Local games are always well hyped and this latest U15 B group game played in Skehana yesterday evening was no different. It was the hosts who hit the ground running with the wind at their backs as they had racked up 1-3 through Cillian Roche;…
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Senior Prelim Quarter-Final 2021
Kilconieron 2-19 Pádraig Pearses 0-18 (AET)Report by Ivan Smyth, Connacht Tribune KILCONIERON’S greater en- ergy told in extra time as they secured a place in the quarter finals against a gutsy Pádraig Pearses outfit in Athenry last Sunday. Last year’s intermediate champions have already secured…
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Pádraig Pearses 3-14 Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry 0-13Report by Darren Kelly, Connacht Tribune Pádraig Pearses expelled the myth regarding their scoring power last Saturday in this senior hurling championship tie to secure their place in the pre- liminary quarter-finals in em- phatic fashion. Trailing 0-13 to 0-12 with…
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Gort 0-19 Pádraig Pearses 3-6 (15)By Darren Kelly, Connacht Tribune This wasn’t the type of swash-buckling display they un-leashed on Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry seven days earlier, but Gort found a way on Monday evening to book their spot in the senior hurling championship preliminary quarter-finals. This was…
Read MoreMartin Scarry RIP
It was with great sadness that the people of Ballymacward-Gurteen and many neighbouring parishes learned of the passing of Martin Scarry yesterday morning. Martin and the Scarry family from Attyregan have been steeped in Padraig Pearses GAA club from its foundation. Martin held the positions…
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Padraig Pearses 1-16 Athenry 1-16By Ivan Smyth, Connacht Tribune A GOAL in the third minute of injury time from Dean Reilly salvaged Pádraig Pearses a draw in a game that Athenry should have killed off before the corner-forward’s late heroics. When Conor Burke struck an…
Read MoreCentenary of Fr. Michael Griffin’s Murder
Next Friday marks the centenary of the murder of Fr. Michael Griffin, a native of Gurteen. A series of online events have been arranged to commemorate Fr. Griffin in his native Gurteen, in the Parish of Rahoon where he served, and in Barna where his…
Read MoreSilver Jubilee of 1995 Intermediate Win
2020 marks 25 years since Pádraig Pearses hurlers captured the Club’s third County Intermediate title in 1995. With the current restrictions in place the Club’s usual social gathering to mark this milestone cannot take place. Having been relegated in 1994, this victory seen Pearses become…
Read MoreUpdated G.A.A. COVID-19 Advice
Following confirmation that all 26 Counties will move to Level 3 of the Irish Government’s Plan for Living with Covid 19, the GAA’s Covid Advisory group has issued the following key updates for those involved in Gaelic Games in the 26 Counties. The Executive in…
Read MoreU13s Book County Final Place
Pearses 3-4 Ardrahan 1-4. Report by Martina Donnellan. Pearses produced a brilliant display to advance to the U13B Final with a hard fought win over Ardrahan yesterday morning and set up a Co Final showdown against Rahoon-Newcastle. This game had a bit of everything- some…
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