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It was with great sadness that Kilmeena GAA and the community learned of the passing of one our club's great stalwarts and a former club chairman, Vincent Reilly. Vincent was a true gentleman, a wonderful footballer, a Gael and was always a great supporter of Kilmeena GAA Club. He enjoyed nothing better than going to the matches and meeting with people and having the craic and banter. Vincent played football with Westport during the period 1959-1963 as the club in Kilmeena had become defunct. In 1961 he played for the county minors. During a period in the 60's while working in Dublin, he played with St. Vincent's club. On his return Vincent represented the Kilmeena Club as a player where he had few peers, finishing his playing career in 1972/'73. During the 1970s Vincent was active in club administration serving as Club Chairman during the years 1970 and 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1978. He served as Vice-Chairman in 1979. He also held the position of Vice President in 1981. Vincent was part of the organising committee when the Kilmeena team famously toured the United States and Canada in 1970 playing games in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Toronto. In 2001 and 2002 Vincent, along with Phelim McManamon, Michael Moore and Ollie Mulchrone took over the management of the men's junior team and was very proud when his son John took over the management of the present Kilmeena junior team. Vincent will be greatly missed around our club and community. All at Kilmeena GAA club would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Vincent's wife, Irene, son John and daughter Susan and to all his family, friends and neighbours. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

In light of the recent HSE guidance and increasing Covid-19 numbers, the St. Stephens day Splash has been postponed. Please keep safe and have a lovely Christmas.

The Ball on the Wall initiative is ongoing and is a critical fundraising drive for supporting the development of club facilities . We have recently installed another three Plaques with an additional three Plaques being sent for engraving. If you'd like to get your name, a relative or your family name on the wall please check out the previous posting for details of how to take part and show your support. !https://www.kilmeenagaaclub.ie/post/major-pitch-development-fundraiser

Kilmeena LGFA closed their season for the second year in succession with their well attended annual "Jingle Run" last evening starting from St Brendan's N.S. Having completed the 5K circuit of the parish, they were treated to a party of "goodies and music" on their return to the ambient surroundings of the General Purpose room in St. Brendan's. Many thanks to Mickey Carney, Principal, for making the school facilities available to the ladies. Ready for the OFF... and we're back! more...

The Kilmeena GAA Club Annual Newsletter has just been published. Download your copy from the link below. The Newsletter Committee would like to apologise for the omission of a photo of the Boys U9 team, pictured below. Back row, left to right: Bobby Lane, Finn Sheridan, Joe Durkan, Zander Gibbons, Oisin Martin, James Heanue. Front row, left to right: Jay Joyce, Max Keane, Cody Coughlan, Ruairí Ryan, Charlie Walsh, Cillian Gilger. Absent from picture Evan Ryder, Jamie Cawley.

What a fantastic evening! We had a leisurely run from the greenway to our pitch in Santa hats - and a rendition of Jingle Bells - from the greenway to our pitch. Waiting for us was Finola Feehan who greeted us with the most amazing collection of her homemade buns, sweets and hot chocolate to reward the lads after seven week’s training, usually in cold and wet conditions. After a quick pit-stop, the boys went on to the pitch for a bit of craic by head torch - a grand end to a grand evening. Thank you Finola for making it a memorable evening. Well done to all the lads who deserve a well-earned break. And thanks also to the parents who turn up every week to help out. Happy Christmas!

The Kilmeena Senior Men’s and Ladies’ football teams would love all club members, children, friends, visitors home for Christmas, aunties, uncles, grannies, grandads, neighbours and dogs to join them for our first ever St. Stephens Day Splash. All donations go to Mayo Roscommon Hospice and Kilmeena GAA Club. Mulled wine/hot Ribena and minced pies will be served on the pier after the big splash! Help the hospice and help our club. Come on - feel the fear and do it anyway! Donate: tinyurl.com/kilmeenagaa BUCKET COLLECTION ON THE DAY.

