PTSB Senior Football Championship Final

The Big Football Weekend may be a week away, but the preparation is already on full throttle.

There is tremendous pride, not just in the football section but across the club, that Cuala has teams in strong contention for football Championship honours, at all 3 grades – Senior, Intermediate and Junior. Add in the hurlers who are also on a championship run and it’s some championship year for the club. Unprecedented is the word !!!

Putting it mildly, it’s going to be busy around Hyde next weekend as the club is hosting 2 football championship semi-finals with the Intermediate SF on Saturday evening and the Junior 1 SF on Sunday morning. And that is before the Senior match build up is taken into consideration where we expect supporters will start to congregate from late Sunday morning.

Note the Junior semi-final throw in time on Sunday has changed to 10.30.

Match Day (weekend) Organisation.

We are still working on all the ideas and plans for the weekend but will include:

• Pre-match arrangements and activities
• Post-match arrangements and activities.
• Transport – there will be a special Cuala DART – info on times and to buy tickets will be announced and broadcast as soon as details are confirmed but will be early days of next week.
• Flags / Banners / Posters – all being worked in to ensure Hyde and Dalkey and the wider Cuala catchment area is well informed to join the noise and support the club.
• Volunteers – as there is a heavy workload we will gladly welcome any help if you can lend a hand in any way.

Specific details and updates will be circulated across the usual club communication channels  (WhatsApp, social media etc) as they are confirmed so keep an eye.

Match Details

The poster above has the match fixtures well covered and while the Senior Final is the big one, the 2 semi-finals on Saturday evening and Sunday morning deserve equal support. Getting to one final is fantastic, getting to 2 finals would be superb but getting to 3 finals …. well, that would be the dream outcome.

To sign off we are asking all club members (and family and friends) to join in, make noise and lots of support.

Tickets for Cuala v Castleknock Final in Parnell Park HERE

Cuala GAA Masters and Social Football

Men’s Health Week 2026

Cuala is proudly supporting Men’s Health Week 15-21 June 2026.

This years message is One step at a time, progress not perfection.

RESOURCES

Find out more at: https://www.mhfi.org/mhw/mhw-2026.html

View the Men’s Health Report Card here: MensHealthInNumbers2.pdf

Local Event: WNOW Dun Laoghaire

Killarney Club 7’s

Spa GAA is a long-standing GAA club on the outskirts of Killarney and they host the popular annual KillarneyClub7’s tournament, usually over the June Bank Holiday weekend and the 2026 event was last weekend. A festival of football and entertainment. Teams from all over are invited to participate and Cuala senior team are honoured to be invited and participate.

On the pitch Cuala won 2 of the 3 qualifier games to go through to the knockout stages but lost in the quarter final to the home host team and eventual winners Spa GAA. Final score Spa GAA 4-.03 Cuala 4-01.
Sadly, didn’t bring back any medals or trophies but plenty of memories and moments from the bank holiday weekend trip.

Herbie Hughes Masters Tournament

Herbie Hughes Masters Tournament

Cuala were invited to compete in the Herbie Hughes Masters tournament in St Brigids club last weekend. Don’t dare mention veterans as it was all action, skills and spills on the pitch.

  • First up was St Margarets who we beat 0-9 to 1-5 with Donal Lehmann getting the winning point in the last play of the game.
  • Next up was St Jude’s who beat us 0-8 to 0-4.
  • We beat the home club St Brigids and St Anne’s resulting in 3 teams on 6 points but safely through to the knockout stages.
  • In the semi-Final we lost to St Margaret’s 0-10 to 0-9 with the winning score coming in the final play.

Unlucky not to make it to the final but a fantastic day had by all and our invite confirmed for next year.

