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11-08-2025
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Cairn Community Games Finals light up Athlone, Clonmel & Westport
Cairn Community Games Regional Track Athletics & National Pitch & Putt finals took place in Athlone, Clonmel and Westport on August 9 and 10. The weekend was packed with energy, showcasing incredible talent and community spirit. Throughout the weekend, children were cheered on by their families, friends, coaches while a dedicated team of volunteers showcased their passion and enjoyment throughout the events, resulting in a memorable weekend for all involved. The weekend was packed with energy, showcasing incredible talent and community spirit. Pic: Tony Hunt Photography Gerry McGuinness, President of Cairn Community Games, expressed his delight: 'Cairn Community Games Regional & Pitch & Putt Finals have been a resounding success, showcasing the incredible talent and dedication of our young participants. The joy and excitement across this weekend highlights the importance of community and engaging in diverse activities from a young age. A big thank you to all the volunteers, families, and sponsors for their unwavering support.' Tom Noonan, Head of Marketing at Cairn, expressed his pride in the event: 'Cairn believes that strong communities begin with opportunities for young people to grow, connect, and shine. Supporting Community Games allows us to invest in the future, helping children across Ireland experience the joy of participation, the value of teamwork, and the pride of representing their communities. We're honoured to play a part in a movement that celebrates inclusion, talent, and the spirit of togetherness.' Cairn Community Games National Track and Field, Outdoor Teams and Arts and Cultural Finals will take place in August and September with 3000 children expected to take part. It was a memorable weekend for all involved. Pic: Supplied Below is the full list of participants and the winners: Cairn Community Games Regional Track Athletics & National Pitch & Putt finals took place in Athlone, Clonmel and Westport on August 9 and 10. Pic: Tony Hunt Photography Pitch and Putt U16 & O10 GirlsGold: Sarah Ryan, oola-doon, LimerickSilver: Laura Salomons, Stepaside, Dublin Bronze: Shona Griffin, Listowel, Kerry4th: Juliet Kenny, Castlerea, Roscommon Aisling Blaine, Ballinasloe, GalwayGrace Donovan, Westport, MayoSophia Egan Byrne, Coolera, SligoCaoimhe Flanagan, Ballinasloe, GalwayLeah Ford, Kilpatrick, WestmeathSophie Fox, Kinnegad-Coralstown, Westmeath Ciara Gleeson, Cratloe, ClareCora Griffin, Listowel, KerrySiofra Hehir, Westport, MayoCatherine Humphries, Ballinrobe, MayoSine Lennon, Kilteevan, RoscommonNina McCarthy, Quin-Clooney, ClareRuby McDonagh, Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon Aimee Mcfadden, Tubbercurry-Clonacool, Sligo Charlotte Mcgrath, Lakeside, WicklowAmelia Murphy, Lakeside, WicklowCailin Naughton, Ballinasloe, GalwayAva Niland, Coolera, SligoJenny O Brien, Quin-Clooney, ClareEleanor Walsh, Clara, Offaly Zoe Whelan Johnston, Stepaside, Dublin Pitch and Putt U16 & O10 BoysGold: Thomas Weir, Clara, OffalySilver: Jason Kelly, Bagenalstown, CarlowBronze: Christopher Quigley, Moycarkey-Borris, Tipperary 4th: Nathan Dolan, Moate, WestmeathDaniel Collins, Bagenalstown, CarlowHugh O Brien, Bagenalstown, CarlowMatt Mcseain, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, CavanDylan Smyth, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, CavanHarry Doonan Smith, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, Cavan Ultan Breslin, Doora-Barefield, ClareBrian Conway, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, ClareSean O' Connell, Clarecastle-Ballyea, ClareRhys Belton, Lucan, DublinLuke Blake, Lucan, Dublin Ryan Taaffe, Lucan, Dublin Éanna Forde, Gort, GalwayJoseph Casey, Ballinasloe, GalwayNathan McDonnell, Ballinasloe, Galway Mason Sheehy Elston, Listowel, Kerry Diarmuid Lyons, Listowel, KerryJames Keogh, Kilcullen, KildareRyan Boland, Ballymore-Eustace, Kildare Archie Mccann, Johnstown-Kill, Kildare Dylan Griffin, Adare, LimerickDylan Burns, oola-doon, LimerickTommy Casey, oola-doon, LimerickBraiden Carrigy, Clonbroney, LongfordRyan Brady, Dromard, LongfordSean Flynn, Bohola, MayoCormac Fearon, Swinford, MayoRyan Munnelly, Swinford, MayoCillian Walsh, Clara, OffalyCian Judge, Clara, OffalyZixiao Zhang, Kilteevan, Roscommon Daniel Mc Nulty, Kilteevan, Roscommon Conall Martin, Drum-Clonown, Roscommon Zach O' Sullivan, Rosses-Point, SligoColm O' Brien, Rosses-Point, SligoFionn Prunty, Coolera, SligoCian Seery, Tyrellspass, WestmeathBen Gorman, Tyrellspass, WestmeathPeter Murphy, Lakeside, WicklowAustin Murphy, Lakeside, Wicklow Sean Byrne, Lakeside, Wicklow Track – 80m Hurdles U14 & O12 BoysGold: Carl Morris, Ardrahan, GalwaySilver: Lee Browne, St-Feichins, SligoBronze: Aodhan O' Reilly, Carnaross, MeathShane Cummins, Shinrone-Coolderry, OffalyRonan Dennigan, Kilbride, Roscommon John Fitzpatrick, Longford South and Town, Longford Henry Griffith, Balla, Mayo Dylan Henry, Ballinderreen, Galway Fionn Kiernan, Erne-Valley, CavanEoin Mc Nulty, Mohill, Leitrim Paudi Mcelroy, Bawn-Latton, Monaghan Ross Mulvaney, Skyrne, Meath Oisin Oogan, Ballymote, Sligo Conor Reilly, Kilpatrick, Westmeath Luke Ryan, Cooley, Louth Track – 80m Hurdles U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Kate Howard, Ballymote, SligoSilver: Grace Broderick, Woodford-Tynagh, Galway Bronze: Ava Erasmus, Drum-Clonown, Roscommon Rebecca Condron, Milford, DonegalClodagh Duggan, Kiltullagh, RoscommonOrnaith Guckian, Carrick, LeitrimCiara Hession, Hollymount, MayoClodagh Keane, Gainstown-Milltownpass, Westmeath Lauren Kelly, Woodford-Tynagh, GalwayKate Mckinney, Tullamore, OffalyDanielle Nolan, Togher, LouthEllen O Gorman, Cuchulainns, CavanRachel Reilly, Clonbroney, Longford Isabelle Sheridan, Coolera, Sligo Track – 80m U8 & O6 GirlsGold: Maya Mchugh, Ardrahan, GalwaySilver: Sarah Cashell, Cornageeha, SligoBronze: Kaysie Mcdermott, Croghan-Drumlion-Cortober, Roscommon Laura Beirne, Mohill, LeitrimEliza Mae Dunne, Athenry, GalwayAnnie May Kinahan, Kinnegad-Coralstown, WestmeathEnya Madden, Longford South and Town, LongfordKatie Mc Kenna, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, MonaghanEadie Mcbride, Ardee-Reaghstown, LouthEllie Mchale, Cong, MayoMolly O Donnell, Rosses, DonegalSophie Reilly, Kingscourt, Cavan Lauren Stack, Killeigh, Offaly Sophie Stuart, Skyrne, MeathRuby Whyte, Moore, Roscommon Emma Wynne, Tubbercurry-Clonacool, Sligo Track-80mU8&O6BoysGold: Daithí Nilan, Athenry, GalwaySilver: Paddy Scanlon, Granard, LongfordBronze: Fionn O Donnell, Oranmore-Maree, Galway Sam Clendenning, Longford South and Town, Longford Kyle Conlon, Kentstown-Beauparc, MeathShea Finneran, Taughmaconnell, RoscommonScott Hendy, Edenderry, OffalyLiam Henson, Castledaly, WestmeathBailey Keane, Cornageeha, SligoFinn Murphy, Drogheda-South, LouthJude Murray, Tydavnet, MonaghanLuke O Driscoll, Carrick, LeitrimRyan O' Reilly, Kilbeacanty, GalwayAustin Oâ€TMkane, Kiltane, MayoPeter Rooney, Kingscourt, Cavan Rohan Ward, Bundoran, Donegal Track – 800m U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Ceola Marjara, Walterstown-Johnstown, Meath Silver: Fianaith King, Ardee-Reaghstown, Louth Bronze: Leah Mcmanus, Riverstown, SligoChloe Bell, The-Downs, WestmeathStephanie Clarke, Skyrne, MeathClodagh Conlon, Kiltoom-Cam, RoscommonTilly Cusack, Mucklagh-Rahan-the-Island, OffalyMia Duffy, Ballyshannon, DonegalRoisin Fogarty, Beagh, GalwayElla Grace Ginty, Foxford, MayoJudy Hughes, Castleblayney, MonaghanLaura Hunter, Rosses-Point, SligoCaoimhe Murphy, Manorhamilton, LeitrimLily Rogers, St-Josephs, LouthCaitlin Rowan, Annagh-Drumlane, Cavan Julie Taitt, Longford South and Town, Longford Track – 800m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Lucas Ballantine, St-Michaels, Sligo Silver: Keelin Hand, Kingscourt, Cavan Bronze: Sean Monaghan, Belmullet, Mayo Antonio Bertolo, Taughmon-Turin, Westmeath Donal Coyle, Ballinderreen, GalwayJj Doyle, Edenderry, Offaly Matthew Ennis, Summerhill, Meath Tadhg Faughnan, Croghan-Drumlion-Cortober, Roscommon Sean Higgins, Cong, MayoConor Keane, Carrick, Leitrim Darragh Lyons, Longford South and Town, Longford Ben Mc Gee, Cranford, DonegalEoin Mcentee, Drogheda-South, LouthDylan O' Reilly, Lurgan, Cavan Patrick Reilly, rockcorry-monaghan, Monaghan Darragh Steels, Cliffoney-Grange, Sligo Track – 60m Hurdles U10 & O8 GirlsGold: Ava Farrell, Cornageeha, SligoSilver: Emily O' Brien, Kilteevan, Roscommon Bronze: Nell Ryan, Westport, MayoPatricia Barry, Kentstown-Beauparc, Meath Audrey Boyle, Kilnadeema-Leitrim, Galway