Athlone GAA Club are delighted to announce the appointment of former Mayo player Liam McHale as our new senior men's team manager. We’d like to welcome Liam to the club and we look forward to working with him in 2020 and beyond.
Athlone GAA would like to express its sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Enda Mulvihill and the entire
@gaagarrycastle
community on Enda's passing. A fantastic and fair player and competitor. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis
Everyone in Athlone GAA was deeply shocked & saddened to hear of the sudden passing of club member & player Conal Sheeran yesterday.
Athlone GAA extend our deepest sympathies to Conal’s parents Frank and Imelda, sister Rebecca, extended family, friends and teammates of Conal.
Best of Luck to Athlone's
@ConnellanRay
tonight on the Late Late Show. Ray will be speaking about his mental health journey and discussing the incredible work of
@pieta
.house . We were so proud as a club to raise over €10k last year for Pieta House
#letsrisetogether
#pietahouse
The Athlone GAA family are in mourning following the passing on Wednesday evening of Athlone legend and member of our "6 in a row" teams, Eddie Martin.
Eddie's memory will live on through his grandchildren, some of whom are pictured below.
May He Rest in Peace
Congratulations to club stalwart Amby Fogarty who was recognised as the Beko Club Champion for Westmeath at Saturday’s Leinster club final.
The competition seeks to recognise the hard work of volunteers throughout Leinster. Amby was recognised with a presentation in Croke Park.
Best of luck to Clubmen and Senior Men selectors
@JohnEgan1111
and his sidekick
@fergalmur
taking part in the Dublin Marthon tomorrow. An inspirational journey for John from dialysis and kidney donation to marathon man !! Best of luck guys 💙🇦🇷
#trueblues
#UpTheBlue
We would like to wish a speedy recovery to
@caulry
Gary Flanagan who suffered a bad injury in a challenge game in Páirc Chiarán on Friday. Best wishes Gary
All at Athlone GAA would like to express our deepest condolences to the Moran family and friends and the wider Maryland GAA and Drumraney community on the passing of Johnny Moran. The GAA family has lost a true Gael. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis
Athlone and Westmeath star Ray Connellan has created some training drills to help our underage players work on their skills until we can get back on the pitch again. First up - handpassing!
Please check back over the next few days for more tips ...
What ex-Celtic Scottish PL winner, scorer in Scottish Cup Final, Irish international and Champions League defender's sporting highlight was scoring a goal for Athlone GAA u12s ? You guessed it;.
@odea_darren
!! Darren is also joining us as we
#Run4Pieta
! LINK IN BIO TO DONATE
Great news from Navan where our U14 Boys have won National Féile Peile na nÓg Division 7 by defeating Ballinlough of Meath by 0-7 to 0-1 in the final. Well done to all the lads, mentors and parents on their superb achievement!
#UpTheBlue
🏆🏆Massive congrats to Athlone GAA man Robbie Benson and all the Benson family on
@stpatsfc
winning the
@faireland
Cup Final.🏆🏆
🔵⚪Robbie's rise and rise continues !!🔵⚪
⚽Robbie wasn't half bad with the ball in his hands either!! ⚽
Athlone GAA would like to send its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Eoin Farrell & everybody in
@MarylandGAA
Club on Eoin's sad passing.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis
Thank you very much to the Sarsfield Square Residents Association who donated €650 to our
#Run4Pieta
#DarknessIntoLight
event. Raymie Joyce walked from 5am to 6am on Thursday and the whole community got behind him. Thank you all and look forward to seeing you down at the club
Huge congratulations to our U14 girls on winning the Under 14 county final today.
Athlone 7-12
Mullingar Shamrocks 2-02
Well done to the team and management, great reward for all the hard work they put in this year!
#UpTheBlue
💙🤍
Really great interview with our own John Egan on how a kidney transplant changed his life (behind paywall) ?
You can donate to John & his
@it_solas
colleagues '123km in November' fundraiser for the Irish Kidney Association at
Well done to our minor girls who put in a superb performance to win the Championship Division 4 Final on a scoreline of Athlone 6-15 Delvin/St Paul 3-5. Great reward for their hard work throughout the year. Congratulations to the players & management
#UpTheBlue
Minor Ladies Championship Division 4 Final: Athlone versus Delvin/St Paul's, 2pm tomorrow, Sunday December 1st in Clonmellon. Please support. Best of luck girls!
#UpTheBlue
Best of luck to Shane Allen & Kieran Colclough tomorrow and the
@TUS_Midlands_
team playing the Trench Cup semi final Vs. DKIT.
Seamus Mitchell is part of the management team.
🚘 Visit to enter our Car Draw to win 2022 Nissan Juke Enigma for €20.
Well done to our ladies team who qualified for the
@WestmeathLadies
Junior Championship Final by defeating Goldsmiths by 2-15 to 2-12 in today's semi-final. See our FB page for more match photos
#UpTheBlue
Best of luck to our senior men in today's Senior Championship Semi-Final versus Tyrrellspass in TEG Cusack Park. The match is being streamed live on from 2pm, cost €10.
Congratulations to the Westmeath Ladies team who won the All-Ireland Intermediate final in superb style today and a big shout out to all the girls from our underage teams who travelled to Croke Park to cheer them on
#IarmhiAbu
Congratulations to our U14 Girls who won
@WestmeathLadies
U14 Championship Division 4 after defeating Tyrrellspass by 3-5 to 3-3 in the final. Well done girls!