Kilmeena put in a solid semi final performance against Galway representatives, Athenry, to book their place in the Connaught Club Junior Football Final to be played early in the new year. This semi final was played at the impressive Connaught Center of Excellence grounds in Bekan. Kilmeena dominated the opening few minutes with three unanswered points from the boot of Jack Carney, Johnny McGlynn and Neily Duffy. However, Athenry settled and got themselves back in the game with some well taken points. Conor Madden and Darragh Keaveney raised the white flag again for kilmeena leaving it five points a piece at the end of the first quarter. After the water break, Kilmeena's Keith Joyce and Darragh Keaveney tagged on additional points in quick succession. With kilmeena in the ascendancy Sean Ryder got his hands on the ball and using all his strength ploughed through a wall of Athenry defenders to bury the ball past Damien Sheridan in the Athenry goal. The halftime score read 1-08 to 0-05 at halftime. Kimeena pushed on in the second half with points from Darragh Keaveney, Johnny McGlynn, John keane and Neill Ryan to outscore Athenry by six points to two, finishing the match with a ten point advantage. The winning margin could have been closer but for the heroics of Kilmeena goalkeeper Paul Groden. Paul pulled off a brilliant penalty save and followed up with another when Athenry pounced on the initial rebound. The game was by-in-large played in good spirits. However, one unsavoury incident towards the end of the second half resulted in Kilmeena man Stephen Staunton getting red carded for his involvement in trying to separate two entangled players on the ground. Final score from the Connaught Junior Club Championship semi final was Kilmeena 1-14 to Athenry 0-07. Match report and photos by Ollie Mulchrone Click on the below link to view more photos from the match. https://photos.app.goo.gl/pnuQxBzKKhjQWF8S7

Tile Warehouse has kindly sponsored the U17 boys kit. A huge 'thank you' to John and all the team at Tile Warehouse.

Tickets for the Connacht Junior Football Club Championship Semi Final v Athenry can be purchased from the link below. Time: 1.30pm Date: Sunday 5th December Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence https://www.universe.com/events/connacht-gaa-club-junior-football-championship-semi-final-tickets-CM6YF4 Tickets are priced at €10 each. U16s are free. There are no concessions and tickets will not be sold at the ground.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Kilmeena GAA Club will take place tomorrow, Sunday 28th November at 4:00pm. Please note, change of venue. The meeting will now take place in Myna Community Centre. Attendees are reminded to observe public health advice. Sanitise hands on entry & exit and observe social distancing.

Based on their consistent performance through this year's championship journey, Kilmeena justified their entitlement to lift the Pete McDonnell County Junior Cup following their victory over a tenacious Kilcommon side in a nail-biting finish to the junior championship in Crossmolina yesterday. more... and more... and still more... https://photos.app.goo.gl/qxwyUrzFD7Qqegkh7

A fantastic day was had by all at Kilmeena GAA club for this year's Winter League yesterday with mini-games for girls and boys aged 9-13 years. Our Healthy Club Committee held fun activities for kids and served refreshments too. The day concluded with cup and medal presentations. The winners of boys A final were presented with the Declan Gibbons Memorial Cup, the winners of the B final were presented with the William Quinn Memorial Cup and the winners of the C Final were presented with the Ryan Cup. The winning girls were presented with the Padraic Mulloy Memorial Cup while the girls runners-up were presented with the Sean Kelly Memorial Cup. A huge 'thank you' to all of the organisers, coaches, referees, everyone that helped with catering, parents and photographer for the day, Ollie Mulchrone. Click here to see more of Ollie's photos.

The final of the men's TF Royal Hotel and Theatre Junior Football Championship takes place on Saturday, November 20th at 12 noon against Cill Chomain. The venue for the game is St. Tiernan's Park, Crossmolina. Adult, Senior Citizens and Students are required to have a ticket to enter the grounds. Children up to the age of U16 are not required to have a ticket to enter the ground. All championship games are ticket only events and you will NOT be able to pay at the gate. Cost of entry for Junior games: Adults €10 Students/OAP €8 Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.universe.com/users/mayo-gaa-WTRP5B KilmeenaGAA2021 Midwest Furniture

The local league will take place on Sunday 14th, November starting at 11:00am and finishing up at 2:00pm approx. For those of you who have not participated before, the local league is to honour the memory of deceased members of families involved in the Kilmeena club and comprises of a series of friendly and mixed ability mini games for boys and girls age 9-13. There will be separate competitions for boys and girls and the morning will conclude with a presentation of cups and medals Our Healthy club committee will have some fun activities for the children too. We will pick teams on the morning and in order that it is successful we ask that coaches from these ages are available to help with games. Please note: · All players must wear gum shields. · There will be no 45’s. · Maximum 2 plays. · Referees may be young club members, so we ask that they get the respect they deserve. · Unlimited roll on roll-off substitutions.