Eva Clarke, Lurgan, CavanFiadh Coyle, Monaghan-Town, Monaghan Ciara Denneny, Granard, LongfordAoibh Friel, Fanad, DonegalHannah Grimes, Ballinrobe, Mayo Eabha-mae Guckian, Carrick, LeitrimErin Healy, Calry, SligoCara Hickey, Kilpatrick, Westmeath Hannah Lennon, Kiltoom-Cam, Roscommon Sarah O' Brien, Shinrone-Coolderry, Offaly Emily O' Hagan, Cooley, Louth Track – 60m Hurdles U10 & O8 BoysGold: Sean Clendenning, Longford South and Town, Longford Bronze: Ruan Lynch, Cuchulainns, CavanKevin Brady Gilsenan, Cuchulainns, CavanJack Condron, Milford, DonegalMicheal Corrigan, Westport, MayoMartin Cryan, Gurteen, SligoLeo Donnellan, Lanesboro, LongfordLeon Flynn, Carrick, LeitrimGary Fallon, Drum-Clonown, RoscommonJamie Fallon, Moate, WestmeathCummins Finn, Shinrone-Coolderry, OffalyLuca Muresan, Caherlistrane-Kilcoonagh, GalwayAodán Quigley, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, MonaghanCharley Reilly, Athboy, Meath Harry Trimble, St-Josephs, Louth Track – 60m U8 & O6 Girls Gold: Maggie Gath, Rath-Eglish-Drumcullen, Offaly Silver: Indi Rose Gallagher, Killoe, Longford Bronze: Aooibhin Feely, Kilbride, Roscommon Fiadh Calrke, Kingscourt, Cavan Niamh Evans, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, Monaghan Rebecca Flanagan, Loughlynn, Roscommon Erin Fox, Oldcastle, MeathKeena Gallagher, Milford, DonegalHope Hanratty, Cooley, LouthAmy Harrigan, St-Marys-Sligo, SligoSiun Kelly, Kilmaine, MayoMaeve Linnane, Beagh, GalwayAoife Mcmanamon, Killeigh, OffalyLydia O' Connor, Abbeylara-Mullinalaghta, Longford Sadie Shannon, Drumshambo, Leitrim Roisin Smith, Taughmon-Turin, Westmeath Track-60mU8&O6BoysGold: Tom O Grady, Cong, MayoSilver: Evan Clifford, The-Downs, Westmeath Bronze: Noah Kierans, Cooley, LouthRian Byrnes, Kingscourt, CavanFinn C Maguire, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, Monaghan Jack Finan, Kilteevan, RoscommonCian Flynn, Manorhamilton, LeitrimJack Heneghan, Caherlistrane-Kilcoonagh, Galway Conor Henry, Keash, SligoJoe Hickey, Kilpatrick, WestmeathSeimi Johnson, Drogheda-South, LouthConor Kilbane, Dunshaughlin-Culmullen, Meath Jamie Mc Gettigan, Milford, DonegalShane Mc Gonigle, Legan, LongfordConor Mcmanamon, Killeigh, Offaly Louie O Connor, Belmullet, Mayo Track – 600m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Ben Gibbons, Skyrne, MeathSilver: Cillian Gavin, Rochfortbridge, Westmeath Bronze: Donagh Bourke, Cullion, WestmeathMel Bohan, Gainstown-Milltownpass, Westmeath Alex Costello, Tullyallen, LouthEoin Diviney, Oranmore-Maree, GalwayEanna Flynn, Mohill, LeitrimSenan Gorman, Loughlynn, RoscommonPhilip Griffith, Balla, MayoJames Hynes, Daingean, OffalyRyan Mc Cahey, Carrickmacross-Corduff, Monaghan Tom O Doherty, Bundoran, Donegal Iarlaith O Raghallaigh, Walterstown-Johnstown, Meath Brendan O' Meara, Enniscrone, Sligo Oran O' Neill, Clonbroney, Longford Oisin Tully, Sheelin, Cavan Track – 600m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Eabha Durnin, St-Josephs, LouthSilver: Emma Mcgovern, Oranmore-Maree, GalwayBronze: Sarah Mc Phillips, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, Monaghan Isa Bonner, Rosses, DonegalMegan Casey, Manorhamilton, LeitrimRosie Cheshire, Skyrne, MeathEmma Coffey, Athenry, GalwayHolly Finegan, Carrickmacross-Corduff, MonaghanLucyann Finn, Ballymahon-Forgney, LongfordFarah Fox, Baylin-Mount-Temple, WestmeathHolly Jane Ginty, Foxford, MayoArwen Hunter, Rosses-Point, SligoHeidi Mccarthy, Ferbane, OffalyAnnabell Mcdonagh, St-Patricks, CavanKatie Naughton, Knockroghery, Roscommon Jade Townsend, Tullyallen, Louth Track – 200m U10 & O8 BoysGold: Eamon Wynne, Tubbercurry-Clonacool, Sligo Silver: Oisin Ronan, Kilmaine, MayoBronze: Liam Keyes, Taughmaconnell, Roscommon Fiachra Barrett, Moylough-Mountbellew, Galway John Clarke, Turlough-Towers, MayoDevan Curran, Tulsk, RoscommonKeelan Fox, Baylin-Mount-Temple, Westmeath Fionn Guckian, Carrick, LeitrimFinn Kelly, Drumcliffe, SligoIsaac Lavery, Togher, LouthCillian Mc Cormack, Navan, MeathLochlann Mc Cormack, Kingscourt, CavanRyan Mcdonald, Inniskeen, MonaghanCillian Murphy, Clonguish, LongfordCaleb Neville, Tullamore, Offaly Deacon Parker, Rosses, Donegal Track – 200m U10 & O8 GirlsGold: Brona Kelly, Kilmaine, MayoSilver: Eve Costello, Ballinrobe, MayoBronze: Claire Brady, Beagh, GalwayMia Barry, Delvin-Clonmellon, WestmeathEmma Beirne, Mohill, LeitrimKatie Considine, Oranmore-Maree, Galway Hannah Deely, Tarmonbarry-Scramogue, Roscommon Aine Doherty, Rosses, Donegal Anna Donaghue, Tullyallen, LouthMaia Kelly, Ratoath-Rathbeggan, MeathRiley Lyons, St-Feichins, SligoErin C Maguire, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, Monaghan Michaela Marlow, clondra, Longford Maisie Miney, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, Cavan Rachel O' Meara, Shinrone-Coolderry, Offaly Habiba Walsh, Cong, Mayo Track – 200m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Alex Flynn, Kilmaine, MayoSilver: Fionn Julian, Swinford, MayoBronze: Ethan Byrne, Mullingar-Dublin-Road-South, Westmeath Cillian Corrigan, Tydavnet, MonaghanCian Geoghan, Drumlish-Ballinamuck, LongfordJames Greene, Carrick, LeitrimDean Kirrane, Kiltullagh, RoscommonJason Mc Dermot, Gurteen, SligoTommy McBride, Ardee-Reaghstown, LouthDeclan McKee, Bundoran, DonegalAdam Molyneaux, Oranmore-Maree, GalwaySenan O' Brien, Lurgan, CavanLiam Reddan, Kilpatrick, WestmeathJames Sullivan, Banagher, OffalyMicheal Walsh, Belmullet, Mayo Joshua Yeates, Navan, Meath Track – 200m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Aoife Cullinan, Coolera, SligoSilver: Clodagh Horan, Dromard, Longford Bronze: Caoimhe Mccabe, Drumshambo, Leitrim Eva Carroll, Athenry, GalwayChloe Claasen, Drum-Clonown, Roscommon Eabha Coyle, Monaghan-Town, MonaghanAnna Duffy, Castledaly, WestmeathElla Duffy, St-Josephs, LouthGrace King-dhillon, Rosses-Point, SligoAoibhinn Laverty, Skyrne, MeathFranki Mcgloin, Bundoran, DonegalKelly Moyo, Banagher, OffalyAva Murphy, Shrule-Glencorrib-Kilroe, Mayo Marianna Osojca, Brackley, CavanEmily Oâ€TMdriscoll, Carrick, Leitrim Emily Weafer, Drumlish-Ballinamuck, Longford Track – 200m U14 & O12 Girls Gold: Caoimhe Carolan, Tullyallen, Louth Silver: Erin Kelly, Edenderry, Offaly Bronze: Amy Masterson, Oldcastle, MeathCiara Gallagher, St-Patricks, CavanLucy Gallagher, Drumlish-Ballinamuck, Longford Robyn Garland, St-Josephs, LouthTara Gilmartin, Drumshambo, LeitrimAoibheann Hopkins, Kilmore-Drumsnatt, Monaghan Sarah Kelly, Kilteevan, RoscommonAoibhe Martyn, The-Downs, WestmeathMakayla Maxwell, Mucklagh-Rahan-the-Island, Offaly Holly Mcelarney, Ballinrobe, MayoTamara Parker, Rosses, DonegalEmily Rose Ryan, Ratoath-Rathbeggan, Meath Faye Whelan, Clarinbridge, Galway Track – 200m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Povilas Cherdnok, Kells, MeathSilver: Jamie Mcdonagh, Shrule-Glencorrib-Kilroe, Mayo Bronze: Donnacha Ronan, Kilmaine, MayoEvan Cheshire, St-Josephs, LouthMichael Curran, Geevagh, SligoTony Óg Douglas, Shinrone-Coolderry, OffalyKevin English, Carrick, LeitrimRuairi Kerr, Fanad, DonegalMartin Mulhall, Clones, MonaghanDaniel Okunrobo James, Edgeworthstown, Longford Kevin Reilly, Kells, MeathSean Rock, Kilbride, RoscommonShea Ryan, Westport, MayoDanny Timlin, Kilpatrick, WestmeathCathal Walsh, Ballinderreen, Galway Daniel Ward, Kingscourt, Cavan Track – 200m U16 & O14 GirlsGold: Andrea Corcoran, Kilmactigue, Sligo Silver: Samia Akbar, Shinrone-Coolderry, Offaly Bronze: Alisha Manning, Clonguish, Longford Miracle Aibangbe, Edgeworthstown, Longford Isobel Canty, Athboy, MeathMaddie Deverell, Killeigh, OffalyMikaela Farrell, Cuchulainns, CavanLily Fitzharris, Drogheda-South, LouthSarah Kelly Mulvaney, Manorhamilton, Leitrim Macha Keogh, rockcorry-monaghan, Monaghan Caoimhe Kerr, Fanad, DonegalYves Mccague, Kilpatrick, Westmeath Muireann Mulry, Kilteevan, Roscommon Julianne Nash, Balla, Mayo Ruby Savage Cunnane, Ballymote, Sligo Track – 200m U16 & O14 BoysGold: Daniel Healy, Gainstown-Milltownpass, Westmeath Silver: Rory Mcguinness, Swinford, MayoBronze: Jayden Gallagher, Killoe, LongfordCallum Casey, Tarmonbarry-Scramogue, Roscommon Adam Cronogue Flood, Longford South and Town, Longford Patrick Cuddy, Ballyhaunis, MayoAdam Curry, Manorhamilton, LeitrimOisin Gavin, Moylough-Mountbellew, GalwayMatthew Marsh, Castledaly, WestmeathCallum Mccaffrey, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, Cavan Charlie Mcgauran, Calry, SligoOisin Mcquillan, Bawn-Latton, MonaghanPatrick í'g Moore, Rhode, OffalyAaron Mulligan, St-Josephs, LouthLucas Parker, Rosses, Donegal Jack Shortt, Walterstown-Johnstown, Meath Track – 1500m U16 & O14 GirlsGold: Ally Duffy, Castledaly, Westmeath Silver:íineSmith,Donaghmoyne,MonaghanBronze: