The game which was played before a large crowd at Pairc Ui Murchu, the home turf of Ballyboden St Endas was a close tight affair with the side's level on a number of occasions throughout the 60 minutes. The first score of the game, a pointed free by Cork Sports Women of the Y..

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Dubs name starting 15 v Cork

February 17, 2012
Dublin announced their starting 15 for this Sunday's eagerly awaited Clash with Cork, in the third round of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL.   There are three changes to the line out that overcame Meath by 3 points last Sunday.   Ciara Murphy takes over from Natalia Hyland at centre forward, Nicole Owens is named at full forward to facilitate the switch of Niamh McEvoy to midfield in place of Colleen Barrett while Orlaith Egan is named at corner forward with Olivia Leona..

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Dubs welcome Rebels to the Capital

February 17, 2012
When the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL fixtures were first announced a few months ago one fixture in Division one really stood out from them all, round 3, Dublin v Cork with the Dubs having home advantage!   Dublin and Cork have clocked up a healthy rivalry in recent times, Cork are the team that every County loves to beat owing to the fact that they have beyond question been the most successful Ladies GAA team in modern times, since 2005 Cork had amassed 6 senior All Ireland ..

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