BREEGALBALLY OULART & THE BALLAGH
REELING IN THE YEARS BBG
Reeling in the years for the parish has been set up on Facebook in order to share pictures from all groups and organisations from times past. The host would be delighted to feature other pictures that individuals or groups may have.
GALBALLY TRACTOR RUN
The Galbally Tractor Run has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 25, Further details closer to the event.
BALLYHOGUE GAA LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the recent GAA lotto draw were 9, 16, 19 and 26. There was no jackpot winner. Match-three winner was John Murphy, Barmoney. Next Draw takes place June 10 with the jackpot up to €3,400.
CHURCH NEWSLETTERS
The Bree church newsletters are now available each week on the Bree.ie website. The Galbally newsletters are available on Fr Caulfield’s Facebook page and also at the back of the church.
OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISER
Oulart-The Ballagh GAA and camogie club extend their heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in and donated to their recent fundraiser in aid of the Hope Cancer Support Centre, Enniscorthy. All ages took part, by running, walking or cycling over the Bank Holiday weekend, with the intention of covering 1798km.
We are proud to say, that due to the tremendous community spirit within the parish, that goal was greatly exceeded, with 3711.52km being clocked – up and €6,550 being donated, some of it anonymously.
While always adhering to social distancing and abiding by the HSE and government regulations and ‘by staying at home but working together’ GAA and camogie members, their families and friends demonstrated what can be achieved when a community works together on a well-organised project.
We look forward to presenting the cheque to the Hope Cancer Support Centre at the earliest opportunity. Oulart-The Ballagh Abú.
DOWN MEMORY LANE
This week we will journey back ar Bhóithrín na Smaointe and recall Oulart-The Ballagh GAA and camogie events of 1992, twenty-eight years ago, when our club contested senior, Under-21 and minor hurling finals as well as achieving unprecedented success in underage competitions. While ultimate success eluded some teams the experience gained stood them in good stead in the following years.
CO. SENIOR FINALISTS – Oulart-The Ballagh senior hurlers failed to do themselves justice when they lost to Buffers Alley (1-11 to 1-5) in the county final, in Wexford Park on October 25, 1992. The team was: Dave Sinnott, Hughie O’Connor, Jimmy Prendergast, Noel Dempsey, Declan Stamp, Liam Dunne, RJ Blake, Seán Dunne, Tomás Dunne, Martin Storey, Brendan O’Connor, Bartle Redmond, Martin Redmond, Richard (Butch) O’Connor, M, J Kehoe. Subs: Pierce Redmond, James Ormonde, Paul Dempsey, Seán Moran, John Rossiter, Mick Jacob, Jim Murphy, Martin Dempsey, Larry Doyle, Henry Quigley, John Ormonde, Peadar Murphy, Mick Goff.
UNDER-21 HURLING – Defeat to the Rapparees (1-12 to 1-5) was the lot of our under-21 hurlers in the Under-21 premier final, in Wexford Park on July 26, 1992. The team was Paul Dempsey, Jimmy O’Brien, Henry Quigley, Alan O’Connor, John Ormonde, Declan Stamp, Thomas Cullen, Brendan Flood, Robert Dunne, Kieran Kehoe, Liam Doyle, Declan Wickham, Martin Redmond, Stephen Hayden, Pierce Redmond. Subs: Niall O’Connor, Patrick Prendergast, Maurice Prendergast.
MINOR HURLING – Monageer-Boolavogue, powered by ace-midfielder, Ed Rowesome (0-6) turned the table on title-holders, Oulart-The Ballagh to capture the Co. Minor Roinn one title on November 7, 1992, in St Patrick’s Park (1-13 to two 8).The team was George Jacob, Ken O’Connor, Jimmy O’Brien, Damien Harris, Vincent Stamp, Ronan Doyle, Declan Kehoe, Kieran Kehoe, Thomas Cullen, Jonathon Mythen, Niall O’Connor, Pierce Redmond, Patrick Fortune, William Harris, David Fortune. Subs: Declan O’Connor, PJ Harris, Jason Quigley, Oliver Kennedy, John Cullen.
UNDERAGE SUCCESSES – Rackard League hurling, sevena-side hurling, under-12 hurling, under-12 football and under-10 Community Games football and runners-up in Rackard League football were among the notable achievements of 1992. Mick Jacob was the trainer of all those underage teams. Darren Stamp won the Wexford Community Games Poc Fada and Michael Jacob won the sixth class individual skills competition.