Masters Squad –  Herbie Hughes Tournament – Saturday 30th May
Dave O’Sullivan, J. P. Comer, Donal Lehmann, Andrew Egan, Tristan Fahy , Peter MacMahon, Sean Manley. Brian Lehane, Robert Clarke, Paul Noonan, Conor Hughes, Tom Hickey

Masters and Social Football

FIFA World Cup Prediction Challenge

The FIFA World Cup kicks off in less than 2 weeks and the Men’s Football Section are giving everyone a chance to have more than a passing interest. The World Cup Prediction fundraiser has just gone live. It is simple to enter – entries must be in by 10th June latest. A ‘league table’ of entrants will be maintained over the period of the tournament which starts on 11th June and ends with the Final on July 19th. For more information and to enter. World Cup Prediction – Cuala Online Shop

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.

Coffee Morning

The Men’s Football section organised and ran a very successful coffee and cakes morning last Saturday in Our Lady’s Hall, Dalkey — a fundraiser in aid of the Glenamuck pitch purchase.

It was a busy and enjoyable few hours, and aside from the funds raised, there was so much positive feedback from those who attended. The event provided a great opportunity for members to meet, mix and socialise in a relaxed setting. An an occasion for the club to shows its presence in the local community.

A huge effort was made by a large number of volunteers to ensure everything ran smoothly, all delivered with a smile. There are too many names to mention individually, but fair to say that sleeves were rolled up to make sure that everything from decorating the venue to serving customers (the donors), selling raffle tickets, and ensuring ran seamlessly on the day. We even had some surprise babysitters stepping in when needed!

One exception to the no mention of names – a special word of thanks to Johno Hughes of Shoe Lane and his helpful staff for supplying all the freshly brewed coffee.

Thanks also to all club members and friends of Cuala who came along to support the event.

Finally, congratulations to the lucky prize winners drawn on the day: Aisling Fay, Paul McAdam, Dan O’Sullivan, Enda McGowan, Jen Doran, James Power, Coco McHugh, Fabio Costa, Eamon Brennan, Darragh O’Dowd, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn, Ann McHugh, Peter McMahon, Jonathan Hughes, Peter Duffy, Ella Doran and Margaret Fitzsimons

1976 U21 Men’s Football Championship Reunion

A memorable evening was had by members of the first Cuala football team to win a Dublin Championship – the 1976 Under 21 Championship last Saturday in The Club Pub Dalkey.

Of the 13 surviving team members 10 were present. Sadly, we lost two stalwarts of the team, Colm Mullen RIP passed away in 1979 and Michael Holden RIP in 2007.

Kevin Mallen, Tom Johnson were otherwise committed but sent good wishes while Plunkett Mallon chatted to us via Zoom throughout the evening from Vancouver. Some travelled a distance: Michael Quigley from Cornamona, Gerry Quinn from Kildare, Larry Kennedy from Longwood and Johnny Browner from Fiji.

Paul Keogh, team mentor, ably represented fellow mentor Pat Sheanon RIP who passed away in 1982. Pat’s son Mikie Sheanon,  in the generous spirit of his dad, bought us all drinks. The club was represented by John Sheanon, President

Our then trainer, Noel O’Donoghue could not attend on medical grounds but sent heartfelt apologies.

Vinny Holden gave motivational talks from the semi-final on, dropped in and continued the talks, as only he can!

Paddy Curran brought his coveted winners medal.

We were thrilled to see Willie Devlin,  given that an RIP death notice for a Willie Devlin was circulated as we endeavoured to find Willie!

Some team members had not met in the half century since. Warm friendships were rekindled, old stories grew legs and performances improved significantly with the passage of time.

A link between this team and Dublin, Leinster and All Ireland Club Champions of 2024/25 is Pat Dolphin who played in 1976 and was Chairman of the Football Committee in 2024/2025.

Our thanks to David & staff The Club Pub for looking after us so well!

Back row L to R:
Eamonn Brennan captain, Maurice Johnson, Brian Murdock, Paddy Curran, Anto Hayes, Michael Quigley & Willie Devlin

Front row L to R:
Pat Dolphin, Gerry Quinn, Larry Kennedy, John Browner, Paul Keogh mentor, Shay Hayes and John Sheanon