Match Reports

Senior football v Ballinteer St John’s in championship at O’Toole Park on 7 September 2024 Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 13 Ballinteer St John’s 2 – 8 By Paddy Walsh This do-or-die game was always going to be tense and so it proved. Playing with the hill, Boden was first to score when Ryan O’Dwyer…

Senior football league v Kilmcaud Crokes at Páirc Uí Mhurchú on 8 May 2024 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 15 Kilmacud Crokes 2 – 8 Games between these sides are always going to be tense affairs and this was no different. After some cagey early movement, Ryan O’Dwyer (returning from injury) popped over the first…

Gizmo reports in novissimo tempore BBSE 0-16 Ballymun 1-1 “VICTORI SPOLIA” (to the victor, the spoils), roared a pissed-up Donagh O’Farrell as he made his way home from Coppers, after spending the night celebrating with the Under 21 footballers, following their victory in the County Final. “Carpe Diem (seize the day), is what I said…

U21D Championship semi-final BBSe 1-09 Whitehall 3-05 The Rubber Bandit reports The old adage that goals win games came back to haunt our U21 B’s on Saturday last when Whitehall Colmcille’s visited Sancta Maria for the U21 D Football semi final. Ballyboden were slow to settle into this game and the visitors had 1-2 scored…

Gizmo reports from PUM If it “takes a village to raise a child”, then it takes a club to reach a 21’s football final……………. “Painkillers. Has anyone got any pain killers?” roared a dishevelled Maguire as he ran the line of supporters looking to acquire drugs of any description. Nothing new there, I hear you say. But…

U21A Camogie Championship  Sunday 19th November Ballyboden St. Enda’s​ 0-10 Lucan Sarsfields​ 2-07 After a free-flowing and great display away to Jude’s on the opening weekend of the U21A Championship, we welcomed Lucan Sarsfields to Pairc UÍ Mhurchú on a damp and breezy Sunday morning for our second and final group clash. Playing against the wind in the first…

Ballyboden St. Endas: 2-10​Kilmacud Crokes: 2-3 It was under the shadow of Bray Head where we encountered our first championship game against hosts Kilmacud Crokes. Keen to get proceedings underway given a very busy morning schedule, the referee would likely let things flow and thus avoid too much added time. Given the sense of urgencyalready established, Amy Brennan set down a marker…

Senior football league semi final v St Judes in Páirc Uí Mhurchú on 18 November 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 11 St Judes 1 – 10 On the eve of this match, we learned that Colm Basquel won his first All Star, which was a big boost to the team before this important match….

Ballyboden St Endas 6:08  Kilmacud Crokes 3:07 Report: Connell McGlynn;  Pics. Dave Rusk  [more here] The final of all finals, the Ballyboden Boys Minor took to the field in O’Toole Park on Sunday morning with strapped ankles, wrists and knees, all the scars of a hard championship journey – away to Thomas Davis, St Sylvesters and…

Lucan Sarsfields 0:13  BBSE 2:11 Match Report:  Connell McGlynn, Pics: Dave Rusk [more here] Semi-finals in the Minor A Championship don’t get any better than a trip away to Lucan Sarsfields GAA, by far the biggest game of the year for the Boden Boys where everything would be left on the pitch and the winner takes all….

Gizmo reports from the County Final “It will be a slow weepy slide down the shower wall for me”, said an emotional Declan Maguire immediately after a heartbreaking loss to Kilmacud Crokes in the 2023 County Final. The stress of the occasion was evident, as Maguire looked like he had a stroke on both sides of…

Gizmo reports from a dark room “I’ve a head on me like Oliver Plunkett”, said Junior A Player / Manager David Gilheaney when we contacted him for comment the day after a historic win for his Junior A side. “I think I got a bad pint last night, I’m hangin’. The first 12 pints were…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 2-8 Na Fianna 0-7 Report by Kevin Doherty For the second year in a row, Ballyboden St.Enda’s faced off against northside rivals, Na Fianna. Almost a year to the day in 2022, Ballyboden had secured their first intermediate title in fifty-one years and were now bidding for a second in two years….

Senior football County final v Kilmacud Crokes on 22 October 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 9 Kilmacud Crokes 1 – 14 Report by Paddy Walsh The senior footballers’ championship journey came to a disappointing end in Parnell Park on Sunday when Kilmacud Crokes proved to be too strong on the day. Crokes were first…

Gizmo reports from Junior A Championship BBSE 4-11 Fingal Ravens 0-15 A brace of goals in an electric 5-minute period, from the cultured boot of Jimmy Meaney, set the tone for what was an accomplished performance from this maturing group of players. In what was described as ‘Mission Impossible’, the trip out to Rolestown was…

Baile Buadáin Nh. Éanna 1-15 Ballymun Kickhams 0-13 A lively intermediate football championship semifinal entertained a large crowd in O’Toole Park on Saturday. For October, the weather was unseasonably warm with the temperature in the mid-20s, even at 4 pm. Both teams had reached this stage of the competition with some good performances; Boden had…

Senior football championship semi-final v St Jude’s in Parnell Park on 8 October 2023 Report by Paddy Walsh Ballyboden St Enda’s 3 – 13 St Jude’s 0 – 9 This local derby was keenly awaited and very difficult to predict the result. However, Boden hit the ground running and in the first minute, James Holland…

St. Vincents showcased why they are the Dublin and Leinster Champions when they were hosted by Senior Camogie on PUM on Sunday 24th. An early goal got them off the mark first, but Boden responded with a free from Doireann Mullany. Vincent’s worked several more scores, while points from Leonie Power and Katie McDonald narrowing…

An Afternoon that had everything except the result. Gale force winds,rain , sunshine, leads built up, comebacks , extra time and the heartbreak of losing on penalties. A topsy turvy first half saw Boden playing against the wind. With our usual keeper Ben O’Riordan out injured, Jack Finn started in Goal and despite kicking out…

On the back of a good win against Na Fianna, the Senior Camogie team were eager to continue in the same vane at PUM on Sunday 10th September. However, it would be no mean feat, seeing as the next opponent was Lucan Sarsfields, who had drawn with Dublin Champions, St. Vincents in their opening game….

Gizmo reports from Round 3 of Junior A Championship Due to a long-running contractual dispute with the Executive, (to accurately document the Junior A team’s season), unfortunately I have been forced to resort to strike action. It’s not a choice like my diet, it’s a necessity like my drinking. Therefore, this week’s report will be…

A glorious evening on Jude’s magnificent Tymon Park pitch was the venue for the final group game of the Intermediate All-County championship. While progress to the knockout stage involved a number of permutations, a win for current county champions would see us through. A big crowd had assembled to witness this long-awaited encounter including a…

Senior football championship v Templeogue Synge Street in O’Toole Park on 10 September 2023 Ballyboden St Enda 3 – 17 Templeogue Synge Street 2 – 7 Report by Paddy Walsh This was a dead rubber game as Boden were already through to the quarter-final as group winners and Templeogue Synge Street had no chance of…

Having won one and lost one of their group games, Boden Junior D team needed a win against St. James Gaels/An Caisleán in Ballycullen on Sunday to make sure of progressing to the Championship Quarter Finals. The rain teemed down and continued as the ball was thrown in. St James opened the scoring with a…

It was a drizzly August morning when the Boden Senior A Camogie team ventured to Mobhi Road to kick off their 2023 Go Ahead Senior Championship to play last years finalists, Na Fianna. Boden started well, with two frees from Sarah Nagle and Doireann Mullany pointing from play. The home side got on the scoreboard…

Gizmo reports from Junior Championship “We have to take one game at a time”, said club stalworth Danny O’Connell, a man with all the warmth and charm of Vladimir Putin. Playing away to Whitehall, in Round 2 of the Junior A Championship, this game was always going to be an uphill battle. Following a spell…

Senior football championship v Ballinteer St Johns in O’Toole Park on 26 August 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 17 Ballinteer St Johns 1 – 13 Report by David Rusk. Boden opened the scoring with a good point from Ros McGarry after a great dispossession by Colm Basquel. Ballinteer levelled matters with a free a…

On a horrible night for football BBSE got their championship back on track. A score for the traditionalists set the scene – a 60 metre kickout from Ben O’Riordan to brother Dan in midfield two solos and a 40 metre pass to Conor McGrath who turned and popped it over the black spot.3 great goals…

Senior football championship v Ballymun in Parnell Park on 9 August 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 16 Ballymun 1 – 11 Report by Paddy Walsh This was always going to be a tough start to the championship, and so it proved with Boden coming home winners after a late scoring surge. With plenty of…

Senior football league V Ballinteer St John’s in Loreto Park on 1 July 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 19 Ballinteer St Johns 4 – 8 Goals normally win games but luckily for the visiting team goals were not enough for Ballinteer in this game. Playing on a very small pitch, Ross McGarry popped over…

Senior football league v Castleknock in Páirc Uí Mhurchú on 28 June 2023 The first score was to the home side when Céin D’Arcy broke forward and kicked over the bar with just two minutes gone. Castleknock levelled two minutes later. Daire Sweeney from a free and Ciarán O’Reilly from play put Boden ahead again…

Match Report by Tommy Keogh With three wins and two losses on the report card to date, Ballyboden’s Minor D team of 15 horses and zero subs, made the short trip to Monastery Road intent of finding a performance that would help balance the scales in this very competitive Division 6 South League. And find…

Senior football league v St Judes in Tymon Park on 30 May 2023 Report by Paddy Walsh Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 15 St Judes 1 – 12 Judes were quickly out of the blocks and had three points on the board in three minutes (2 fisted) before Boden realised there was a game on….

