Junior Bs second win in League

Glenville 2-11 (17)

Aghada 0-16

Glenville Junior Bs enter Round 3 of the Division 2 Football League with the maximum four points from their two opening games. 

Last Saturday, Glenville hosted Aghada in Glenville in what became a game of two halves. Glenville settled quickly with Ciaran Linehan scoring two points in the first six minutes. Conor O’Mahony immediately added Glenville’s third point with an excellent point from his half forward position. Glenville stretched their lead to 1-6 with a super run and point by Donnacha Forde while Ciaran Linehan added a further goal and two points before Aghada opened their account with a point at 14 minutes. Glenville kept Aghada scoreless in the second quarter and added to their scores with a well struck Cathal Sheehan goal and the in-form Ciaran Linehan adding two more points to see Glenville lead at half-time by 13 points on a scoreline of 2-8 to 0-1.

The dominance of Glenville was immediately challenged by Aghada in the second half with a quick counterattack, yielding a one-point and a two-point score. Glenville broke the Aghada run of scores with a point before Aghada responded with four unanswered scores (a two-pointer and three single points) reducing the margin to six points. Glenville were awarded a 13m free when Aghada failed to keep three men in the opponents half which Glenville converted but Aghada responded with a further four points, two scored from outside the arc, bringing the game down to the minimum of one point with five minutes remaining. The last five minutes saw both sides score a point each (the last point bringing Ciaran Linehan’s tally to 1-9) to see Glenville see out the game with a one-point win on a scoreline of 2-11 to 0-16.

Squad: Niall Sullivan, Donal Sheehan, Pearse Maloney, Will Sheehy, Conor McHugh, Andrew Desmond, Sean O'Leary, Donnacha Forde (0-1), Billy Ryan, Mike O'Riordan, Paudie Cahill, Conor O'Mahony (0-1), Callum O'Mahony, Ciaran Linehan 1-9 (0-7f), Cathal Sheehan (1-0), Denis Buttimer, Alan Busteed, Mike Murphy. 

Management: Paddy O’Sullivan, Ger Cahill, Pat McHugh, Dave Cooke, Johnny O’Connell

Premier Juniors lose by a goal to Ballinora

Glenville 1-7

Ballinora 1-10

Glenville’s first team travelled to Ballinora on Sunday morning in their second game of the 2025 League, hoping to build on their strong win over Glanworth. 

Glenville will look back at the poor start to the game conceding 1-2 in frees in the opening quarter that left them trailing by seven points at the 15-minute mark. Glenville got into the game in the second quarter with a super Eddie Delahunt point, immediately followed by a well struck Callum O’Mahony point and Josh Cooke adding two scores from frees, one a two-point free from outside the arc. This brought the scoreboard at half-time to read Glenville 0-5 to Ballinora 1-6.

Ballinora opened the second half with two further points before Adam Murphy was successful with a point (who was unlucky to not to have scored two goals earlier in hitting the uprights. Ballinora responded with two more points before Ciaran O’Leary scored 1-1 in two minutes to close the margin to three points. However, the Glenville comeback was cut short by the final whistle and the game ended with Ballinora win on a scoreline of 1-7 to 1-10. 

Squad: David Quirke, Colm O'Regan, Andrew Desmond, Diarmuid McCarthy, Davin Sullivan, Eddie Delahunt (0-1), Aaron Collins, Eanna Fitzgerald, Cathal Fitzgerald, Tom Dinan, Colin O'Keeffe, Callum O'Mahony (0-1), Josh Cooke (0-3) 1x2pt free and 1 free, Adam Murphy (0-1), Ciaran O’Leary (1-1), Ciaran Linehan, Donnacha Forde, Colin Cronin, Liam Foley, Donal Sheehan, Ciaran O’Riordan, Conor O'Mahony, Conor Gowen, Paudie Cahill, Kieran Coakley.

Management team: Roy Leahy, Dave Cooke, Pat McHugh, Paddy O'Sullivan, Joe Carver, Ger Cahill, Dermot O’Mahony and Dan Linehan.

Junior Cs excellent performance

Glenville 0-14

Ballinacurra 4-7 (19)

Glenville Junior Cs opened their league campaign with a very good performance against a very sharp Ballinacurra team. Glenville were tight in numbers but put out a strong team with a very good combination of youth and experience, the game being the first chance for some of the minor football squad to play adult football.

Three early goals in the first half before the Glenville team had time to settle meant that the Glenville men had an uphill battle but settled very well into the game. The first half saw some excellent team performances as well as individual performances, notably the mid-field pairing of Mike O’Riordan and Conor McHugh which saw Mike score 0-5 (0-2 in the first half and 0-3 in the second half), while Conor McHugh played an exceptionally good game in his first senior football game in midfield and contributed a point in each half from play from good runs and well struck shots. 

The defence consisted of Stephen Ryan in goals who made some very good saves. The fullback line of Dean Field, Shane Clarke and Colm Buckley stopped and turned over many Ballinacurra attacks and provided the base for Glenville counterattacks.

Sean O’Leary was a powerhouse at half back and also scored a point while Mike Murphy and Will Sheehy brought experience, physical presence, and cuteness to the defence. 

The half forward line was a very experienced line consisting of Mike Murphy who scored an excellent point, Denis Buttimer and Alan Busteed, who were excellent at supplying ball to the forwards. Paddy O’Sullivan, drawing on his Carlow football career, kicked a beautiful point in the first half, while Johnny Dorgan was fast and smart and caused considerable problems for the Ballinacurra defence. Liam Keane was the stand-out forward, scoring 0-4 over the game and took the responsibility for the frees in the forward area and kicked three out of three excellent frees in the second half which brought Glenville into the game.

Glenville improved as the game progressed, but their significant improvement was too late in the game. Overall, it was a very good opening game and a great opening experience to build on.

Squad: Stephen Ryan, Dean Field, Shane Clarke, Colm Buckley, Mike Murphy (Glenville), Sean O'Leary, Will Sheehy, Mike O'Riordan, Conor McHugh, Alan Busteed, Denis Buttimer, Mike Murphy (Condonstown), Paddy O'Sullivan, Liam Keane, Johnny Dorgan, Adam Hennessy, Olan Hartnett, Colm Curtin, Joe O'Callaghan.

Management: Paddy O’Sullivan, Pat McHugh, Noel Cahill. 

U16 Div 4 Football League 

Glenville 1.06 

St Colmcilles 3.06

Well done to our u16 div 4 team who put up a brave display v St Colmcilles last Friday evening in Glenville.  

On a well-prepared pitch, A spirited display from our lads, just coming up short by a 2-score margin at the final whistle. Our next game in this league is on Sunday next March 23rd v Mayfield in Glenville @2pm.

Glenville National School Ice Bucket Challenge 

Glenville National School are looking to raise funds to construct a Soft Play Area in the school for the school kids to play on. This will be located at the back of the school. Glenville Gaa want to help them out on this, So were asking, For a bit of fun you can do The "Ice Bucket Challenge" and Donate to the link below. The School has seen some incredible success in Gaa, throughout the years, and the work they continue to do is clearly evident to everyone. So, if you can help out on their project, it would be fantastic. Any Donations will be very much Appreciated