Midleton Notes (22nd Dec)
- Dec 22,2025
COUNTY U-21 AHC FINAL
MIDLETON 1-17 SHANDRUM 1-20 Dec 21st 2025
Our U-21 hurlers took on Shandrum on the Pairc Uí Chaoimh 3G on Sunday last bidding to make it back-to-back county final wins at this grade for the first time since 1989. The Newtownshandrum/Dromina men got off to a flyer of a start and led by 0-3 to no score after three minutes. But three points in four minutes from Davy Cremin, Mikey FInn and Peter Barrett had the sides level after eight minutes of play. By the end of the opening quarter it was Shandrum who led by 0-8 to 0-5, with our fourth and fifth points coming from a Mikey FInn ‘65 and Peter Barrett.
Our second quarter points were provided by Cian Stack, Evan McGrath and three placed balls by Mikey Finn which meant that we went in trailing at the half-time break by three points on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-10. Shandrum increased their lead to four in the opening minute of the second-half but then we scored 1-4 on the bounce through points from Mikey Finn, Cathal Beausang, Davy Cremin and Darragh Egan and a goal from Peter Barrett to see us lead by 1-14 to 0-14 after ten second-half minutes. Shandrum struck for their only goal of the game on 47 minutes to put them back in the lead on a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-15. Unfortunately we only scored two points in the final quarter, one from play from Conor Morley and a ‘65 from Mikey Finn and when Mikey Finn’s late late ‘21 was saved our chance was gone and it wasn’t to be our day.
A big thank you to all the players and management who put in a huge effort over the last number of months and made it three East Cork titles in a row along the way.
Midleton scorers: Mikey Finn 0-7 (0-4 f, 0-3 65), Peter Barrett 1-2, Davy Cremin, Cathal Beausang 0-2 each, Darragh Egan, Evan McGrath, Cian Stack, Conor Morley 0-1 each.
MIDLETON: Zach Smith; Sean McSharry, Tadhg O’Leary-Hayes, Cian Lawton; Eoghan Fraser, Carthaigh Cronin, Matthew McSweeney; Darragh Egan, Mikey Finn; Cathal Beausang, Evan McGrath, Cian Stack; Davy Cremin, Conor Morley, Peter Barrett. Subs: Max Murphy for McSharry (39), Senan Carroll for Stack (44), Dara Scanlon for Finn (50-52), Scanlon for Egan (53).
Carthaigh Cronin in action during last Sunday's County U-21 A hurling final in Pairc Uí Chaoimh. Photo: Dan Linehan/Echo.
Rebels Bounty Draw 2025
Vouchers are now available to purchase if you would like to give a gift for Christmas. There are cash prizes each month. Midleton GAA tickets holders are also entered into an inhouse draw as our way of saying thank you for supporting our Club. To purchase a Rebels Bounty Gift Card click on the following link:
https://midleton-gaa.sumupstore.com/product/rebels-bounty-gift-voucher
Dinner Dance
Midleton GAA One Club will hold a dinner dance to celebrate the fantastic achievements of teams across the clubs. GAA, Ladies Football, Camogie & U21 teams were hugely successful in 2024 and 2025. Please come out and celebrate their victories. Tickets €50 each, numbers are limited. The link for the tickets is now live. Pleaase click on the following : https://hub.klubfunder.com/MidletonGAA/payit/ticketsale/dinner-dance-january-24th-2026/detail
Monday Club Christmas Morning
We had a wonderful morning at our final Monday Coffee morning, Thanks to our wonderful carol singers. Well done to those who won in our raffle Marion Ryan, Ger O’Brien, John Curtin & Sylvie O’Mahony. Sincere thanks to those who donated prizes. Also to everyone who came along all year & to those who support our initiative it is very much appreciated. See you all in a January 2026. Have a happy & safe Christmas.