It’s nearly here!! The Juvenile Ladies Mini All Irelands 2023 for all our U8-U14 girls will take place at the Club next Friday June 9th (football) and Friday week June 16th (camogie) – our annual celebration of girls sports in the club, and always a memorable evening for the girls. And as usual there will…

With the regular management team away, Sean McGarvey took the hotseat and masterminded an excellent win for our Junior D Footballers against our neighbours Ballyboden Wanderers in Pairc Uí Mhurchú on Thursday the 1st of June. With the sun shining and a good crowd cheering both sides on, it was an beautiful evening for football….

MFL1:  Ballyboden Minor A 3-14 St Sylvester’s 2-08 Match Report: Connell McGlynn The Boden boys were on the road last weekend – traveling to the northside against Sylvesters in Malahide, nothing was going to be easy with this top-of-the-table clash on a weekend that was going to separate the men from the boys in Division…

Adult League Division One Ballyboden St Endas v Clontarf, Wednesday 24th May, Pairc Ui Mhúrchú After a very entertaining match at home last Wednesday night v Clontarf our senior A ladies footballers remain unbeaten in the league after 7 matches, with a break in this competition now in operation. Clontarf were expected to be strong…

Our U14s showed their strength at Cherryfield in the last Camogie league match of their season against St Finians, defending every ball that came through their lines, moving the ball well, and taking their scores. From the back to the front, the team’s spine held tight and strong, a hard task for any opposition to…

Baile Buadáin Nh Éanna 0-19 Erin’s Isle 2-13 Here we go again, another thrill-seeking ride from the Boden AFL3 team. The visitors on this occasion were the lads from Erin’s Isle in Finglas. Páirc Uí Mhurchú was looking resplendent. Boden started brightly and we’re quickly on the scoreboard from the boot of Luke Byrne. This…

Senior football league v Raheny in St Anne’s Park on 6 May 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 3 – 16 Raheny 0 – 7 Report by Paddy Walsh Boden got off to a flying start with three points in the first 10 minutes from Warren Egan (mark), Ciarán O’Reilly and Daire Sweeney (free). Then in the…

St. Maurs – Tuesday 2nd May After a difficult couple of weeks, this team finally delivered the ‘Complete’ performance that they had been threatening. “What impressed me most was the work rate. From the throw-in to the final whistle the lads gave it everything. They never relented or became complacent”, said a jubilant Brendan Meaney after the…

Senior football league v St Olafs at Páirc Uí Mhurchú on 3 May 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 9 St Olafs 0 – 7 Report by Paddy Walsh This was a dour game that took 7 minutes to see the first score, a point by Warren Egan from distance. Things might have been different…

MFL1 Clontarf 1:05 BBSE 2:16 Report: Connell McGlynn The Boden Minor A’s were on a mid-week tour when they took on Clontarf GAA in their home ground in St Anne’s Park where the going was tough underfoot and in every position across the field. Once again the defence was the bedrock of the performance with…

Senior football league v Lucan Sarsfields, 12th Lock on 22 April 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 11 Lucan Sarsfields 2 – 13 This was never going to be an easy assignment as Lucan were top of the league table and beat Boden comfortably last year. The early exchanges were cagey, but Boden were first…

Senior football league v St Sylvester’s on 1 April 2023 in Páirc Uí Mhurchú Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 12 St Sylvesters 1 – 7 Despite the heavy rain over the previous 24 hours, the pitch was declared playable, but the goal areas were in a mucky condition. The game was played in association with…

MFL1 Match report: Connell McGlynn Ballyboden St. Enda’s 1-10 Erin’s Isle 0-08 Another Sunday and the Boden Minor A boys were on tour, this time away to Erins Isle which is never easy but this time the weather made it more difficult and every ball had to be fought over with more intensity.  Boden opened…

Gizmo reports from AFL Division 5 BBSE 0-10 St.Brendan’s 1-8 “Oh yeah, I’ll sleep like a baby tonight. If you mean wake up screaming in a pool of my own p**s. Then yes, I’ll sleep like a baby for sure”, said mentor Maguire immediately after a frustrating encounter, in the Division 5 football league. ” We butchered…

Senior football league v Clontarf in St Anne’s Park on 16 March 2023 Ballyboden St Endas 3 – 13 Clontarf 1 – 8 This game was brought forward to Thursday, the eve of St Patrick’s Day, and was played under lights. Boden was first to score when Luke O’Donoghue fired over from distance after three…

Gizmo reports from the Division 5 clash When you get to my age, you become nostalgic for the past and airbrush history through the lenses of rose-tinted glasses. While waiting for the game to start, I spotted club official Tony Hassett, and his dress sense immediately transported me back to the 1980’s. Ahh yes, the 80’s, what…

Raheny 1:03 Ballyboden St Endas 4:18 The much-anticipated return of the U18 Minor League opened for the Ballyboden boys in St Anne’s Park against a Raheny side that had defeated them by 1 point in the 2022 Championship. Travelling northside always brings anticipation and visions of titanic battles, and the Boden boys were well prepared…

We had a great turnout for the annual Adult Football Seven’s Tournament on Saturday the 4th of February. 60 players from Senior to Junior D were mixed into 8 teams, who completed in two groups. The final was contested by New York and Cavan. After a keenly contested match, Cavan prevailed on a score line…

A blistering 2nd quarter paved the way for the Boden girls’ win over St.Brigids in the U21 division 3 camogie championship final out in Abbotstown last Sunday. The weather was continually threatening to hamper proceedings but thegame somehow dodged most of the rain & hail on a dark and dull afternoon. Despite the gloomy weather, the game was played on an impeccable pitch surface and the stage was set…

Under 21 F Football Championship Final. 07/12/2022. Vs. Kilmacud Crokes Venue: Sancta Maria. Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 3.05  Kilmacud Crokes 2.06 Report By Liam Carter The Prunty pitch in Sancta Maria was the venue for the championship final on a cool but dry and calm night on Wednesday with conditions perfect for football on the…

Under 21 F Football Championship. Semi-Final (Replay). 26/11/2022. Vs. Na Fianna Venue: Pairc Uí Mhurchú. Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 6.06  Na Fianna 2.09 The pristine sward of Pairc Uí Mhurchú was the venue for the replay between two sides who had fought out an exciting draw two weeks earlier in Mobhi Road. The continued excellent…

U21A football championship final v Ballinteer St Johns on 26 November 2022 in O’Toole Park Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 6 Ballinteer St Johns 2 – 16 Ballinteer were first to score when they converted a free after three minutes. They quickly added two from play before scoring their first goal with just 9 minutes…

Under 21A football championship semi-final v St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh on 12 November 2022 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 11      St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh 0 – 10 This game, played in Martin Savage Park, went to extra time after the sides finished level on 9 points each after the end of normal time….

Under 21F Football Championship. Semi-Final. 12/11/2022. Vs. Na Fianna Venue: Mobhi Road. Result: Na Fianna 1.11 Ballyboden St. Endas 2.8 The main pitch in Mobhi Road was the venue for the clash between ourselves and Na Fianna last Saturday afternoon. Excellent attendance and great effort at training during the past two weeks meant a larger…

Champions!!! No-one can put it better so we’ll leave Gizmo to tell the tale… 1971: The Microprocessor was invented, and decimalisation was introduced. A pint cost 15p. Donal Monahan celebrated his 21st birthday. Jack Lynch was in the Dail while de Valera was in the Park. A box of 10 fags was 17p. Former Taoiseach…

  Ballyboden St Endas  3-12      Lucan Sarsfields 1 – 15; Past encounters between these two sides would tell you that this years Minor A Camogie final was likely to go down to the last puck of the game, and it did. Lucan got off to a great start registering two points within the first five…

Under 21 F Football Championship. 29/10/2022. Vs. St Judes Venue: Sancta Maria. Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 2.14 St. Judes 4.8 (After Extra Time) Penalty Shoot Out: Ballyboden 6 St Judes 5 The All-Weather pitch in Sancta Maria was the venue for the clash between ourselves and our near neighbours from across the Dodder on Saturday…

Under 21A football championship quarter-final at Páirc Uí Mhurchú on 29 October 2022 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 8 Na Fianna 0 – 10 The team did just enough to see them through to the semi-finals of the competition. It took both teams a long time to settle and Boden were first to score with…

Our Minor B team had home advantage on Sunday for the visit of CBC in the Shield Final. It was scheduled for 10.30 on Cherryfield but a deluge of biblical proportions put paid to that plan. It was rescheduled for 11.45 on the Astro and, as luck would have it, the sun was shining like…

Our Intermediate footballers took a step closer to ending a 51 year wait for a second Intermediate Championship by powering past Lucan Sarsfields in emphatic style on Saturday in O’Toole Park. The Boden faithful were treated to a dominant display of football to set up a final against Na Fianna. We could go on and…

A tough weekend for our footballers as both our Seniors and Junior B’s bowed out of the Championship at the semi-final stage. A large Boden crowd arrived in Parnell Park on a sunny Saturday evening but probably left with a few clouds over their heads after we went down to a hard working and clinical…

Ballyboden St Endas 0-13   Kilmacud Crokes 0-10 After a good win last time out over Na Fianna, Crokes came to PUM on Sunday morning for a game which Boden knew they had to win in order to book a semi-final slot. The weather forecast proved accurate and the rain arrived just before throw in and…

Senior football championship v Ballymun Kickhams in Parnell Park on 20 August 2022 Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 10 Ballymun Kickhams 2 – 11 There was a goal fest in the second half of this game, but the first half was a cagier affair. Ballymun had the wind and made good use of it early…

