Saturday, January 25, 2014

Photo of the Week

Club History Book Launch, 1980
Back Row (L to R): Tony Mansfield, Jack Kiely, Jimmy O'Leary, Greg Fives, Pat Moore, Séamus Fitzgerald, Bobby Buckley.
Front Row (L to R): Danny Lenihan, Matthew Hogan, Liam Enright, Bernard Shields, Tom Regan.

This week's photo shows committee members at the launch of the club's history book Dún na Mainistreach / Baile na Cúirte: The Growth and Development of a GAA Club at the Ocean View Hotel, Clonea in August 1980. Running to 303 pages, the book chronicled the earliest days of the club right up to the playing year of 1979. The book was priced at £3 with a print run of 2,000 and was the first of its kind by a GAA club in Waterford.
Club History
Abbeyside / Ballinacourty GAA Club was formed in 1967 as a result of the amalgamation of Abbeyside Hurling and Football Clubs and Ballinacourty Football Club. It is situated within the Parish of Abbeyside, Ballinroad and Garranbane. Located on the eastern side of the River Colligan, it forms the northern and eastern shorelines of Dungarvan Harbour from Abbeyside Church to Ballinacourty Lighthouse
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Development Fund
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA Club has been growing at a dramatic pace over the past 10 years with the population of our parish increasing rapidly. We must ensure that we have the best facilities for all our players. We want to ensure that the next generation have the facilities that they need and deserve. We are asking supporters and friends to support this project over the next five years.
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Strategic Plan
Past generations have had their visions for the future of our club. These are our current aims and with these achieved we hope to hand on the club to future generations in the same healthy state it was passed onto us.
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Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA Club, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
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