Welcome Loughiel Shamrocks...

Feile na Gael is back in Cork this weekend with 128 other clubs visiting Cork and over a 1000 games to be played. Our guests for Feile na nGael  will be Loughiel Shamrocks from Antrim. We will meet them for the first time in Mallow GAA Grounds at 5 o clock on this Friday evening. At 5.30 in Mallow we play Offaly champions Kilcormac/Killoughey and an hour later we meet Mallow. The Antrim party will then travel back to Pairc na Bride arriving at approximately 8pm. Our visitors will then meet there host families and head home with them. We will play the Antrim team at 10 o clock on Saturday morning and the game will be followed by the Crossbar Challenge. Depending on the Friday evening and Saturday results ourselves and the Shamrocks will go forward in either the Plate or Shield Competitions in Togher at 2 and 3 o clock. On Saturday evening both teams will have a meal together in the Rathcormac Inn. After that they will watch the Cork v Waterford Munster SHC game on TV. This will be followed by a Fun Table Quiz. After 9.30 Mass in Bartlemy on Sunday morning and depending on Saturday's results the teams will head for Bishopstown GAA Club. It promises to be a great, hectic weekend of hurling.