Gizmo reports from 2nd Round of Intermediate Championship “We prepared well, stuck to the plan and capitalised on our scoring platforms”, said mentor Mick Maher immediately after an exhilarating performance on Saturday last in PUM. He went on to say, “It was a great squad performance with a welentless wuthlessness”. Who knew Mick had a…

Gizmo reports from Intermediate Championship “I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue”, said a perplexed [Team Manager] Donal Monahan after a tumultuous affair in Mobi road. His head still spinning after the Intermediate footballers came out the wrong side of a ding-dong battle against Division 2 opposition. “What?, How?, Why?, Where? Ahhhh…

Senior football championship v Cuala, O’Toole Park, 6 August 2022 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 16 Cuala 1 – 13 By Paddy Walsh This first round of the championship was never going to be easy. And so, it proved. Both teams had injury problems, but these had to be set aside. Boden had three players…

The U15A Camogie team had to dust themselves down after the previous weekend of Féile and head to Silverpark and meet Crokes, the ultimate Division 1 Féile winners. If nothing, playing sport teaches girls about lifelong lessons such as resilience and work ethic. As the team took to the field, they were reminded of the…

A light breeze and sunshine made for perfect conditions for football on Sunday morning as the Ballyboden U17 Minor A Footballers welcomed Templeogue Synge Street to a slightly earlier throw in time of 11am at Sancta Maria grass pitch. With big Terenure College contingents on both sides and serious bragging rights on the line, this…

Ballyboden St.Endas 0-13; Lucan Sarsfields 1-10 The Ballyboden Senior Camogie team had their final outing in the league on Tuesday evening at Pairc Ui Mhurchu and could consider themselves unlucky to draw the game. Boden got off to a good start notching several points with the aid of a strong breeze. Some fine scores from…

  St. Vincents 2-17;  Ballyboden St.Endas 0-11 The Ballyboden Senior A Camogie team succumbed to a slick St. Vincents team last Tuesday 3rd May in this top of the league table clash. Having scored early, Boden suffered a setback by conceding a goal after five minutes of the first half. The team were competing well…

St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh 1-08, Ballyboden St.Endas 3-10 The Ballyboden Senior Camogie team continued their winning ways with a hard-fought win over St Oliver Plunketts on Tuesday evening. Having scored two points, Boden conceded a goal early in the half. Plunketts then added two more points to Boden’s one, and Plunketts deservedly led at…

Senior B vs Raheny 21.4.22 PUM – by Brian Deignan Looking for our first win of the league campaign and reeling after a disappointing loss to Naomh Bríd the week previous, team captain Aoife made it very clear in the team’s pre match talk that this game was not going to be left behind and…

Senior B vs Naomh Padraig  7th April 2022 We left it behind us were the words being muttered among the players after the final whistle. Conceding 5 goals gave the impression the game was somewhat out of reach, however, the reality was that Boden were more or less matching the opposition score for score throughout…

The Ballyboden Senior A Camogie team got their second win of the campaign in Pairc Ui Mhurchu on Tuesday evening. Playing with the aid of a strong breeze the team got off to a quick start racking up a number of points in quick succession. Na Fianna hit back with a goal, however, Boden continued…

Senior B – Leinster League semi final vs Danesfort (Kilkenny), Sunday 3rd April 2022 Winning 3 out of 4 games and finishing 2nd overall in the group stages of the Leinster league, earned our Senior B camogie team a home semi-final against Danesfort, Kilkenny, who arrived up to Firhouse Rd. early on a bright but…

“Go out and play good positive attacking football” was the instruction from Intermediate football manager Donal Monahan, via video link from his winter bolt hole in Monaco. Donal was getting some much-needed winter sun, to aid his arthritic back caused after years of carrying his vast team of useless assistant coaches. “Why buy a dog and bark yourself”,…

Inters ruin St. Bridget’s Day – Gizmo reports from Russell Park    Donal Monahan’s Intermediate football team took to the M50 on Sunday morning with only one thing on their mind, returning with a brace of points and kick-starting their league campaign. Still reeling from the opening defeat to Parnell’s, vengeance and retribution was the order of…

It has been a busy 2 weeks for this Senior B camogie team as they hosted their opponents St. Vincent’s in this, their first game of the Inter 1 league cup. However, this was actually the 4th game these girls have played in a fortnight, as they have also competed in 3 games in the…

Senior 1 League Cup Kilmacud Crokes  3-07  Ballyboden St Endas 3-22 The Ballyboden Senior A Camogie team got their 2022 campaign off to a winning start in Silver Park on a sunny Spring morning last Sunday. Playing against a stiff breeze in the first half, Boden started well and went ahead scoring a couple of…

Junior A Football League 5, 06/03/22 Ballycullen Richie Connell reports on The Battle of the Saints, pics by Sean Gilheaney (More here) Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-13 St Brendan’s 1-9 Like the Saint before them St Brendan’s navigated their way to the promised land of Ballycullen in search of their first 2 league points. Unlike the…

Congrats to Kenny and his new management team after the Seniors opened their account in AFL 1 with a good win over Naomh Mearnog in Páirc Uí Mhurchú. Paddy Walsh reports on the match below, pics by John Kirwan. Senior football league v Naomh Mearnóg, 6 March 2022 at Páirc Uí Mhurchú Ballyboden St Endas…

The unpredictability of minor football was in full evidence over the weekend as our A’s crashed out of the championship with a defeat to a resolute Skerries Harps by 1-13 to 1-09. A defeat to Good Counsel/Liffey Gaels meant our C’s also went out of the shield, however our Minor B underdogs eeked out a…

Our Seniors topped their group after an impressive second half performance secured a 1-12 to 0-05 win over Whitehall Colmcille in O’Toole Park, a meeting with either Ballinteer or Castleknock awaits in the QF. Elsewhere our Inters also booked their place in the QF with a gutsy 3-17 to 1-13 win over Lucan in PUM…

Well it was definitely worth the wait wasn’t it? Liam O’Dwyers team put in a magnificent performance to claim the Fitzgerald Cup in the MFC A final last night in Parnell Park. The Boden faithful were there in controlled numbers (many more watched on Live stream) to witness our first MFC since 2010 and what…

The Ballyboden Senior A Camogie team won the League Cup county final in a thriller against St. Vincents at Pairc Uí Mhurchú last Sunday morning. St. Vincents took the early initiative scoring 4 points within the first 10 minutes and looked to be dominating proceedings. However, Boden responded with a well worked goal after an…

Blue skies and the Dublin mountains provided the backdrop to round one of the Minor football league South Round 1 game versus our close neighbours Ballinteer St Johns on Sunday morning. With Declan Maguire leaving to pursue a career in stand-up comedy following the huge success of his match reports last year, it was left…

Senior football league v Lucan Sarsfields, 12th Lock, 12 June 2021 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 12 Lucan Sarsfields 0 – 12 We’d been waiting for this day for nearly 9 months and the weather-man obliged with a warm summer’s day for this, our first competitive match since last year’s county final. It took Boden…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 4-17     Good Counsel Liffey Gaels 1-6 Competitive football returned to Páirc Uí Mhurchú for the first time in 2021 in the form of the opening round of fixtures in AFL Division 3 South. A gloriously sunny day welcomed the Ballyboden intermediate football team and our visitors from Good Counsel LG. Both…

Junior A’s Storm Fort Lucan – Gizmo reports from Adamstown “It was a good first outing for the lad’s and they got the result they deserved after 6 weeks of intensive training”, said the notoriously tight-fisted mentor, Tony Duffy. He went on to say, “we are just getting to grips with a new style of play and…

A perfect storm of Boden not reaching their own high standards and Ballymun playing the game of their lives meant a resounding defeat for our Senior Footballers in the DSFC Final yesterday in Parnell Park. While the faithful watched on at home or followed on Twitter, there wasn’t much in it for the first quarter…

Boden secure its first Intermediate Camogie crown in 19 years after a titanic battle  “Good things come to those who wait “– 16th century proverb attributed to Fane. Yes, hard to believe but up until last Sunday the last Intermediate Camogie title won by the club stretched all the way back to 2001. From the…

We had 2 Camogie teams competing in Junior 3 and Junior 4 Championship Semi Finals on Sunday morning. In Junior 3 Championship we led for most of the game only to fall behind to a 2nd half goal in match away to Setanta. However our girls rallied and 2 late goals from Elaine Whelan and…

St. Jude’s 3-12 Ballyboden St. Enda’s 2-10 Readers of teenage fiction would undoubtedly be familiar with Lemony Snicket’s book entitled “a Series of Unfortunate Events”. The series comprises a total of books often set in a dark and gloomy environment. A family of orphaned children find themselves facing adversity at every turn but every so…

Defiant defence conquer Crokes  “At least I know I don’t have a heart condition” said minor manager Liam O’Dwyer, “the front six put in a shift in the first 30 minutes and the back six did their bit in the second 30 minutes. So, all and all, a good day’s work. Sometimes you must win ugly….