Ella Trayers, Newbridge-Ballygar-Toghergar, Galway Sophia Carey, Clonguish, LongfordLucie Cawley, St-Feichins, SligoAoibheann Clarke, Moygownagh, MayoClaudia Coyle, Ballinderreen, GalwayRuth Dennigan, Kilbride, RoscommonKyla Marjara, Walterstown-Johnstown, MeathCara Mc Cormack, Tyholland, MonaghanBláithín Mccluskey, Ballyshannon, DonegalShauna Rice, Drogheda-South, LouthAdelyn Walsh, Tullamore, Offaly Lily Walsh, The-Downs, Westmeath Track – 1500m U16 & O14 BoysGold: Rian Mccaffrey, AMG, LongfordSilver: Eoin Larkin, Mullagh, GalwayBronze: Colman Walsh, Kilmactigue, SligoMorgan Brown, Tarmonbarry-Scramogue, Roscommon Ross Campbell, Drumcliffe, SligoOisin Clarke, Multyfarnham, WestmeathEvan Costello, Tullyallen, LouthOisín Dillon, Lanesboro, LongfordJoseph Hanley, Monaghan-Town, MonaghanBen Hoban, Westport, MayoTiernan Kerr, Fanad, Donegal Liam Mccullagh, Dunshaughlin-Culmullen, Meath Ben Naughton, Kilnadeema-Leitrim, Galway Niall Whittaker, Mucklagh-Rahan-the-Island, Offaly Track – 100m U10 & O8 GirlsGold: Ciara Coyle, Belmullet, MayoSilver: Rozlyn Byrne, Killeigh, OffalyBronze: Aoise Mcloughlin, Shinrone-Coolderry, Offaly Kate Adams, Sheelin, CavanChloe Bannon, Drumraney-Tang, WestmeathLucy Brennan, Rosses, DonegalHeidi Evans, clondra, LongfordClodagh Hogan, Ballinasloe, GalwayAlexa Lenehan, Dunshaughlin-Culmullen, Meath Reiltin Mannion, Kiltoom-Cam, RoscommonAmber Mckeon, Drumshambo, LeitrimJess Mccormilla, Monaghan-Town, MonaghanMia O' Malley, Ballinrobe, MayoNiamh Ryan, Cooley, Louth Mary Kate Sanfey Mccarthy, Tullamore, Offaly Track – 100m U10 & O8 BoysGold: Mark Kirrane, Kiltullagh, RoscommonSilver: Donnacha Holmes, Croghan-Drumlion-Cortober, Roscommon Bronze: Callum Clarke, Keash, SligoSeán Broderick Mooney, Navan, MeathCillian Carrigy, Moylough-Mountbellew, GalwayEanna Coll, Erne-Valley, CavanAdam Duke, Tarmonbarry-Scramogue, RoscommonOisin Farrell, AMG, LongfordRyan Gilrane, Drumshambo, LeitrimSean Gordon, Castleconnor, SligoConor Hughes, Drogheda-South, LouthConor Kiernan, Mullingar-Dublin-Road-South, WestmeathSeán Leonard, Shinrone-Coolderry, OffalyCormac Mcbride, Fanad, DonegalAaron Mcgovern, Donaghmoyne, Monaghan Eoghan Moloney, Kilmaine, Mayo Track – 100m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Isobella Mcgrath, Clonguish, Longford Silver: Cara Meenaghan, Headford, Galway Bronze: Bonnie Jones, Skyrne, Meath Sophie Burke, Castlerea, Roscommon Katie Burns, Kingscourt, CavanCaoimhe Conneely, Carrick, LeitrimDeava Diver, Ramelton, Donegal Anna Douglas, Shinrone-Coolderry, Offaly Amelia Henry, Ballinderreen, Galway Vilte Krasikova, Longford South and Town, Longford Aine Mchugh, Drogheda-South, Louth Teagan Mccormilla, Monaghan-Town, Monaghan Lucy O' Malley, Ballinrobe, Mayo Aduraishegun Showunmi, Moate, Westmeath íineWard,Clonard-Killyon,Meath Lucy Wirtz, Rosses-Point, Sligo Track – 100m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Dean Mulleady, Drumlish-Ballinamuck, Longford Silver: Conor O' Regan, Westport, MayoBronze: Odhran King, Athenry, GalwayOllie Clancy, Cornageeha, SligoJames Darcy, Bohola, MayoCillian Hickey, Drogheda-South, LouthJayden Jennings, Tuam, GalwayMax Long, Taughmon-Turin, WestmeathJake McGuire, Manorhamilton, LeitrimDaniel McNulty, Ballyshannon, DonegalKian Mcmenamin, Tarmonbarry-Scramogue, Roscommon Sean Mitchell, Tullamore, OffalyAlfie Nelson, Skyrne, MeathWilliam Reilly, Arva-Killeshandra-Cornafean, CavanJoe Rooney, Edgeworthstown, Longford Zac Walker, Monaghan-Town, Monaghan Track – 100m U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Melissa Mccaul, Coolaney, Sligo Silver: Mary Harris, Kenagh, Longford Bronze: Aine Durcan, Kilmactigue, Sligo Rachel Bohan, Drumshambo, LeitrimAnna Clarke, Turlough-Towers, MayoEmily Cooney, Drogheda-South, LouthEmily Farrell, Knockroghery, Roscommon Penny Forde, Clarinbridge, GalwayJenny Gallagher, Rosses, DonegalKatie Linden, Kilmore-Drumsnatt, Monaghan Maisie Jane Nannery, Erne-Valley, Cavan Samantha Ogwu, Navan, Meath Willow Parker, Edgeworthstown, Longford Ciara Schmidtmeier, Drumcliffe, Sligo Adedoyin Showunmi, Moate, Westmeath Rachel Stack, Killeigh, Offaly Track – 100m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Conor Scanlon, Ballymote, SligoSilver: Dovydas Bubnys, Ballinasloe, Galway Bronze: Shane O' Reilly, Dunshaughlin-Culmullen, Meath Tate Denis, Killevan-Currin-Aghabog, Monaghan Brodigh W Flynn, Carrick, LeitrimMathew Giles, Cranford, Donegal Anthony Kenny, Gort, Galway Conall Lafferty, Balla, MayoMichael Long, Taughmon-Turin, WestmeathCalvin Mccourt, Cooley, LouthCaolan Mulrooney, Castleconnor, SligoNicholas Noonan, Rhode, OffalyKanyi Offoelo, Drum-Clonown, RoscommonEl' Nathan Okoh, Longford South and Town, Longford Donnacha Roe, Navan, Meath Ryan Tinnelly, Kingscourt, Cavan Track – 100m U16 & O14 GirlsGold: Chloe Mcgowan, Mucklagh-Rahan-the-Island, Offaly Silver: Niamh Gavin, Moylough-Mountbellew, Galway Bronze: Zoe Flannery, Ballymote, SligoRuby Berrill, Drogheda-South, LouthVictoria Brivinskait, Edgeworthstown, LongfordFayth Byrne, Killeigh, OffalyRoisin Cummins, Ardcarne, RoscommonSophie Gibbons, Skyrne, MeathMadison Harrington, Carrickmacross-Corduff, Monaghan Emily Lettis, Cuchulainns, CavanLucia Mc Donnell, Kilmovee, MayoGrainne Mulligan, Ballinderreen, GalwayLauren Mulrooney, Castleconnor, Sligo Olivia Mulvin, Tyrellspass, Westmeath Track – 100m U16 & O14 BoysGold: Joel Kelly, Kilpatrick, WestmeathSilver: Gavin Mayon, Rhode, Offaly Bronze: Kacper Starnawski, Moylough-Mountbellew, Galway Track – 80m Hurdles U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Lauren Rigley, St-Lazerians, CarlowSilver: Grace Hallissey, Cahersiveen, KerryBronze: Sinéad Coleman, Kilcummin, KerryOla Bak, Enniskeane, CorkEllen Fischer, Navan-Road, DublinLucia Greaney, Killarney, KerrySophie Gregan, Shillelagh, WicklowNaoise Kelly, Clane-Rathcoffey, KildareAnna Lee, Regional, LimerickSophie O Sullivan, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary Ella O' Brien, Oylgate-Glenbrien-Ballymurn , Wexford Sammi O' Donoghue, Newmarketonfergus, Clare Nicole Rigley, St-Lazerians, Carlow Track – 80m Hurdles U14 & O12 BoysGold: Hector O' Brien, Navan-Road, Dublin Euan Bale, Marlay-Grange, DublinHarry Butcher, Myshall, CarlowFergal Corcoran, Dingle, KerryMax Crampton, St-Brigids-Newbridge, Kildare Leroy Cremin, Newcastle-West, Limerick Josh Delaney, Ballyadams, LaoisHugh Melody, Ennis-St-Johns, Clare Dylan O Regan, Clontead-Kinsale, Cork Kevin Page, Lakeside, Wicklow Track-80mU8&O6BoysGold: Alex O' Brien, Marlay-Grange, DublinSilver: Patrick Fleming, St-Lazerians, CarlowBronze: Macdara Macdonnacha, Quin-Clooney, Clare Ludhaigh Begley., Gorey-Town, WexfordDamhan Behan, Lakeside, WicklowTommy Bennett, Adare, LimerickCharlie Blighe, Mitchelstown, CorkHarry Breen, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Oisin Leavy, Killenard, LaoisCian Mcginley, Knocklyon, DublinConor Murphy, Hacketstown, CarlowConall O Shea, Keel-Kiltallagh, KerryPaddy O' Malley, St-Flannans, TipperaryMikey Sheedy, Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry, Clare Theo Veale, Cellbridge North, Kildare Track – 80m U8 & O6 GirlsGold: Lauren Scanlon, Ballyduff, Kerry Silver: Rosie Clifford, Ballingarry-Granagh, Limerick Bronze: Hannah Murphy, Newmarketonfergus, Clare Lauren Casey, Moycarkey-Borris, TipperaryMaisie Considine, Ennistymon-Lahinch-Liscannor, Clare Olivia Donohue, Slaneyvalley, CarlowLauren Foley, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Ruth Grant, Bree-Davidstown, WexfordAmelia Hayes, Enniskeane, CorkRose Kenny, Skerries, DublinEmma Mc Evoy, Rathdrum, WicklowBeatrice Mcmahon, Ballinakill, LaoisSofia O Broin, Clane-Rathcoffey, Kildare Luca Prendiville, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Grace Winter, Castlegregory, Kerry Track – 800m U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Hannah Mcauley, Skerries, DublinSilver: Aisling Hegarty, Skerries, DublinBronze: Aisling Fenton, Rathmore-Gneeveguilla, Kerry Bailee Bolton, Graiguecullen, CarlowCaoimhe Brennan, Johnstown-Kill, KildareMaeve Doody, Ballingarry-Granagh, LimerickLiadh Fitzmaurice, Roundwood, WicklowSinead Fitzpatrick, Ballinakill, LaoisNicole Griffin, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, ClareOrnaith Halford, Gorey-Town, WexfordGrace Merrigan, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Cate O' Brien, Newport, TipperaryLeah O' Callaghan, Navan-Road, DublinLeah O' Donovan, Ballincollig, Cork Hannah Redican, St-Brendans-Oakpark, Kerry Track – 800m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Cathal O' Connor, Currow-Currans, KerrySilver: Alan Harrington, Kenmare, KerryBronze: Daire Power, Skerries, DublinFionn Aird, Ardfinnan, TipperaryLeo