2010 Golf Classic

 The now well established Blarney GAA Golf Classic was held at Mallow Golf on Thursday, 8th July 2010. There was a fantastic turn out for the event with 65 teams  taking part on the day. Once again we had the presentation of prizes/barbeque/entertainment on the following night and this turned out to be a great social night for all who support the club. An enjoyable night was had by all. The event was kindly sponsored by the Blarney Castle Hotel who also provided the barbeque and entertainment on the presentation night. We must thank the business people in Blarney and its surrounds for the wonderful financial support and help in the lead up to the day. A big thank you to all the companies, firms and individuals who either participated in the event or gave prizes and T.Boxes, thereby making it one of the most successful golf classics to date.  We also thank Mallow Golf Club,who had the course in excellent condition on the day. We had many prizes on the night, but the main winners were as follows :

1st Prize.           Michael Collins.  Donal O' Sullivan.  David Ahern.        62 pts.         2nd Prize.          Ted Mellamphy.  David Higgins.  Martin Hegarty.            58  pts.         3rd Prize.           Paul Cunningham. Tim Mc Mahon. Brian Mc Mahon.      58 pts.         4th Prize.          Fintan Coleman.  Joe Barrett.  Sean Cronin.                   58  pts.         5th Prize.          Brian Hurley  John Hurley.  Michael Ruby.                      57  pts         6th Prize.         Ray Coleman. Sean Cafferkey. James Cooney                57  pts.         7th Prize.        St J. Cremin. Cathal Dodd. Sean Downey.                       57  pts .       

8th Prize.         Tom Phillpott. Damien Phillpott. Caleb Sheehan.              56  pts.

          Longest Drive    :             John O' Riordan.       

  Nearest to the Pin. :         Sean Downey.     

Hole in One  ;   Sean Linehan at No. 2. and Eamonn Mc Sweeney at No  16.    Congratulations lads.      Special Competition was  won by Ronan Byrnes. 3 Ball at Cork Golf Club. Brian Horgan. 3 Ball at Muskerry Golf Club    and Ray Murphy. 3 Ball also at Muskerry Golf Club.    

Golf Committee Members ;   Willie Cronin. Chairman  Gary O Brien. Donal Murphy St J. Cremin. Noel O' Sullivan                                             Tim Duggan. Donal Hayes.         

  Golf Classic 2011 will be held in Mallow on Thursday, 26th May.        

Many thanks to all who supported the event.      

Willie Cronin.   Chairman. Blarney GAA Golf Classic Committee.       

2010 Club Social

 A great night was had in the Blarney Castle Hotel on Saturday the 13th of February at our annual club social!! The Junior footballers received their Championship medals  and all celebrated that historic achievement in fine style!! Many thanks to Ian Forrest and to his staff  for the great meal and service  on the night! Click on the pics below to enlarge them and more will be added soon!!

                                               2009 Golf Classic

Blarney GAA Golf Classic was held at Mallow Golf Club on Thursday, 18th of June. Once again it was a tremendous success with 65 teams taking part in the event. Many Thanks to all those companies, businesses and individuals who supported and indeed every year continue to support this event! We also thank Mallow Golf Club who had the course in excellent condition and also for their cooperation in the lead up to the event. There were 15 great prizes on offer and the main winners were as follows:

1st:   Ted Mellumphy, David Higgins and Martin Hegarty......................56 points.

2nd:  Anthony Kenny, Seamus Mc Govern and Paddy Naughton .........54 points.

3rd:  Michael Sullivan, Noel O'Sullivan and Ger Gleeson.......................53 points.

4th:  Dennis Forrest, Ger O'Riordan and Brian Murray..........................53 points.

5th:  Ray Coleman, James Cooney and Sean Cafferky..........................53 points.

6th:  Sean O'Brien, Paddy O'Brien and Declan Barry............................52 points.

The longest drive was held at the 17th hole and was won by Joe Power representing Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney.

Nearest to  the pin at the 18th hole was won by Sean Dalton.

The presentation of prizes was held on the following night at the Blarney Castle Hotel. Ian Forrest  put on  a fantastic barbecue for the huge attendance and entertainment afterwards was provided by Fiona Kennedy and her band!

The President of Mallow Golf Club, Terry Byrne and the Captain, Michael Mc Evoy attended also  which was appreciated by all present.

Again sincere thanks to the Blarney Castle Hotel, our main sponsor and to all the others who provided prizes for the occasion.

We especially thank John M. O'Keeffe of O.K. Asphalt Ltd. for sponsoring the Longest Drive & Nearest  to the Pin competitions and to all those people who made cash contributions towards the boxes on the day.

Finally, I would like to thank the Golf Committee for putting in a great effort in the lead up to the event, thereby ensuring that the GAA Golf Classic of 2009 would be another great success.

