Last Sunday, Ballinacourty Senior Footballers won the County Senior Football Championship with a 0-12 to 0-5 victory over Stradbally. This week's 'Blast from the Past' is a song penned by the late Dom Enright to greet the club's first County Senior Football Championship win over Clashmore in 1978.
'THE CUP IS IN BALLINACOURTY'
Stradbally, Kill, the
Mitchels, Dunhill,
All bent the knee
before us;
And then, score by
score, we defeated Clashmore,
So join me in the
chorus.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
Our backs they will
last out the hour,
They’re marshalled by
captain Joe Power;
And the Cashins are dashing,
the rest are all smashing,
And soon Clashmore’s
cream turned sour.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
At midfield two
six-footers stand,
In their beards you’ll
agree they look grand.
When the ball comes
out high they reach for the sky,
They could easily
jump over the strand.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
Our forwards, each
one is a flyer,
They’re led on by
John O’Dwyer.
Now the time is just
up, so bring out the Cup,
And we’ll gather
round the blazing bonfire.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
Mulligan, Mansfield,
Matt Power,
This surely was their
finest hour;
Now ’tis plain to be
seen that they picked the right team;
And the Championship
Cup is now ours.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
A tribute to Secretary
Bernard,
Did anyone ever work
so hard?
In the highest esteem
we have Chairman Ned Keane,
So rise up the White
and the Green.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
The Hanrahans, Kielys
and Flynn;
With Moloney we
surely must win,
For Shields wouldn’t
yield as he drove down the field
To Séamus Fitzgerald
on the wing.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.
The last two for
twists and for turns,
Pat Enright and brave
Johnny Burns,
Now before I move on,
just to finish this song,
Our heart for the
hurling still yearns.
Chorus
Here’s to Ballinacourty,
They’re fast and they’re game and they’re sporty.
Though we lost in the past, we’re champions at last,
And the Cup’s out in Ballinacourty.