The restaurant reopened yesterday to a packed house. The food was great and service first class. Hopefully everyone will keep supporting it over the next few months as alot of hard work went into it.
Our club chairman worked tirelessly all week with the manager Martina Curley who did a great job. Thanks to all the other staff that made the day a great success.
Matt Tracey is a journalist who writes a sport page in An Phoblacht every week for the last number of years who gives the Dubs view on GAA affairs on and off the pitch.
In his recent article on the tragic death of Michaela Harte, he sums up the feeling of people in the city of Dublin by commenting on the gesture by the club flying the Tyrone Flag at half mast for over a week.
This gesture was conducted by the ordinary members of the club who felt in some way that they could share the pain of the Harte family and the McaReavey Family by this small act.
The restaurant in the club is reopening on Sunday under new management. A open day was held on Monday with over seventy invited guests who sampled the new chefs cooking. He got the tumps up from everybody!!
Come and find out for yourself, support the club and your local area. ‘Finbars for your Sunday dinner’.
Below are the videos that were shown on the club’s annual presentation night.
There is a Easter Draw which will take place on Holy Thursday in the club house. There are 250 tickets at 25 euro each with ten cash prizes.
They can be purchased from Niall Brady in the bar, Martin Costello, Nicky Kehoe, Wayne Dempsey, Terry McKeogh or John Byrne. You need to get tickets early as Christmas raffle was sold out with a number of people left without tickets because they did not order early.
The first junior football team had a friendly in the Phoenix Park on Saturday against Marys of Saggart. Our third Hurling team ‘the All Stars’ travelled out to Tallaght on Friday night to play a friendly against Thomas Davis on the all weather pitch. There was a U9′s tournament at the clubhouse on Saturday morning.
All our teams are now back training so please contact the club reception on (0)1 868 6209. The Bogies is out of bounds for training until teams are notified to use it.
Presentation Night 2010 was held in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown on Saturday 29th January 2011. Over two hundred club members and supporters attended the presentation of the fifty anniversary of our first championship winning team of 1961.
Our senior footballers of 2010 was also presented with their medals for winning the Dublin Adult Division League 3 title. The club want to thank the organising committee, Thomas Carlon & Dermot O’Shea for their great work on the video.
The club would also like to thank David Kearney for his excellent work on the club booklet. We also want to thank John Costello (Dublin county board secretary) who never lets us down, Eamon Fennell and Eoin O’Gara for their help with the presentation.
The staff and service of the Crown Plaza was first class and a great night was had by one and all. The committee really appreciated the effort made by all the 1961 team who attended and want to thank Paddy Norton, Jimmy Cullen and Norman Long for all their help. Below is the list of the presentation.
Club Person of the Year – Christy Hannon
Hall of Fame - Jimmy Cullen
Senior Hurler - Eamon ‘Troller’Dillion
Senior Football - Gary Mc Auly
Senior Camogie - Siobhan ‘Shivers’ Kehoe
Junior Footballer first team -Brendan ‘Bumper’ Quinn
Junior Hurler first team - Thomas ‘Bones’ Gleason
Junior Football second team - Paddy’Harpo’ Quinn
Junior Hurler second team - Kennth ‘Hocks’ Rooney
Minor Hurler – Sean Mc Donacha
