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BALLYMORE PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
2002
PADDY
MONAGHAN
At the award ceremony in the excellently refurbished Resource
Centre on Friday January 24, 2003 a full house attended and glowing praise was
paid to Paddy for his years of commitment to his community. Below L to R: Jim Clarke, Rose O'Donoghue, Michael Ward, Sean Farrington, Paddy Monaghan, Fr Michael McGowan P.P.
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Congratulations to Paddy on being chosen for the above award. Over the years Paddy has lent his support to every club and good cause in the Ballymore area. He has been involved with the Football Club, the Boxing Club, the Badminton Club, the Dramatic Society, the Brass and Reed Band and, of course, the Handball Club where he has been the mainstay for more years than he probably cares to remember. With most of the clubs his involvement was both as a player and an official. Local charities have also benefited from his help in fundraising. His favourite charity was the local branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society with which he was associated for many years. He was ever ready to help with field days, the community games and to lend a neighbourly hand when needed.
All-Ireland
SMBD 60 By 30 Final
Ballymore man Ollie Deegan and his partner, Pat Coffey
of Moone, each won a second All-Ireland medal when they teamed up again in the
SMBD 60 by 30 handball final at Roscommon recently. Mayo's J.Staunton and J.
Granahan provided the opposition in a match which went the full three games.
The Kildare men won the first game 21 - 17. In the second game there was a
major turn around with the Mayo men winning by 21 - 3. The third and final game
was closely contested with the Kildare men getting the better of their
opponents on a final score line of 21 - 19. Ollie's participation was in doubt
right up to the last minute due to a back injury. In the event his partner Pat
took the lion's share of the play with Ollie providing as much support as his
injury permitted.
The winning combination will now take a well earned break and hope to team up
again for next year's championships.
Ollie's club mates Seamie O'Brien and Billy Gobbett were not so fortunate when
they lost by 21 - 12 and 21- 5 to Roscommon's D. Dowd and B. Kilcommins in the
All-Ireland DMBD 60 by 30 handball final at Mullingar.
All-Ireland Junior Hard Singles Final
Local
handball star, Daragh Ward, scored a resounding win in the All-Ireland Junior
Hard Singles final at the Garda Depot on Saturday when he defeated S. Maughan
of Mayo in straight games. In the semi-final, Daragh had a tough match against
Padraig Gaffney of Sligo in which Daragh suffered a sore hand giving rise to
concerns that this might jeopardise his prospects in the final - luckily this
did not prove to be the case. This success brings to three the number of
All-Ireland medals Daragh has won to-date. In 1994 he won the Minor Hard
Singles title while in 1996 he teamed up with Trevor Winder to win the Under 21
Soft Doubles title. After a break from the game it is good to see Daragh back
in top form. In winning Daragh became the ninth Ballymore handballer to win
this particular title. Mickey Dowling was our first winner when he took the
title in 1941. Others winners were: Bobbie Grattan (1947), Jim Bolger (1948),
Bill Lawlor (1953), Billy Doran (1957), Matt Purcell (1973), Michael Dowling
(1985) and Anthony Campbell (1995).
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Ballymore man Ollie Deegan achieved a life time ambition when he teamed up with Pat Coffey of Moone to win the All-Ireland SMBD handball final at Garryhill, Co. Carlow on Sunday last. Tipperary's Jeddi McKeogh and Michael Gleeson provided the Kildare men with stern opposition right up to the final score in the match. The Tipperary men got off to a good start but thanks to the battling qualities of Ollie and Pat the Kildare men survived the initial onslaught to win the first game with a bit to spare. Throughout the second game every ace was strongly contested and, mid-way through this game, there was some evidence that the hot early pace was taking its toll on Kildare. Fortunately, Ollie found hidden reserves to tide them over this temporary crises and Kildare went on the win the match in straight games. In winning Ollie became the second member of his family to achieve All-Ireland success. His brother Eamonn won the Junior hardball doubles title in 1969 partnered by John Browne both of whom were among the large group of Kildare supporters present to cheer Ollie and Pat on to a deserved win.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Michael Gilroy BA(Hons), LLB who recently received his Parchment
on qualifying as a Solicitor
Richard Colgan on his easy win on Flint Knapper at Navan on June
9, 2002. This is Richard's third success since his first winner on April 17,
2002.
