Achill Pub Pool League

After almost six months of competitive action in the Achill Pub Pool, it came to a finish last night with the Shield & Cup Finals Night in Ted's Bar.

*SHIELD FINAL*
Alices B took on The Compass Bar to see who would be crowned the 1st ever winners of this new competition.
The Currane lads got off to a great start with both Stephen Grealis & JD O' Malley winning the first 2 frames. Alices B came fighting back & took the next 3 frames through Aiden Kilbane, Oisin Grealis & Diarmuid Cooney.
Pat Gerry leveled it up to make it 3-3 after the 1st 6 singles matches.
They extended their lead in the Doubles matches with Paraic Patten & JP O' Malley, then Stephen & JD winning their matches.
Joey Dunleavy & Oisin Grealis won the last Doubles to make it a 5-4 scoreline.
The Currane men took the next 2 frames through Rory Gallagher & JD so that meant Pat Gerry could decide the outcome. In a close battle with Jack, Pat held his nerve to make the all important pot to win it for hi team.
Fantastic achievement & congratulations to The Compass Bar team who were deserved winners on the night & they were also without important players on the night in Diarmuid O' Malley, Pat Cooney, Seamus Gallagher & Jason Cattigan. Commiserations to all the Alices B team captained by Jack Kilbane who had some memorable victories throughout the league campaign & will be back stronger & more experienced for next season.Tony McGing & Mary Molloy made the presentation to Captain on the night Paraic Patten to great scenes & noise from the onlooking crowd🏆🎉🎊

*CUP FINAL*
Finally after many years of trying & being so close to winning the league, it was Alices A that came out victorious on a 8-5 scoreline over Pattens Bar to be crowned champions for 2026🏆
As always both teams were evenly matched heading into the Final so a great match was in prospect for everyone.
After the first 6 singles matches, Alices A held a 4-2 lead over their opponents with David Ryder, Micheal Mcloughlin, Eamonn Dunleavy & Kieran McGinty winning frames for them while Stuart Latimer & Jake Stanton won for Pattens.
The doubles section saw Alices winning 2 of 3 frames through Cathal Mcloughlin & Eamon, then Kieran & Ger Ryan. Stuart & Jake got 1 frame for Pattens to leave the score at 6-3.
So it was into the last set of singles & Pattens won the first two with Ian Sheehy & Stuart winning to bring their team within 1 frame of Alices.
Cathal got the next one meaning if Ger could beat Blondie Kilbane, it would be theres.
Not much between the two of them in this match, Ger gave himself a black on the cushion to double it to the middle pocket, he composed himself, then make a great pot to seal the victory for Alices A🏆 Great scenes of celebrations followed afterwards. The big crowd that was in Teds Bar erupted into cheers & noise.
Ian & Stuart who was the captain of Pattens team received the Runners-up prize money from Paul Gallagher. Hard luck to all the Pattens team who came up just short after another great season overall. They'll be back next year stronger & hungrier than ever hoping to win it.
Then it was time for the winners to be crowned.
Captain of the Alices A team, Micheal Mcloughlin called up his teammates to receive their trophies & the winners prize money from Paul and then he finally lifted the Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Cup that every team wants to win🎉
Great achievement for all their team & especially for Micheal & Cathal who's father this competition is in memory off. A man who had done so much for pool in Achill in the past & hopefully he was looking down with great pride in his sons winning. Congrats to all of their players👏👏
Big thanks to Joe, Deirdre & all the staff of Teds Bar for hosting the final, it was a superb venue for it & also for the food midway through the match, very much appreciated👏
Thanks to Ger Ryan for all his help with the streaming of the final, fantastic coverage 👌
Thanks to John Duffy of Duffys Amusements for supplying the two tables which were in top class condition for the finals👍
Thanks to everyone who bought lines for the 50/50 draw. Well done to both winners of it, Mary Molloy & Noreen Gallagher👏
Massive thanks also to both Tony McGing & Paul Gallagher for doing a great job of reffing the Finals, much appreciated lads 👍
Many thanks to all the pubs who entered teams in the comp this time & also massive thanks to all the players who were involved in the league this season, without them this comp simply wouldn't happen👏
Thanks to all the committee members for their work throughout the year. Hopefully all the teams will be back for the next one with some more new teams also🤞This pub pool league is open to everyone both male & female to enter.

The last competition of the pool calendar in Achill will take place in April, when the Christy Henry Memorial Pool Competition will be held in Achill Island Hotel, date TBC.
So hopefully a lot will come out & support that🤞
Thanks🎱

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Introducing the 2026 Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Achill Pub Pool League Cup Winners,
the Alices A team Achill Island Hotel 🏆
Massive congratulations to all their team on finally lifting the Cup🎉🎉🎉
More detailed post to follow later.

And the Inaugural Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Shield Winners are The Compass Bar Currane 🏆
Congratulations to all the lads🎉 More detailed post to follow later

It's all systems go here at Ted's Bar, not long left till the Finals night kicks-off at 8pm with the Shield Final, then it's the Cup Final at 9.30pm🏆🏆
Great night of pool action ahead making Teds Bar the only place to be this Saturday night 🎱🎱🎱

Just over 24 hrs to the biggest night of the Achill Sporting Calendar, with Ted's Bar hosting the Finals night from 8pm onwards.
First up is the Inaugural Shield Final, in which Alices B & The Compass Bar will go head to head to see who will become the 1st ever Shield winners. The Compass Bar finished 4th in the league with Alices B just behind them in 5th position.
The two sides met earlier in the league campaign, where The Compass Bar had a convincing victory over their opponents so Alices B will be looking to make amends for that but anything happen on the night.

