Veronica Wright A sister of Liza Carry and sister in law of Tommy. Also the aunt of players Colm and Thomas. George and Derry Smith Relatives of the Grimes family while Larry, a brother of George, played with the club for many years. Marie Cooney The mother of Julie and mother in law of club chairman Niall Carry. Ciara O’Brien The daughter of Drumbaragh N.S. teacher Mrs O’Brien. Bridget Farrelly The mother of Leanne Monaghan and mother in law of Barry Monaghan, a former secretary and a keen supporter of the club. Noel Morris (Bective) Noel’s late father Mick was one of the founder members of the club and Club President at the time of his death. Noel was a keen supporter of the Bective club. Bective GAA. Christopher "Kit" Carpenter Kit was President of the Syddan club at the time of his death. He died the same week as another Syddan great, Phil O Brien. Kit won an intermediate medal with the club in 1941 and replaced Tom Keegan after his injury in an intermediate semi final against Castletown in Rathkenny in 1940. Tom was to die from those injuries. Kit’s son Tom (Bucky) Carpenter was full back for the club circa 1970-1980 and was part of the Meath panel which won the NFL in 1975. Syddan GAA. Oliver Brady (Dunboyne) Oliver Brady was Chairman of St Peter's Dunboyne from 1986 to 1993 and in that time the club won both intermediate hurling and football championships. He helped relaunch the Camogie section with others in the sixties with huge success. Oliver was the driving force behind locating the new clubhouse and grounds to its present location on the Rooske road. On the playing side he won a juvenile hurling championship in 1953 and an intermediate medal in 1962. One of his proudest times as Chairman was welcoming home the 1987/’88 All Ireland winning football teams to Dunboyne. Oliver was a master at fund raising and such as Donkey Derbys, Field Days, Bingo to Duck Races were all tried under his stewardship. John Curran (Scotland /Dunboyne) John died in May and served as IT Officer with St. Peter’s on many occasions and was one of the people responsible for developing the club web site. He was also a keen photographer and could always be relied upon to take high quality photographs at club functions and post them on the website. Not only a great asset to St Peter’s G.A.A. Club for his computer experience, John had a great love of music and played for many years in the Maynooth Brass Band. Eileen Watters (Dunboyne) Eileen was a member of the original Social Club attached to St Peter's G.A.A. Club and
was prominent for a long number of years at the Field Day in Tom's Field. She hosted many a table at club American Tea Parties. Eileen had a great love of the GAA and prominent on her kitchen wall was a photograph of herself and her late husband Bert holding both the Sam Maguire and the Liam McCarthy cups in that same kitchen. She was so proud to say both cups had visited their home.
Rathkenny. Michael was uncle to Edmund Curtis, present Chairman of Rathkenny GFC.
Rita Lynch (Dunboyne) Rita played a prominent role in the life of St. Peter’s for many years until her death in March. In the 1960’s she was part of the committee that reorganised camogie and got it up and running again in Dunboyne. She was delighted to attend the camogie re-union organised by the club in late 2011. The club’s Meath senior camogie championship winning teams from 1969 to 1979 were honoured. Rita was also heavily involved in the fund raising section of the club and was an avid supporter of all St Peter’s teams from juvenile through to adult level. Rita Lynch was a very worthy recipient of the Club Person of the Year Award in 1982 for her dedication and efforts on behalf all sections in St Peter's.
Joe Greene of Roughgrange, Donore, The Greene family has links to Rathkenny Parish.
Pat Thompson (Dunboyne) Pat was the father of Aoife who was a member of the Meath camogie team which won the All Ireland junior camogie title this year. His son Cillian is also a playing member of the club. Dunboyne GAA send their sincerest sympathies to the families of all club members, players and supporters who suffered a bereavement in the year gone. John Ward (Athboy) John played hurling and football with the old Athboy club during the 1950’s, winning a number of championships in the process. John (Jackie) Keogh (Gillstown, Athboy) Jackie was a member of the Athboy senior hurling panel during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. John McCormack (Athboy) John and the McCormack family were heavily associated with Martinstown. He also played for the now defunct club. Thanks to Brian O’Connor for submitting the Clann na nGael obituaries. Lilly Walker, (née Reid) of Chord Road, Drogheda, Louth Lilly was an aunt of John, Gerard, & Michael Reid who all had distinguished playing careers with Rathkenny. Mary Kavanagh, Stackallen, Slane, Meath Mary was Mother of John, Seamus, Charlie & Olive, all loyal followers of Rathkenny. Jim Hanratty, Broomfield, Collon, Meath The Hanratty family has a long association with Rathkenny GFC with whom they played for many years. Michael Gray of Bellavista, Dunmoe, Navan, Meath Michael’s wife Marie is a Curtis from
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Tom Hoey of Ladyrath, Wilkinstown, Navan, Meath Tom was a loyal supporter of the Rathkenny teams over the years and a very proud man when he drove the team home to Rathkenny after they won the Intermediate Football Championship in 2006.
Helen O'Brien, (née Lenehan) Tubbergregan, Garristown, Dublin Helen was a relative of the Lenehan family from Rathkenny, with Ivan and Brian current senior players. Nancy Corrigan (nee Reid), Sandyford Terrace, Drogheda, Louth Nancy was related to John, Gerard, & Michael Reid who all had distinguished playing careers with Rathkenny. Gertrude (Gerty) Lane, St Mary Park, Navan, Meath Gerty was a relative of the Timmons family from Rathkenny. Amy Hand Amy was mother of Catriona McGuinness whose husband Tom is heavily involved with Rathkenny Juvenile club. Maeve Binchy, Dalkey, Dublin. Maeve was the famous Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist who was related to the Townsend family from Rathkenny. Rathkenny GFC play at Dr Townsend Park, given to us by the Townsend family. Eoin Wogan, Gernonstown, Slane Eoin played Juvenile football with Rathkenny before departing for New York where he sadly passed away this September. Thomas (Timmy) Connolly, Coghalstown, Wilkinstown, Navan Timmy was father of current Rathkenny Vice Chairman Raymond who won Junior Championship honours with Rathkenny in 1984 in a distinguished playing career. Another son Colm also played for Rathkenny. Rose Hanratty of Grangegeeth, Collon, Meath Rose had relatives in the Hanratty and Carolan families in Rathkenny. Our sincere thanks to Secretary Gerry Gavagan who, as usual, efficiently covered all obituaries within the Rathkenny club. Paschal Reilly (Grange, Dunsany) Paschal, like his father Noel before him, was synonymous with Teagasc in Grange. He worked there for 38 years: initially as a farm hand and ultimately replacing his dad as caretaker after his unexpected death in 1996. During his time in Grange, Paschal saw and engaged in lots of change, with staff coming and going and new buildings popping up across and beside the campus. Yet with – and in spite of – all the various transformations in Grange, Paschal’s