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"A GAA Club without Scór is just
another sports club"!
- Jarlath Burns |
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Irish News Ulster Club Award Winners 2008! |
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Boley Fair Juvenile Sports Day and It's a Boley Knockout |
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In 2008 Clonduff Club organised a very successful Juvenile Sports Day on
Saturday 12th July and on Monday 14th July there was hilarious fun at the first
ever Boley Fair Knockout!
To view a slideshow of the juveniles in action, click on the image on the
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The Annual Fun Run/Walk has become an established event of Boley Fair Sunday.
2008 was no exception a large number of Children, Adults and Families took part
in the event, which is a sponsored event to raise money not only for Clonduff
Club but also for a deserving charity.
In 2008 the organisers looked no further than the local community. A sizable
proportion of funds gathered will go to the Hilltown Play Group and the Hilltown
Senior Citizens Club.
The adults were too shy to have their photos taken, click on
the image left to view a slideshow of some of the younger participants. |
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 For
quite a few years, The Newry Wheelers Cycling
Association has used Clonduff Car park and Club Rooms as the base for their
bi-annual activities - one day's racing is confined and the other is open. On
Saturday 21st June 2008 they staged their Open event when over 200 cyclists took
part in the wet and windy conditions.
The cyclists sign on in the clubrooms and commence their racing from the top of
the driveway and complete three circuits of the route which takes them from
Clonduff Park to The Square, Kilcoo, turning left on to the Newry Road and onto
Rathfriland. At the bottom of the brae they turn left on to the Hilltown Road,
into into the village, turn left down through the village and past the Club.
Clonduff are always willing to assist other organisations - Clonduff Club
member, Billy Campbell is one of the main organisers in The Wheelers'
Click on the image (left) to view a slideshow of the Wheelers' around the club
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De X-Factor Clonduff Final 2008 |
Eadaoin Hynes had De X-Factor!
Click on the picture of Eadaoin to view a slideshow
of some of the characters who took part in Clonduff
Final!
The Clubrooms was packed to the rafters with
the spillover being accommodated
in a tent outside, complete with big screen viewing. The
event was very professionally organised with Clonduff's
own Francis Quinn taking charge of proceedings once
again. There was a link to the 'Green Room' (home
dressing room) where the acts prepared; 'celebrity'
judges (Joan Greenan, James McConville, Kevin McGourty,
Aileen Wilson), bodyguards (Arthur McConville, Finbarr
McConville, Aidan Carr, Conor óg O'Hagan, Gary Haughian,
Niall Brown) complete with bow ties and dark glasses to
escort the acts from the Green Room to the stage;
topless male
dancers; transvestite dancers - what more could you want
for a night's entertainment!
Clonduff Parish, without a doubt is brimming with really
good talent as the ten finalists displayed - Patrick
(Mini Mac) Mackin singing Garth Brooks 'Baton Rouge'; Sharonagh
McShane (blonde) singing Dolly Parton's 'Nine to
Five'; Liam 'Brooks' Ward singing, what else Garth
Brooks' 'Friends in Low Places'; Eadaoin Hynes singing Duffy's 'Mercy'; the two
girl groups the scantily clad Maginns (Moya, Orla and
Lorraine) with Sara Lou performing 'Holding Out for a
hero' brought the first half to an end and the
McParlan Girls (Shauna, Leann, Cathy, Karon) with
the topless male dancers performing 'Raining Men' opened
the second half. Neil Trainor almost but not quite
revealed all singing (performing) You're Fit and Don't
You Know it' by The Streets; Nicole Curran made her
second trip home from studying in Liverpool to give a
great imitation of Whitney Houston singing I want to
Dance with Somebody' ; Big T (Tooter Murnin
complete with wig and frilled shirt) would have given a
younger Neil Diamond a run for his money singing 'Cracklin
Rosie'; Colleen Walls singing Celine Dion's 'I Drove All
Night' brought formal proceedings to an end.
Nearly an hour after the show finished the votes had
been cast, collected and counted, the White Smoke went
up - the very worthy winner was announced - Eadaoin
Hynes and she will go forward to the Grand Finale in
The Canal Court where, in November, when she will compete
against the finalists from seven other clubs - three
others from
South Down and four from South Armagh! |
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De X-Factor Clonduff Auditions 2008 |
 'De X Factor',
Clonduff Style is a huge
success! There were 19 (yes nineteen) participants
in the auditions on Friday 2nd May in Clubrooms. The show
was hosted by Francis Quinn in his own inimitable style
- once again we stress he may have chose the wrong
career path!
