Cúl camp is back!
We are delighted to announce that our Cúl camp is back after a one year absence! It is planned it will take place week commencing Monday, June 28. Bookings this year will be online via the official website though currently the website is not taking bookings. We will have no control over who books once the portal opens and we will have to be strict on camp numbers this year. For now just note the date for the camp i.e. week commencing Mon June 28th.
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
There was a great turnout on Saturday morning, April 10 for the Upper Glanmire Area Community Clean Up. The crowd was the biggest number of people we have ever had involved in this initiative. Even though there was no meet-up afterwards for tea and cake owing to Covid restrictions, everyone went home feeling satisfied with their efforts. Miles and miles of our roads throughout Upper Glanmire and White’s Cross; from Ballyphilip Lane, Barry’s Lane, Burke’s Lane; Coole East and Templemichael, Piercetown, Ballinoe, Lisnahorna, Ballinvriskig including Ros Ard and up to Sarsfields Court; Laherdane and in the main road as far as Ballyvolane, Ballincrokig and over to Dublin Pike are just the areas known to have been covered.
To cover such a distance takes a huge army of volunteers and on top of that somebody must co-ordinate it all. In this regard, a special mention must go to Pauline Hyde who continues to do this task. While she will be keen to highlight this is very much a team effort, it’s fair to say any successful team has a good manager! Well done Pauline and to each and every person who rolled up the sleeves and played their part on the day.
1980 SCHOOL TEAMS
In previous editions we reviewed Upper Glanmire school successes from various decades from the 1920s to the 1970s. Today we look back at an Upper Glanmire side that would form the backbone to the club winning its first ever underage championship (in 1982).
Though in 1980, the school team did not win their Sciath Na Scoil competition, they were a young side and they had some very impressive results. They had a very big 3-04 to 0-00 win over Whitechurch and also beat St Marks (the Glen) on a scoreline of 2-02 to 1-00. Glounthane beat the Upper Glanmire by 4 points while it was an agonising 4-01 to 4-00 defeat to parish rivals, and champions from 1979, New Inn that saw the young side lose out on a final spot. The fact that New Inn went onto win the final shows how close the side was.
The team in the final game was Michael Walsh (Coole East), Brian McNamara (Kilcully), JJ Ahern (Ballinvriskig), James Long (Lisnahorna), Ger Duggan (Dublin Pike), John Guerin (Kilcully), Robert O’Donovan (Dublin Pike), DJ Kelleher (Ballinvriskig), Barry O’Brien (Richmond), Richard Kelleher (Ballinvrsikig), Brian Walsh (Ballinoe), Jim Lehane (Dublin Pike), David Mullins (Ballinoe) Dominic Roche (Ballinoe), David O’Flynn (Ballyphilip). Subs: Stephen Bowen (Lisnahorna), Tony Allen (Templeisque) John O’Donovan (Templemichael), Larry Burke (Ballinoe), Colm Cronin (Gurrane), Anthony Kelleher ( Ballyphilip) James Mulcahy (Ballinvriskig), David McCarthy (Kilcully).