Facilities
A very busy year is coming to an end , the operation of both facilities at Clonmult and Park South now depends on the support of so many people. Thanks to Denis Mc Sweeney for his role in overseeing great work done on a weekly basis in particular at Clonmult grass cutting, pitch lining, painting, cleaning and much more by George, Anto , Vincent, Sean, John, Dermot and Maurice.
At Clonmult we will see some welcome improvements over the coming months with the installation of an Electronic Scoreboard, new pitch fencing at the Railway and Supervalu ends and at the Mill Rd side and the introduction of a Robotic Mower for cutting the main and side pitches. We have also applied for Planning permission to redevelop the old dressing rooms and adjoining storage area’s , hopefully works on this will take place in the Spring.
Many thanks to Pat O Brien and Tracy Ryan for managing the Bar, thanks also to Pat for the great work he has done with the rental of our facilities on a weekly basis.
Our multi million project in Park South has seen remarkable progress in the past year, in particular the opening of our fantastic 3G floodlight pitch has been a “game changer”. We have been fortunate to host a variety of games and training throughout the year, the last few months have seen the facility in use on a daily and nightly basis when grass pitches have been unavailable.
In the coming year we hope to make further progress with the opening of the Sand based pitch and the next phase of our development which will involve walkways, pitch drainage, road sub surfacing and the Dressing room / Ball Wall building.
Thanks to John Fenton for overseeing the regular work in Park South and to Liam, Donie, Ciaren, Jim, Pat, Pa, Dave , Paul and others for all of their continued work and support.
Thanks to everyone who helped throughout the year in many different ways, stewarding at games, opening/closing up, cutting grass, traffic management, etc it is all very much appreciated. Finally thanks to all in the Facilities and the various other committees for all your commitment and cooperation, here’s hoping for another great year both on and off the pitch.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year.
Christmas Raffle 2025
Well done to Mary & Coleman Quinn for overseeing our Xmas raffle on Friday evening, Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to our sponsors and to everyone who supported it.
Green Club
Midleton GAA is a founder member of GAA Green Clubs and GAA Healthy Clubs. We are anxious to get your views on sustainability and thus we are asking you to take the very short survey attached. Would you mind taking 2 minutes to complete this form? It would be great if you can submit your response by 24 Dec 2025. Thank you!
Please click on the link: https://tinyurl.com/4zsy6mc3
Friends of the Magpies
Our current featured Friends of the Magpies is Eamonn Crotty. His ongoing support has contributed to a year of fantastic progress on facilities at Park South with the opening of the new 3G pitch and the new sand based pitch looking good for playing on soon. This is providing even more access to all our members, youngest to oldest and to the wider Midleton and East Cork community. Many thanks for your continued support which is very much appreciated.
Lotto
There was No winner of our Lotto jackpot or match 3 winner. Well done to our lucky dip winners:
Thanks to everyone who supports our lotto. It is a vital weekly fundraiser for our club. Remember you can play anytime :
http://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/lotto
In total Midleton GAA will give out local business vouchers to the value of €3,800 every year as part of our “Shop Local, Buy Local” campaign.
How to play: tickets are on sale at Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwicks, Frank Murphy Butchers, Murphy’s Pharmacy, Crowley Butchers, or buy online (see above).
Bingo
Long Púc
Throwback to the original Long Puc in 1981 ……. Midleton participants gathered at the Thatch Bar Lisgoold, remembering fondly those who are sadly no longer with us.
Details for this years Long Púc are below. Hope to see you all bright and early !
Condolances
Midleton GAA one club would like to express its sincere condolances to the family of Joe Desomd who passed away. During his life Joe played a very important part in Midleton GAA club story, from playing to administration as well as being the club's representative at the county board. He was also a club selector and a Cork senior hurling selector in 1983 and 1984, being Chairman of the selection committee in 1984. He was also very involved in running card drives in the club as well as various other fund raising activities.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Signing off for the year !
This concludes our final club notes for the year. Thank you all for your participation and continued support.
The notes will resume in the New Year, and I will continue to keep you updated via our social media pages over the next few weeks. Until then, I would like to wish you and all your families a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Tracy Saunderson
Club PRO