Senior A Camogie Report 30th Aug 2020   Boden bow out of Championship after Semi-final defeat. St Vincent’s 1-23 BallyBoden St.Enda’s 0-3.    The Boden Senior Ladies camogie team lost to a superb Vincent’s outfit on Sunday. St Vincent’s, who are the reigning Dublin and Leinster champions, raced into an early lead, scoring a goal and…

Our Intermediate Camogie team travelled northside to take on Whitehall Colmcille in the third round of the championship last Thursday.  Both sides had won their two opening games so this was seen as a key contest in the division.  It turned out to be a cracking championship battle, tough challenges given and taken in equal measure, with the…

Junior 1 All County Football Championship Quarter Final. 30/08/2020. Vs. Kilmacud Crokes Venue: Silver Park.  Result: Kilmacud Crokes 1.17 Ballyboden St. Endas 0.10  Sunday morning saw the Junior A footballers make the short journey to a sunny Silver Park to take on Kilmacud in the quarter final of the championship. No stone had been left…

Na Fianna 1-10 Ballyboden St. Enda’s 4-17 The Ballyboden bandwagon rolled into Mobhi Road minus the legion of girlfriends that have travelled the length and breadth of the country to see the lads. We were now operating under new rules behind closed doors. Strange times indeed. All seasons begin with hope and expectation, it is…

In an eerily quiet Parnell Park, our Senior footballers huffed and puffed their way to a Championship semi-final spot against neighbours St.Judes after a 2-16 to 0-16 win over Raheny after extra time. With the sides locked together with just 5 minutes to go a brilliant save by Darragh Gogan kept us in it while…

Boden lose to a strong Jude’s outfit but still proceed to Semi-final Ballyboden St Endas 0-6  St Jude’s  0-16 Having qualified for the championship semi-final with their thrilling victory over Na Fianna last weekend, this game would determine which team would top the table. Playing against a strong wind in the first half, the Boden…

Boden’s u-15B camogie girls opened their championship account in Clonshaugh against Craobh Ciaran on Sunday and the only pity is that the current pandemic meant that the crowd was limited, as the match proved to be an absolute exhibition by two fine teams. Boden played in the first half with the aid of a gale…

Four second quarter points from the boot of ‘Dual star’, Ryan O’Dwyer was the catalyst to revive Boden’s fortunes and send the current Minor A football champions crashing out of this year’s competition.  “This Castleknock side have won every major honour and raffle since under 10. They are a special group of players that have set…

Clanna Gael  0-13   Ballyboden St Enda’s 0-9 After finishing runners up in our qualifying group our minor B footballers had to travel to Clanna Gael for a quarter final. Our opposition had breezed through their group running up big scores in all three games but we travelled knowing that if we played to our potential…

Junior 1 All County Football Championship. 16/08/2020. Vs. Na Fianna. Venue: Sancta Maria.  Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 2.14 Na Fianna 2.11  Sunday morning saw the final round of matches in the group stage of the championship for the Junior A Football team with Na Fianna making the journey across the Liffey to an overcast Sancta…

Senior football championship v Whitehall Colmcilles, O’Toole Park, 15 August 2020 Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 22 Whitehall Colmcilles 1 – 10 Whitehall got the first score in the first minute to take an early lead, but it didn’t last long. In the 2nd minute Conal Keaney saw his first effort for a goal well…

The Minor footballers ‘Chill out’ after the match. A well-rounded team performance helped maintain Ballyboden’s 100% record in the 2020 Minor A football championship. Having already qualified for a home quarter final, mentor Liam O’Dwyer said, “This is an intelligent group of players who understand that championships are won by squads and not teams. We’ll…

Ballyboden St. Endas 3-13, Faughs 0 – 8 The Boden girls got off to a fine start in this year’s championship with a convincing win over local rivals Faughs on Sunday in Pairc Uí Mhurchú. In a low scoring first half both teams showed championship nerves in this tough encounter and seemed to have cancelled…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 2-10 Cuala 0-14 There are times in one’s life when one is glad to say “I was there”. This was one such occasion. Having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the first group game this was the first opportunity to put matters right. Our opponents had had a good day…

Senior football championship v St Vincentss, Páirc Naomh Uinsionn, 5 August 2020 Ballyboden St Endas 5 – 11  St Vincents 1 – 17 With 10 minutes gone in this match the figures were, 9 wides to Vincents, 1 wide to Boden. This slow start could have had the team in real trouble if the Vincents…

Junior 1 All County Football Championship 04/08/2020. Vs. Whitehall Colmcille. Venue: Sancta Maria. Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 3.14 Whitehall Colmcille 1.11  The Junior A Football team continued their championship journey in a windswept Sancta Maria on Wednesday evening with Whitehall Colmcille providing the opposition. Both sides needed a win in order to keep interest in…

Tuesday 7.30pm Ballycullen – Junior 3 Championship BBSE 3-10 Naomh Fionnbarra 2-03 A blustery Ballycullen was the venue for our 1st home match against ‘The bogies’ from Cabra. A win would see us top the group and qualify for the 1/4 finals in 4 wks time. We won the toss and elected to defend the…

Gizmo reports from the 2nd round of the Minor football championship The dulcet tones of “Anyone buyin’ r sellin’ a tick-eh”, rang around Sancta Maria as the crowd filtered into the Prunty pitch for this much anticipated 2nd round clash in the Minor A football championship. With match tickets changing hands for upwards €1.25, the touts were having…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 3-11   Kilmacud Crokes 4-12 Our lives are regimented by time; we set alarms, we meet deadlines and we measure how long it takes to do something. Our lives are busy and we’re always looking for more time; sometimes 24/7 isn’t enough. To make up for our lack of time we only partially…

Junior 1 All County Football Championship. 26/07/2020. Vs. Ballinteer St. John’s. Venue: Marlay Park.  Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 1.11 Ballinteer St John’s 2.11  The Junior A Football team began their championship journey in the sylvan setting of Marlay Park on Sunday morning with Ballinteer St John’s providing the opposition. Preparation had gone well in recent…

Senior football championship v Clontarf, Páirc Uí Mhurchú, 25 July 2020 Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 20   Clontarf 2 – 8 This was a unique occasion in many ways – a senior football championship match, played in July, on home turf, players togging out under gazebos while the rain pelted down. The club grounds, pitch,…

A glorious Sunday morning saw the travelling Boden support make the long trip to the “Poor Man’s Dalkey”. The St. Sylvester’s pitch, in the heart of……..well, nowhere, was in immaculate condition. Rumours of tumbling property prices due to the establishment of a Sailing Centre for Midland Culchies was the idle pre match gossip amongst the chattering classes. “It will…

The sun has been shining on the Bank Holiday weekend and the smell of BBQ’s is filling the air (apart from at my house where the gas has run out and no gas to be had in our 2km lockdown radius!!) However the Senior Camogie team are not the sort to rest on their laurels…

Inaugural Courtville Jewellers Camogie and Hurling Ball-Wall Competition-a great success! The matches may be on hold but the inaugural Courtville Jewellers sponsored ball-wall competition held over the Easter weekend gave rise to plenty of competitive Camogie and Hurling action. The Camogie competition featured the Senior A Camogie panel and the Senior B hurlers fought for…

Our U13s had their first “double” weekend, with football games for 3 of our 4 teams on Saturday afternoon, and games for all 3 camogie teams on Sunday morning.  Great stuff girls!  Best wishes to Sophie O’Connor and Ellie Corr who suffered injuries in Saturday’s matches from all their  team mates and coaches – hope…

A personal return of 0-7 from Luke Byrne (see what I did with the headline!!) was enough to send Crokes back down the M50 pointless on a breezy morning in PUM.  Armed to the teeth with fair-trade lattes, made only with Soy milk and lightly sweetened with raw manuka honey, the Crokes supporters were in fine…

Despite the weather on Saturday both games thankfully went ahead at home and it was a welcome return to adult football for the Boden faithful. Two good wins to get up and running was as welcome as the bright early sunshine, some had even suggested the excellent breakfasts the day before may have played a…

Skerries Harp out of tune with Bullish Boden – Gizmo reports from the opening round of the minor football league Being so far up into north County Dublin, this game could easily have carried the tag of being an International. “I have kept my petrol and toll receipts.” said the notoriously tight-fisted Liam O’Dwyer, the…

Tough to take isn’t it?  Losing in an All-Ireland Semi-Final is a new experience for this team and not one they’d want to repeat and despite a rousing last quarter I think it’s fair to say we weren’t at our best. All we can do is take it on the chin, learn from it and…

Well, it was wet, dark and cold and the conditions made for a tough watch for the neutral…but we’re not neutral are we! All of this will be forgotten though as we bask in the warm glow of our second Leinster Senior Football Championship. The magnificent travelling Boden support witnessed a team who, not for…

A blistering first half performance by our Senior Footballers paved the way for an impressive 3-14 to 0-12 victory over Garrycastle in the Leinster SFC Semi-final in Mullingar on Sunday. Robbie McDaid’s early goal after a surging run spurred us on to a sumptuous half of football from the men in blue and white, where…

A hard fought victory in Drogheda yesterday saw our Senior Footballers progress to the semi-finals of the Leinster Championship. An uneventful first half  produced just 3 points apiece and a sending off for Boden’s Cathal Flaherty. The second half saw much better fare with the strength of the Boden bench making a telling contribution in…

Congratulations to our Junior C Footballers as they were crowned Junior 5 All County Champions after a thrilling 1-12 to 1-09 victory over Skerries Harps in Abbotstown yesterday. A Dan O’Riordan goal in the dying minutes clinched the win with James Roche top scoring with 6 points. Captain Cathal Regan proudly lifted the cup to…

It may not have grabbed the headlines as much as the Cup won in Parnell Park on the same day, but that morning another trophy was won by our Senior D Camogie team. They won the shield for their division beating Na Fianna. This was a great achievement for the team which had just been…