Casey, Douglas, CorkDaniel Cleary, Rathdrum, WicklowTom Doherty, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Noah Keane, Gorey-Town, WexfordCharlie Mccabe, Milltown, KildareEamon Og Mcelligott, Spa-Fenit-Barrow, KerryOscar Mullins, Skerries, DublinMatthew Murphy, Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry, ClareAlex O' Sullivan, St-Kierans, LimerickJames O' Toole, Tullow-Grange, Carlow Conor Quinn, Killenard, Laois Track – 60m Hurdles U10 & O8 Girls Gold: Ivy Redmond, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Silver: Ava O' Toole, Cappamore, Limerick Bronze: Quinlee Odezmir, Cloughjordan, Tipperary Quin Corbett, Thurles, Tipperary Eve Cranny, Cushinstown, WexfordFreya Dalton, Westside, WicklowMolly Finn, Mitchelstown, Cork Lilly Galloway, St-Brigids-Newbridge, Kildare Katy Hallissey, Cahersiveen, Kerry Meabh Kearney, Ballinakill, LaoisLaura Kennedy, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Seana Lee Reilly, Crusheen-Ballinruan-Tubber, Clare Felicity Plewman, Dalkey, Dublin April Walsh, Burrin, Carlow Track – 60m Hurdles U10 & O8 BoysGold: Fiach Doherty, Annascaul-Camp-Inch, Kerry Silver: Jack Hayes, Enniskeane, CorkBronze: Zach Power, Cellbridge-South, Kildare Patrick Brennan, Blackwater, WexfordJude Broderick, Newcastle-West, Limerick Donnacha Cahill, Cloughjordan, Tipperary Charlie Cullen, Kilmihil, ClarePatrick Flynn, Mitchelstown, CorkCian Mcintyre, St-Johns, KilkennyCillian Nolan, St-Lazerians, CarlowMuris O Muircheartaigh, Killorglin, KerryKyle O' Neill, Marino-Fairview, DublinJack Reddy, Lakeside, Wicklow Cian Tuite, St-Brigids-Newbridge, Kildare Track-60mU8&O6BoysGold: Isaac Cronin, Newmarketonfergus, ClareSilver: Aidan Butler, Bennekerry-Tinryland, CarlowBronze: Lucas Cooke, Marlay-Grange, DublinEanna Barry, Ballyadams, LaoisBilly Byrne, Roundwood, WicklowFionn Connick, Cushinstown, WexfordCharlie Hill, Eadestown, KildareConor Kelly, Clontarf, DublinOran Masterson, Slaneyvalley, CarlowFeidhlim Norry, St-Johns, KilkennyDaire O' Donovan, Enniskeane, CorkDavid Sandes, Cloughjordan, TipperaryFiachra Shanahan, Askeaton-Ballysteen-Kilcornan, Limerick Leo Slattery, Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry, Clare Michael Joesph Spillane, Castlegregory, Kerry Track – 60m U8 & O6 GirlsGold: Sophie Turner, Skerries, DublinSilver: Ellen Monaghan, Blackwater, WexfordBronze: Isla Hennessy, Rathvilly, CarlowChloe Cogley, Bride St-Rowe St , WexfordFiadh Conroy, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Oceana Doyle Lawlor, Drangan, TipperaryRoisín Farrell, Rathvilly, CarlowLeila Hughes, Regional, LimerickCiara Kearney, Ballinakill, LaoisKaylee Lynch, Glenflesk, KerryAnna Mc Carthy, Watergrasshill, CorkEmily Murphy, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, ClareAva Oreilly, Aughrim-Annacurra, WicklowRebecca Sheridan, Mid-Sutton, Dublin Emma Slattery, Johnstown-Kill, Kildare Track – 600m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Molly Considine, Ennistymon-Lahinch-Liscannor, Clare Silver: Orlaith O Rourke, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, Clare Bronze: Clodagh Reidy, Malahide, DublinEimear Burke, Douglas, CorkMaeve Colleran, Roebuck, DublinSeoda Collins, Ballymacelligott, KerrySadhbh Doolan, Clane-Rathcoffey, KildareSaoirse Dunne, Slaneyvalley, CarlowElsa Fahy, Broadford-Drumcollogher, LimerickHazel Kennedy, Drom-Inch, TipperaryLouisa Martin, Ashford-Glenealy, WicklowPenelope Mcmahon, Ballinakill, LaoisEmily Nevin, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, KilkennyElsie O' Grady, Crusheen-Ballinruan-Tubber, Clare Kyra Potter, Bride St-Rowe St , Wexford Track – 600m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Max Quinn, Skerries, DublinSilver: Damien Donnery, Kenmare, KerryBronze: Jerome Mooney Griffin, Ballymore-Eustace, Kildare Andrew Coogan, St-Johns, KilkennyCharlie Dillon, Askea, CarlowLoughlin Downes, Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry, ClareGlen Galloway, St-Brigids-Newbridge, KildareSeamus Hallissey, Cahersiveen, KerryTom Keane, Gorey-Town, WexfordCormac Kennedy, Ballingarry-Granagh, LimerickEdward Mcdonnell, Ballyadams, LaoisPeter Mclaughlin, Ballinlough-South, Cork Dylan Noonan, Drangan, Tipperary Scott Roe, Skerries, Dublin Devin Sheehan, Rathdrum, Wicklow Track – 200m U10 & O8 GirlsGold: Maisie Stokes, Broadford-Drumcollogher, Limerick Silver: Sarah-kate Mcgovern, Two-Mile-House, Kildare Bronze: Bonnie O' Dea, Bruree-Rockhill, LimerickLaoise Byrne, Suncroft-Curragh, KildareLaoise Cowan, Borrisoleigh, TipperaryAoife Dennehy, Currow-Currans, KerryLynn Doherty, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Mollie Donovan, Gorey-Town, WexfordEmily Horgan, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, LimerickFiadh Kelly, Ballyadams, LaoisAnna Murphy, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, ClareJay-jay Murphy, Clontead-Kinsale, CorkEmily O' Neill, Bennekerry-Tinryland, CarlowSadie Phelan, Mid-Sutton, Dublin Lydia Slazenger, Enniskerry, Wicklow Track – 200m U10 & O8 BoysGold: Freddie Daniel, Malahide, DublinSilver: Conor Quinn, Knocklyon, DublinBronze: Jack Downes, St-Kierans, LimerickDaniel Casey, Boherbee-cloghers-manor, KerryMatthew Cregan, Croom-Banogue-Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick Leo Dunne, Marino-Fairview, DublinJoshua Eager, Lakeside, WicklowSonny Madigan, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Ryan Murphy, Bagenalstown, CarlowTadhg Murphy, BBBCR, WexfordDonnacha O Donoghue, Clontead-Kinsale, CorkCillian O' Brien, Cellbridge-South, KildarePj O' Neill, Portarlington, LaoisMacdara Oâ€TMconnell, Moylusa, Clare Zac Richardson, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary Track – 200m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Aoileann Foley, Cahersiveen, KerrySilver: Holly Broderick, Askea, CarlowBronze: Tori Mckeon, Ballymore-Eustace, KildareEllie Conroy, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Lucy Devane, Spa-Mucross, KerryLauren Donnelly, Feenagh-Kilmeedy, LimerickO'jane Isatu Bangura, Prosperous, KildareRoisín Kearney, Ballinakill, LaoisMia Kelly, Miltown-Malbay, Clare Ellie Maher, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary Pippa O Brien, Burrin, Carlow Eve O' Neill, Enniskerry, Wicklow Audrey Omo, Bride St-Rowe St , Wexford Ruby Prendergast, Knocklyon, Dublin Isabelle Walsh, Watergrasshill, Cork Track – 200m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Cian Vaughan, Crusheen-Ballinruan-Tubber, Clare Silver: Theo Prendiville, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Bronze: Oisin Savage, St-Lazerians, CarlowSean Forde, Clontead-Kinsale, CorkRiley Fox, Lakeside, WicklowGeorge Hassan, Cellbridge North, KildareBilly Heaney, New-Inn-Knockgraffon, TipperarySean Hick, Ballynacally-Lissycasey, ClareJack Kenny, Burrin, CarlowBobby Martin, Bree-Davidstown, WexfordAndrew Mccallum, Portarlington, LaoisCiaran Mcloughlin, Broadford-Drumcollogher, Limerick Daniel Quinn, St-Johns, KilkennyLuke Sheehan, Navan-Road, Dublin Christopher Wynton, Cahersiveen, Kerry Track – 200m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Ethan Stack, Lixnaw, KerrySilver: Andrew Vampola, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Bronze: Tyler Byrne, Hacketstown, CarlowAdam Clancy, Clane-Rathcoffey, KildareEoghan Foley, Enniskeane, CorkEoghan Og Galvin, Listowel, KerryLeon Mcdonagh, Killenard, LaoisOisin Mcmahon, Inch-Kilmaley-Connolly, ClareRichard Mullally, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Cian O' Donnell, Boherlahan-Dualla, TipperaryAlex O' Reilly, Gorey-Town, WexfordMatthew Peelo, Clontarf, DublinJack Young, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, LimerickNathan Young, Hacketstown, Carlow John Zeller, Lakeside, Wicklow Track – 200m U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Fiadh Boardman, Skerries, DublinSilver: Kiana Santos, Cahersiveen, KerryBronze: íine Cunningham, Broadford-Drumcollogher, Limerick Pippa Bennett, Portarlington, LaoisLily Boland, Upperchurch-Drombane, TipperaryHolly Cleere, Skeoughvosteen, Kilkenny Maria Cotter, Boherbee-cloghers-manor, Kerry Ellen Cullen, Rathdrum, WicklowLucie Donovan, Gorey-Town, Wexford Cara Guinan, Caherdavin, Limerick Emily Hayes, Enniskeane, CorkHannah Mccarthy, Ennis-St-Johns, Clare Fatima Mohammed, Burrin, Carlow Ella Murphy, Ballymore-Eustace, Kildare Amber Tapley, Mid-Sutton, Dublin Track – 200m U16 & O14 GirlsGold: Rebecca Reid, Inch-Kilmaley-Connolly, ClareSilver: Rachel Doyle, Oylgate-Glenbrien-Ballymurn , Wexford Bronze: Aobhe O Regan, Clontead-Kinsale, CorkElla Breen, Rathdrum, WicklowKayleigh Butler, BBCT, WexfordAva Byrne Ward, St-Brigids-Newbridge, KildareIsobel