**Reminder of Club AGM on Sunday 1st December @ 6pm in the clubhouse**
Club Championships
Hard luck to our senior footballers who bowed out of the Munster club last weekend following a loss to Loughmore Castleiney in the semi. One of those days when little goes right and you get none of the breaks that all clubs will be familiar with. The club would like to express its gratitude to Paul, Justin, Peter, Shane, Barry, Tom, Billy, Neil, Mike, Victor and the panel of 34 players who have worked hard all year and given us some great match days out and who above all stand proud as Clare County Champions for the third time in four years.
A special word of thanks to Mike Brennan who has tirelessly attending game after game taking treasured photos. Thanks to all of our sponsors whose year in year out support to our teams helps us to keep competing at this level. Thanks to our colourful supporters, young and old and in particular the player and management family members for their unwavering backing. Lastly a word of thanks to the Clare County Board and officials for their help throughout the year.
We wish all the best to Loughmore Castleiney in the Munster final, they are an admirable dual team and are full marks for their win.
Keep tuned for news on our upcoming social where we will celebrate our senior mens and intermediate ladies wins early next year. Come on the Townies.
U21 Hurling
Hard luck to our second U21 hurling team who lost out to Clooney Quin by a single point in last weekend’s semi final in a very entertaining game.
Well done to our U21 A hurlers who beat Sixmilebridge in today’s shield semi to book themselves a spot in the final v Clooney Quin. Final score 1.17 to 1.14, a good performance in somewhat difficult weather conditions.
U16 Camogie
Hard luck to our U16 camogie girls who lost out to a strong Ruan side in today’s 16B shield final.
Healthy Club News
Every Step Counts 2025
The Irish Life/GAA Every Step Counts Challenge begins on Wednesday January 8th and runs till February 12th. Please start registering under Éire Óg Inis on the app as soon as poss. For newbies, you will need to download the ‘My Life’ app to your phone, register your details, select Munster GAA in the pending challenges section and click Join and select Eire Og Inis as your club. The grand prize this year is 3 x €2500 donations towards club funding per province, any club that reaches the 4000KM target during the challenge will be entered into the draw. So get signed up and make sure your steps count to our total!
In conjunction with the challenge Walking Wednesdays will return for the duration of the challenge, and following its huge success last year, our Couch to 5K initiative will also be run!
Please complete the short form here to register: https://forms.office.com/e/mgpG84mRmw
More info to follow, for now let’s start getting registered on the app and submit the form.
Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative
Well done to Ruth, Rachel, Niamh, Amy, Luke, Bernard, David & Harry who graduated with a Certificate in ‘Youth Leadership and Community Action’ . They received their official scrolls in NUIG last week following a lovely ceremony. They are the first graduates from County Clare to have participated and completed this qualification.
Following on from the success of last year’s Dermot Earley Youth Leadership programme for teenagers, 19 of our young people are participating in the course this year and are halfway through Module 1. The programme will run from November to April with workshops and conducted in Eire Og clubhouse on a Monday evening.
Thanks to mentors Noreen Vaughan, Triona Lynch, Kevin Brennan, Anthony O’ Halloran, Joanna Byrne, Niamh Fitzpatrick, Liam Corry and Antoinette Loftus who are facilitating the programme this year.
Academy News
A reminder that medal presentations to the U13, U14, U15, U17 & U18 Hurling Panels will take place in the Clubhouse on Saturday, 7th December from 4pm.
Hope to see as many players, parents and coaches as possible on the evening.
GAA Special Congress
GAA Special Congress met today to vote on the new football rules put forward by the Football Review Committee. All 49 motions were passed and will be applied for an initial period of 1 year starting January 2025. The changes apply to club and county.
Details of motions can be viewed here:
https://www.gaa.ie/article/special-congress-2024-the-motions-explained
Club Lotto
Club lotto jackpot now stands at €7250. Last Thursday’s numbers were: 2, 6, 14, 20. There was no Jackpot winner and we had one Match 3s with €100 going to Aidan McGrath. The Promoters Prize of €25 went to Pat McInerney. Well done to all. Paul will be in touch re prizes.
Enter club lotto online here: https://eireoginis.ie/draws
The draw takes place every Thursday night at the clubhouse and all are most welcome to attend.
Joe Slattery
Last week the lives of the Slattery family from Corofin were thrown into turmoil as their son Joe suffered from devastating injuries incurred during U16 hurling training. We wish the very best possible outcome for Joe, but they face a long road ahead. We offer our thoughts to Joe and his family, including his Dad Shane who played with Éire Óg in his younger days.
The family have set up a GoFundMe to help them with care for Joe on the following link if you are in a position to support: https://www.gofundme.com/f/joe-slattery-support-fund-for-future-care
Clare Jersey Raffle
A unique prize up for grabs as we are raffling a Clare All Ireland Senior Hurling Champions Commemorative Jersey signed by our club players, Shane O'Donnell and David Reidy.
Tickets are €20 each and can be purchased online or at the clubhouse where the jersey is on display.
https://eireoginis.ie/products/22088/purchases/new
Closing date for entry is 26/12/24 @ 6pm.
The lucky winner will be picked on St. Stephen's Day evening at the clubhouse following the club Stephen's Day tournament. Best of luck!