UNDER-12 DOUBLE – 1992 saw Oulart-The Ballagh under-12 hurlers capture the county title for the first time since 1983 and, to put the icing on the cake, the Under-12 footballers won their county final as well. The victorious hurling panel that defeated Our Lady’s Island (2-7 to 2-1) was: Brian Kennedy, James Doyle, Darren Stamp, Barry O’Connor, Lorcan Leacy, Paul Rossiter (captain), Mark Possiter, Shane Reddy, Des Mythen, Paul Roche, Anthony O’Leary, Leo Kinsella,
Patk. Leacy, Michael Jacob, Ruairí Fortune. The subs were Hugh O’Connor, Adrian Harris, Darren Nolan, Michael Reddy, Edward O’Grady.
UNDER-12 FOOTBALL – On September 27, 1992, Oulart-The Ballagh defeated Adamstown in the under-12 Roinn two football final on a score-line of 4-3 to 2-4. The victorious panel was: Hugh O’Connor, James Doyle, Paul Rossiter, Barry O’Connor, James Redmond, Darren Stamp, John Dempsey, Shane Reddy (captain), Lorcan Leacy, Mark Rossiter, Anthony O’Leary, Brian Kennedy, Des Mythen, Michael Jacob, Ruairí Fortune. The subs were: Leo Kinsella, Paul Roche, Michael Reddy, Adrian Harris, Darren Nolan, Kevin Stamp, Rory Jacob, Keith Rossiter.
RACKARD LEAGUE HURLING – John-Paul Wickham, Cathal Prendergast, David O’Connor, Patrick Leacy, Barry O’Connor, Marty O’Toole, David Roche, Michael Jacob (captain), Lorcan Leacy, Darren Kehoe, Brian Kennedy, Paul Rossiter, Darren Stamp, Des Mythen, Anthony O’Leary were the members of the winning Rackard League primary school hurling team twenty-eight years ago.
CAMOGIE SUCCESSES – In 1992 the camogie club won the under-14 ‘B’ championship and the Slaney ‘B’ Festival, beating St Martin’s in both competitions and were runners-up to Monageer-Boolavogue in the under-18 championship. The successful under-14 team was trained by Jimmy Bolger and the players involved were Annette Sinnott, Elaine Cullen, Caitríona Ryan, Esther Dempsey, Collette Murphy, Maura Bolger, Pauline Kenny, Annette Fortune, Róisín O’Grady, Caroline Fortune, Deirdre Kenny, Noeleen Harris and the subs were Jennifer Ryan, Sandra Ryan, Breda Bolger, Joan Murphy and Maria Dempsey.
OTHER NOTABLE SUCCESSES IN 1992 – MJ Kehoe, Seán Dunne and R.J Blake won all-Ireland Junior Football and P.J Harris
was a selector on that team. Brendan Flood was manager of the Masters Hurling (over-40s) team that defeated Kilkenny in the shield final. Christy Jacob and Breda Flood were selectors with that team. Mick Jacob (captain), Johnny Murray, Matty Parle, Robbie Jacob and Jimmy Prendergast played in that campaign. Tomás Dunne, Liam Dunne and Martin Storey played with Wexford seniors, Declan Stamp lined out with the Under-21 team and Pierce Redmond did likewise with the county minors.
GAA AND CAMOGIE COACHING
Great work is being done online by our underage coaches and the youngsters are responding well. We look forward to the re-opening of pitches on July 20, all going well. Parents/guardians are asked to keep the boys and girls practising their skill and keeping fit till we return to the playing pitches.
If you have photographs/videos of the children practising their skills and would like to put them on the GAA/.Camogie Facebook pages please email them to Liz Freeman lizormonde@hotmail. com or PM our Facebook page.
CLUB WEBSITE
The GAA and camogie clubs are delighted to announce that the new website is up and running oularttheballagh.ie where you can find links to view/buy gear online, GAA (O’ Neills) and camogie (Bodibro). The camogie club has a new line of club gear and the link bodibro.ie will be up till June 19.
GAA HEALTHY CLUBS STEP CHALLENGE
Health and Well-being officer, Breda Flood reports that the club has the minimum of 15 registered but it is still open for people to join the above challenge. Irish Life has informed us that over 9,000 have registered and that the app is experiencing some issues that, hopefully will be rectified shortly. They can be contacted at support@mylife.irishlife.ie.