The four celebrity judges- James McConville, Joan
Greenan, Kevin McGourty and Aileen Wilson - were
excellent (as if born to it) - each having plenty to
say, be it good or bad!!
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local final - those going through are: Patrick Mackin
(Mini Mac), Eadaoin Hynes, Sharonagh McShane, The
McParlan Sisters (Shauna, Leann, Cathy and Caron),
Tooter (Thomas Murnin), Liam Ward, The Rollers (Moya,
Orla and Lorraine Maginn and Sara Louise Carr), Colleen
Walls, Neil Trainor and Nicole Curran - will be an all-ticket affair on Friday 16th
May in Clubrooms. Tickets will be available from
Sheenagh McConville or Teresa Carr.
Local winners from South Down and
South Armagh clubs will go through to prize winning final in
Canal Court later in the year!
The organisers, particularly Sheenagh and Teresa would
like to, on behalf of Clonduff GAC, thank all those who
took part - it was a great Clonduff night! View the
preview on 'Youtube'
For photos of participants and spectators on the
auditions night click on the image on the left! |
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County Scór Sinsear Champions 2008 |
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| The Set Dancers, looking
resplendent in their re-styled dresses, regained the County
Title, last held by Clonduff in 2006. Back row: Onagh Gribben,
Wendy Farrell, Gayle Kane, Niamh Pritchard, Laura McShane. Front
row: Lisa Parr, Ursula Quinn and Andrea Gribben |
For the second year
in a row, super sub, Mary McGreevy helped the Clonduff team to
the Quiz County title - left to right: Mary McGreevy, Marie Walls
and Brian Canavan.
Both acts won their respective Ulster Semi Final. |
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Despite
all the other activity on Sunday 12th August, a large
crowd of
 players, mentors and parents attended the
presentation on 'Health and Wellness' by Sharon Madigan
(Dietician) in the clubrooms.
She recommended that in the interests of hygiene, all
players should bring his/her own water bottle to both
training and games. She said it was vitally important
for players not to train or play on an empty stomach and
recommended that all players should eat a balanced meal
1½ to 2 hours before the activity.
The Clonduff Club believes this is sound advice
and, while water will still be provided in the usual
manner, would like everyone to bring his/her own clearly
marked water bottle with them and always eat a meal a
short time before a match or training.
On the right, Paul Shields (Youth Officer) is pictured
with a section of the young people who attended. |
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| Scór 2007 |
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| St Paul's are GAA Table Quiz
County Champions 2007! |
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| St Paul's
Primary School, Cabra are Cumann na mBunscol an Duin Table Quiz
Champions 2007. The children, pictured left to right are: Shane
Milligan, Gabriel McCoy, Declan Gribben and Mark Devlin. They
are pictured here with their trophy and their Principal, Vincent
Devlin and Quiz Organiser Collie Bell. The boys went on to
represent Down in the Ulster Quiz. Mark and Declan represented
Down in a televised quiz on 'The Den' on RTE in March (broadcast
23rd March). Mark and
Shane cut their 'quizzing teeth' in this year's Scór na
nÓg and Clonduff Club is very proud not only of these
two but of Declan and Gabriel also. Well done boys (and
Vincent too). |
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| These 12 boys and girls
represented Clonduff in 3 teams at the annual Down Youth
Table Quiz (2005). They are pictured in the Mayobridge Club
with Tom Markham - the All Ireland Minor cup won by Down in
2005! |
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| Clonduff Set Dancers picked up another
County Scór Sinsear title in 2005! Back row (l to r): Jayme
Farrell, Niall Quinn, Wayne Farrell, Ursula Quinn. Front row
(l to r) Elaine Farrell, Niamh Pritchard, Lisa Parr and
Joleen Parr |
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| Co Sets Champions
2004 - the men are all Farrells - Joe (2nd from left)
