Sport

[keeper]

Yes ! Well done Cuala, great club and both games were brilliant. Micheál, time was you could say soccer was the main game in the 'Boro, senior clubs nearly all gone now, I'm not sure but I think T.EK. the only one left in Intermediate football and Cabinteely in senior.

[Toss]

Yes ! Well done Cuala, great club and both games were brilliant. Micheál, time was you could say soccer was the main game in the 'Boro, senior clubs nearly all gone now, I'm not sure but I think T.EK. the only one left in Intermediate football and Cabinteely in senior.

Is Joes senior team on Tivoli Terrace still going ? I know they had a few changes at the top level and lost a good secretary in big Jim, things seemed to slide after that and last I heard was they were down to one team. I passed by the pitch recently and its not in use ..... the land was given to the Dept of Education by the de Vesci Trust and Joes had a long term lease if I recall correctly.

[keeper]

I don't know what adult sides are left in the 'Boro Toss, Joeys did play there for years, I was hoping Harjoe would fill us in on present clubs besides the ones mentioned. All the great clubs we had, Workers, Dalkey United, Dalkey Celtic, Dún Leary. Celtic, Farm United, Joes Glasthule, Rock Celtic, Booterstown, Pearse Rovers and Joes Sallynoggin and Hillside all with senior teams at one time or another and they were just the teams in my playing days. I'm sure I've forgotten other teams as well !
Harjoe has listed the older clubs that were there before my time.

[Denis Cromie]

Ah Keeper what about the super duper Cross Celtic who won the AUL Division 3 South in 1968/9 season,now it doesn't come better than that and I have the medal to prove it.

[keeper]

Mea Culpa Denis how could I have forgotten the Cross, there was always at least one team bringing honours to the 'Boro every year, think I won Div 2 South with Booterstown around that time as well, maybe a couple of years later.

[Denis Cromie]

Mea Culpa Denis how could I have forgotten the Cross, there was always at least one team bringing honours to the 'Boro every year, think I won Div 2 South with Booterstown around that time as well, maybe a couple of years later.

It was all part of our devious plan,so that we could brag about our medal winning days.

[keeper]

Great plan Denis There isn't enough room on the page to list our medal haul at least they were real medals !! not plastic footballers atop a plastic base !!!!!

[Rocker]

It is a great sight to see the red and white Cuala flags fluttering both sides of the road from the Graduate to the Noggin roundabout. Going through country towns and villages I am always struck by the number of team flags and today I felt great pride in place to see them fluttering along the Thomastown area.

[Denis Cromie]

Great plan Denis There isn't enough room on the page to list our medal haul at least they were real medals !! not plastic footballers atop a plastic base !!!!!

So true.

[Micheál]

Such a shame, after all their success, that they are doing this to Cuala
http://www.cualagaa.ie/double-trouble-succeeds-back-to-back-success/

[Rocker]

Such a shame, after all their success, that they are doing this to Cuala
http://www.cualagaa.ie/double-trouble-succeeds-back-to-back-success/

OMG that is unreal stuff.Stupid regulations in all walks of life sicken me!!!!

[Toss]

Such a shame, after all their success, that they are doing this to Cuala
http://www.cualagaa.ie/double-trouble-succeeds-back-to-back-success/

[Micheál]

Could do with help on this one - from those of you of a certain age.

This is St Michaels GAA Club, Sallynoggin in 1959 or 1960. I'm told it was run by or associated with CBS Eblana in the days before Cuala Boys was founded (1962)

I have identified 3 of the players
#02 Barney Rush ("The Craic was Ninety in the Isle of Man", "Nancy Spain"). I believe he was born in 1946 which is significant because all the boys were in the same class.
#03 Paul Keogh
#10 Pat Brock - later to become Chairman of Cuala

Any ideas who the otheres might be?

[keeper]

No 6 Michael Conway. No8 Paul Cahill No17 Eamonn Lawless. No 5 Alan Finney. No 16 Tom Sheridan
I know several others to see but forget names.

[jabra]

No.13 Dave Smith
No 14 Kevin Hammond

[jabra]

No.9 Jimmy or Richie Hobson (maybe)

[keeper]

18 Con O'Connor

[Denis Cromie]

I thought No. 9 was one of the Wallace's from The Farm and i think that Shay Morris is no.11. Lots of familiar faces but can't put names to them. Great to see these old photo's

[Rocker]

I knew you lads would have some of the names. well done. I must say I missed out on not being around Sallynoggin in those days! we didn't have such good lookers in the Rock!!

Great photo Micheál!!

[Micheál]

I got all the names. Will publish later.

[keeper]

That'll be interesting Micheál ! I played with every one of that team ! I'm missing along with a few others because we were soccer players, I have an almost identical photo but of the school team with the majority of the players in that photo of Cuala, Eamonn Lawless and Paul Cahill went on to have good soccer careers.

[keeper]

No list yet Micheál my brain is addled with names

[Rocker]

No list yet Micheál my brain is addled with names

Keeper...I stole this from the Cuala site,


#01 ___ Kelly
#02 Barney Rush
#03 Paul Keogh (a future U21 selector with the all-conquering 75/76 Footballers)
#04 Fergie Ryan
#05 Alan Finney
#06 Michael Conway
#07 Brendan Penston
#08 Paul Cahill
#09 Edward Wallace
#10 Pat Brock (Cathaoirleach 1979/80).
#11 Shay Morris
#12 Pat Haskins
#13 Dave Smith
#15 (unknown)
#14 Kevin Hammond
#16 Christy Sheridan
#17 Eamonn Lawless.
#18 Con O’Connor

[keeper]

Thanks Rocker ! Now I remember them ! I can sleep easy now

[Micheál]

Just two to go.

M.