Local Tipperary GAA club claims victory in football memorial tournament

Cahir brought home the junior men’s cup at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé 2025, the famed club ladies and men’s Gaelic football tournament, which took place all across the Dingle Peninsula at the weekend.

The Tipperary men lost by a point in the final last year, but went one step further at the weekend.

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They were up against Cork’s Glengarriff in the straight knock-out semi-final beating them well by 4-18 to 0-09.

They went on to play play the final against Athgarvan of Kildare, who beat St Patrick’s of Limerick in their semi-final by 3-08 to 2-07.

Cahir had more in the tank though against the Kildare side, and ran out winners on a scoreline of 5-09 to 3-08.

16 counties from the four provinces of Ireland took part in the 36th edition of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé, with 28 adult men’s and ladies club teams coming for a weekend of competitive football and social events including popular Irish band Super Céilí at Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry, West Kerry.

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The football festival, which was founded by eight-time All-Ireland winner Páidí Ó Sé, is supported by Lidl Ireland, EJ Menswear, Kerry County Council Tourism Unit, Medel Healthcare, Dooctor.ie, Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, and has attracted over 30,000 club players since it was founded in 1989.

Comórtas Chairman, Pádraig Óg Ó Sé said; “Congrats to Cahir for winning the cup. The lads conducted themselves well on and off the pitch and we welcome them back next year to defend their title. We were gifted with great weather conditions and luckily there were no injuries of note to report over the weekend. We thank all our title sponsor Lidl who are a key driver of the growth of Ladies Gaelic games in Ireland through their LGFA sponsorship. They contribute every year to the vision my father had, which was to promote the club game and also to attract people to the beautiful Dingle Peninsula.”