Lá Stairiúil sa Chlub! / History in the Making!

Lá Stairiúil sa Chlub! / History in the Making!

Gaeilge
Imreoir leis an dtríú fhoireann chamógaíochta í Cristín Reddin, máthair le seisear páiste sa chlub. Déardaoin, chuaigh Cristín chun páirce in éineacht lena ceathrar iníonacha i gCoinne Réalta na hÉireann, Gleann Cuilinn i gcomórtas oifigiúil Corn an tSamhraidh.
Ní raibh rith an ráis linn ar an oíche faraor, ach ba iontach an ócáid í do mhuintir Reddin agus don lucht tacaíochta ar an taobhlíne a chonaic an cúigear acu ar an bpáirc le chéile – agus gura fada a laethana imeartha le chéile!
Cuala abú!

Béarla
Historic day for Cuala Adult Camogie as Cristín Reddin, mum of six, who is still playing camogie competitively with our third team, was joined on the field by her four daughters. Last night saw Cristín and her daughters all take to the field against Stars of Erin in Glencullen in an official Summer Cup match.
Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on our side, with Cuala narrowly missing out, but it created a special moment for Cristín and her family and those watching to see them all play together—and hopefully not for the last time!
Cuala abú

The Dillon Quirke Foundation

Coinnigh an Dáta / Save the Date

The Dillon Quirke Foundation is coming to Cuala on Tuesday June 16th, 0900-1700.
A fantastic charity, they screen GAA players all over the country for SADs.
The screening will be offered initially to our Minor and U16 player groups.
Booking links will be sent via your section reps next week.

This is a Cuala Healthy Club initiative.

Aisling Groarke – Dublin U23 Camogie Captain

Congratulations to Cuala’s Aisling Groarke who has been named captain of this year’s Dublin U23 Camogie team. They commence their All-Ireland Championship campaign this Sunday 28th against Tipperary in St. Peregrine’s. Throw in 2pm. Abbiey Kenny and Laoise Conaghan from Cuala join Aisling on the team.

Amgen Student Bursary Winners

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Amgen 2026/2027 Student Bursary awards. The awards are open to Cuala third level undergraduate students of STEM and related disciplines to assist them in their studies.

This year’s overall winner was Suzi Lee-Cooper, with awards also going to Stephen O’Rahilly, Fionn Ó Muirí, Clodagh Fay, Róisín Ní Drisceoil and Eva Nolan.

Winners are pictured above with Nicola Donnelly (Amgen), Paul Greene (Amgen Ireland MD) and Aisling Fay (Cuala Chairperson). Congratulations to all and well done to all the applicants who set all set a high standard for the judges.

Cuala would like to thank Amgen for their continued support of our club and of our student members through these bursary awards.

Women’s Section Awards Night

There was a great night last Friday with over 250 Players, Coaches, Friends and Family from the Women section gathering for the Annual Awards Night.

Jessie Kane in Football and Maria Buckley in Camogie won the Senior Player of the Year Awards, and there was plenty to celebrate with the Junior E and Senior B Championship Winning Teams celebrated on stage, recognition of Jess Tobin’s LGFA All Star Award, her, Martha Byrne and Rachel Hartnett’s All Ireland triumph, and a glowing tribute from JP Byrne to Donal Murphy who is stepping away from management of the Senior Camogie team.

Rob Hartnett and Angi Crispe kept things rolling through the presentations, and hats off to Dermot Malone, as ever, who puts in a massive amount of work to pull the night together.

Aside from the two Senior Awards for Jessie and Maria, there were individual awards from across the 12 teams fielded at Senior and Minor level for Ciara Dunee, Eva O’Grady, Nia Kennedy, Ella O’Donoghue, Tara Leahy, Sinead Nolan, Cara Sullivan, Sophie Nash, Chloe Delaney, Aislynn Moylan, Evanne Tobin, Anna Healy, Abbie Kenny, Arabella Lyster, Daisy Kirkwood, Aislynn Kelly Gallagher, Róise Reddin, Zoe Kearney and Maria McDonagh, and a special new Young Volunteer Award that was presented to Sophie Byrne.

With thanks to all involved in organising such a fantastic celebration of the Women’s section.