Junior 5 all county championship Semi-final v Ballymun Kickhams. Result BBSE 5-15  Ballymun 2-10 Pairc uí Ciceam was the venue for the semi final clash with this fancied Ballymun kickhams side for our Junior Cs. There was a discussion with the ref beforehand whether to switch to the all weather pitch, but we went ahead…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 0-7 Kilmacud Crokes 1-10 The journey ended in the doom and gloom in O’Toole Park on Saturday 2nd November. After a morning of calm winter sunshine the god Apollo finally succumbed to Zeus, he being of the rain. Zeus ensured that we all knew who was boss this day. While the pre-match…

Minor A Football Championship Semi-Final. 03/11/2019 Vs. Castleknock. Venue: Pairc Úi Murchu.  Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 1.11  Castleknock 1.13  The Minor A Football Championship reached the semi-final stage on Sunday morning with the visit of Castleknock to Pairc Úi Murchu . Conditions were perfect for football with the pitch in its usual superb condition despite…

Massive congratulations to the players, management and supporters on a fantastic win today to claim our 4th Senior Football Championship made all the more special in this our 50th year. The Boden support once again became the ’16th man’ and came out in their droves to cheer their team on, rightly referenced by Senior Manager…

Congratulations to our Intermediate Footballers after they reached the championship final following a 1-10 to 1-07 win over Na Fianna in Blakestown. Donal Monaghan’s young team have a togetherness of spirit allied with an exuberance of youth and we wish them every success in the final. Ballyboden St. Enda’s 1-10 Na Fianna 1-7 “The Magic…

A rousing second half performance saw our Senior Footballers book their place in next weeks championship decider after a 2-10 to 1-10 hard fought win over near neighbours St. Judes in Parnell Park. Trailing by 6pts at half time we needed a response and boy did the lads deliver helped by Collie Basquels 55th minute…

Our U13B Camogie travelled the short distance to St Annes on Sunday morning for the semi-final of their Championship, and what they knew would be a strong challenge. So it proved, as St Annes raced into an early 2 goal lead. Never daunted though, the Boden girls dug in, and went on to play a…

On Saturday our U-14B camogie team travelled to Crumlin to play the hosts in the county semi-final. Although we knew from our previous matches against them that this Crumlin team are well above Division 4 standard, our girls gave their all, and never stopped trying. They showed character, commitment and teamwork to the very end…

Congrats to our Minor A footballers as the secured their place in the Championship Semi-Finals after a 1-15 to 2-08 win over St.Sylvesters in PUM yesterday. Report by Liam Carter and pics by Miriam Doyle below. Elsewhere our Minor B’s bowed out in the quarter final after a 1-15 to 1-06 defeat to Fingal Ravens….

Ballymun Kickhams 0-9 Ballyboden St. Enda’s 3-13 After a weekend of spectacular thrilling Boden performances the intermediates can only claim that a polished workmanlike performance took the team over the line in Páirc Ciceam on Saturday afternoon. This was a squad that was re-visiting the scene of last year’s championship exit at the the same…

Minor A Football Championship. 06/10/2019. Vs. Na Fianna. Venue: Pairc Úi Murchu.  Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 2.08  Na Fianna 1.07  The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with the visit of  Na Fianna to Pairc Úi Murchu for the final group game. Conditions were perfect for football with the pitch in immaculate…

Ballyboden St Endas 7-15  Clan na Gael/Fontenoy 4-5,  Sancta Maria – 6th October 2019  On a perfect morning for football, our Minor B footballers had a great win on Sunday against a solid Clann na Gael team in the last group game of the competition. Both teams had been defeated by Erin’s Isle who were…

Ballyboden St. Endas v’s Ballinteer St. John Senior A Championship 6th October 2019 PUM Ballyboden St. Endas 2‐13, Ballinteer St. John’s 0 – 5 The Boden girls ensured a home semi‐final with a convincing win over Ballinteer St Johns on Sunday morning in Pairc Uí Mhurchú. The visitors took an early lead but were soon…

Senior 2 Camogie bow out of the championship Our Senior 2 Camogie team had a busy weekend between bag packing in SuperValu Knocklyon on Saturday and a final group game of the championship on Sunday.  Boden required a win by a large margin to progress to a semi-final, but the St Vincent’s team were a…

Na Fianna V’s Ballyboden St.Endas Senior A Championship 29th September 2019 in Na Fianna GAA club Na Fianna 1-09, Ballyboden St.Endas 0-14, The Boden girls secured their place in the Senior A championship semi-finals with this well merited win over Na Fianna. The team got off to a good start slotting over 2 points in…

FT: Boden 2-10 St.Annes 2-07 Bohernabreena was the setting for our winner takes all clash against our near neighbours, St. Anne’s. Although a draw was good enough for Anne’s, they were out to win. We had recent history against us, giving that its 5 years since we tasted victory over them at this level. We…

Congratulations to our Senior Footballers after an emphatic 2-20 to 0-06 win over Skerries Harps in Parnell Park on Saturday. A dominant display saw them maintain the excellent form they have shown all year. They now meet Na Fianna in the QF in two weeks time. Report below. Senior football championship v Skerries Harps in…

  Ballyboden St. Enda’s 2-9 St. Vincent’s 0-5 A calm September Saturday evening in Páirc Uí Mhurchú was the setting for the final installment in Boden’s intermediate championship group stage match. It was a must win game to ensure progression to the knock out stage of the competition. Boden’s opponents, St. Vincent’s also had a…

Ballyboden St.Endas Vs. Lucan Sarsfield Senior A Championship Senior A Camogie Championship – 22nd September 2019, Pairc Uí Mhurchú Ballyboden St.Endas 1-11, Lucan Sarsfield 1-10. The Boden ladies came out on top in this thrilling championship game in Pairc Uí Mhurchú on Sunday morning. This was championship camogie at its best with great scores, tackles,…

Junior Camogie Championships continued on Sunday with our Senior C and D teams in action. Our C team (top picture) got the better of Erins Isle while our D team went down to Lucan (bottom picture – Jean McNamara missing due to injury)

Minor A Football Championship. 22/09/2019. Vs. Round Towers. Venue: Clondalkin.  Result: Round Towers 0.08 Ballyboden St. Endas 4.15  The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with a trip to Clondalkin to take on Round Towers. Conditions were a little damp with rain showers throughout the match while the pitch at the Community…

Report on senior football league game v St Brigids, 14 September 2019 at Páirc Úí Mhurchú Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 21 St Brigids 0 – 13 This was the final (15th) match of the league proper and the plan would have been to finish the league unbeaten. That was achieved in style. Aran Waters…

Our U11 camogie players welcomed their Salthill Knocknacarra counterparts to Cherryfield on Sunday morning for a challenge game en route to watching the victorious Galway Camogie team hoist the O’Duffy Cup. It was a fantastic morning and thanks to Darren Frehill and the Galway girls for making the stop before heading to the camogie finals…

Ballyboden St.Endas Vs. Faughs Celtic Senior A Championship Senior A Camogie Championship – 7th September 2019 The Boden Senior A Camogie team edged by their local rivals by the smallest of margins in a keenly contested game on Saturday 7th of September. Both teams found scores difficult to come by throughout the game. However, a…

Minor D Football Championship Ballyboden 5 – 11 Ballyfermot DLS 3 – 11 The Boden Minor C football team entertained Ballyfermot De La Salle in their first group game of this year’s championship on a beautiful Sunday morning in Ballycullen. The opening minutes were evenly contested with both teams getting to know one another. However,…

Minor B v Erins Isle, Ballycullen – 8th September 2019: Result 3-07 to 1-14 Our Minor Bs began their minor Championship campaign on Sunday against a strong Erins’ Isle team. It took the lads a while to get going however and the visitors had registered 1-5 by the time the home team secured their first…

Minor A Football Championship. Vs. Whitehall Colmcille.. 08/09/2018. Venue: Pairc Úi Murchu.  Result: Ballyboden St. Endas 4.15  Whitehall Colmcille 1.07  The Minor A Football Championship campaign began on Sunday morning with the visit of reigning champions Whitehall Colmcille to Pairc Úi Murchu. This pairing was a repeat of last year’s county final with the home…

Ballyboden St.Endas vs. Naomh Jude Senior A Championship Ballyboden St. Endas 0-13 Naomh Jude 0-12 Senior A Camogie Championship – 1st September 2019 The second round of the Senior A Camogie Championship took place in Pairc Uí Mhurchú on Sunday 1st of September. Facing the current title holders, Naomh Jude, the Boden ladies were determined…

Our senior footballers remain on top of AFL1 and continue their unbeaten run after a convincing 5-22 to 0-13 win over Thomas Davis in Kiltipper on Tuesday night. Report by Paddy Walsh, pics by John Kirwan. Elsewhere our Junior A’s picked up a vital win in AFL5 beating Round Towers by 2-08 to 0-12. Senior…

AFL3 BBSE 6-9   O’Toole’s 1-11 The final game of Boden’s league campaign took place on a fresh evening in Ballycullen on the eve of what could be a historic All Ireland football final. Unfortunately a large number of our dedicated squad opted to go camping in Laois. Nevertheless we managed to assemble a squad of…

Ballyboden St.Endas Vs. St. Vincents Senior A Championship Senior A Camogie Championship – 25th August 2019 The Ballyboden St.Enda’s Senior A Camogie team’s first outing in this year’s championship was against St. Vincents, arguably one of the favourites for this year’s title. The Marino outfit stormed into the lead in the first half and led…

Parnell’s 1-12    Ballyboden St. Enda’s 1-16 This Ballyboden team would be capable of putting the Dalai Lama through the full range of emotions in 60 minutes. If he’d been there for the first half he’d have cursed every member of the Boden setup. If his fortitude and stoicism persuaded him to remain for the second half…

