[2024-10-20]

Garrycastle 1-09, The Downs 0-11

With Storm Ashley passing over the country, the Garrycastle minors were in action in the final match of the season vs The Downs in Bunbrosna in the Div.2 Final.

The Downs played with the strong wind blowing down the pitch in the first half and they made the most of the conditions. They took the game to Garrycastle, working hard to get into shooting positions and using the wind effectively.
The Garrycastle lads had to work hard for scores as the wind made progress difficult and as the game progressed the Downs stretched their lead to 4 points before Garrycastle got off the mark, registering a score by James McHugh. At this stage the Downs were playing with 12 men behind the ball when not in possession, making life difficult for our lads as space was at a minimum.
The lads did not panic, however, and tacked on another score from a free by McHugh to reduce the margin to 2 points.


Both teams then exchanged scores, the Garrycastle score coming from Darragh Glennon in the latter stages of the first half.  As half-time approached, The Downs pushed players up the pitch to take advantage of the wind and scored another 3 points without reply to leave the half-time score at The Downs 0-08, Garrycastle 0-03.



As the second half started, The Downs scored an early point to push them into a 6-point lead. But now, starting to use the wind to their advantage, the Garrycastle lads started to run at The Downs defence and were rewarded with a penalty which McHugh slotted to the right of the keeper. The Downs regrouped after the penalty and both teams exchanged frees to keep the gap to 2 points as the game entered the last quarter.
The Garrycastle lads were now sensing that victory was a possibility, and really pushed up on The Downs kickouts, and started to win the key battles in the middle of the field. 


With 10 minutes to go Garrycastle were only a single point behind, and a foul on Andrew Henson saw McHugh slotting over the equalising point from 40 meters out on the left hand side of the pitch.
The lads now pressed hard for the winner and were rewarded with another free in almost the same position which McHugh slotted over again to push Garrycastle into the lead with 1 minute to go in normal time. The Garrycastle lads pressed hard and gave no space to The Downs for the 3 extra minutes played to close out this highly entertaining game.



Match Team: C Norris,  M Turner, A Mannion,  N McKeon,  K Keegan, D Carter, D Frawley, O Mulvihill, A Keegan, D Glennon (0-01), O O'Donoghue, A Henson, S O'Donoghue, J McHugh (1-08), N Shine.


Subs:  D Stankard for Shine (50 mins)
Subs not used : L Shine, J Dolan, S Nugent, L Duffy.

[2024-10-10]

Garrycastle 4-14, Caulry 1-04

The under-18 lads had a good win over near neighbours Caulry, in the semi-final of this year’s Div. 2 championship played in Garrycastle on Thursday evening.

Right from the off, both teams gave little away. The tackling was physical but fair, with any player bringing the ball into contact doing so at their own risk. Caulry were first to trouble the scoreboard with a well worked goal, while it took Garrycastle until the tenth minute to register their first score.

The game really came to life after 15 minutes when James McHugh popped up to finish a good move to the net. The same player was in imperious form, and punished any discretion by the visitors, kicking 3 points from frees in the first half. However, as is often the case, the game switched again as Caulry hit a purple patch of their own in the second quarter, but fortunately from the Garrycastle viewpoint their shooting was off target and they registered only one point in this period. As the first half came to a close, David Carter found himself one on one with the Caulry keeper, and finished expertly to push Garrycastle further in front. At half time the score was 2-04 to 1-01 in favour of the home team.

As the second half started, and shooting into the clubhouse end Garrycastle were ruthless scoring 1-05, the goal a well taken effort from Sean O’Donoghue, and the pick of the points being a superb score from Dylan Frawley. Garrycastle were well on top at this stage, and the visitors were finding it difficult to handle the pace and movement of the Garrycastle lads.

As the game went on, the visitors discipline started to slip resulting in them finishing the game with only 13 players. Garrycastle used their numerical advantage to great effect, scoring another 1-03 in the last 10 minutes with excellent points from Darragh Glennon and a free from McHugh. As the game ended, Luke Duffy scored a screamer of a goal, hitting the top corner of the net from 30 yards.

