Fr Connolly Park 50 years old
The weekend marked the official re-opening of Fr Connolly Park after being closed for a year for much needed refurbishment. This re-opening was particularly significant, marking
50 years of Fr Connolly Park. The field, which cost a sum of £490 was purchased from then club treasurer Joe Barrett. It was christened Fr. Connolly Park in memory of a former Parish Priest, and was officially opened in May 1964 with a challenge game between Tír Eoghain and Ard Mhacha in which Eglish’s Terry Daly played for Tír Eoghain.
The re-opening on Sunday coincided with the Seniors league game with Augher. Pre-ceding the game in front of a large crowd, Fr Toner blessed the field which is now in immaculate condition.
Here is an extract from the AGM held in 1964;
President:Rev Fr Regan PP, Chairman:Kieran Mullen, Vice Chairman: Patsy McKenna, Secretary: John Murtagh; Asst Secretary: Jerome Muldoon, Treasurer: Joesph Barrett Committee Members: Sean Donaghy, James Fox, Dermot Muldoon, Leo Kelly, Patsy Daly and Eddie Daly
General Meeting
The general meeting was held in the Parochial Hall Eglish on Sunday. A large crowd attended and the secretary report was read adopted. The secretary Dermot Muldoon then thanked the out-going committee for the good work which was done during the year, The new officers and committee were then elected and this brought the meeting to a close. Above are the names of the officers and committee of the club for the year 1964.
Seniors and Reserves
The Seniors continued their recent good form in the league extending their unbeaten run to six games when the overcame Augher. Eglish dominated the first half proceedings and led at the break by two goals. Eglish scored three goals in a ten minute period towards the end of the first half which really put them in control. Paraic Martin popped up with the first goal, followed by a Gregory Jordan tap in after great work from Conor McKenna along the endline and Conal McNulty grabbed the third finishing from a quickly taken free. The half time score was 3-3 to 1-3.
Augher tried to close the gap in the second half but Eglish held strong and tagged on four points, coming from Conor McKenna, Ciaran Colton, Sean McKillion and Damien Jordan to leave full time score of 3:7 to 1:10.
Scorers: Paraic Martin 1-0, Gregory Jordan 1-0,Conal McNulty 1-0,Conor McKenna 0-3, Sean McKillion 0-2(0-2f), Ciaran Colton 0-1, Damien Jordan 0-1
There was no Reserve game as Augher conceded.
The Seniors and Reserves are away to Donaghmore this Saturday, Reserve game 4:30pm and Senior game 6pm.
U16
The U16s were beaten at the weekend by a strong Killeeshil side 3-16 to 3-6. The U16s travel to Dungannon on Sunday evening, throw-in time 6pm.
U13
U13s began their campaign last week with a hard fought draw at home to Pomeroy, on a scoreline of Eglish 4-5 Pomeroy 3-11. The U13s travel to Killeeshil this Friday evening, throw-in time 6:45pm.
Sympathies
Eglish St Patrick’s GAC extends its deepest sympathy to the Quinn family (Derrylaughan) and Sherry family (Aghaloo) on their recent bereavement.