Griffin, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Caoimhe Hughes, Skerries, DublinTara Marshall, St-Lazerians, CarlowLucy Mcgrath, Clerihan, TipperaryCaoimhe Mcnamara, Inch-Kilmaley-Connolly, ClareHannah Murphy, Clontead-Kinsale, CorkIsbeal Ní Huigín, Crecora-Patrickswell, LimerickSophia Redmond, Portarlington, Laois Iona Wynton, Cahersiveen, Kerry Track – 200m U16 & O14 BoysGold: Dylan Brennan, Malahide, DublinSilver: Eddie Hayes, Blennerville-Ballyard, Kerry Bronze: Darragh Doyle, Bree-Davidstown, Wexford Kyle Byrne Ward, St-Brigids-Newbridge, Kildare Zach Carroll, Enniskerry, WicklowRyan Corbett, Broadford-Kilbane-Kilmore, Clare Michael Hayes, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Ethan Lacey, St-Brendans-Oakpark, KerryCillian Mcateer, Bennekerry-Tinryland, Carlow Gavin Murphy, Mid-Sutton, DublinEamon O' Bioragra, Newport, TipperaryLeon O' Shea, Enniskeane, Cork Daniel Redmond, Bree-Davidstown, Wexford Track – 1500m U16 & O14 Girls Gold: Ciara Moore, Killorglin, Kerry Silver: Muireann Breen, Kenmare, Kerry Bronze: Layla Dixon, Arklow, Wicklow Georgina Bruen Liston, Clontarf, Dublin Katie Fitzgerald, Clontead-Kinsale, Cork Kate Hargaden, Two-Mile-House, Kildare Kate Hayden, Skeoughvosteen, Kilkenny Siobhan Healy, Inch-Kilmaley-Connolly, Clare Hannah Luttrell, Portarlington, LaoisLucy Malone, Ballon-Rathoe, CarlowJessica O' Connor, Roundwood, WicklowLily Riordan, Beaufort, Kerry Caoimhe Slevin, Thurles, Tipperary Track – 1500m U16 & O14 BoysGold: James O' Hanlon, Navan-Road, DublinSilver: Neil Thompson, Rathmore-Gneeveguilla, Kerry Bronze: Luke Ryan, Ballinahinch-Killoscully, Tipperary Aaron Byrne, Cashel-Rosegreen, TipperaryJj Carthy, Shannon, ClareSeán Coleman, Ballybrown-Clarina, LimerickConor Duffin, Spa-Mucross, KerryTheo Duffy, Clontarf, DublinPadraic Hogan, Ballon-Rathoe, CarlowFiachra Mehigan, BBCT, WexfordEoghan O' Reilly, Arklow, Wicklow Conor Oâ€TMbrien, Douglas, Cork Track – 100m U10 & O8 GirlsGold: Cara Doran, Upperchurch-Drombane, Tipperary Silver: Isobel Corbett, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Bronze: Saoirse Burke, Ballymore-Eustace, KildareCrea Brosnan, Clarecastle-Ballyea, ClareAnnabel Butler, Thurles, TipperaryGrace Egan, Cappamore, LimerickTess Gearey, Ballinlough-South, CorkWillow Gunn, Portarlington, LaoisEmma Hayden, Skeoughvosteen, KilkennyOlivia Jackman, Bree-Davidstown, WexfordLaura Maclaverty, Dun-Laoghaire, DublinSeona Mcelligott, Spa-Fenit-Barrow, KerryBrooke O' Neill, Suncroft-Curragh, KildareEabha Rossiter, Westside, Wicklow Charlotte Wall, Rathvilly, Carlow Track – 100m U10 & O8 BoysGold: Jake Ward, Lakeside, Wicklow Silver: Seamie Mannix, Ballybunion, Kerry Bronze: Shay Ronayne, Conna, Cork Noah Alfred, Regional, LimerickFaolan Brenna Ryan, Killenard, Laois Daniel Coogan, St-Johns, Kilkenny Jacob Cummins, Bagenalstown, Carlow Quin Cunningham, Roundwood, Wicklow Cormac Deely, Horeswood, Wexford Fareed Ibrahim, Cellbridge North, Kildare Odhran Mcdaid, Marlay-Grange, Dublin Ross Noonan, Drangan, TipperaryJack Reidy, Kilmihil, ClareAidan Twomey, Enniskeane, Cork Lewis Wynton, Cahersiveen, Kerry Track – 100m U12 & O10 BoysGold: Tiernan Quaid, Adare, LimerickSilver: Theo Delaney, Roebuck, DublinBronze: Oisín Lynch, Doora-Barefield, ClareDaniel Baynes, Shankill, DublinDylan Burke, Lakeside, WicklowBill Carroll, Ballingarry, TipperaryTommy Considine, Cooraclare-Cree, ClareDaniel Doyle, Glenmore-Tullogher-Rosbercon, Kilkenny Joshua Durack, Glynn-Barntown, WexfordDarragh Johnston, Portarlington, LaoisTom O' Cathasaigh, Graiguecullen, CarlowFinn O' Dowd, Ballinlough-South, CorkCharlie Smith, Kilmallock, LimerickOlamide Smith, Killarney, Kerry Tom Underwood, Cellbridge North, Kildare Track – 100m U12 & O10 GirlsGold: Blathnaid King, Knocklyon, DublinSilver: Felicita Bayyabilly, Regional, Limerick Bronze: Isabella Blanche, Ballon-Rathoe, Carlow Kiley Biggins, Spa-Mucross, KerryAva Brophy, Ballyadams, LaoisIsabella Butler, Bennekerry-Tinryland, Carlow Alex Byrne, Moylusa, ClareAoibheann Carty, BBCT, WexfordAoise Furlong, Glanmire, CorkEdith Histon, Mayorstone, LimerickLexi Keating, St-Johns, KilkennyPriya Muldowney, Navan-Road, DublinLayla Nidraigheain, Johnstown-Kill, KildareRuby Ryan, Lorrha, Tipperary Aria Reid, Enniskerry, Wicklow Track – 100m U14 & O12 BoysGold: Rhys Cusack, Ennis-St-Johns, Clare Silver: Luka Aoki, Skerries, Dublin Bronze: Fionn Spellman, Killarney, Kerry Adam Cahill, St-Johns, Kilkenny Sean Cotter, Thurles, Tipperary Morgan Earl, Lakeside, WicklowZaiden Gallardo, Douglas, CorkFintan Gardiner, Bennekerry-Tinryland, CarlowConor 0 Mahony, Duagh-Lyre, KerryAlex Mcdonough, Killenard, LaoisJack Monahan, Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry, ClareCharlie Murphy, Ballymore-Eustace, KildareJoseph Oyekanmi, Marlay-Grange, Dublin Caimin Power, Croom-Banogue-Dromin-Athlacca, Limerick Max Us, BBCT, Wexford Track – 100m U14 & O12 GirlsGold: Sophia Blanche, Ballon-Rathoe, CarlowSilver: Erin O' Driscoll, Enniskeane, CorkBronze: Ellie Ní Mhainnín, An-Ghaeltacht, KerryAva Broderick, Askea, CarlowAmy Conroy, Drom-Inch, TipperaryRoxy Durkin Bons, Kenmare, KerrySophie Harrison, Quin-Clooney, ClareLucy Keely, Westside, WicklowMerville Kumanzembe, Mitchelstown, CorkJoan Mackey, Clane-Rathcoffey, KildareBeth Noonan, Dalkey, DublinOlivia Tobin, Regional, Limerick Grace White, Adamstown-Newbawn-Raheen, Wexford Anastasia Zawrotniak, Portarlington, Laois Track – 100m U16 & O14 GirlsGold: Alice Mckernan, Newcastle-West, LimerickSilver: Evie Harkins, Cratloe, ClareBronze: Emily Vampola, Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick Emily Bolger, St-Lazerians, CarlowLara Byrne, Conna, CorkSimone Cnsidine, Cooraclare-Cree, ClareKatelyn Corish, Horeswood, WexfordGrainne Diamond Ebs, Skerries, DublinAlannah Doyle, Rathdrum, WicklowDoireann Lanigan, Cellbridge North, KildareGroome Maria, Borrisoleigh, TipperaryChloe O' Flaherty, Listowel, Kerry Megan O' Shea, Crecora-Patrickswell, Limerick Track – 100m U16 & O14 BoysGold: Ronan Mcglynn, Ballymore-Eustace, Kildare Silver: Thando Dube, Kenmare, KerryBronze: Steve Reidy, Lixnaw, Kerry 4th: Gary Buckley, Bruree-Rockhill, Limerick
RTÉ News
26-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Stopping the inevitable: Lessons in handling David Clifford
The first time David Clifford's name was committed to print, it appears, was in the Fossa notes on P65 of the Kerryman in May 2005. The club's Under-10 mixed panel had competed in the Community Games at Dr Croke's and the players had included the duo of David Clifford, only six at the time, and older brother 'Padraig' Clifford, Dingle ending their hopes of advancing to the county final later in the week. Twenty years on from that snippet in the corner of a local newspaper, Clifford's name is dominating the media build-up to Sunday's All-Ireland final between Kerry and Donegal. Rarely - if ever - has there been such focus on one player going into an All-Ireland final. Even Michael Murphy, who retired, changed the rules, and came back to test them out is playing second fiddle to the Kingdom ace. The question in every article has been the same too - and it's no different here - just how do you defang one of the greatest forwards to ever play the game? RTÉ Sport has spoken to former Derry minor manager Damian McErlain, who watched the Fossa genius score 4-04 against his side in an All-Ireland minor final, and Armagh defender Barry McCambridge, who held him to a single point from play in the Orchard County's famous 2024 All-Ireland semi-final win. In the 2017 All-Ireland Minor final, David Clifford provided one of the best underage performances ever witnessed at Croke Park as he hit 4-04 from play as Kerry beat an incredibly strong Derry side by 24 points. Just 16 seconds had passed when he turned brilliantly to get away from Conor McCluskey - a future All-Star - and finished expertly past Oran Hartin. The second saw him show incredible strength to get off the ground, side-step a couple of players and finish to an empty net. The third goal saw him leap high into the air to fetch, breaking out his trademark bounce dummy to create the space to fire home, with his final goal also seeing the bounce unleashed to bamboozle the players around him. Going through the four points from play would exceed the word count but the performance can't be truly analysed without mentioning his defence-splitting pass to set up Fiachara Clifford for Kerry's third goal of six. Seeing the pass was one thing, executing it to such perfection was genius. But here's the thing, if presented with a do-over, McErlain admits he probably wouldn't change too much. The year before, McCluskey had blunted Clifford's blade in an