and sons Jayme, Wayne and Keith (substituting for the
injured Niall Quinn). Front Row: Elaine Farrell (Jayme's
wife) Lisa Parr, Andrea Gribben, Joleen Parr |
Co Quiz Champions
2004! Brian Canavan, Marie Walls and Anita Brannigan |
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| This team of young
ladies reached the Down Co Final in 2003 competing for
Clonduff in the Set Dancing Competition. Left to
right: Caroline McGreevy, Laura McShane, Claire Cunningham,
Tracy Magee, Jane McPolin, Onagh Gribben, Karen McConville,
Janine Branagan |
Co Céilí Champions -
one of three Scór Sinsear County title winners in 2004. Left
to right: Kerrie O'Hagan, Joleen Parr, Laura McShane, Lisa
Parr, Andrea Gribben, Wendy Farrell, Gail McPolin, Elaine
Farrell |
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Clonduff GAC's Very First Golf
Classic - 15 June 2001
| The Trail Blazers |
The Winners |
The Mourne Windows |
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| These four young Clonduff men were the
very first team to tee off in the first ever Clonduff Golf Classic. Left
to right - Damian Smith, John Fegan, Stephen Brannigan, Damian Fearon |
This team, representing Dromara GFC
returned a magnificent score of 103 to collect first prize. |
Four more Clonduff men, represented
Mourne Windows, the senior team sponsors. Left to right - Shane
Fitzpatrick, Oliver Morgan, Tooter (Thomas) Murnin and Paul McConville |
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| Clonduff Senior Set Dancers
reached the All Ireland Final for the first time in 2003
having won the County and Ulster titles. The dancers are
(left to right) Wayne Farrell, Niamh Pritchard, Joe Farrell,
Andrea Gribben, Niall Quinn, Lisa Parr, Michael Walls,
Joleen Parr |
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Y2K was a special year
for Clonduff - they picked up four County Titles in Scór
Sinsear! |
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- Clonduff's first ever Ballad Group
winners Left to right Cathy Murray,
Ann O'Hare, Niamh O'Hare, Eileen Murray and Matt McGinn
Right - Niamh O'Hare picked up three County
Titles at Scór Sinsear 2000 - Solo Singing, Ballad Group and Ceili Dancing |
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Clonduff's Four County Scór Sinsear
Champions, 2000!
Back row - Left to Right: Ted
Gilmore, Gerard Duggan (Novelty Act) Laura McShane, Ursula Quinn, Jolene Parr, Andrea
Gribben, Niamh Murphy, Lisa Parr, Claire Cunningham and Caroline Brannigan (Ceili Dancing)
Middle Row - Left to Right: Eileen McCusker (Novelty Act), Niamh O'Hare (Multi
Award Winner), Karen McConville (Novelty Act), Ann O'Hare, Matt McGinn, Eileen Murray,
Kathy Murray (Ballad Group) and Fr Tony Corr (Novelty Act) Front: P J McGinn and
Noel Carvill (Novelty Act) |
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This young group of Set Dancers kept up the great tradition of Clonduff -
they won the Down and Ulster Scór na nÓg titles in 2000 and were beaten into second
place in the All Ireland Final on a countback. The following week they collected the
Readóri title competing against the same team. The team, from left to right (back)
Michael Walls, Oonagh Gribben, John Cunningham, Wayne Farrell. f(ront) Janine Branagan,
Sharleen McCaffrey, Karen Gribben and Wendy Farrell.
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County U18 Table Quiz Champions and
Runners Up 1999/2000!
Clonduff entered two teams in the Youth Table quiz in
1999/2000 and they picked up first and second prize! Seated: County Champions (Left to Right) Niall
Quinn, Niamh Hynes, Ruari Cousins and Kevin Mooney. Middle Row Patrice McPolin
(Organiser) Colin Brannigan, Rory Grant, Cillian Cousins and Ryan Arthurs with Michael
Keenan (County Youth Officer. Clonduff's Youth Officer, John McPolin is pictured
centred back with other members of the organising committee. |
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| President Mary
McAleese invited the Clonduff Dancers to Aras an Uchtaran for St
Patrick's Day Party in 1998. Front (l-r) Wendy Farrell, Wayne
Farrell, Onagh Gribben, Joseph Farrell, President McAleese,
Martin McAleese, Laura McShane, Michael Walls, Janine Branagan.