Then at 9.30pm the Cup final takes centre stage when Alices A & Pattens Bar battle it out to see who will be crowned Cup winners of the Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Achill Pub Pool League for 2026.
Alices A finished 1st in the League phase of the competition, while Pattens finished in 3rd place & had a narrow victory over Alices A.
Pattens are looking to win it for a record 5th time while Alices A are making their 4th Final appearance and will be eager to lift the Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Cup for the first time.

Best of luck to all of the teams involved 🤞
All support greatly appreciated so come along for a great night of pool action where there will be a 50/50 draw, music & food on the evening also.
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Just some of the iconic images from past Achill Pub Pool League Finals, great memories📸
Who will be this years Cup Champions & what team will win the Inaugural Shield Final, come along this Saturday night 7th March to Ted's Bar from 8pm onwards to find out🎱🏆🎱🏆🎱

As the countdown to the Achill Pub Pool League Finals Night this Saturday night in Teds Bar begins,
here's a recap of all the previous winners of the Michael Mcloughlin Memorial Achill Pub Pool League Cup🏆🎱

2018 🏆 Alices Bar B beat The Way Inn Bar
2019 🏆 Pattens Bar beat The Way Inn Bar
2020 🏆 Teds B beat Alices A
2021 No League played due to Covid restrictions
2022 🏆 Pattens Bar beat Teds B
2023 🏆 Pattens Bar beat Teds B
2024 🏆 Teds B beat Alices A
2025 🏆 Pattens Bar beat Alices A

🎱🎱Champion of Achill 2026 Report🎱🎱

Champion of Achill Main Competition

A competition which started off on Friday Evening saw 4 matches take place, in one being a father vs son game in Jack V Aiden Kilbane, this game ended off which Jack coming out on the better side with a 4/2 win, the other winners of the Friday session were Joey Dunleavy, Brandon McGing and David Calvey.

Saturday Morning came around and we had a Jason Cattigan vs Gerry Gardiner which was a tough game to call before it started, Jason Ended up winning this 4/1 and this tie ended up becoming the shield final towards the end of the night after a long day of pool.

The Last 32 in the main cup started off and there were 2 stand out results which had many people watching in being Jake Stanton Vs Declan Foley, in where Declan gave himself a good name in the Achill pool scene by going toe to toe with the Runner Up of this competition in being Jake Stanton, the other result was Sean Gallagher from Dooniver beating Teds Veteran Tony McGing 4/2.

The last 16 came around and Ian Sheehy knocked out the reigning champion of Achill Diarmuid O’Malley 5/2 which meant we would have a brand new winner of this cup. In the Quarter finals it was Kieran Mcginty Vs Ian Sheehy, a lot of spectators watching this game tipped the winner of this matchup were to win out the competition in which Kieran Mcginty did in fashion by beating Ian 6/5 then storming through both Aaron Cafferkey in the semi final then setting up a final clash with Pattens Jake Stanton, Kieran Mcginty started off very strong by going 3/0 up on Jake. Jake pulled one frame back to try and make it a comeback, but from there on Kieran sailed through and beat Jake on the scoreline of 7/1 to become the Champion of Achill for 2026 and collect his first singles title in an Achill competition.

Champion of Achill Shield Competition

The Shield Competition started off with both of the favourites being drawn in against eachother in being Stuart Latimer and Jason Cattigan, Jason beat Stuart 3/0 on this tie. The semi finals were set an it was Pat Kilbane vs Jason Cattigan and Tony McGing vs Gerry Gardiner, Jason and Gerry both won these game on a score on 5/2 each and set up a repeat of the cup game they had earlier into the shield final.

Gerry Gardiner was the reigning shield winner from the year previous which added a bit more pressure to the final, Jason started off well and Gerry then added the pressure by making it 5/4, Jason the finished the game 6/4 and won his first singles title in Achill.

Thank Yous:

Cathal, Una Mcloughlin and all staff at Óstán óilean Acla

John Patten and Josie Mclouglin for the use of their tables.

Sean Coyne and Brian Armstrong at Connacht Ammusements for their generous sponsor and continued support of Achill Pool.

Martin P***k and Diarmuid Cooney for helping Jack conduct the draw.

Sean Gallagher,Aiden Kilbane,Brandon McGing, Eoin Murphy, Cathal McLoughlin for helping move tables from pub to pub.

Ger Ryan and Eamonn Dunleavy for the use of streaming equipment and tablets for cuescore.

A thank you to all 40 players that made the day possible and to the new players that played their first competitive competition in Achill.

Achill Pool Committee for the help of brushing and ironing tables and the great ideas to keep these competitions running.

Best of luck to Alice’s A, Pattens Bar, Alice’s B and The Compass Bar Currane in the pub league finals this weekend.

Next Competition will be the Annual Christy Henry Memorial Competition in April.

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Champion of Achill Final

Kieran McGinty V Jake Stanton

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