Golf Committee:

Willie Cronin........Chairman

Noel O' Sullivan

Joe O'Donovan

Donal Murphy

Gary O'Brien

Tim Duggan

Donal Hayes

Peter Ledwith.

A civic reception was held in Cork City Hall to honour the victorious Blarney All-Ireland winners on Tuesday the 24th of March. Blarney GAA Club is grateful to Cork City Council for the honour and the presentations were made by Councillor Joe O'Callaghan, Deputy Mayor and a proud Blarney man! Please click on pics below!

The 2009 Dinner Dance was held in the Woollen Mills on Friday the 27th of February. With medals being presented to the victorious Under 21, Junior B and Intermediate hurling teams, it was always going to be a special night, so please browse through the photos  for a look at how the village let the hair down! It was a chance for the wives and girlfriends of the players to share the limelight and to these girls, we say Thank You for your patience and support through the year and we hope you enjoyed yourselves!!! Please click on the smaller images to enlarge!!

                   "Castle Walk"-St. Stephen's Day 2008

The Castle Walk proved as popular as ever with hundreds taking part. After the walk which took place in ideal conditions and at a brisk pace, it was back to the clubhouse for refreshments  kindly supplied by the Blarney Castle Hotel -Thanks Ian and to the O'Mahony family, Mick, Michelle  and their 3 beautiful daughters for their  willingness to dish out the tea and hot whiskies to the hordes!  Some pics below for a start and more to follow. Please click on images to enlarge! Thank You to all who kept the great tradition up!!!

                    "Poc Fada" - St. Stephen's Day 2008

"Poc Fada" 2008 was a great success with 75 teams of 3 participating. Monies raised were awarded to 2 local charities- Thank You!! Sponsored by Blarney Sofa Factory- Thanks Frank, the event started at 2pm and finished off at the Waterloo Inn. The winning team in the general category with a total of 25 shots despite a frantic search for a ball at the end was Mark Cremin, Trevor Hegarty and Colin Murphy. The family competition was won by the 3 Jordans, Joe, Brian and Shane! Thank You to all who helped out with stewarding  and sandwiches! The first of the pics  can be seen below!  Sorry Ronan...It had to be done!!

Below are 2 pictures of star goalkeeper Ronan Byrnes starting off his "Poc Fada" at the gully. You may well ask  why the 2 pics of Ronan?? The clue is in the middle picture! Both images of Ronan  can be enlarged by clicking on them! More pics and/or revelations to follow!!

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   As you can see, Ross Mc Namara was wetting himself with excitement during the event!!

  On Monday the 22nd of December Blarney GAA Club were presented with a cheque by the patrons of the Muskerry Arms  in Blarney. We appreciate this gesture. Below is a picture of Chairman Mick O'Mahony accepting the cheque on behalf of the club!

On the evening of Monday December the 15th Jim Cashman the former Cork Hurling great, invited the Intermediate team and club members into  Murphy's Brewery for  a reception in recognition of the teams achievements in winning the county and Munster Intermediate titles. A good night was had by  all so please browse through the pictures below  and see how Blarney's finest folk enjoy themselves! Thank You to Jim Cashman and Heineken Ireland! Click on  each image to enlarge it!!

                        BLARNEY G.A.A. GOLF CLASSIC 2008

The Annual Golf Classic sponsored by the Blarney Castle Hotel was held at Blarney Golf Resort on Thursday/Friday 26/27th June.  Scoil Mhuire gan Smal's team of St. John Cremin,

Cathal Dodd and Sean Downey emerged winners in a closely contested classic. Their winning total of 51 points was the same as the second and third placed teams but a superior back nine gave the teachers top marks.

The day was an outstanding success as indeed was the prize giving ceremony in the Blarney Castle Hotel afterwards! Many thanks go to Noel O'Sullivan for his work in organising the day and a big Thank You goes out to Ian Forrest, the main sponsor and also Mr John Martin O'Keeffe of  OK Asphalt!! Your genorosity is appreciated!!

Main prizewinners as follows:

1. Cathal Dodd, Sean Downey, St. John Cremin 51 points

2. John O'Riordan, John Aherne, Dave aherne    51 points.

3. Tom Dunphy, Sean O'Brien, Maureen Rutledge 51 points.

Nearest to pin- Joe O'Donovan

Longest Drive- Johnny Hurley.

Once again the annual Club St Patrick’s Eve Dinner Dance held at the Blarney Woollen Mills Hotel On Saturday, the 15th March proved an outstanding success. After a tremendous meal, the centre piece of the evening's wining, dining and entertainment was the presentation of medals to our victorious Junior B hurlers who completed a historic Mid-Cork B Championship ‘three in a row’ success in 2007.  This was followed by dancing into the early hours of the morning to the music of Fifth Avenue followed by a disco for the young at heart. 

Thanks to all concerned for making the function such an enjoyable occasion.