| History
CIGFC History
The
first ever Cayman Gaelic football match was played between an
Ulster 15 and a Rest of Ireland Select 15 at the Rugby Club in
South Sound on July 18th, 1987.
The
Ulster
side captained by Noel Reilly (and unsportingly fielding former
Cavan county player J.J. Reilly) started as favourites however it
was the Brian Gillen lead Rest of Ireland side that took the
spoils pulling away in the end to record a (2-9) to (2-5) victory
over their Northern brethren.
Following on from this inaugural game it was
decided that a second match be organized for St.Patrick's day
1988. This proved successful to the point that the football game
now marks the centerpiece of the annual St.Patrick's day
celebrations on these islands.
It is worth recording that the first ever Puc Fada
competition took place back on St. Patrick's Day 1974 between
Tommy Costello and Rory Healy - the result of which is still in
dispute!
An informal men’s 7-a-side league was established
in 1998. The team names;
Western Gaels
(Green), Wolfe Tones (White), Gabriels (Red) and Cabra Gaels
(Blue) which were picked by the captains have been retained to
this day.
Anthony
Fallon organised the fabrication of transportable goal posts, an
engineering feat in itself! with bankers Ben Gillooly, Sean Flynn,
Joe Keane and Conor O'Dea generating generously to this cause.
Following
the success of the league (over 40 players) it was decided to
establish a formal club complete with constitution and officers
and so a meeting of interested parties was held on May 19th,
1999.
The
following officers were elected:
President:
Rory Healy (Kerry)
Chairman: Adrian Lynch (
Limerick
)
Secretary: Viv Morahan
(Roscommon)
Treasurer: Noel Reilly (Cavan)
PRO:
Dara Hurley (Wexford)
Officers:
Anthony
Fallon
(Galway)
Mick Barnes (
Dublin
)
Dermot Dennis
(
Dublin
)
Godfrey Cooke
(Galway)
Gerry Gregg
(
Dublin
)
Paul
Deegan
(Wexford)
Dave Sheehan
(
Cork
)
The
inaugural ladies football league was organised by Joan Connolly in
2001. The team names which were picked; Na Piarsaigh, Buffer’s
Alley & Oliver Plunketts have also been retained by the ladies
league ever since.
Past
Chairpersons
1999
- 2000 Adrian
Lynch (
Limerick
)
2000
- 2001 Dave
Nelson (Louth)
2001
- 2002 Dave
Nelson (Louth)
2002
- 2003 Mick
Kehoe (Wexford)
2003
- 2004 Roger
Casey (
Waterford
)
2004
- 2005 Roger
Casey (
Waterford
)
2005
- 2006 Ger
Finnegan (Wexford)
2006
- 2007 Howard
Byrne (Kildare)
Past Presidents
1999 -
2000 Rory
Healy
(Kerry)
2000 -
2001 Rory
Healy
(Kerry)
2001 -
2002 Michael
Bradley (Kerry)
2002 -
2003 Michael
Bradley (Kerry)
2003 -
2004 Michael
Bradley (Kerry)
2004 -
2005 Michael
Bradley (Kerry)
2005 -
2006 Rory
Healy
(Kerry)
2006
- 2007 Rory
Healy
(Kerry
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