All-Ireland quarter-final before being moved to put out another fire, but for the manager, amid a note of caution for Donegal this weekend, looking at the individual battle is pointless. "What had clouded our thoughts is that we had played the year before and Conor marked him for 25 minutes and kept him to a point and we were in no doubt that Conor was the best full-back in the competition," said McErlain, who twice led the Oakleaf County to All-Ireland glory at the minor grade. "The calculation was that if we keep this man to five or six points – Donegal are probably thinking the same – we're in with a shout. "Our biggest issue was that we were getting blown away all over the place and that meant the supply was just constant and relentless. With Clifford on the end of that supply, we were just hit with the reality of the situation in the worst possible place. "With Clifford on the end of that supply, we were just hit with the reality of the situation in the worst possible place." "We looked back at the video and it was 22 minutes before there was a ball put in that a sweeper would have been any use for, even if you had went that way. "What sort of sweeper would you have had to have been to have stopped that at minor level? "There's a lesson there maybe because minor football then is maybe akin to what senior football is now with the new rules. "New game, new rules, whatever, but it is all about the whole management of the situation across the pitch. "The Cork hurling full-forward line were lauded last week, you can't mark them, then Tipperary said 'sorry, we can mark them.' "The Donegal push will have to come from all over the pitch, it's about the rest of the team and the system further out the field. That's how you stop him." It was an eye-opener for sure for the Derry management team, especially as the previous year had been all about trying to stop a different Kerry forward even though Clifford's name was on the team-sheet. "In 2016, we had to move 'Clucky' (McCluskey) off Clifford to put him on Seánie O'Shea because he was kicking points from the Hogan Stand, the Cusack Stand, I've never seen anything like it. "Clifford had kicked on a lot between those two seasons, he was more like a man the second day. "In 2016, Seánie was the man. Seánie had played against us in 2015 so we knew about him whereas we didn't really know about Clifford. Then in 2017 we knew about David but Seánie had been the man the year before. "I can't rate the two of them highly enough." For McErlain, Donegal probably have the best defensive set-up in the country to deal with Clifford's threat – but that style also carries a warning. "I think Donegal's style leans itself to adapting to dealing with the threat, there's a fierce intensity in defence, a fierce sharpness. That defending in zones. "Twos and threes, doubling up and Jim McGuinness no doubt will have to tweak the shape to make sure Clifford isn't getting the freedom of Croke Park. "Donegal's defenders like to bomb on but if they're turned over there will be space there; Kerry might have to replicate their 2014 All-Ireland final win over Donegal, suck a bit of play up, turn the ball over and break. "If they do that, the room will be there for Clifford." Few players have ever come away from a duel with David Clifford and, without any shadow of a doubt, earned the spoils. Dublin's Mick Fitzsimons is the most obvious example having kept the Kerry man to two points from play in the 2023 final, but Armagh defender Barry McCambridge was lauded for his performance in the 2024 semi-final. The Lurgan man took on the job again in this year's quarter-final and looked on track for a repeat as Clifford managed to nab just a single point in the first half, but Jack O'Connor's men destroyed the Orchard kick-out in the second half and Clifford made the most of it with an eventual 0-07 tally to help dethrone the champions. Tactically, Armagh were different when facing Kerry in 2024 compared to 2025 but personnel also played a part. In the '24 semi-final and final against Galway, Aaron McKay had operated as a 'plus one' to offer cover having been more focussed on opposition threats in different games. Injury ruled him out of this year's quarter-final. McCambridge and McKay had established a fine partnership throughout 2024 when shutting down opposition dangermen - and although the former had a reputation for regularly getting up for a goal, it was actually the latter - a man with no such reputation - that ultimately brought Sam to Armagh for a second time with a goal in the final. When all was said and done in the 2024 semi-final, apart from frees and a mark, Clifford had scored just a point and McCambridge had out-scored him from play with a goal at the other end. The Irish Examiner post-match player rating of McCambridge read: "Handed the David Clifford brief. Acquitted himself as well as anyone who has held this brief previously." Key for McCambridge, he believes, is that the challenge presented to him brought excitement rather that trepidation. "I end up marking the best players and that's where you want to be as a man-marking, putting yourself up against the best. "I was listening to James O'Donoghue during the week there and he was talking about how Clifford plays like a 5' 9" player, his movement and agility, but I found he also plays like he's 6' 4", how aggressive he is, how strong he is and he's so good in the air too. "It's more about reducing his influence rather than stopping him out. Those top forwards, you can't snuff them out, you can only reduce their impact - especially with these new rules. "With that space, it doesn't matter how well you mark them, there's a good chance they're going to score. "I didn't defend too poorly against Clifford this year and he still ended up with seven points. "When David Clifford gets a score I find it almost counts as double because their fans get such a buzz out of it, so do their players." "When David Clifford gets a score I find it almost counts as double because their fans get such a buzz out of it, so do their players." Verbal warfare is a prominent unseen – or unheard, to be specific – part of the game with casualties limited to those players in close proximity. McCambridge said that there was nothing like that with Clifford, even when Kerry got a run on them this year, and said that anyone trying to use it against him would be just poking the bear. "I wouldn't be into it, if someone was doing it to me it'd just make me want to try harder, really go after it. We were just chatting about the match, bits and pieces, no abuse anyway!" Clifford's championship tallies in 2025 have been 0-09, 2-05, 1-03, 1-08, 0-05, 3-07, 0-07 and 1-09. If McCambridge had one piece of advice for Donegal man-marker Brendan McCole and his support team who will be there to help it would be: concentration. "The new rules changed everything," he said. "Looking at movement patterns, he's so good on the backdoor cut and scoring goals so you don't want to get caught. But if you step off slightly to block out that backdoor cut that's when he starts going into the space in front and scoring, and there's one-point and two-point options there. It's about weighing that up. "I watched him against Tyrone in the semi and he did four or five backdoor cuts and all he needs is for one or two of those to come off. "You just have to defend as well as you can, have good footwork and you need your team-mates to come down and close the space too. "The biggest thing coming up against top forwards like that, not just Clifford, is that you have to be concentrating for every second of the game. "You can't take a second off, that's all it takes for someone like him."
RTÉ News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
More measured Darragh McCarthy key to Tipperary's All-Ireland final hopes
