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Achill power their way to a County Junior Final clash with Balla in two weeks time against a Kilmeena team that never really got out of the starting blocks in Elverys McHale Park yesterday. Match report to follow: Kilmeena 0 - 16 2 - 14 Achill ...more match images HERE

The U18 Connacht Rugby Girls are aiming to make history by winning an Interpro series for the first time ever as they play their final game away to Leinster later today. This is s proud day for our Club as we have five minor girls wearing the Connacht Jersey today Lily Brady, Nina Mathestine, Katie Hogan, Ava Ryder and Chloe McGing. Best of luck girls!

U16 Boys West Mayo ‘B’ Final. Tuesday 11th September 2018 Kilmeena vs Breaffy Islandeady was the host venue for this West Mayo B Final. Weather conditions were good – cloudy but dry with just a light breeze. ‘With so many players carrying injuries and some recovering from a recent bout of illness, the odds were somewhat stacked against the Kilmeena lads on this occasion, but they played the game with heroic effort and determination from start to finish – so much so, that they probably deserved something other than to be second best on the day..........’ Ronan O’Donnell opened Kilmeena’s account with a pointed free. Breaffy responded with a point from play and the teams exchanged a pointed free over the following few minutes of play. A superbly taken point by Ian Murphy was followed by another Breaffy minor. Breaffy then exposed the Kilmeena defence to score the game’s first goal. Shortly afterwards, the Breaffy efforts at pressing the Kilmeena kick-outs yielded possession and some quick interplay by the Breaffy lads landed a second goal for the team in blue and white. But instead of rolling over, the men in black and white dug in and utilising quicker ball into the Kilmeena forwards combined with excellent running from Ian Murphy, their efforts began to pay off. Ben Lennon scored a neat point from play. Then a ball driven into the Breaffy danger area from the boot of Chris McNally was fisted to the back of the Breaffy net by Cillian O’Grady – Kilmeena were back in the contest. Breaffy did respond with three further points but the men in black and white equalled them; with two cracking scores from Ian Murphy and the final score of the first half – a point from Cillian O’Grady. And so, at the small whistle Breaffy had 2 point advantage. Kilmeena ; 1 – 7, Breaffy; 2 – 6 Shortly after the commencement of the second half, Robbie Staunton was forced off through injury and was substituted with Oisin Grimley. The second period turned into a somewhat more scrappy contest. With the effects of recent injuries and illness catching up with some players, Kilmeena’s energy levels began to wane. Ian Murphy did made a lung-bursting run up the field to score his fourth point of the evening and Ronan O’Donnell kept Kilmeena in touch with two well taken frees. But Breaffy kept the scoreboard ticking over with scores of their own from play. With about 8 minutes of normal time remaining, Kilmeena were within a score of the Breaffy men only for the men in blue and white to put four between the teams. And then came the killer blow – a third goal from the Breaffy men. Now seven points adrift and with only a few minutes remaining, the tiring Kilmeena players just couldn’t muster the charge to close the gap. Kilmeena did manage one additional point from play to leave six between the teams at the final whistle – but in the end it was victory for Breaffy. Having beaten Breaffy earlier in the season, this was bitterly disappointing for Kilmeena, but the men in black and white went down fighting. Final score: Kilmeena; 1 – 12, Breaffy; 3 - 12 The panel present this evening comprised of the following: Cathal Cawley, Harry Sheridan, Adam Sheridan, Tom Smythe, Robbie Staunton, Ronan O’Donnell, Chris McGlynn, Kian Moore, Mikey Hastings, Jason McGlynn, Ian Murphy, Mark Hastings, Ben Lennon, Chris McNally, Cillian O’Grady, Oisin Grimley, Jack Walsh, Liam Moore, Rory Nolan, Daniel O’Malley, Darragh Slattery, Colin Hastings. Click here for images from the game.

Kilmeena  Senior Ladies Football Club would like to thank Joe O'Malley from Cosy Joes for his kind sponsorship of O'Neills tops  to our senior girls team. Joe is pictured presenting the gear to our captain Helena Kelly. Also in photo John McDonald Chairman of Kilmeena Ladies Football Club, managers Michael Moore and Pat Mulchrone and some of our senior players.

Kilmeena GAA wish their three Kilmeena club men, Declan Ryan, Kieran Hastings and Pat Mulchrone and all the Mayo Masters team the best of luck tomorrow, Saturday 15th September when they play Roscommon in the All-Ireland GMA Shield Final at Fr. Manning Gaels, Drumlish, Longford at 1:00 pm.