Ballyboden St. Endas 2-13 St. Finians (N) 3-10 Our Junior C footballers welcomed St. Finians to PUM on Sunday for our Div 11 clash. We had a tough encounter on our hands with Finians sitting 2nd in the table and battling for promotion. We came out of the blocks quickly with Peter Gannon and Conor…

Ballyboden St. Enda’s 0-23  Erin’s Isle 2-11 Páirc Uí Mhurchú was the venue for the latest installment in Boden’s intermediate league odyssey. This time the opponent’s came in the form of Erin’s Isle against whom there have been close encounters in recent years. With a contingent in Thailand and others scattered around the globe the…

Senior football league v St Judes, Páirc Úí Mhurchú, 27 July 2019 Ballyboden St Endas 4 – 16 St Judes 0 – 15 Before today, Judes had the meanest defence with the least scores conceded and Boden had the highest score, so something had to give in this battle of the neighbours. Within a minute…

Minor Football. Division 1 League. 21/07/2019. Vs. Castleknock. Venue: Somerton Park.  Result: Castleknock 3.13 BBSE 5.14. Round 10 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the Minor A team travel to Somerton Park to take on Castleknock on Sunday morning. Ballyboden won the toss and elected to play with the wind…

Congrats to our Senior Footballers who continued their impressive form in AFL1 by beating Fingallians by 2-17 to 1-05 in PUM on Wednesday evening. The game was kindly sponsored by Finnian and Mary Hyland. Report below, thanks to Miriam Christie for the pics. Elsewhere our Inters secured a great two points with a 2-16 to…

Our Minor A footballers got back to winning ways with a convincing 4-18 to 1-16 win over St.OP/ER on Tuesday evening. Minor Football. Division 1 League. 10/07/2019. Vs. St. Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh. Venue: Pairc Ui Murchu..  Round 9 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the visit of St. Oliver Plunketts/ER…

Report: Cathal Ryan The U12 Camogie team took to the road again on Sunday July 7th and enjoyed another brilliant day out. Following successful trips to Oulart and Moneygall earlier in the year, this weeks destination was Crooked Wood, just outside Mullingar. Ably supported by some of the u11 panel, standing in for those on…

Senior football league v St Oliver Plunketts, Martin Savage Park, Cabra, 6 July 2019 Ballyboden st Endas 2 – 12 St Oliver Plunketts 1 – 10 A trip to Cabra is always a tricky assignment, but, when missing more than 10 players and facing a home team that is struggling for points to survive in…

Senior football league v Cuala, Páirc Úí Murchú, 26 June 2019 Ballyboden St Endas 3 – 15  Cuala 1 – 7 Over the last 4 meetings, Boden managed to win just one match against this opposition (2017). So, on this occasion, the home side needed to avenge some of the previous setbacks. Cuala were never…

Minor B Footballer’s secure league runner-up spot. Minor B v St Catherines Westmanstown 30/6/19 The 4 seasons all appeared in the space of 1 hour 15 minutes of the Minor B’s final league match on Sunday morning in Westmanstown. Overcast and windy changed to sunshine, then to showers then back to wind and finished off…

Minor Football. Division 1 League. 30/06/2019. Venue: Pairc Naomh Uinsionn.  Result: St. Vincents 3.17 BBSE 1.11.   Round 8 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the team travel to take on St. Vincents on their new 4G pitch on Sunday morning. A combination of injuries, holidays and Dublin minor team…

Pics by Miriam Christie Posted by BodenGAA on Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Senior football league v Skerries Harps in Skerries on 19 June 2019 Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 12 Skerries Harps 0 – 7 From the throw in the visitors showed their intention of maintaining their position at the top of the league and within 2 minutes Collie Basquel popped over a point from free. However,…

Result: 6-20 to 0-9 Ballyboden St Endas 6 – 20 Ballinteer St Johns 0 – 9 This battle of neighbours turned out to be a very one-sided affair. Playing against a stiff breeze, after three minutes the home side was three points up following two points from Collie Basquel (one free) and one from Alan…

Tuesday night saw the final match of the Division 1 League campaign with both teams, Ballyboden and Lucan coming in with 100% records making this game effectively a league final. Ballyboden had overcome Plunketts, Cuala, Kilmacud, Castleknock and Whitehall along the way but with our girl’s last match back in mid-April, over 5 weeks before…

Result: 2-19 to 3-13 St. Peregrine’s 3-13 Ballyboden St. Enda’s 2-19 Hartstown Park was the venue for the Boden intermediate team’s latest foray in Division 3 (while our host’s main pitch lay unused). A grand evening for a game despite having to negotiate the M50 during rush-hour. The match opened at blistering pace with Boden…

Result: 3-19 to 3-15 Senior football league v Lucan Sarsfields, Ballycullen, 22 May 2019. Ballyboden St Endas 3 – 19 Lucan Sarsfields 3 – 15 In a lovely evening for football in Ballycullen, the result of this high scoring senior football league match remained in doubt until the final whistle. Lucan had a point on…

  Result: 4-14 to 1-13 Senior football league v St Maurs in Rush, 12 May 2019 The old cliché that goals win matches proved true in Rush this morning when the visitors scored goals at crucial times in this match. Maurs had a whirl wind start with three points from play in the first three…

Result: 1-10 to 0-20 A fine summer-like morning in Ballycullen was the setting for the Inter’s latest foray in Division 3. The visitor on this occasion were Naomh Barróg who were riding high with a 100% record and determined to secure promotion after missing out narrowly in the last two seasons. Boden were coming off…

Result: 4-14 to 1-13 Senior football league v St Maurs in Rush, 12 May 2019 The old cliché that goals win matches proved true in Rush this morning when the visitors scored goals at crucial times in this match. Maurs had a whirl wind start with three points from play in the first three minutes….

Result: 4-11 to 4-12 “The Return of Shambo” Wow – another roller coaster of a game for the Ballyboden intermediate football team on a very non Spring-like evening in Bohernabreena. The first midweek game of the season saw Boden visit our neighbours in the foothills. It was gloomy, cold and breezy but both teams served…

Exams, injuries and Dublin duty denied the home team of half of the players that lined out in the championship match against Lucan so a tight match was expected against our neighbours that were promoted from Division 2 for this year. The visitors were first to score with a point in the first minute. Ross…

Result: 2 12 to 0 09 Junior C Championship – An Fear Bog reports The victory was a while in coming but against all odds Ballyboden earned a sweet victory over neighbours Faughs at a sunny Ballycullen last Sunday. Although performances have been steadily improving over the past number of games nobody could have foreseen…

Round 6 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the team take on Lucan Sarsfields at a pristine Pairc Úi Murchu on Sunday morning. Lucan settled quickly with an early point before Adam Kelleher equalised with a well taken point from play. Lucan then stretched their lead with three points in…

Feile Report There are some days when there is simply nothing better on earth than being in Ballyboden. Last Saturday, April 28th was one of those days. The sun shone, the camogie committee had the Cherryfield pitches set up from early morning, a community created a sandwich and cake mountain and the club, our club,…

Result: 0-10 to 1-10 The JAs gave their all in a great encounter against Skerries Harps in Pairc Ui Murchu on Sunday. Although we came up short, I couldn’t be prouder of this group of Men. Skerries are an Intermediate team and were lucky I guess to be heading back over the M50 with the…

Result: 1-19 to 1-09 Senior football championship v Lucan Sarsfields, Monastery Road, 25 April 2019. This was the second game in the round robin championship series. The team would be looking for a better performance after a sluggish performance against Clontarf in the first round. Lucan opened the scoring with a point in the first…

Round 5 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the team travel to St Anne’s Park on Wednesday evening to take on Clontarf. The wet evening meant very heavy traffic crossing the city but the perfect condition of the pitch more than compensated for the weather. Early points from Conor Cullen…

Result: 0-06 to 2-15  

Result: 0-06 to 0-07 Jekyll & Hyde, the Werewolf, 2 Face….all fictional characters but each very complex in their own right. Which personality turns up is anyones guess, each has their strengths, weaknesses, flaws, cuteness, divilment. Never shirk a challenge, meet their foes head on, fight tooth and nail for what they want. Come into…

Result: 5-14 to 0-08 A very workmanlike performance by the Ballyboden St. Enda’s intermediate football team saw off a spirited Oliver Plunkett’s team at Páirc Uí Mhurchú last Saturday evening. From the start Boden had the appearance of a team that meant business and were first off the mark with a pointed free from the…

Result: 0-11 to 0-10 A barnstorming final quarter helped Ballyboden overcome Clontarf by the narrowest of margins in the opening round of the Dublin Senior Football Championship at O’Toole Park. In an otherwise lacklustre display, Boden scored five without reply in the final 15 minutes to save their blushes and get their Championship campaign off…

Result: 3-06 to 3-07 This was very much a game of two halves in Ballycullen. The first half saw Bridget’s adopt a blanket defence so that space was very scarce for the ‘Boden forwards.   They also were playing into a very strong wind. They did manage to score two points despite these obstacles. A quick…

Result: 1-11 to 1-11 Round 4 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the arrival of the reigning League champions, Kilmacud Crokes, to Pairc Úi Murchu on Sunday morning. The morning was dry and cool with an easterly breeze blowing from the clubhouse end. An early Ballyboden attack resulted in a…

To travel across the M50 and come away with a victory over a tough Ballymun side is no mean feat. Numbers were extremely tight, the starting fifteen and four subs. The quality was there in abundance, collectively we are a force to be reckoned with. The right mentality was what was needed now, no hiding…

The third match of the intermediate football team’s league campaign was eagerly awaited after an extended break for the St. Patrick’s weekend. The visitors on this occasion to Ballycullen were the intriguingly named Man O’War  from the county’s northern heartland. Apparently it’s derived from Mean Bharr “or middle height” but we’ll let the reader do some…

This trip to Mobhi Road was never going to be easy in view of the aftermath of our championship match against the same opposition last year, and so it proved. Na Fianna scored first after two minutes but Ross McGarry quickly pointed to equalise. Both defences were on top with scores hard to come by….