The reward for the Garrycastle lads is a chance to retain the Div.2 championship they won last year, when they meet The Downs in this year’s Division 2 final. 

Scorers on the evening.  James McHugh 1-07, Sean O'Donoghue 1-02, David Carter 1-01, Darragh Glennon 0-03, Luke Duffy 1-00, Dylan Frawley 0-01.

Match Team: C Norris,  M Turner, A Mannion, D Stankard, N McKeon, D Carter, D Frawley, O Mulvihill, A Keegan, D Glennon, O O'Donoghue, A Henson, S O'Donoghue, J McHugh, K Keegan.

Subs: J Dolan for Stankard, L Duffy for O O'Donoghue, O O'Donoghue for Mulvihill.

[2024-09-22]

Garrycastle 3-10, St. Marys Rochfortbridge 0-14

Garrycastle Minors were eager to impress in their away knockout Quarter final. Having struggled all season with player availability and after a disappointing league and Championship group stage, the Garrycastle team were really fired up for this match.

Starting strongly, they settled into the match quickly and caused the St. Mary’s team problems with their positive approach to the match, kicking and running the ball at pace. Shooting into the clubhouse end in the first half, Garrycastle rattled the net with 2 excellent moves finished by the O'Donoghue brothers, Sean and Oisin, and some excellent long range free taking by Niadh Shine keeping the score board ticking over.

St. Mary’s tried to get going but Garrycastle ‘keeper Cian Norris pulled off an excellent save to deny the home team their only goal opportunity in the first half. Just before half time both sides were reduced to 14 players which opened up the game a little. The half time score was 2-06 to 0-07 in favour of Garrycastle.

In the second half both teams played with a sweeper to limit goal scoring opportunities, with Garrycastle playing the better football at this stage. As the game progressed, tiredness crept in, and the tackling on both sides offered up frees in scoreable positions, of which the St. Mary’s team took the better advantage. However the Garrycastle lads continued to work hard and Sean O’Donoghue was on the end of an excellent move involving Darragh Glennon, Oisin Mulvihill and Andrew Henson to slot the ball into the net to push Garrycastle further into the lead.

Both teams exchanged further scores, but Garrycastle finished strongly, and now move on to the semi-final, where they will face near neighbours Caulry.

Match Team: C Norris, M Turner, A Mannion, N McKeon, Dylan Frawley, D Carter, K Keegan, O Mulvihill, A Keegan (0-01), D Glennon, O O'Donoghue (1-00), A Henson (0-01), S O'Donoghue (2-01), J McHugh (0-04), N Shine (0-03).

Subs: J Dolan for Henson 55mins, L Shine, L Duffy, S Nugent, C McCormack, D Stankard.

The under-17s travelled to The Downs on Sunday evening to take on the home side in the semi-final and recorded a great victory on a final score of 3-12 to 0-12. This was a close encounter during the opening half with Garrycastle edging the lead at the break, 0-08 to 0-06. This trend continued into the second half until midway through when The 'Castle upped the ante and notched up 3-01 without reply and earned their place in the County Final. Team: Jack Dolan, Anthony Mannion, Darragh Glennon, Conor McCormack, Killian Keegan, Andrew Henson, Oisin Mulvihill, Aaron Keegan, Sean O’Donoghue, Matthew Turner, Niadh Shine, Dylan Frawley, Conor Hughes, James McHugh, David Carter, Oisin O’Donoghue, Nathan McKeon, Christopher Malone.

[2023-09-17]

Under-17 / Minor Coach Contact for 2021

For all enquiries related to the Boys Under-17 / Minor group in 2021, please contact Michael Fagan on 089 4881786.

Training times for this group may be found on the Training Schedule page.

2019

Minor Championship - Division 2A 

Garrycastle are placed in Division 2A of the 2019 Minor Championship.

Division 2A comprises Cill Óige, Garrycastle, Moate All-Whites and St. Mary's Rochfortbridge.

The Schedule is as follows (as always, this is subject to change, so please check the fixtures page for details of when/where games are to be played).

