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Leinster Scholarship awarded to Dubs Aisling Barrett

February 15, 2012
Well done, to Aisling Barrett of Dublin and Clann Mhuire who was awarded a Leinster LGFA Scholarship. Aisling is a member of the Dublin senior panel for the national league and played a prominent role for the Senior B team in last season in their Aisling McGing Championship run to the All -Ireland final. Congrats Aisling.

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Dublin U14 Panel announced

February 14, 2012
The Dublin U14 management has announced the panel for the 2012 championship. Over 120 girls took part in trials over the past 8 weeks and such was the standard, it was a very difficult task to name the final squad. The management team would like to thank all the girls who took part in the trials and to thank the parents who travelled out to support the girls, often in some very cold conditions. Many thanks to Ballyboden St Endas who made their all-weather pitch available to facilitat..

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Dublin - two out of two on the road

February 12, 2012
Dublin Ladies made it two wins out of two on the road when they notched up a hard fought three point win over Leinster rivals Meath in front of a large crowd of spectators in the very impressive surroundings of Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA Club.   From the outset it soon became apparent that this was match was going to be a close fought affair with both sets of forwards having to work very hard to come upon a score.  Meath full forward Aoife Thompson got the opening score of the ma..

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Clarke names Dubs Starting 15 v Meath

February 10, 2012
Dublin manager Peter Clarke has named the Dubs starting 15 to face Meath this Sunday in the BGE Ladies NFL div 1 clash in Ashbourne.  Dublin has made four changes to the team which started in the opening round of the league versus Kildare last Sunday.   Sinead Treacy will start the Meath clash wearing the number 3 jersey with Grainne O'Malley moving to the corner while Fingallians ace Sinead Finnegan will command the defence at centre back with Siobhan McGrath moving to the nu..

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Dubs look forward to a meeting with the Royals!

February 10, 2012
Dublin Ladies take on Leinster rivals Meath this coming Sunday in the second round of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League. The Dubs will make the relatively short journey down the N2 to the home of Donoughmore Ashbourne GAA club for this eagerly awaited local derby which has a 2pm start time. Dublin chalked up an impressive win over Kildare in last weekend's opening round of the league but Dublin manager Peter Clarke is aware that Meath will ask more questions of..

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The weekend's BGE Ladies NFL Previews

February 10, 2012
Division 1 Cork v Monaghan, Pairc Ui Rinn, 1.00pm, (K Delahunty) A repeat of last year's All Ireland Final, this game will be a good measuring point for both teams. Although it is only February, both teams will be extremely keen to win their first meeting of 2012 and remain on full points in the league table.   Kildare v Donegal, Ballykelly, 2.00pm, (M Doherty) Both teams suffered heavy losses in Round 1 that they will be eager to shake off. Donegal will be makin..

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Eight Dubs heading to Toronto ..

February 07, 2012
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association announces Toronto as the destination for the 2012 All Star Tour.     The Ladies Gaelic Football Association, in conjunction with the Canadian GAA Board and Toronto GAA, are delighted to announce that the 2012 TG4/O'Neill's All Star Tour will be travelling to Toronto from the 23rd to the 31st of May 2012. The Canadian GAA Board and Toronto GAA are delighted to be the destination of choice for the Stars of Ladies Gaelic and will be host..

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Dubs bag 3 league points on the road - Dublin v Kildare report

February 05, 2012
Bord Gais Energy League Division 1   Kildare v Dublin         Sunday 5th February 2012 Venue: Ballykelly   Throw in: 2pm   Referee: Pat Kehoe (Carlow)   Half Time  Kildare 0-1    Dublin  3-8   Full Time  Kildare 0-6    Dublin 5-18   Dublin began their league campaign today in impressive fashion with a comprehensive victory over Leinster rivals Kildare which will have pleased new manger Peter Clarke ad his management team. Right..

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Bord Gais Energy NFL preview of this weekends fixtures

February 03, 2012
03/02/2012   Division 1 Fixtures and Preview   Donegal v Cork, Ballyshannon, 12.30pm, (J Niland) Reigning BGE National League Champions Cork will travel to Donegal for their opening league match of 2012. IT will be a challenging game for a young Donegal side. Interest will lie in the Cork full back spot as Eamonn Ryan will have to find a replacement for 5 times All Star Angela Walsh who is taking a year out of football.   Monaghan v Laois, Tyholland, 2.00pm, (E ..

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Dublin U16 Championship Panel announced

February 02, 2012
The Dublin U16 management have announced their panel for the 2012 championship. Having conducted twelve 15 a side trial matches and having viewed 187 players from all over the County the Dublin Management team had the impossible task of reducing numbers before Christmas down to 45 girls.   In January this training panel of 45 players took part in a number of football / fitness sessions and challenge matches. Following the final challenge game the Management team had the dif..

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