€250, 000 and Rising: wonderful response to Mullingar Shamrocks fundraising efforts 

 

Kamala Harris has raised $1 billion since she entered the race to become the 47th President of the USA, an exceptional vote of financial confidence in the woman from California. It is predicted that in the next Presidential election an individual donation of $1 billion will be made to support a favoured candidate. 

 

Everything in this world is relative, and our own small committee headed by David Nohilly and Garrett Doyle and including David Coghlan, Ned Moore, Ray Smyth and Gerry Nohilly have been busy for the past few weeks soliciting donations. They have been amazingly successful in their campaign to raise the €500,000 required to pay for the future development of the club. 

At the time of writing just over €250, 000 has been donated in an amazing show of confidence and generosity by members past and present, supporters, and those who believe in what we are doing for the community of Mullingar. Generous donations have been sourced, and contributed from home and abroad. 

 

INCREDIBLY, just 115 individuals and some corporate donations have contributed this sum.

Apart from sourcing finance, our committee has also negotiated a loan facility that ensures we will meet our commitment on 30 November. However, this finance comes at a significant interest rate of close to 7 per cent and will be expensive over the years of repayment. The GAA at County Management level has approved this facility.

There is no real reason why we cannot raise the remaining €250, 000 over the next month if just 115 people have already donated, a similar amount. So we ask if you have yet to make your donation to consider doing so now or over the next few weeks. In addition, do not forget to sign in to the Revenue’s Tax Relief Scheme for Donations to an Approved Sports Body if you are a PAYE payer. In this way, your contribution becomes much more valuable (up to 40%).

There is also an opportunity for businesses to join the Corporate Donation Scheme that is available at three levels: Gold Sponsorship - €20,000; Silver Sponsorship - €12,000; Bronze Sponsorship - €10,000. Any business contributions are of course tax deductible. 

Let’s make it to the €500, 000 in personal and business donations!

 

Mullingar Shamrocks return to the Scór na nÓg Stage 

It was like the old times in St James Hall, Kilbeggan on Saturday night as Mullingar Shamrocks returned to the Scór na nÓg stage and competed in the Scór Iarmhí competitions in several disciplines. 

Our President, Detty Cornally and Honorary President Patsy Rylands were present – two distinguished members of Shamrocks Scór royalty.  The Ballinagore GAA Club members were great hosts on the night, and Fear an Tí Shane King was superb. 

Mullingar Shamrocks competed in the Solo Singing, Ballad Group, Instrumental Music and Recitation competitions. 

Darragh McCabe, Nathan Fox, Ailish and Orla Nohilly and Dylan Hanly competed in the Instrumental Music; Sarah Forde Áine Hickey, Nathan Fox, Dylan Hanly and Darragh McCabe came together to form a ballad group and Darragh was a really busy man on the night as he also competed in the Solo Singing performing Only Our Rivers Run Free. Áine Hickey really excelled; not only did she compete in the Recitation Competition, she did so reciting her own Irish language composition.   

And we were successful in the Solo Singing (Darragh McCabe)  and Ballad Group  (Sarah Forde, Áine Hickey, Nathan Fox, Dylan Hanly and Darragh McCabe). 

Darragh and the Ballad Group now compete in the County Final next Sunday in The Downs. The competitions begin at 2.00 pm. 

The wonderful efforts of our Cultural Officer Emma McCabe Byrne supported by Tracy Fox and David Nohilly made all this possible. Well done all. 

MJS Builds Under-16 Football County Div. 2 Final: St Loman’s 2-17 Mullingar Shamrocks 0-9.

No doubt about this result as the better and physically stronger St. Loman’s team cruised to victory after leading from start to finish. 

St Loman’s converted their initial possession won at the throw-in to a point when their captain and best player Sean O’Brien pointed. The Shamrocks response was immediate and from the restart, the ball was worked downfield for Ruairi Kilmartin to point. Unfortunately, this score-for-score response was not to continue and we had to wait another 18 minutes for Shamrocks next score – a well-struck point from Ryan McNamee. In between St Loman’s scored 2-8, with seven players getting in on the scoring act. Shamrocks main difficulty came from an inability to win possession from their own restarts, which was crucifying. M. J. Long, Jamie McDonnell, Shane Windsor, pointed before a long range shot from Conor Maleady dropped into the net.  Darragh O’Riordan pointed a move that began with a brilliant cross-field pass by Sean Byrne; Cian Matthews pointed again from a Shamrocks restart, as did Sean Byrne before Cian Matthews  added two points and when his shot for goal was dropped by Szymon, Cormac Murphy availed of the opportunity to score St Loman’s second goal.  Cian Matthews neutralized Ryan’s effort.  Ted Aherne pointed a free, Hugo Corroon pointed from play before Jack Connaughton completed St Loman’s first half total to bring the interval score to 2-11 to 0-4. 

The scoring trend was more balanced in the second half from the Shamrocks perspective as they added 0-5 to their total with Hugo Corroon, Ted Aherne (0-2 from frees), Rory McCaul and Seán Hickey getting the scores, the last two were particularly fine efforts. Szymon Kasprzak pulled off a great save to deprive Cormac Murphy of his second goal.  Jack Connaughton, Cian Matthews (0-2), Óisin Scally and Cormac Murphy completed the St Loman’s total. 

Not the best end of season for the boys but they can take satisfaction at their improvement over the course of the year during which they had a number of great victories especially the extra-time defeat of Killucan in an earlier round and the defeat of Moate All-Whites in the semi-final of this competition. 

Thanks to Seamus Wallace, Oliver Keating, Barry Maguire, Derek Sheeran and Adrian Regan for their great work with the lads since last February and to the boys’ parents for carrying out all the jobs that parents have to do when their sons are involved in under-age sport. The best is yet to come.

Mullingar Shamrocks: Szymon Kasprzak; Harry Tilson (Padraig Regan), Liam Heffernan, Zak Coyne; Rian Sheeran (Luke Kelly), Seán Hickey (0-1), James Ryan; Rory McCaul (0-1), Ted Aherne (0-3); Darragh Ryan (Óisin Scally ), Óisin Gavin James Davitt (Gareth Sweeney); Ruairi Kilmartin (0-1), Hugo Corroon (0-1), Ryan McNamee (0-2) [Charlie Murtagh]. Other panelists: Ruairi Kelly, Dylan Byrne. 

Lotto Results (30 October 2024)

Numbers Drawn: 9, 14, 19, 32; No Jackpot Winner; Lucky Dip Winner: Bernie Hynes.

Next Week’s Jackpot: €14,600.

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