Fixtures :

Results:

1. July 31: Cill Óige 2-12, Garrycastle 1-07

2. August 14: Garrycastle 1-07, Moate All-Whites 1-12  

League Table:

The current table and all match results may be found on the Westmeath GAA Website.

Division 2

Garrycastle are in Division 2 of the County Minor league for 2019.

Division 2 comprises Athlone, Caulry, Cill Óige, Garrycastle, Lilliput Gaels, Moate All-Whites, St. Marys Rochfortbridge and Tubberclair.

The Schedule is as follows (as always, this is subject to change, so please check the fixtures page for details of when/where games are to be played).

Fixtures :

Results:

1. April 3: Caulry 1-07, Garrycastle 0-04

2. April 9: Garrycastle 2-14, Moate All-Whites 1-08

3. May 23: St. Mary's Rochfortbridge 2-08, Garrycastle 0-14

4. June 26: Tubberclair 2-15, Garrycastle 0-09 

5. June 30: Garrycastle 1-11, Cill Óige 3-09

6. July 10: Athlone 1-07, Garrycastle 0-13

7. July 14: Garrycastle 0-10, Lilliput Gaels 4-21

League Table:

The current league table and all match results may be found on the Westmeath GAA website.

2018

In 2018, Garrycastle will play in Division 2. 

The Division comprises Garrycastle, Lilliput Gaels, Millmore Gaels, St Mary's Rochfordbridge, Multyfarnham, Tubberclaire, Mullingar Shamrocks, and Tyrrellspass. 

The Division 2 league table is on the Wesmeath GAA Website. 

Match reports are available via our Results page.

Minor Football League (Division 2) - Results 2018

GARRYCASTLE 1-13    LILLIPUT GAELS 1-06 (18 Feb 2018)

ST MARYS, ROCHFORDBRIDGE 3-13    GARRYCASTLE 1-05 (25 Feb 2018)

GARRYCASTLE 4-07    TUBBERCLAIRE 3-06 (15 April 2018)

MULLINGAR SHAMROCKS 1-17    GARRYCASTLE 3-04 (29 APRIL 2018)

GARRYCASTLE 5-11    TYRRELLSPASS 2-09 (16 May 2018)

MULTYFARNHAM 2-12    GARRYCASTLE 0-09 (6 July 2018)

Minor Football League Championship (Group A) - Results 2018

GARRYCASTLE 3-09    SHANDONAGH 2-08 (9 July 2018)

MARYLAND/TANG 1-14 GARRYCASTLE 1-09 (29 July 2018)

GARRYCASTLE -V- MILLMORE GAME (not played)

Minor Football Championship (Division 2) - Results 2018

GARRYCASTLE 6-15    MOATE ALL WHITES 0-05 (18 August 2018)

GARRYCASTLE 4-15    MULLINGAR SHAMROCKS 3-06 (Semi-Final -22 August 2018)

TUBBERCLAIR 2-14    GARRYCASTLE 1-13 After Extra Time (Final - 29 September 2-18)

Minor League Division 2 Champions 2017!

Garrycastle won the Minor league Division 2 title on 18 May 2017 with an away win against Millmore Gaels. You can read the match report here.

Team & Mentors: Back Row (L to R) Matt Ryan (Mentor), Bernard Brannigan (Mentor), Andrew Monaghan, Ian Carroll, Conor Macken, Jack Fitzgerald, Matthew McBride, Jack O'Connor, Eoghan Kenny, Brian Ruane, Dara Mulvihill, Dylan Keegan, Philip Monaghan, Eoin Mulvihill, Noel Galvin (Manager), Thomas Keena (Mentor).

Front Row (L to R) Shane Duffy, Patrick McKiernan, Matias O'Neill, Oisin Langan, Jason Nugent, Colm Lynch, Cillian Lyons and Joe Carmody.

2016

Minor Division 2 Championship, Quarter Final

The Garrycastle Minor Team reached the Quarter-Finals of this years Division 2 championship, exiting at the hands of Miltownpass on Friday, September 2nd.

