Presentation Night 2011

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Over 180 players and members packet the Carton Hotel in Tyrrelstown last Friday week for our annually presentation night. A minutes silents was held after news came filtering in about the tragic events that had happened in Cabra a hour before the start of the proceedings.

Our two winning teams were presented with their awards for their achievement of winning the division seven league in football and winning the 2011 Senior B Hurling Championship.

We also invited three special Dublin football and hurling legends for a special presentation to them from the club and the community of Cabra for their special achievements in winning All Ireland medals and managing the senior hurling and football teams over the years.

Sean Moyles, Mickey Whelan and Paddy Holden were given a great Finbars welcome as they were presented with their presentation by our club chairman Noel Paget. The three honorees then presented our teams with their medals for their wins in 2011.

The other presentations went to:

Club man of the year – Naill Brady
Senior hurler of the year – Brendan Quinn
Senior footballer of the year - Paul Tunner Jr
Division 7 player of the year – Billy Hyland
Junior hurler of the year second team - Eoin Forgerty
Third hurling team player of the year - Nial Brady
Third football team player of the year - Stephen O’Farrell
Senior camogie player of the year - Siobhan Kehoe

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Teams Chistmas Party Santa arrives at Fionnbarrs 2011

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Over 250 children aged from eighteen months to eleven years welcomed Santa to Cabra on Saturday. Plenty of music and fun was had by all in the clubs gym.

Special thanks to all the juvenile committee, mentors and helpers who put on a great show.

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Fionnbarrs – Conor Hickey

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

The club want to thank all the committees ,mentors, players, supporters and other G.A.A clubs for all their great support to us and Conors family over the last week.

To John Costello, Dublin County Bord secretary, the teachers and pupils  of Gaelscoil Bharra, Colaiste Mhuir,the youth workers of J.P.P, Paul O’Farrell of C.D.P, the local clergy, the Guards, the local people and neighbours of St Attracta Road, all your support helped us through the last week.

To the Hickey and Flynn families you have been a credit to Connor. Lets try over the next coming months to keep the family in our thoughts and prayers. The club will be announcing a benefit night in a few weeks in honour of Connor and his family.

(Photograph courtesy of Cyril Byrne, Irish Times, Dec 9 2011 )

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Funeral Arrangement

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

The funeral arrangements for Conor are as follows. The Mass is at 11am at Christ the King Church, Cabra on Thursday morning.

All club members and teams to meet at 9.30am at the club house gym.

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Sam Maguire Coming Soon

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Sam Maguire Cup & winning Dublin players visit Naomh Fionnbarra on the 25th October. After visiting all the schools in Cabra that morning, the club gets our chance to greet Sam. More details to follow shortly.

In the mean time you can confirm attendance at this event on our Facebook page by visiting the event we have set up.

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Irish Dancing Classes

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

The classes are on Mondays at 6.30pm. Beginners and Newcomers welcome every week.Classes are taught by qualified Irish dance teacher Nina Burke who was a member of Riverdance and toured Asia, North America, Europe and danced in the Gaiety for the summer runs of the show.

Nina has won numerous Dublin, Leinster, Great Britain, All Scotland and North American National titles. Has also placed in the top 3 at the World Championships consistently.

The school is affilitated with An Comisiun le Rince Gaelacha. We aim to teach dancers to the best of their ability, while having a lot of fun and enjoyment at Irish dancing. Please call 087-9421544 or come along on the night.

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Football League Winners 2011

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

On the last day of our festival week our second football team beat Ballymun to secure the division seven title after a fantastic run of wins since February. This team have been unbeaten right through the season with only one point dropped in fourteen matches.

Great credit must go to the management team of David Murphy ,Ciaran Stone, Ray O Reilly, Bridget Sweetman, Davie Farrell and Stephen Gallagher the football coach of the team. This was the football team that our great Gossie last played for and he was looking forward all season to collect a junior league medal which he always wanted.

The lads did not let him down and in a great morning in the Bogies, his son Anthony presented the cup to winning capten Brian Carr. It was great to see all the Costello family in the Bogies for the game. This team are still in the Junior C championship and great expectations are been expected of this team going all the way which would be fantastic.