Oh no. Not again. You didn't have to be a mind reader to guess what Darragh McCarthy was thinking when referee James Owens flashed a yellow card and then a red at the Tipperary forward in the 58th minute of the All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Kilkenny. The 19-year-old put his hands on his head, frozen in shock, before opponent Mikey Butler and team-mate Jake Morris encourage him to leave the field with consoling pats on the back. Tipp are already one point down. This is going to be the Cork Munster round-robin game all over again, when his red card in the opening seconds was widely accepted to have decided the contest before it started. Fortunately for McCarthy, it isn't. The 14 men up their game, and beat the Cats by what controversially turns out to be two points, after Oisín O'Donoghue's goal in the final minute of normal time and a scoreboard fiasco. McCarthy embraces his fellow Under-20 All-Ireland winner at the final whistle, tears of relief as much as joy. His side had survived the red card to make this Sunday's All-Ireland final – just as they had in their most recent semi-final appearance, when John McGrath was dismissed against Wexford in 2019 – and, like McGrath was then, he is eligible to play. But has the youngster given his manager a decision to make? McCarthy has had a spectacular ascent in becoming the first teenager (he doesn't turn 20 until August) to nail down a championship starting spot for Tipp since his now team-mate Noel McGrath - who McCarthy has called "my favourite player of all time" - in 2009. Despite his obvious skill growing up, the Community Games U12 long-puck champion wasn't the tallest, taking a while to get to his current height of 5'10 (178cm) and didn't start a single game when the Premier pipped Offaly for their first All-Ireland minor crown in six years in 2022. However, as manager James Woodlock told The Examiner this year: "He was winning most matches for us coming off the bench. He attacked every game when he came on. Never a cross word. He knew what was expected of him. He was above his years for a 16-year-old. "There was absolutely no question Darragh was going to make it. He was ahead of his years, he was direct, he was aggressive. You couldn't ask for a better young fella." He started one game for the Tipperary U20s in 2023 but then just under 18 months ago, McCarthy captained St Joseph's CBS Nenagh to their first Harty Cup (Munster secondary schools). Nenagh were pipped by St Raphael's of Loughrea in the semi-finals but McCarthy went on to score 2-43 in six games (0-08 from play) as Tipp's U20s won the provincial title for the first time in five years, only falling short against Offaly in the All-Ireland final. He was also introduced to senior training with an eye to the near future – as Tipperary finished bottom of Munster with one point - and then lit up the county senior hurling championship for the second year in a row, finishing as top-scorer with 3-62 in six matches, 2-13 from play, as his club Toomevara (home to Tommy and Benny Dunne, and John O'Brien) reached their first county final in 16 years but were defeated by a John McGrath-inspired Loughmore-Castleiney. Last autumn, McCarthy was awarded a scholarship to study Sport and Exercise Sciences at University of Limerick but played for the first-year team (he was captain and man of the match in the Freshers 1 final) rather than with their Fitzgibbon Cup-winning side. He was plenty busy though, scoring 1-06 from placed balls on his Tipperary senior debut against Galway in January as he also took over the key role of free-taker, following a rotating cast last year. The young sharpshooter topped the 2025 Allianz Hurling League scoring charts, with 2-38 (0-07 from play), despite being rested for the final-round win over Clare, and scored four frees in the 10-point defeat in the decider to Cork. He then hit three points from play and the equalising late free (having missed a couple) on an excellent championship debut against Limerick in April, having played for the U20s midweek. But then it all went wrong, even before the throw-in, in Cork. His dismissal at Páirc Uí Chaoimh came for a jab of the butt of the hurl into Rebel corner-back Sean O'Donoghue even before the throw-in, as part of what appeared a team strategy to square up to opponents that had also been evident before the draw with Limerick. Cork scored three goals in the first 17 minutes and won by 15 points but manager Liam Cahill certainly wasn't throwing him under the bus afterwards. "It is a difficult day for young Darragh," he said. "He is 19 years of age. He is a lovely kid. He loves hurling and loves playing for Tipperary. He is just misfortunate today. That is Munster championship hurling. "He is beating himself up, as well, which is not unusual for a fella that loves his hurling so much. We all have his back in Tipperary and we'll support and he will have really good days in the Tipperary jersey. He is mentally a very strong young fella." 'That's the problem with adrenaline' - the panel assess the incident which saw Darragh McCarthy sent off before throw-in 📺 Watch @rte2 & @rteplayer 📻 @rteradio1 📱 Updates — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) April 27, 2025 Former Premier manager Liam Sheedy noted: "That's the problem with adrenaline, when it takes over" and called it "a tough learning experience." The question for Cahill now is whether he is learning too slowly. McCarthy regained his place after suspension, scoring 23 points (0-02 from play) in the victories over Waterford – in between winning the Munster and All-Ireland U20 titles - Laois and Galway, and had scored 1-02 (2f) as well as setting up Jason Forde's goal in his almost an hour on the pitch in the semi-final. McCarthy had picked up his first yellow in just the fourth minute, for a slap of the hurl onto Paddy Deegan's elbow as he tried to close down the Kilkenny wing-back. "There wasn't much force. But at the same time, you can't do it, it is a striking action," observed Limerick forward Tom Morrissey on The Sunday Game. "Some refs might leave it go but you're still putting yourself at risk of getting a yellow. That meant he had to be careful for the rest of the game but, with 12 minutes left and the contest finely poised, Kilkenny keeper Eoin Murphy sidestepped the Tipp man, who left his hurl hanging out to rap Murphy on the knuckles. Owens called him over and ended his afternoon prematurely. Tipperary are down to 14 men after Darragh McCarthy is shown a second yellow card. That seemed harsh. 📺Watch 📻Listen 📱 Follow — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) July 6, 2025 "It's only a slight little tip, but there's no need to do it," said a baffled Michael Duignan on commentary. "It's harmless enough, but when you're on a yellow you don't do that." Brendan Cummins, his U20 manager, Sheedy and Jackie Tyrrell all felt the second yellow was harsh but the concern is that McCarthy had no prospect of winning the ball with either challenge, and Cahill said he had "no complaints" with the decision. "There's no need to do it," agreed Morrissey. "On both occasions, the player wasn't about to play the ball where you could come in with the hurley. They were carrying the ball in their hand. Flicking with the hurley, the ref is going to have make a decision and you're the one who's going to miss out." Forde had already been switched onto the frees by the time of the red card, McCarthy having missed two scoreable opportunities. The 31-year-old then hit four placed balls of considerable difficulty, which were instrumental in Tipperary closing out the game. Speaking to RTÉ Sport afterwards, Cahill suggested McCarthy would not be taken off the frees: "It's great to have Jason in reserve, he's having a huge year again... I'll be backing young Darragh all day long anyway, I have no concerns in that regard." But, given O'Donoghue's match-winning impact off the bench, is there an argument to start him instead of his U20 team-mate? It would allow Forde to take over the dead-balls without drama and McCarthy could always step in as a sub if the veteran was having an off day. It might also spare him some surely inevitable attempts to test his composure. Does he risk being ineffectual if he is too worried about picking up cards to tackle? Speaking in the aftermath of being named man of the match on his SHC debut against Limerick, McCarthy gave an interview that sounded articulate and mature beyond his 19 years. "The atmosphere was class and I loved every second," he said. "Playing with the likes of John and Jason is such a privilege and it's so invaluable the experience you get from them. It's really kicking me on as a player. After the U20 triumph, he said: "To be able to put on this jersey is a massive honour. You're representing your club, your family, coaches. You're representing everyone. It does so much for so many people; it lifts the whole county, and we're in great preparations for the senior team as well." Though his second mistake this summer could have been very costly, Cahill called him "a very resilient young man" and gave every indication that he will retain his spot: "I think over the next couple of sessions, he'll arrive here in a good place." This time, the manager will hope McCarthy can be as clever on the pitch as he clearly is off it and keep his aggression on the right side of the line. If he does, he just might go one better than his idol Noel and become an All-Ireland champion in his debut season.