Team Photo: (click for bigger version)

Squad:

Standing: Ian Carroll, Philip Monahan, Caolan Jameson, Brian Leahy, Jack O'Connor, Brian Ruane, Bill Kelly, Matthew McBride, Cathal Mannion, Conor Mulvihill, Dylan Keegan, Eoin Mulvihill, Noel Galvin (Manager)

Front: Robert Kelly, Shane Duffy, Cillian Lyons, Colm Lynch, Jack Brody, Ross Mulvihill, Mark Denby, Daniel Guinan, Patrick McKiernan

The match report is available here.

2015

Garrycastle will play in Division 3 of the Minor League, which is a 13-a-side competition. The other teams in that division are, Kilbeggan/St Josephs; Tyrrellspass; Coralstown/Kinnegad; Ballycomoyle; Delvin/St Pauls and Multyfarnham.

Results 2015

Please note that match reports can be found on the "Match Reports page of this website"

Minor League (Division 3) Results 2015

TYRRELLSPASS 5-10          GARRYCASTLE 2-6 (22 June 2015)

KILBEGGAN/ST JOSEPHS 5-15    GARRYCASTLLE 0-5 (24 June 2015)

GARRYCASTLE 4-7  BALLYCOMOYLE 1-7 (1 July 2015)

GARRYCASTLE 1-9  CORALSTOWN/KINNEGAD 0-11 (10 July 2015)

Minor League Championship (Division 3) Results 2015

BALLYCOMOYLE 7-10    GARRYCASTLE 2-3  (19 August 2015)

September 27th, 2014

Garrycastle Minors in Division 3 County Semi-Final (13-a-side)

The Garrycastle Minor team lost out to Millmore Gaels in the Division 3 County semi-final in Kilbeggan on Saturday, Sept 27th. Fielding with only 8 minor players, and with three under-16 players making their debut at this level, it was always going to be an uphill task to win, and thus it proved on the day. 

Well done to all who turned out on the day - even with the game getting away from them, they did not let their heads drop, and played with huge effort right to the end. 

Match report to be found on the Match Reports page.

Team:

Back Row: Bill Kelly, Sean Kilgarriff, Liam Leahy, Matthew McBride, Caolan Jameson, Eoin Duignan, Adam Keena, Kevin McComack

Front Row: Cian Hayden, Ben Kennedy, Kenneth Dolan, Mark Duffy, Cathal Mannion, Mark Denby, Brian Leahy.

Training

Minor training will be on Tuesday 8.00pm - 9.00pm, and Sunday mornings (usually 11.30am).

News

All results and match reports for the Minor team may be found on the overall club Results webpage.

October 13th, 2013

Garrycastle Minors in Division 2 County Final

The Garrycastle Minor team lost out to Rosemount in the Minor Division 2 county final held in Cusack Park, Mullingar today. The Match Report is now available. 

Team picture on the day:

Squad on the day:

Back Row: Sean Gunning, Liam Leahy, Eric McCormack, Darragh Brody, Emmet Brennan, Mark Curley, Eoghan Slevin, Eric Kearney, Evan Dalton, Donal Byrne, Conor McKiernan, Ben Kennedy, Conor Duignan.

Front Row: Darragh McCormack, Cathal Mannion, Frank Farrell, Mark Duffy, Michael Monaghan, Kenny Dolan, Terry Rushe, Cian Hayden, Adam Keena.

Team Sheet:

September 13th, 2013: 

Garrycastle Minors qualify for the Division 2 county final!

Click for Match Report.

Squad on the night:

Back Row: Eric McCormack, Sean Gunning, Emmet Brennan, Evan Dalton, Terry Rushe, Darragh Brody, Mark Curley, Eric Kearney, Michael Monaghan, Conor McKiernan, Jack McGann, Donal Byrne, Liam Leahy.

Front Row: Conor Duignan, Ben Kennedy, Frank Farrell, Adam Keena, Cathal Mannion, Kenneth Dolan, Darragh McCormack, Cian Hayden.