Women of Cuala Event – Thank You

A sincere thank you to everyone who attended last night’s Women of Cuala event in The Graduate – past and present players, parents, supporters, club officers, FLOs and mentors. Your openness, experiences and insights made the evening hugely valuable.

A special thanks to Eimear Dignam, Regional Development Officer with Dublin GAA, for facilitating a thoughtful and energising discussion on how we can better support women volunteers in coaching and leadership roles across the club.

Eimear will now collate the feedback and return it to the Coaching Officer, Coaching Director and the group. This will be shared with all participants (and with anyone who registered but couldn’t attend). A follow-up presentation via Zoom will also be available in the coming weeks.

If you were there on the night but didn’t register, and would like to receive the feedback and next steps – you can still add your details here:
👉 https://forms.office.com/e/NfYNAd4gZY

Thanks again to everyone who contributed and to The Graduate for hosting us. We look forward to sharing the next phase of this important work soon.

Thank you Donal Murphy

The Cuala Women’s Section would like to extend our sincere thanks to Donal Murphy (pictured above 3rd from left with fellow coaches and mentors) for his dedication and commitment to Cuala Camogie over the past 20+ years as he is now stepping back from involvement in Cuala Camogie coaching and management for 2026.

Donal has been one of the driving forces behind the growth and success of our camogie section, and his impact will be felt for years to come. As a coach and mentor, Donal has helped shape the lives of countless players, with the 1998s from the Academy through all juvenile levels, all the way through to our current Senior team, guiding them from Junior Division 5 in 2015 to winning the Intermediate Championship in 2018 to now competing at the highest level in Dublin, Senior 1, having won the Senior 2 championship in 2024.

Donal’s passion for camogie is infectious, and his commitment to good coaching practice has been a game-changer for our club. We’re grateful for his unwavering support and enthusiasm, which has helped create a vibrant and thriving camogie community at Cuala.

We wish Donal all the best as he takes a step back from camogie coaching and management in 2026. We’re glad he’ll remain involved with the club, and we look forward to seeing him on the sidelines or other Cuala events in the future.

Thanks again, Donal.

 

U23B All Ireland Camogie Champions

Ó glúin go glúin. Imreoirí camógaíochta Cuala ag ceiliúradh bua BÁC sa Chraobhchomórtas F23 Roinn1B i bPáirc Loch Garman  – Máire Uí Scolaí Rúnaí Cairde Iomána agus Camógaíochta BÁC, Róisín Ní Drisceoil a d’imir ag Ui3, agus Síle Wallace iarArd-Stiúrthóir Chumann Camógaíochta na hÉireann.

Cuala camogie players celebrating Dublin’s win in the U23B All Ireland Camogie Championship in Wexford recently – Máire Ní Scolaí, Secretary Friends of Dublin Hurling and Camogie, Róisín Ní Drisceoil, Dublin U23 player, and Síle Wallace, former Chair of the Camogie Association.

A huge congratulations to Róisín from all of us at Cuala! Read the full match report here.

Minor and Senior BBQ and Camogie Blitz

The Minor and Senior women got together last Saturday for an inaugural BBQ and Camogie blitz at Hyde Road, giving the minors an opportunity to meet and socialise with senior players as they prepare to join the senior section themselves in the coming year or two. The rain held off as 6 teams of mixed minor and senior players took part in a 7-a-side ‘Leinster’ and ‘Munster’ Championship before the Blitz Final. Not to miss out on the fun, the mentors gamely participated in a Minor v Senior tug-of-war and wet sponge throwing competition!

A bbq, soft drinks, gelato and coffees kept everyone going for the afternoon, thanks for which goes to our generous sponsors: Bel Gelato, Homeground Coffee, Hicks of Dalkey, Lidl and Tesco.

2nd Camogie Medal and Jersey Presentation Night

The second camogie team recently received their medals from last year’s Junior 2 League win and Championship Final. Both medals and a new training jersey were presented to each player by coaches John Treacey and Rob Hartnett along with sponsor Pádraig Ó Feinneadha.

Congratulations to the team on a great season and with thanks to Pádraig and Fitzwilliam Townhouse for their sponsorship.