A tough task for the lads on a cold windy day on the all weather in ballinteer. The home team started well reeling off 5 points without reply. Boden dug in and started to convert a few chances off their own with jack larkin scoring a penalty to level proceedings. the game ebbed and flowed…

Due to a walkover in the last round of matches, it had been a month almost to the day since this group of players had taken to the field. The initial sparring between the two teams would not have shown this however as the ‘Boden team put up three early points before TSS really got…

Round 3 of of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw the Minor A team travel to Mobhi Road on Sunday morning to take on Na Fianna. The morning was bright and sunny with a strong breeze blowing across the pitch from the road side. Ballyboden started brightly with early points from Pearce…

Result: 5-09 to 2-04 The second match of the 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign saw Skerries Harps make the long journey to Pairc Úi Murchu on Sunday morning. Skerries won the toss and elected to play with the benefit of the very strong wind into the clubhouse end. The arrival of a heavy…

Result: 3-09 to 3-13 Someone put it to me that this was the best performance from a losing side he had seen. Boden dominated for fifty minutes and lost our shape in the final ten. However, what I am seeing is progress each week and I have no doubt that the wins will come. This…

Result: 1-09 to 0-12 A dreary damp morning in Drumnigh was the welcome for the Boden Intermediate football team. With numbers tight due to injury and illness it was important that those still standing put on a good show and they didn’t disappoint. From the off Boden looked lively but so did our Northside opposition….

Senior football v Kilmacud Croke’s, League, Páirc Úí Mhurchú, 3 March 2019 In the dressing room, before this match, Manager Anthony Rainbow welcomed two new members to the Club, Tom Hayes from Cavan and Lewis Cawley from Mayo. We all wish them many happy and successful years with the Club. As usual now for many…

Result: 4-13 to 5-06 Ballyboden Division 4 Minor footballers made a winning start to their League campaign with a hard-fought win away to Crumlin on Sunday morning. In the absence of the regular goalkeeper Alex Whelan started between the posts and acquitted himself very well. The early exchanges were even but as the half progressed…

Result: 0-17 to 3-12 The 2019 Minor Football Division 1 League campaign began with a hard fought and deserved win at Broomfield on Sunday morning. A superb start by Ballyboden laid the foundation for this win with early goals by Pearce Christie and Ryan O’Dwyer followed by well taken points by Enda Cashman, Malachy Codd…

Result: 3-10 to 4-07 This one may be classes as one that got away.  The ‘Boden Minor Bs played out their first competitive game on Sunday with a team, half of whom were playing their second year as minors with a group coming out of U16 football.Despite the fact that this was their first real…

Result: 0-04 to 3-10 Bodens Junior Bs got off to the worst possible start with a heavy defeat to a slick and fast moving Plunkets side in Ballycullen on a dry but windy morning. With a great deal of confusion surrounding Bodens selection and player availability it didn’t look all that promising for the home…

Result: 0-06 to 0-08 A new league campaign for the JAs got under way with a very tight encounter against a hardy St Brendans outfit. With new management in place and new faces added to an already talented side, hopes are high for the JAs this year. Training sessions have been well attended in pre-season,…

Result: 1-11 to 2-06 The first league match of the 2019 campaign could not come soon enough – the preparation had been completed at training and in the early season challenge games and the squad was ready to go. On a fresh blustery morning the Boden squad assembled in the newly refurbished home dressing room….

Result: 2-10 to 0-11 It’s always nice to get off to a winning start in the league, especially against one of the top teams in the league, with most of their county players available. The first 3 scores were from frees, two for Ballymun split by a good free from Colm Basquel, in the first…

Result: 0-12 to 2-12 LATE GOAL BREAKS BODEN HEARTS – MINOR A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL        Conleth O’Reilly reports                           A bilious morning greeted us on Sunday 25th November where our Minor boys took on their rivals Whitehall Colmcilles. The early parts of…

Result: 1-09 to 1-04 The JBs will be operating in division 7 next year after gaining promotion in a very cagey encounter against a very strong Stars of Erin side. This is now two promotions for the JBs, an amazing achievement by the entire panel. I can’t be more proud of each and every one of them….

Result: 2-07 to 1-09

Result: 2-17 to 3-08 Minor D Championship Final BBSE 2-17 St Pauls 3-8 It is often said that when St Paul wrote all those letters back in the day to the Thessalonians, the Philippians and their like, that the latter never bothered to answer him. It was ironic then that last Sunday morning in O’Toole Park,…

Result: 1-08 to 2-12 It was a bruising encounter for our u21b team in Pairc Ui Mhurchú against last year’s champions St. Margaret’s. We got off to a slow start with Margaret’s notching 2-04 without reply after 15 mins. We slowly worked our way into the match and scored 3 pts in a row. We…

Result: 1-07 to 2-16 Ballymun GAA all-weather pitch was the venue for the under 21 Championship Semi-Final on Saturday 17th November. After 4 weeks of solid preparation and  a couple of encouraging performances in challenge games the group made the journey in a positive frame of mind.  However, the game and end result turned out…

Result: 0-13 to 0-12 Senior football league V Thomas Davis, 13 November 2018, played in St Annes GAA Club This was the last league game before the play-offs. Thomas Davis needed a win to gain fourth place and a semi final against St Vincents. Ballyboden were already through to a semi-final place against Kilmacud Crokes….

Result: 2-12 to 2-06 Last Sunday morning at 11am saw the Minor B footballers progress to the final of the Minor D Championship. A very solid workmanlike performance was required to overcome a good, skilful  team from St Marks in remarkably good conditions for the time of year. ‘Boden started very well and went into…

Result: 2-12 to 1-12 The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with a trip to Malahide to play St. Sylvesters in the final group game with a semi-final place at stake for the winners. Conditions were ideal for football with the pitch in very good condition. An early free from Sylvesters was…

Last Sunday morning at 11am saw the Minor B footballers progress to the semi-finals of the Minor D Championship. A very solid workmanlike performance was required to overcome a tenacious team from St Brigid’s in fairly miserable conditions. A slow start from ‘Boden saw the visitors hit the post in the opening minutes but this…

Result: 0-07 to 1-07 Venue: Pairc Úi Murchu. The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with the visit of Whitehall Colmcille to a pristine Pairc Ui Murchu. The rain arrived just in time for the throw in making conditions difficult for both teams. Ballyboden won the toss and elected to play with…

Result: 4-08 to 1-08 Stakes were high for both teams in this league encounter. A play-off spot was up for grabs, the chance of promotion was the carrot. Plunketts are a formidable force, we were going to have to bring our A game and then some. Conditions were perfect, not a breeze to be had…

Result: 1-04 to 3-19 Boden’s final division 5 league game took place in the gloriously sunny surroundings of Sancta Maria against a Towers team aiming for promotion. Boden on the other hand were battling at the other end of the table. The game started brightly for Boden with Gillo on the end of an intricate…

Result: 2-09 to 0-09 Boden ousted by Crokes in deluge at Parnell Park By Shane O’Brien Thanks to John Kirwan for the pic, more here Ballyboden are out of the Dublin SFC after a six-point loss at the hands of local rivals Kilmacud Crokes in a rain-soaked Parnell Park on Saturday evening. The concession of goals at…

A cool autumnal Sunday morning heralded another challenge for the Ballyboden Junior A team. After a  series of three defeats by the smallest of margins in the round-robin stage of the competition the team was handed another challenge in the relegation section of the Junior 1 championship against a Whitehall Colmcille outfit that had also…

Result: 3-13 to 0-15 Ryan and Colm Basquel contributed 3-07 between them to help Ballyboden ease past Na Fianna in the Dublin SFC Quarter-Final in Parnell Park on Saturday evening. A goal in each half from Ryan Basquel sandwiched an effort from brother Colm as Boden quickly ran away with proceedings in Donnycarney. After a…

  The minor C football team travelled to Collinstown on Sunday morning to play Na Fianna in the second group game of the Minor E championship. It was a bright breezy morning and despite playing against the elements in the first half Boden went into half time leading by 6-3 to 1-2. We continued to…

Result: 4-18 to 1-03 The Minor B’s began strongly right from the start this morning in Clondalkin with a slick early goal we were in control throughout the game. The entire back line gave Towers very little opportunities and a soft penalty led to the only goal conceded. Playing with the wind in the second…

The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with a trip to Dalkey to take on Cuala. Conditions were bright and sunny with a breeze blowing towards the Hyde Road end. Ballyboden won the toss and elected to play with the breeze. Early points from two John McGinn frees were cancelled out by two…

Delighted to see the chaps line out against a rather gruf, St. Vincents side in PUM on Saturday last. “Fortuna audaces juvat “, I said to the charming lady beside me. “Wha?”, she barked. “Fortune favours the bold”, I said, in full knowledge that my Latin education is really wasted on you GAA types. The Bollybodon…

The JBs went into this game knowing that we had to beat Clontarf by ten points and hope other results would go our way. A big ask but we would throw the kitchen sink at it, we definitely were not going to go quietly into the night. The game ebbed and flowed, we matched score…