2nd row (l-r) Kevin óg fitzpatrick, Claire Cunningham, Caroline
Brannigan, Eithne Harper, Elaine Hillen, Niamh Murphy, Ursula
Quinn, Sharlene McCaffrey, Niamh O'Hare. 3rd row (l-r) Peter
Magee, Conan O'rourke, Jayne McPolin, Niall Quinn, Joleen Parr,
Seamus Parr, Gayle McPolin, Sean Hillen. Back (l-r) Keith
Farrell, Lisa Parr, Jayme Farrell, Andrea Gribben, Francis Quinn |
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| These young dancers won the Set Dancing at the
very last All-Ireland CCD Finals in February 1998
Back Row: (left to right) Joe
Farrell (coach) Wayne Farrell, Seamus Parr, Niall Quinn, Michael Walls, Phyllis Breslin
(President of All Ireland Camogie Board) Front Row: Wendy Farrell, Sharleen
McCaffrey, Oonagh Gribben and Janine Brannigan |
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| This group - Anita Brannigan, Marie Walls
and Francis Quinn won Clonduff's first Scor Sinear Quiz title on home ground in
1997. They retained the title in 1998 and 1999. They are flanked by Harry McAvoy (Down Scor) and Martin Goss presenting the Goss Shield.
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These ladies brought three All-Ireland CCD
titles back to Clonduff in 1997
Back left to right - The Set Dancers -
Jolene Parr, Lisa Parr, Niamh O'Hare (Niamh also won the Solo Singing) Ursula Quinn, Jayne
McPolin, Clare Cunningham, Laura McShane, Caroline Brannigan: Front left to right
- Belle O'Loughlin (President All Ireland Camogie) The Quiz Team - Mary C Morgan, Marie
Walls and Anita Brannigan |
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| 1993 - Clonduff entered the Record Books
when they became the only Club in the history of Scor na nÓg to win both the
All Ireland Ceili and Set
Dancing titles on the same day, using only a total of nine dancers! The children are:
Back Row (l to r) Kevin óg Fitzpatrick, Jayme Farrell,
Francis Quinn, Keith Farrell. Front (l to r) Elaine Hillen,
Caroline McShane, Andrea Gribben, Lisa Parr, Joleen Parr.
The children are flanked by their mentors Sean Hillen (left)
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| This group of
youngsters won the Scór na nÓg County title for Novelty Act in
1990. They are: (l-r) P J McGinn, Ruari Cousins, Sinead Hannaway,
Paul McConville, Bridgín Grant and Paul Parr |
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| In 1984, to
mark the Centenary of the GAA, Clonduff staged a pageant "To
Wear the Yellow Gold", telling the story of the GAA in Clonduff
(founded 1887 and continuously in existence since). Pictured
above is the cast. Front (l-r) Sean Hillen, Jayme Farrell, Keith
Farrell, Bridgín Grant, Paul McAlinden, Lorcan Mussen. Second
row (l-r) Joseph Farrell, Teeni Wilson, Aileen McGinn. Back
(l-r) Helena Grant, Arthur Murphy, Eileen McCusker, Peter
McPolin, Bronagh McAlinden, Pat Hannaway, Kathleen Fitzpatrick,
Jimmie Cousins, Peter Hamill, Sean Fitzpatrick, Francis Quinn |
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| These men represented Clonduff and
Down in the All Ireland Scór Sinsear Instrumental Music
Final in 1983. They are Peter Cunningham, Ciaran Mussen
and Liam McSherry. |
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| CCD County Quiz Champions in 1980. Mary
Murphy, Pamela Arthurs and Kathleen Clancy. |
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| These young ladies reached
the All Ireland Final of the CCD Quiz in 1978. They are: Jacqueline
McGreevy, Martina Devlin (RIP), and Elizabeth Maginn |
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Clonduff's first All
Ireland Cultural Award winners!
They did us proud in 1977!
All Ireland Novelty Act Winners - Anne Quinn,
Mary McGinn and Eileen Hamill. "The Matchmaker" was written and produced
by Mary! |
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The
very first winners of a Cultural Award in Clonduff!
These 3 young ladies,
(left to right) Susan Magennis, Ursula Hamill
and Ann Murphy, picked up the County CCD Quiz
title in 1974 |
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