I played Juvenile Football with the Oldcastle team ‘of 1950 and although we did not win any honours – we acquitted ourselves with the best. I started playing football with Oldcastle Junior Team n 1957. The first match I remember very well against local neighbours and friends on the Millbrook team. The match was played […]

Again we are indebted to Eddie O’Reilly of Summerbank for the following account of football in Millbrook. “In 1947 Millbrook entered a team in the Meath Junior Football Championship and continued to do so until the early 60s, when they amalgamated with Oldcastle. Whenever Millbrook football is recalled, the first name mentioned is that of […]

  Oldcastle Juvenile GAA ‘BBQ Night’ on THIS SATURDAY, 30 May 2015 in CREAN’S BAR All proceeds in aid of the U-14 Feile Team Music by Davey Rudden Tickets: €10

U-14 FL Div 4 (Round 7) Oldcastle 2 – 16 Drumconrath\Meath Hill 5 – 6 The under 14 finished the group games of the league unbeaten following a well earned win in a game played in Meath Hill. Despite Oldcastle on the attack from the start, it was the home side that opened the scoring […]

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Cup Final 2014 Report Cavan 1-16 Dublin 1-8 Cavan powered to victory over Dublin in the 25th Anniversary Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Cup Final played in Oldcastle this evening. A great game was expected by the two teams that were unbeaten in their respective groups in the ‘round robin’ games. That’s […]

My brothers Benny, Johnny, Paddy and I had a long and happy association with Oldcastle GAA Club and when m- playing days were over I spent many years as committee member and selector. The day which I shall never forget has come to be known as Bloody Sunday in 1937. The match was played in […]

Perhaps we should sketch in the historical background to the foundation o the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884. Just ten years before, in 1874, a Home Rule Association was founded, with Isaac Butt as chairman. In that year Butt entered the British Parliament with 59 Home Rulers. The following year,1875, Parnell entered Parliament for Meath […]

Mr Eddie O’Reilly of Summerbank, a lifelong supporter of every Irish Ireland project takes up the story. “The Golden Era of Gaelic football in Oldcastle was the late Thirties. In 1937 Oldcastle won The Meath Junior Football Championship, having defeated Ballinabrackey in the final by 3 goals 4 points to 1 goal 1 point. This […]

There was as far back as we can go, a great football tradition around Oldcastle. Nearly 70 years ago we had one of the first footbal teams – THE SONS OF FREEDOM. Johnny Ford (not long deceased, go Dia trocaire ar a n-anam) was the last surviving member of the team. At an even earlier […]