#UpTheBlue
Hard luck to our ladies team who were defeated by Clann Gaels on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-8 in the
@WestmeathLadies
Junior Championship Final in The Downs today. Great effort from the girls but just couldn't get the vital 2nd goal in a thrilling 2nd half
#UpTheBlue
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of former
@MaristAthlone
principal Br. Gerard Cahill. Bro. Gerard lined out at centre back on our famous 6 in a row team on the 1960’s. May he rest in peace.
All at Athlone GAA would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Séamus Ó Faoláin after his passing this morning. Séamus served as county board chairman for many years. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Athlone GAA extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Aishling Murphy and the
@KK_GAA
Club.
We must do more to make sure our girls can walk home from training, go for a run or walk the dog without fear.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis.
Great day in Croke Park today with the mighty u-8s. Thanks to all who helped make it happen and all who traveled on the day. Hon Athlone!
#FitnessFriendshipFun
#GAA
#athlone
Westmeath senior football team to play Longford at 1.30PM tomorrow at Pearse Park in the O'Byrne Cup Quarter-Finals.
Best of luck to all players and management!!!!
#iarmhiabu
#westmeathgaa
#maroonandwhitearmy
Congratulations to
@noeleym
and the
@westmeath_gaa
Senior Footballers on their great win in today's National League Division 3 Final in Croke Park. Well done all!
#YopWestmeath
20 Years ago today Westmeath were crowned U-21 All Ireland Champions! Gerry Buckley and the
@WHExaminer
reflects on a Special Year for Westmeath Football.
#WestmeathGaa
#IarmhiAbu
The club executive made a presentation to John Connellan last night in appreciation of all John’s work in the club over recent years. The club is certainly in a much healthier position now as John prepares to move to Brisbane.
A dream come through. Delighted to make my professional debut for
@CAFCofficial
, just want to thank my family for keeping me going and to getting to this point. Congrats to
@WassimAouachria
and
@Jaymingi_
on their goals, also well done to
@mrhadyg9
@JohlPowell
on their debut.
Well done to our club GPO Robbie Forde who was named man of the match after Westmeath’s draw with Down today scoring 4 points. Robbie is pictured with Shane Allen & underage players. Ray Connellan also scored a point.
#Iarmh
íAbú
Great coverage of our club in this week's
@westmeathindo
, including a feature on our strategic plan, an interview with our chairman Fergal O'Toole and a tribute to the late Eddie Martin, RIP. Pick up a copy today!
#SupportLocalJournalism
We at Athlone GAA wish to extend our sympathies to the family and friends of the late Andrew Roper. Andrew was a former underage player with Athlone GAA.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
An unforgettable day for Athlone GAA on tour yesterday.
2 buses full of kids and memories to cherish for a lifetime.
Special thanks to Joe Fallon and his organisers.
Well done
@connellanray
,
@shaneallen2000
and
@westmeathgaaofficial
Well done our ladies' team who qualified for the semi-final of the junior championship when the beat Shandonagh by 3-10 to 3-7 in their final group game in Páirc Chiaráin on Saturday.
Thanks to talented local artist Chris Flicker who's been helping us spruce up Páirc Chiaráin ahead of the long awaited return of our nursery & underage tomorrow. Hope to see you all there from 11.30am!
As we pass the half way mark of our
#Run4Pieta
we keep in our hearts and minds those in our club and community effected by suicide.
We hope that our efforts can go some way to help Pieta House support those effected and End Suicide and Bring Hope.
LINK IN BIO
#DarknessIntoLight
Very hard luck to our minors who were defeated by Clane of Kildare in the
@leinsterminor
club final today. Congratulations to
@ClaneGAA
on their win & many thanks to
@Eireogcarlow
for organising this great tournament.
💙 Athlone 1-08 v Mullingar Shamrocks 0-09 💙
🏐 A crucial win in the Westmeath Senior Championship last night in Kinnegad.
👏 Well done to the lads as they fought to the end to get the result thanks to a 62nd. minute goal.
🙏 Great to enjoy the long weekend with a win
Congratulations to Athlone players Shane Allen and Brionna Geoghegan who were awarded senior men’s and senior ladies Player of the Year for their respective teams at the TUS sports awards last night.
@TUSMidlandSport
Thank you to
@caulry
for hosting another top notch u9 🏐
@westmeath_gaa
GoGames this morning. It was a beautiful morning ☀️ for football on a great pitch. Well done to both sets of players for the wonderful skills and boundless enthusiasm 🔋 on display.
#FitnessFriendshipFun
Apologies for lack of Twitter updates. Admin was a little under pressure !! 😅😅 Our StodgeFace sponsored Junior ladies are heading for a county final 💙💙
#UpTheBlue
Photos to follow on Facebook
Congratulations to our minor girls who won the
@WestmeathLadies
Minor Division 5 Championship by defeating Cill Oige by 2-9 to 2-7 in today's final. Well done girls!
#UpTheBlue
It's beginning to feel a lot like....... football! Spread the word, open day coming soon. New friends and old always welcome.
#fitnessfriendshipfun
#athlone
All at Athlone GAA would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late John O'Donoghue. John represented Athlone GAA for many years with distinction.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.