Maynooth GAA

They came, they saw, and then they delayed.After so much excitement and colour in the town, the 2010 Junior B Carnival has been put back a week to cope with the demand for tickets. There were queues as far back as Gillick's house in Greenfield Drive when Sean Donovan opened the doors of his Londis/Cemtra/Nisa (does anybody know what it's called anymore) shop on Wednesday morning. Gillick had just boiled the kettle for his morning brew when he discovered some supporters had camped out in his front garden overnight. He knew that the madness couldn't continue over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Now the Junior B Carnival moves to Saturday, 7 August, although it's a case of same Bat-time, same Bat-channel, as Kilcock remains the venue for the Clash of the Titans (Maynooth v Clogherinkoe) at 6pm in the quest for the Division 6 League title.
As the hype builds, Gillick has gone to ground, taking shelter from the paparazzi at his holiday hideaway on the French Riviera.

Maynooth's intermediate camogie team narrowly lost out to Kill in their Shield League Final on Monday night (26 July) in Johnstownbridge. In the end a Kill goal proved the telling score as Maynooth went down by two points, 1-4 to 0-5.

Intermediate Camogie Shield Final
Kill 1-4
Maynooth 0-5

It's time to get the bunting out - Maynooth is set to go football crazy when the much celebrated Junior Bs line out in the league final this Monday, 2 August. Team manager Mick Gillick is set to stir a frenzy in the town over the next seven days as he gets the town behind his charges. He won't have much work to do - already Barry Doyle and Sean Lennon have been spotted in the local hostelries telling everyone and anyone about the biggest occasion in Maynooth's storied junior football history.
Standing in their way are Clogherinkoe but Maynooth are notorious giant-killers, especially when the shaven headed Donal McAvinue is prowling around the edge of the square.
"I'm ready for this one," he said in Brady's front bar on Saturday night. "I'm back and I mean business."
Tickets are on sale from all usual outlets on Wednesday. The venue is Kilcock and the throw-in is at 6pm. The Angelus bell will hardly be heard above the throng of Maynooth supporters expected to pack the sidelines.

There was disappointment for the Junior hurling team as they went down to Coill Dubh in the first round of the championship last Friday night (23 July). Maynooth never really got going and were over-powered by a much stronger Coill Dubh side, 3-15 to 0-8.