Irish Independent
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Wexford entrepreneur raises €4500 in memory of father with boxing match backed by Conor McGregor
The fundraising boxing event was organised through Mick Abidoye's business called 'Created in Éire (CIE)' – an award-winning initiative of his which showcases and promotes Irish content creators, musicians, and businesses with daily news updates through its social media. Through this initiative, he often does his best to fundraise for various good causes, services, and charities, with this one hitting a little closer to home. The Bukky Foundation, a charity founded in memory of his father Olubukoye 'Bukky' Abidoye, was created to support families who have experienced the sudden loss of a loved one—offering emotional, financial, and practical help in their time of need. Bukky's untimely death from a sudden heart attack was a profound shock to all who knew him and he was described as deeply loved and respected individual, a devoted father, friend, coach, and leader. He made a significant impact on the Wexford community as the County Wexford Team Leader and Manager for the Community Games in athletics. Beyond his dedication to community sports, Bukky was a highly accomplished chartered accountant, running his own accounting firm both in Ireland and in his home country, Nigeria. Speaking about the service he said: ' The Bukky Foundation stands as a legacy of compassion, ensuring that no family has to face grief alone. Donations go directly toward counselling services, emergency financial aid, and day-to-day support such as childcare and meal assistance. A heartfelt thank you to our sponsors—Nano the Barber, Five Palm, Fearmaxo, and Senior Man Photography—for their vital support in making this event possible.' The night of boxing itself became one of Dublin's most talked-about boxing cards, featuring a lineup of standout talent. The night included appearances from El Paco, rising star Jackson 'Taz' Bright, and Keith Whelan, also known as the Tallaght Torondo. Founder and fighter Mick Abidoye also took centre stage, proudly representing both the sport and the cause. The event received powerful backing from big names such as Conor McGregor, Peter Fury, Sam Jones, Michael Conlan, and Mick's coach, Kevin Armstrong, former European champion—among many other respected figures in the boxing community and who sent video shout-outs to the participants in the lead up to the matches.. "Best of luck on your Eire season – let's go baby, train hard, win easy,' McGregor said into the camera. Peter Fury highlighted the cause and encouraged as many people as possible to come out and show support. "A great cause, anything I can do for these causes I am happy to do it. Good people like yourselves put themselves out and do these great causes, please come along.' 'This unforgettable night showcased not only incredible fights but also the heart of a community rallying behind a meaningful cause,' Mick added.
BreakingNews.ie
26-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Paedophile sports coach (91) becomes one of the oldest people ever jailed in Ireland
A newspaper article published in February 2007 was the trigger that resulted in former sports coach James O'Reilly, last week becoming one of the oldest individuals ever sent to prison in Ireland at the age of 91 for sexually assaulting four young gymnasts under his care. In the interview, the well-known figure in sporting circles in Arklow, Co Wicklow, through his role as a Community Games organiser and coach of gymnasts and soccer teams, remarked that: 'It my firm belief that they (kids) will not come to any wrong if they are involved in sport.' Advertisement Reading those words proved the incentive for one of O'Reilly's victims to report the abuse she suffered from him to gardaí, whose subsequent investigation established that her experience was far from being unique. At a sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court last week, the elderly grandfather, who is blind, partially deaf and confined to a wheelchair, was sentenced to 12 months in prison with Judge Terence O'Sullivan branding the nonagenarian as a 'sexual predator.' Last February, O'Reilly – a widower with two adult children from Fernhill, Arklow, Co Wicklow – pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four young girls in the south Wicklow town over 30 years ago. The admissions by the Mullingar native and retired painter and decorator – one in relation to each of his four victims – were made in front of a jury of seven women and five men who had been sworn in to hear his trial at Bray Courthouse. Advertisement Just 24 hours earlier, O'Reilly had pleaded not guilty before the same jury to a total of eight charges of indecent or sexual assault and one charge of attempted sexual assault at St Mary's College Sports Hall in Arklow in relation to the same four young females whom he trained. The offences occurred on dates unknown between January 1st, 1990 and December 31st, 1994, when the accused ran a club for training gymnasts with his late wife, Sadie, who died in December 2021. Although he became fully blind in 1996, O'Reilly continued to participate in training and organising competitions for the Community Games – a role he began in 1978 – until he stood down just three years ago. In a victim impact statement, the woman who reported O'Reilly after seeing his interview in the Irish Independent said reading it 18 years ago had given her the drive to pursue getting justice. Advertisement She described the article as one which 'glorified' O'Reilly and was all about 'your great deeds which you have done for the children of Arklow.' 'Every cell in my body was repulsed by this interview,' she told the court. Addressing O'Reilly, she stated: 'You were trusted to provide a safe space for me and the other children. You took this power and used it for your own gratification.' She added: 'There are no words to describe the level of fear, embarrassment and shame that I experienced that day.' Advertisement 'The level of fear when you would enter the girls' changing rooms – no child should ever have to experience,' she observed. The woman said that 30 years later, she still has the same fear of being seen and has to hide away in social situations. She outlined how she still instinctively folds her arms and covers her chest 'to this very day,' which she said was the same device she would use to protect herself from O'Reilly as a child. The court heard that the thought of having to stand up as a witness and give evidence in front of a jury had made her physically ill, and she attributed his guilty pleas to 'a stroke of divine intervention.' Advertisement As a mother now of three young girls, the woman explained how she had repeatedly refused requests from one of her daughters to join her friends in gymnastics. 'In my eyes, once you put on a leotard, you became a target,' she commented. The woman, who is now in her 40s, said it was only when her own daughter turned nine that she realised the true extent of what O'Reilly had inflicted on her. She also accused the former coach of robbing her of the joyful experience of parenting because she sensed danger for her own children when there was none, because of the sexual abuse she suffered. 'Due to your actions, my thoughts were that people in authority did not have good intentions,' she remarked. In a separate victim impact statement, another woman (42) said the trauma of what happened never goes away. 'I learned to deal with it as a child, but I never thought I would carry it through to my adult life,' she remarked. She added: 'No person should ever have to go through that sort of trauma or carry that shame through their life because of the actions of another person.' Although the woman welcomed the fact that she had got justice for herself and others, she acknowledged that O'Reilly's age and illnesses would be taken into account in sentencing him. She continued: 'I want to state that my age wasn't taken into account when he chose to lay his hands on me many years ago.' Another of O'Reilly's victims, who was abused when she was about eight, told the court that she had been left 'extremely confused, frightened and ashamed' by what he did to her. The woman said she did not tell any adult about what happened as she did not have the words or understanding at such a young age. 'I knew what O'Reilly had done to me was wrong. I carried the weight of that secret for years,' she added. The court heard that discovering at 16 that she was not O'Reilly's only victim caused her both relief and anger. She continued: 'Relief that I wasn't alone but deep sadness and anger that this had happened to more children; that other adults were aware at the time and that he had been allowed to continue holding positions or respect and influence in our community.' The woman said she found it 'devastating' when O'Reilly was given a 'People of the Millennium' award for his work with children in Arklow. She told the court that she could still describe to this day what the accused's hands look like. 'The experience changed the course of my life. It stole a sense of safety, trust and joy that every child deserves,' she added. She expressed hope that with the court case that O'Reilly's name could be recorded for what he is – 'a prolific abuser of children.' Speaking after O'Reilly was sentenced to 12 months in prison, one of his victims who had told the court she expected he would not be jailed because of his age said it was hard to see an elderly man being wheeled out of court by prison guards. However, she added, 'That same man was not sorry for what he had done to us. He showed absolutely no remorse.' The four victims also said they had been let down by others in Arklow who knew what O'Reilly was doing but who chose to protect him rather than vulnerable young children. Ireland Former gymnastics coach (91) pleads guilty to sexu... Read More 'It's bittersweet. I do feel down, as it was widely known within the community. We were just little girls, and people chose to turn a blind eye,' said one woman. 'I don't feel like this is a celebration, but we finally got our justice,' she observed. O'Reilly, who was born on New Year's Day in 1934, is likely to mark his 92nd birthday in prison. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, you can call the national 24-hour Rape C ri sis Helpline at 1800-77 8888, access text service and webchat options at or visit Rape C ri sis Help .
