White's Cross Gaa

We in White's Cross Gaa extend congratulations and best wishes to Upper Glanmire NS on qualifying for the Sciath na Scoil Hurling Final to be played tomorrow morning in Páirc Uí Chaoimh - throw in is at 11am. Given the fact the School already won the football final earlier in the school year, this is a particularly significant achievement - could the double be on!
With nineteen St. Colmcille's GAA boys in the squad for tomorrow it's a fantastic opportunity for the players to play in the hallowed turf at Cork GAA headquarters. Well done to the players and all involved in helping to promote Gaelic Games in the School.
Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh maidin amárach - Upper Glanmire abú!

last nights club lotto results!

Club Lotto – White’s Cross GAA The funds raised from our club lotto are used for facilities development. There has been a massive improvement in club facilities in the last 13 years since the inauguration of our lotto in 2012.

Comhgairdeachas le the girls and boys at Upper Glanmire NS who received their First Holy Communion last Saturday - the sun hasn't stopped shining since they received it!
As can be seen from the attached photo there's no such thing as a down-day for our members when it comes to Gaelic Games - the hurleys and footballs all made an appearance on the lá mór!
We hope you all had a truly memorable day.

White’s Cross 4-18 (4-2-14)

Ballyphehane 4-13 (4-0-13)

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Report from Echo - https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41850591.html

Extra time was required as White’s Cross eventually defeated Ballyphehane in an eight-goal thriller at Ballinlough, to be crowned AOS Security Seandún Division 4 Football League champions.

This closely contested encounter could have produced more goals, had it not been for wayward shooting by both sides in the opening half.

White’s Cross pulled away in the final period of extra time, as they kept Ballyphehane scoreless.

Patrick Harrington opened the scoring with a point for White’s Cross.

In the fourth minute, Harrington set up Sean Delaney for the game’s opening goal.

Danny Kiely and James Traynor responded with points from play for Ballyphehane.

This was followed by a pointed free by Kiely, which reduced the deficit to 1-1 to 0-3.

Brendan Quain replied with a point for White’s Cross, before Kiely converted his second free.

Ballyphehane took the lead for the first time in the contest when Paul Mealy set up Traynor for Ballyphehane’s first goal in the 17th minute.

Delaney responded with a point from play for White’s Cross.

Ballyphehane extended their lead by four points as Conor McCarthy won possession from a Ballyphehane kick-out to set up Kiely for their second goal.

Both sides traded three points each as Ballyphehane led 2-7 to 1-6 at the interval.

Quain and Traynor exchanged points in the opening minutes of the second half, before Ballyphehane found themselves pinned back.

Edwin Buckley converted three unanswered frees.

This was followed by Buckley’s first two-pointer from a free. Ballyphehane replied with points by Fielding and Jamie Thompson.

Thompson set up Fielding for Ballyphehane’s third goal, but Mark O’Keeffe responded with a goal for White’s Cross.

Edwin Buckley scored a point from play, followed by his second two-pointer from a free.

Ballyphehane responded with two points to force extra time.

The sides were still deadlocked after the first period of extra time as Tyreese O’Leary scored 1-1 for Ballyphehane.

Delaney replied with his second goal for White’s Cross. This was followed by a pointed 45 by Edwin Buckley.

In the second period of extra time, Delaney completed his hat-trick.

Barry Prendergast and Edwin Buckley each added points, to secure victory for White’s Cross.

Scorers for White’s Cross: S Delaney 3-1; E Buckley 0-10 (2 2pt f; 0-3f; 0-1 45); M O’Keeffe 1-0; B Quain 0-3; P Harrington 0-2; M Kelleher 0-1f; B Prendergast 0-1.

Ballyphehane: D Kiely 1-3 (0-2f); J Traynor, S Fielding 1-2 each; T O’Leary 1-1; J Thompson 0-3; C McCarthy 0-2.

White’s Cross: J Buckley; R Sherlock, R Quain, E Ryan; L Murphy, M O’Keeffe, C Dunne; D Kelleher, M Kelleher; S Twomey, S Delaney, M Mullins; F Quinlan, P Harrington, B Quain.

Subs: L Mullins for M Mullins, B Prendergast for Murphy, E Buckley for F Quinlan (all h/t); C Quinlan for Twomey (45), C O’Brien for Sherlock (29), Sherlock for D Kelleher (60); Twomey for Dunne (73), D Kelleher for Delaney (74, inj).

Ballyphehane: D Luxford; P Mealy, I O’Sullivan, D Lambert; E MacSweeney, Jamie O’Birne, B O’Gorman; F Long, C McCarthy; J Traynor, J Thompson, D O’Connor; O Sweeney, D Kiely, S Fielding.

Subs: C Bowen for McSweeney (35-38 temp), for O’Gorman (42), W Long for MacSweeney (46), Z Walsh for Sweeney (53), T O’Leary for Lambert (54), M Kenneally for Fielding (59), J Buckley for Kiely (60).

Referee: Danny Duggan (Bishopstown).

Wishing all the girls and boys from Scoil Naomh Micheál, Upper Glanmire NS making their First Communion today, a fun-filled day that will be filled with happy memories they will keep forever after. We hope they and their families enjoy it all from start to finish.

Sunday morning will see hopefully the first of many finals that the club will compete in 2026! Hopefully, we will get a good White's Cross crowd out to support the lads! Best of luck to all involved!

** AOS Security Division 4 Football League Final on this Sunday! **

Ballyphehane GAA and White's Cross Gaa will go head-to-head in a battle to become this years AOS Security Division 4 Football League Final winners. Throw-in is at 10:45am in Ballinlough this Sunday, 24th of May

Please note:
💰 - Entry for the Division 4 Football League Final will be €7 / €5 OAP, with both card and cash accepted on the gate
🚗 - Please park responsibly and respect our neighbours while visiting Ballinlough.
👥 - Please respect the referee, his match officials and all Seandún GAA volunteers while visiting Ballinlough
📍 - Extra time and Penalties on the day if necessary

The U12 girls were delighted to take part in the Kieran Dunne Memorial blitz hosted by St Vincent’s on Saturday 17th. It was a great occasion where the blitz was kicked off by a piper leading the teams onto the pitch followed by a lovely rendition of the National Anthem. Then it was straight into action for the girls. The standard of camogie was high & our girls showed great skill & commitment throughout all their games. The event concluded with a medal ceremony for all the girls, which were well deserved. Thank you to St Vincent’s for inviting us to a very enjoyable day of camogie & fun, a great experience for the girls 😀

White's Cross GAA has exciting development plans to cater for the needs of our ever-growing members, including the purchase and development of a second field . At present we lease our juvenile field but are now in the process of buying it - this is turn will allow us to develop the grounds. To do this we are creating a number of subcommittees to assist with different forms of fundraising and so we are looking for volunteers from our membership base.
If fundraising doesn't tickle- your-fancy there will be other elements to the project where we will need assistance too.
If you would be willing to assist, in any way, we would be delighted to hear from you. Pop a message to Conor K on 087 6293430 or Sean C on 087 290 3121 to register your interest.
This really is a case of many hands make light work so in the words of Mrs Doyle "Go on, go on, go on..."!!!