Kilmeena GAA club would like to sincerely thank Liam Campion and Westport SuperValu store for sponsoring 50 footballs to our club this evening. We appreciate this generosity and look forward to putting the footballs to good use. Pictured below is Liam Campion presenting the balls to some of the future stars of our club. Also included in the photo are our club Chairman Willie Keaveney and a number of the underage coaches.

Wishing our under 14 girls and Management the best of luck the the league final tomorrow Wednesday 12th September in Hollymount at 6.15pm. Our girls play Claremorris A and as always we would really appreciate your support.

U16 Boys West Mayo ‘B’ Semi-Final. Monday 3rd September 2018 Kilmeena vs Ballintubber Kilmeena travelled to Clogher to take on Ballintubber. At stake, a place in the West Mayo ‘B’ Final. On a pleasant sunny evening with just a light breeze, conditions were ideal for the game of football. A game best described as ‘having a bit of everything..........’ - with passages of great play inter-dispersed with poor play, a missed penalty, a disallowed goal, lots of injuries/knocks/stoppages (leading to several minutes of injury time before the final whistle) and ultimately a win for Kilmeena by the narrowest of margins. Ballintubber were first on the scoreboard, with a well taken point. Shortly afterwards, Ronan O’Donnell opened Kilmeena’s account with a point from play. In a scrappy opening period, the teams exchanged points to leave it 2 points to 3 points in favour of the home side. Then on the 10 minute mark, following some good build-up movement, Sean Prenty took possession of a pass and drilled the ball to the back of the Ballintubber net. Over the next 10 minutes or so, Kilmeena built on this lead with further points from Ian Murphy, Chris McGlynn and Mikey Hastings. Ballintubber did keep the scoreboard ticking over too, with 2 points from play. Just when it seemed like Kilmeena would retain a comfortable lead at the small whistle, Ballintubber scored a goal (on 27 minutes) and followed up with 2 further points. With the sides level in first half injury time, Kilmeena continued to work hard and were rewarded with the final point of the half from the boot of Kian Moore. Half time score: Kilmeena; 1 – 8, Ballintubber; 1 – 7 Kilmeena began the second half with renewed vigour and a run at the Ballintubber defence yielded a free which Ronan O’Donnell duly converted. Ballintubber responded with a point from play. And then, on the attack deep into Kilmeena territory, a Ballintubber player was brought down in the square – penalty kick for the home side. As Cathal Cawley focused, the Ballintubber penalty taker began his run, his strike and then the ball had deflected wide – off the upright (to great cheers from the travelling fans......). But Cawley had gone the right way, covering the gap into which the ball was targeted and so either way it was not to be at this juncture for Ballintubber. Both teams continued to exchange points. Then at the mid-point of the second half, Sean Prenty got on the end of a good ball into the Ballintubber backline and goaled, only for the goal to be disallowed – ref deemed it a ‘square ball’. Not deterred, Kilmeena pressed on but the next significant move came from the boot of a Ballintubber man; with a goal for the home side on the 20 minute mark. As in the first half, Ballintubber pressed the Kilmeena kickouts and notched up a couple of more scores. The game was in the melting pot coming up the end of normal time, but there were 4 to 5 minutes of injury time (due to several second half stoppages). Both teams had chances to take the spoils in this period and it was Kilmeena who seized the opportunity with a wonderfully converted free from the boot of Ronan O’Donnell deep into injury time. Ballintubber did have one final chance after this to level the game; when they were awarded a free. In or about 40 metres from the Kilmeena posts, it was always going to be a challenging kick and in the end Ballintubber’s effort went well wide. And there it ended with the referee’s whistle – Kilmeena by one point. Final score: Kilmeena; 1 – 15 Ballintubber; 2 - 11 West Mayo Final vs Breaffy on Tuesday 11th September, in Islandeady The panel present this evening comprised of the following: Cathal Cawley, Harry Sheridan, Adam Sheridan, Tom Smythe, Robbie Staunton, Ronan O’Donnell, Chris McGlynn, Kian Moore, Mark Hastings, Jason McGlynn, Ian Murphy, Mark Hastings, Sean Prenty, Ben Lennon, Chris McNally, Jack Walsh, Liam Moore, Rory Nolan, Daniel O’Malley