Pat Barrett on his first time out bumper winner, Plenty of Ice, at Naas on June 3, 2002
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Ollie
Deegan teams up with Pat Coffey of Moone to represent Kildare in the
All-Ireland SMBD handball final against Tipperary at Garryhill, Co. Carlow on
Sunday May 12, 2002. Tipperary are represented by Jeddi McKeogh and Michael
Gleeson. The three match programme starts at 2 p.m. The Kildare men scored a
notably victory over a talented Antrim duo of Seamus Collins and Tom Smith in
the semi-final played at Croke Park on Sunday April 28, 2002 and can be
expected to acquit themselves well in Sunday's final. As the venue is close at
hand the Kildare men are looking forward to a good turn out by their
supporters.
Next meeting of the Ballymore-Eustace Historical Society will be held in The
Anvil on Tuesday 30th April 2002
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Kildare's Ollie Deegan and Pat Coffey on their 2-0 SMBD All-Ireland S/F win
against Seamus Collins and Tom Smith of Aintrim
Sean
Mulryan on Khairamber's 2002 Punchestown Festival success.
Pat Barrett on It's Himself's 2002 Punchestown Festival success.
Greg Lawlor who again won the Open Farmers Race at the 2002 Punchestown
Point-To-Point with Kerry's Cross.
The Ballymore GAA Club on it's wonderful success in the County Minor Final
against Nurney/Athgarvan in Athy on 24th November 2001. Their last title win in
that championship was in 1943 and that success formed the foundation for their
Senior title win in 1953.
The Ballymore Guild of the I.C.A. on celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
Scoil Mhuire on the excellence of their website.
Scoil Mhuire
Greg Lawler on Point-To- Point win of Kerry's Cross.
Sean Mulryan on success of Master Papa at Leopardstown and success of Toto
Caelo at Fairyhouse/Punchestown Festival.
All the stars of Oliver for photos and story see April 2001 Edition of the
Ballymore Bugle and 19 April 2001 Edition of the Leinster Leader.
The Kavanagh Twins, Eoghan and Ronan, on the launch of Saturn. For full story
and photos see March 2001 Edition of the Ballymore Bugle and the 12 April 2001
Edition of the Leinster Leader.
Constance Cassidy S.C. on taking silk.
Sinead McLoughlin, Bolabeg, and Ciara O'Connor, Valleymount, both of whom
graduated as Nurses.
Pat Barrett and Greg Lawlor on their successes at Punchestown Point-To-Point on
Sunday 18 Feb 2001 with It's Himself and Kerry's Cross respectively. It's
Himself put up another good performance when second to Sheltering at Fairyhouse
on Saturday 24 Feb 2001.
The Ballymore GAA Club on it's new website from Visitor No. 91
Ballymore GAA
Thanks to Gavin for his assistance with my homepage.
Ballymore-Eustace
people are invited to join a Historical Society which is being set up in the
area.
A meeting of
those interested will be held in the Anvil Pub on Tuesday 16th April at 9 p.m.
at which videos of a Corpus Christi procession and Sports Day at Quinn's field
in the fifties and other items of interest will be shown.
Congratulations
to Mairead O'Flynn, Scoil Mhuire's School Principal, on her articulate and even
handed interview with Maura O'Neill on to-day's (Feb 14, 2002) edition of RTE
Radio 1's Five Seven Live programme. Best wishes to Mairead and her fellow
campaigners in their efforts to get long overdue improved Primary School
accommodation for Ballymore-Eustace and elsewhere.
I would like to
thank Nigel O'Connor for permitting me to link to his informative and
interesting steam tramway website.
THANKS TO:
Mary Riordan (nee Deegan) and her brother Tommy for photos of Monsignor Browne
one of which was a Tom Turner photo.
Ollie Deegan for providing me with Kildare Handball Presentations photos.
Mary Riordan (nee Deegan) for photos and information and to her brother Ollie
Deegan for recent assistance.
For Ollie Deegan's Annual Handball Report 2000 see Handball Link.
FOUND:
Lady's wrist bracelet outside St Mary's Cemetery Ballymore-Eustace about May
2000.