The under 14 girls are being coached by Elaine Mahony and Johnny Campion.
They were beaten by just one point by Camross to be deprived the oppertunity of representing Laois in the Féile.
In the championship so far, they have won 2 games, beating both St. Brigid’s and Portlaoise well.
The also suffered very narrow defeats at the hands of Camross and O’Moore’s.
They are due to play Castletown next week and St.Joseph’s and Clonad in the 2 weeks after that.

The Minor team under the stewardship of Ross Young have beaten Clonad and St. Brigid’s well in the championship so far. but were beaten by Camross and O’Moore’s. They are due to play O’Moore’s in the semi final, but the date has yet to be set.

The under 12 team under Joan Dollard will commence training on Saturday morning at 11am.

The under 10 panel under Pádraic Henderson played against Portlaoise recently, as did the under 8 panel under Kay O’Connor. The Harps won all matches.

Scorers for the Harps were:
Aine Mahony(0-4), Joanne Prior(0-1), Louise Mahony(0-1) and Edel Costigan(0-1).

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The Harps put on an exhibition of both fitness in skill on Saturday when they beat Donard Glen in the Leinster League on a score line of The Harps 6-17 to Donard Glen 1-1.

The Harps were;- Helen Keane, Claire Walsh, Deirdre Holland, Bronagh Dunne, Catriona Phelan,
Elaine Mahony(0-2), Louise Mahony(0-3), Rosemarie Phelan, Maria Dunne(1-0), Denise Quigley(0-1), Edel Costigan(1-3), Áine Mahony(3-7), Hazel Costigan(1-0), Mairéid Killeen, Lorna Campion
and Yvonne Mullins.

The Harps will now go on to play Camross in The South Leinster League Final. Date to comfirmed

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The girls beat Clara on Saturday March 13th in the Leinster League.
The final score was The Harps 2-16 to Clara 3-6.

The Harps were;-

Helen Keane, Joan Dollard, Deirdre Holland, Niamh Delaney, Catriona Phelan, Claire Walsh, Louise Mahony(0-7), Rosemarie Phelan, Bronagh Dunne, Joanne Prior(1-2), Edel Costigan, Denise Quigley(1-6), Elaine Cuddy, Caoimhe Kenny, Hazel Costigan and Yvonne Mullins.

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The Harps had a great start to the 2010 season when they defeated Ferns on a scoreline of 4-12 to 2-4 in the Leinster League. The girls played a great game, considering we had only 15 girls on the day.

The panel was Helen Keane, Joan Dollard, Deirdre Holland, Patricia Dunphy, Catriona Phelan, Claire Walsh, Louise Mahony (1-4), Joanne Prior (0-1), Rosemarie Phelan, Elaine Mahony (0-2), Bronagh Dunne, Maria Dunne, Áine Mahony (3-5), Shauna Monaghan and Dervla Dunne

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Fixtures:

27/2/10 Ferns 2-4 Harps 4-12

6/3/10 Emeralds v Harps, Urlingford Co. Kilkenny.

13/3/10 Harps 2-16 Clara 3-6

20/3/10 Donard Glen V Harps, Donard Glen, Co. Wicklow.

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3rd/4th April- Winners section A V winners section B.
17th April North Leinster Champions V South Leinster Champions.

Chairperson: Anne Mahony; Secretary: Johnny Campion; Treasurer: Gillian Ryan; PRO: Catriona Phelan (TB)

Fixtures Committee: Catriona Phelan, Michelle Fitzpatrick

Outgoing secretary Mary Donohue has taken up a role as County Board Treasurer.

There was a special player of the match award from the county final which went to Claire Walsh.

The overall player of the year award selected by trainer Aidan Franks was Angela Hanlon.

Both richly deserved awards.

The awards were presented on Friday November 22nd in the Heritage Hotel Portlaoise.

All the gang with Louise at the Laois GAA Awards

Back row: Margaret Murphy, Denise Cuddy, Teresa Bennet, Mary Donohue, Marie Mahon, Angela Hanlon, Martina Hyland, Gerry Murphy.
Front row: Jimmy, Louise, Anne and Elaine Mahony.

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We have a map showing the location of the pitch in Nenagh.

McDonagh Park GAA Grounds Nenagh

Over €2,000 was raised and great fun was had by all.

Refreshments were given afterwards in Bobs Bar and prize giving in Caochs in Ballacolla.