captain, Ian Coffey, as well as defenders Aonghus Hanna and Jack Byrne. Athlone Community College captured their second North Leinster Colleges League title before Christmas (their first league success preceded the 2008 championship win). Certainly, no effort is being spared as Fallon and co. regularly oversee 7am training sessions and has enlisted the help of well-known physical trainer Paul Buckley, who is attached to Custume Barracks in Athlone. “They are a very honest, committed and talented group of players" says Joe. “We’ve won the North Leinster League and had good wins over Celbridge and Athy in the first two rounds of the championship. We were drawn against reigning All-Ireland champions St Mary's, Edenderry in the quarter final and while we underperformed on the day, Edenderry were worthy three point winners. Ronan Daly shoots for goal in the Leinster Colleges SF ‘A’ championship “We have players from all over south quarter-final against Edenderry Westmeath as well as Roscommon, Galway and launched. The School of Excellence has been twinned with Offaly. Eoin McCormack and Brian Shaughnessy, who are the aforementioned St. Pat’s Academy in Dungannon, Co. both from Ballinasloe, are Galway minors. We have another Tyrone who play Athlone Community College at U14 level seven or eight Roscommon minors and then you have the on a home and away basis every year. The ‘twinning’ is likes of Ray Connellan and Matthew Darling from Athlone, aimed at building on the fine achievements of the school’s Eric Kearney and Ken Dolan from Garrycastle and Michael past-pupils and consolidating its position as one of the McMahon from Caulry representing the Westmeath side.” Donie Shine (Clann na nGael), John Connellan (Athlone), foremost football nurseries in the country. Cathal McHugh (St. Brigid’s), Mark McCallon and Doran Harte(Garrycastle), Ben Moran (Caulry), John Egan Best Wishes to Athlone Community College, from (Athlone) and Ian Coffey (Tubberclair) are among the pastpupils of Athlone Community College who have gone on to play inter-county football in recent years. The school’s commitment to Gaelic football is underlined Blyry Commercial Park, Athlone by the awarding of five bursaries – in partnership with Westmeath VEC and the Westmeath and Roscommon county boards – each year along with the provision of necessary playing gear for all students who partake in the Kieran Hunt Cup. In 2011, an U14 Gaelic Football School of Excellence was
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