History Articles

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The Origins of Football in the Parish of Kilvine (by Mattie Sheridan)

The first football teams in the parish were formed after the ending of the Civil War (1923-1924) – a team in Irishtown and a team in Ballindine. Some of the men on these teams had memories of playing football with a ball that consisted of newspapers tied with string in read more »

Football in the Forties and Fifties

Football continued to be played in the area throughout the ‘30s and ‘40s but not on an organised basis. Most games were between the local players themselves with the odd challenge ‘thrown in’. An interesting feature of the 1940’s was the Castlemagarrett League. This was organised by Una Guinness, wife read more »

MY YEARS (1963-1973) by Tom FitzGearld

In 1964 when Crossboyne GAA Club amalgamated with Garrymore, Irishtown players like Mark Connelly, Pa Kirrane, Kevin Mitchell and I, urged on by a sense of pride in our locality, decided to form a club in Irishtown under the guidance of Jimmy Curran, N.T., and Barney Donnellan, Garryduff. We formed read more »

How the name Davitts came into existence

Throughout the ‘50s and ‘60s the team played under the name ‘Ballindine’ at one stage and ‘Irishtown’ at another. In fact, the name ‘St. Josephs’ was also used, as could be seen from the initials ‘S.J.’ on the crest of the jerseys at this time. Since the title of the read more »

Success at Last (by Frank McGrath)

I began playing football for Irishtown/Ballindine as far back as 1964. Although training and organisation were not a strong point then, nevertheless some very good football was played. Two things I will always remember from that time: one is the pride they held for their parish and their ambition to read more »
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