Our battling U10s finished runner-ups to Achill in our third final of three blitzes this season. The omens weren’t good: the rain descended just before our first game, against Achill. Despite a spirited performance against a side who were looking to win the Gearóid Murphy Memorial Cup for the first time, Achill ran out deserved winners. Next up were Kiltane who, despite mounting a stiff resistance, couldn’t keep out our lads forever and in the end, we ran out comfortable winners. No pep talk was needed for our boys against our third opponents of the day, Islandeady. From the throw-in we dominated, scoring freely, and with our win we faced Achill for the second time of the day, in the final. Unfortunately we couldn’t replicate the performance of the previous game and Achill again put in a magnificent performance, ensuring a well-deserved victory and winners of this years’ blitz. Our boys were fantastic ambassadors for the club and special mention must be made of our Player of the Tournament, Eoghan Cannon. Congratulations and thank you to Achill - popular winners and providers of the best sandwiches of any GAA club in west Mayo! Click here for photos of the U8's and U-10's in action on the day.

Please note that the Under 16 B West Mayo Final takes place in Islandeady on Tuesday evening next the 11th September at 6 30 pm. Kilmeena take on Breaffy in what should be a good competitive encounter,Please come out and support the lads and their management team.

Well done to the U-16 girls and management getting through to the next round of the Championship this evening after beating Claremorris on a scoreline of 6-11 to 2-03.

With only a few hours notification of the change of venue, the Kilmeena U14 girls took to the field in Rice College at the earlier than expected time of 5pm on Friday evening, to take on Westport 'B' in the County U14 C league semi final. The teams met earlier in the summer in what was a very close encounter. On that occasion it was the Westport girls that emerged victorious by a single point. With much at stake this time round, it was a very determined Kilmeena team that sought retribution on Friday evening. Wet and humid conditions made the surface of the Rice College field very slippery which increased the level of difficulty of again a close encounter. Holding a narrow 2 point lead at half time the Kilmeena girls, urged on by some passionate words from management, stormed ahead at the beginning of the second half. Kilmeena went 7 points up at one stage before Westport came back at them with 2 goals and the final quarter developed into an enthralling competition. It was however to be Kilmeena's day, and when the final whistle sounded Kilmeena were 4 points ahead. The Kilmeena girls now go on to play the county final against Claremorris next Friday evening, the 7th of September, at a venue yet to be decided. Match report ; Annette Keane. Final score: Kilmeena 3 - 7 2 - 7 Westport ...more images HERE

The minor ladies produced a wonderful performance to reach their first county final in front of a great crowd in Kilmeena on Wednesday evening. They contested every ball from the off and raced into a lead which they never looked in danger of losing. Excellent scores by Ciara Joyce, Shannon Bourke, Aoife Lavelle and Sarah Harper left The Neale reeling after 20 minutes. A goal by Aoife Roache and points by Laura Moore, Jamie Geraghty and Sophie Flynn left the halftime score 4 -13 to 0 - 3. Kilmeena started the second half where they left off fighting for every ball and defending brilliantly. Some good saves by Susannah Horgan and controlled football ensured this Kilmeena team would reach their first final. On a near-perfect performance, the defence was excellent, Katie Hogan was brilliant throughout and score taking was outstanding.  Kilmeena will now face Kiltimagh in the county final on a weekend in September.  Team: Susannah Horgan, Laura Moore (0 - 1), Lily Brady, Nina Mathestein (Capt), Sarah Mulchrone, Ava Ryder, Chloe McGing, Sophie Flynn (0 - 1), Katie Hogan, Jamie Geraghty (0 - 1), Ciara Joyce (2 - 4), Sarah Harper (0 - 2), Shannon Burke (1 - 6), Aoife Lavelle (2 - 2) Aoife Roche (1 - 0), Subs: Lisa Rose, Sarah McDonald, Molly Moore, Rachel Gibbons, Dearbhla Grealis and Laoise Geraghty. Match report: Michael Moore. Final score:                         Kilmeena      6  -  17         2  -  09      The Neale ...more match images HERE

Hard luck this evening to the Kilmeena U-16 girls who were beaten by a strong Parke side in their league semi-final played in Parke. Our girls put in a great effort right up to the final whistle. Click below link for photos from the game. Click here for images from the game.

The Kilmeena U-8 boys enjoyed the warm welcome given to them by their host club Louisburgh this morning. Two teams were selected from both sets of players so the boys got to play two games each. Great skill and determination was displayed from these young lads. The future is bright for both clubs if today's performance is anything to go by. Well done lads and coaches and thanks to the parents for having you prepared so well. Click here for some images from the games.