Management are not sitting on their laurels as there is great work been done getting ready for the championship. It is a great result for the club and hopefully we can keep the momentum going and get our second team into the intermediate leagues which would be great for our senior team.

Hopefully some of this team will progress onto our first team next year. Great credit to management and players for a great season for the team and club. A great article in the evening Hearld by Diarmuid Geraghty on the match and team.

For those looking for photographs contact cqphotos@gmail.com or visit her website for full details of pictures available.

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Field Day 21th August 2011

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

A day to remember by all. It was fantastic as the crowds flock to one of the biggest community festivals in Dublin. Great credit goes to all the volunteers who gave up their time for the day.

The highlights was Vincent Kehoe’s great creativity with all the props and games he made which went down great with the children and adults alike. Helping him was Paddy Travers, Terry McKeogh, Harry O’Farrell, Paddy Hanlon and Una Flynn.

Madelene Paget done a great job coordinating the day with Mary Brady, Linda Curley, Janice Smithers, Vera Dixon, Ann Carlon, Treasa Travers, Nail Cuonihan and Paul Dixon were all involved in helping and running stalls.

Paddy Osburn did a great job on the boxing as Gerry Creighton brought the Zoo to Cabra which was a great achievement. The Smithers brothers looked after the darts and highest score as Naill Brady, Kevin Kehoe, Stephen Hyland, Willy Hyland, Ciaran O’Neill, Eoin Sweetman, Peter Fizgearld, Paddy Kearns and Karl Tunner all manned games on the all weather pitch.

Johnne Byrne and Wacker Doyle did great woork on the fish stand and Paul O’Farrell did the wild west shoot out at the C.P.D stall. The Fás workers were again heavily involved in the day. Thanks to Amie on the reception desk and to all the work done by Jackie McKeogh. If we left anyone out we apologize and will include names in follow up article.

A great day to finish the festival which was a another great success!!

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Festival Week 18th, 19th & 20th

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Thursday was a busy day in the club. The Crois Ri Bowel’s club had a open day for the children of the area which went great. There was a lively art competition with over 20 entries. There was a high standard of paintings on exhibition from the local artis. This was followed up by bingo which attracted over eighty players.

The second leg of the early crew competition was held in the bar. M.C. Spud and Bobby Smith were the compares. Again the standard of entertainment was brilliant with over 15 performers. Ronney “Burb Burb” Conway won the competition with Bimbo Bailey a close second and Francis Murphy a close third. It was a great days entertainment. Thanks to Loggie and Paul Farrell for the food as the ribs and white  pudding went down a treat.

The football 7′s went ahead and it went great with over five teams competing. In the Bogies our under 16 team took on the Dublin under 14 camogie squads. Thanks to Paddy Martin and Mick Ward for organizing the Dublin team. Our under 16 hurlers had a good match against Craobh Ciaran. There was two bands on in the club which was well attended.

On Friday the Cabra Resource Centre, in conjunction with Janet Smithers and Naill Cunahan, organized a great day for the community in regards of citizens information which was well attended. Our minors had a great game of hurling against St Davids.

Saturday had the local traders day ,which was a great success. Thanks to Shane McGill and the Tolka Partnership. In the Bogies our under 11 footballers played Fingal Ravens, under 11 camogie played Na Fianna and our under 14 hurlers played Round Towers.

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Festival Week 15th ,16th,& 17th

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Day four of the festival week had a number of well attended events during the day and night. The early crew session from two to four was a great success with fourteen performers singing, dancing and playing the spoons to great acclaim from a packed bar.

The ribs, white pudding and cheese went down a treat. Ronnie Conway is the bookies favourite at the moment going into the second leg on Thursday.

Over thirty women took part in the set dancing in the afternoon and the historical group had a well attended presentation on Lord Nobery. That evening 150 adults and children had a great night at the dogs over in Harold’s Cross. The pass members night was held in the club Bar but was not well attended.

Today the 17th was the horticulturist session and coffee morning morning which were not well attended and will have to be look at for next year. The pitch and putt went great with over thirty entrances for the Nicky Monley cup. Over thirty children turned up to Clarkes stables for horse riding lessons.

Tonight over three hundred young people had a ball of a time in two discos which were ran in the club. The quiz tonight went very well tonight.

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