Result: 1-11 to 2-09 A series of unfortunate events! This was last chance saloon for a Boden team that has stuttered through the season in both league and championship. At times playing breathtakingly beautiful football and at other times going to sleep and suffering as a result. Unfortunately today was no different. Ten minutes into…

Result: 3-13 to 1-06 Minor E Football Championship The Minor C team got off to a flying start to the Championship with a comprehensive win against Clontarf in Ballycullen on Sunday morning. We came out of the blocks quickly with an early goal to settle the nerves. Boden then slowly began to take control of…

Result: 2-16 to 1-04 Minor Football Championship D Sancta Maria 9/9/18 The first good thing Captain Dare Lynch did yesterday was to win the toss.  The decision had been made to play against the wind in what was expected to be a tight affair against cross city foes- St Vincents. It wasn’t to be the…

The Minor A Football Championship campaign began on Sunday morning with the visit of reigning champions Na Fianna to Pairc Úi Murchu. Conditions were bright with a strong breeze blowing towards the Cremorne end. Ballyboden won the toss and elected to play with the breeze. Two superbly taken goals inside the first 5 minutes from…

Result: 1-12 to 1-15 Senior football league v St Judes, 22 August 2018, Páirc Úí Mhurchú   This meeting of neighbours was never going to be easy with St Judes needing a win to help them keep their hopes of a top four finish alive. Judes started the liveliest with two points within the first…

Result: 1-15 to 0-12 Dinah Washington sang What a difference a day makes but in our case it was, what a difference two days make! After the bitter disappointment of losing against Stars, the JBs responded in the best possible with a fantastic display of attacking yet controlled football. Management were looking for a reaction after…

Result: 2-09 to 3-10 A game that can only be described as a game of wasted opportunities by the home team. Playing on our home ground, Pairc Ui Murchu, we were hoping for a positive result. The game ebbed and flowed, they got in front, we pegged them back, a one point game at one…

Sunday, 8th July 2018 Result: 5-09 to 1-14   The Minor Football Division 1 League campaign continued on Sunday morning with the visit of Lucan Sarsfields to Pairc Úi Murchu which was in superb condition considering the heatwave. The Ballyboden team settled well with points from John McGinn and a goal from Jacques Dalton to…

Result: 1-19 to 2-17 Senior football league v Lucan, 6 July 2018, 12th Lock. When a football team scores 1 – 19 in a game, the only question that comes to mind is, what did it win by? However, against Lucan on Wednesday Ballyboden lost this game by one point. Some slack defending allowed the home team…

Result: 3-16 to 1-08 Another wet Sunday morning following a sun-drenched Saturday and the Junior A team took to the field in Ballycullen. The pitches were in immaculate condition and geometrically perfectly lined – thank God the master of this craft steers clear of the club bar before his precision artistry. The game started slowly with both…

Result: 1-15 to 1-12 Senior Football League v St Olafs 9 May 2018, Away The final result would suggest that this was a close match but, while the end was tight, overall the away team dominated most of the match. Two early points from play by Olafs set the scene before Ballyboden pulled one back…

Result: 4-09 to 3-20 Tuesday, 8th May, 7:15pm, Mobhi Road After frantic efforts to assemble a squad for the game club members and players came up trumps. At the outset the team expresses its gratitude to Liam Carter for encouraging Ciaran O’Reilly to play, Peter Hanrahan for Fiachra Madden and Jerry Corcoran for Chris Lambert,…

Result: 1-10 to 1-09 Photo by Liam Cunningham. The JBs got their Championship campaign back on track with a hard fought victory over a hardy and well drilled outfit in Naomh Barrog. Weather conditions were perfect, the Ballycullen pitch looked immaculate. Naomh Barrog are a division above us but that was not going to be…

Result: 4-06 to 1-09 Shane O’Brien reports: Goals were key as Ballyboden’s senior footballers kept their championship hopes alive with a six-point win over Raheny in Parnell Park on Thursday evening. A seven-point loss to Kilmacud Crokes in the opening round, coupled with Raheny’s opening round win over Oliver Plunkett’s meant that anything other than…

Result: 1-05 to 2-05 A confident Junior A team travelled to Páirc Ciceam for the first of three group stage games in the Junior 1 All-County Championship. After a glorious Saturday of spring weather the gods decided that they didn’t want us to get used to sunshine and duly presented us with very challenging conditions…

Result: 1-11 to 1-12 Intermediate Championship Ballybodens first outing in the Intermediate Championship ended in a narrow and heartbreaking defeat at the hands of St Sylvesters in Malahide last Saturday evening. Despite losing their influencial corner back Scott Cullen to a hamstring injury very early in the proceedings and full back Graham Heavey for a…

Result: 1-11 to 3-12 Ballyboden’s championship campaign got off to the worst possible start after a seven-point loss to Southside rivals Kilmacud Crokes in Parnell Park on Saturday evening. The game, which was manager Anthony Rainbow’s first championship match in charge, ebbed and flowed throughout and was ultimately lost with the concession of goals at…

Result: 3-11 to 4-03 Minor Football. Division 1 League. 08/04/2018. Result:Whitehall Colmcille 4.03 BBSE 3.11 The Minor Football Division 1 League campaign continued with a hard fought and deserved win at a sunny Cloghran on Sunday morning. The first half was a very close affair highlighted by a well taken goal by Ciaran O’Reilly to…

Result: 6-08 to 1-05 MFL 3 South  – Sancta Maria  8/4/18 One may have been tempted to raise an eyebrow as to why pitches were called off on Ballycullen when these two teams gathered at 11am on Sunday morning in near perfect conditions for football. Unfortunately, St Pats arrived with depleted numbers which meant that…

Result: 1-08 to 0-16 Bhí an ghrian ag taitneamh go láidir sa spéir agus an dhá fhoireann ag dul chun páirce. Faraor, níorbh fhada go raibh an ghrian ag dul faoi ar an scórchlár Bhuadáin. Boden took to the field against an experienced looking Ballymun outfit on Sunday. After climbing lampposts and looking in ditches…

Result: 2-09 to 1-09 AFL Div 3 Round 2 Ballybodens first win in the league came at the expense of a strong and well drilled home who just could not match the visitors greater work rate and scoring power. Indeed were it not for some wayward shooting by the visitors this game could have been…

Result: 3-16 to 0-11 Ballyboden’s senior footballers made it two wins from two in the league thanks to a 14-point demolition of Na Fianna at Pairc Ui Murchu on Sunday morning. Second half goals from James Madden, Sam Molony and Warren Egan sent Boden on their way to a handsome win that they thoroughly deserved….

Result: 5-09 to 2-12 The Beast from the East may be on the way, but last Sunday at 11am in Ballycullen, conditions were near perfect for the opening league game of 2018. Castleknock started the stronger but good defending by Alex Craven at number 3 and Daire Lynch at number 6 meant the visitors superior…

Result: 5-09 to 2-12 The Beast from the East may be on the way, but last Sunday at 11am in Ballycullen, conditions were near perfect for the opening league game of 2018. Castleknock started the stronger but good defending by Alex Craven at number 3 and Daire Lynch at number 6 meant the visitors superior…

Result: 1-07 to 0-09 After weeks of hard grafting in the pre-season, the time had come to open our 2018 league adventure. We were away to a formidable force in Portobello, never an easy encounter for sure. Conditions were not great but it was the same for both sides. The ground was heavy under foot…

Result: 2-05 to 0-10 Report by Donal Monaghan: The Junior A team kicked off the season with a hard earned win against a tough St Brendan’s outfit in the magnificent surroundings of the new DIT campus in Grangegorman. In steady drizzle it took almost 10 minutes for the first score and Brendan’s soon led by…

Result: 3-12 to 0-09 Senior football league v Ballymun, Páirc Úí Mhurchú, 18 February 2018 It is often difficult to predict how the first league game of the season is going to pan out. When the Dublin county players are made available by Jim Gavin, when Collie Basquel is injured and unavailable, when Michael Darragh…

Result: 2-12 to 0-11 Early festive cheer was in the air at Santa Maria on Saturday at the U21s progressed to the final of the U21 C Championship. In front of a large home support Boden started well and led by a point at half time by 1-4 to 0-6. The second half was a…

Result: 5-16 to 1-06   Ballyboden’s under-21 footballers are into the final of the Dublin Championship following a 22-point hammering of local rivals Thomas Davis’ at Páirc Uí Mhurchú on Saturday. Two goals apiece for Barra McGarry and Warren Egan, along with a goal from Ross McGarry, saw Boden ease home at a canter in…

Result: 3-11 to 2-06 Senior football league v Cuala, 26 July 2017, Shanganagh Park Ballyboden St Endas 3 – 11; Cuala 2 – 6 After a number of recent defeats which had left us third from the bottom of the league table, it was important to get a win in this game against Cuala who…

Result: 2-10 to 2-07 Junior A Football Championship Qtr Final Ballyboden St Endas 2-10  Raheny 2-07 Ballybodens Junior A footballers advanced to the semi final of the competition after a hard fought win against a tough but wasteful Raheny side. This was an epic battle as the home side had to fight back from a…

Result: 2-15 to 1-05 The conspiracy theorists among us smelt a rat when we arrived at Glenalbyn park to find half of the pitch flooded. The sprinklers had been left on for two hours previously,leaving conditions in one half precarious to say the least. The referee was calling the game off but left the final…

Result: 2-10 to 0-13 This was always going to be a tough encounter for the JBs and it certainly did not disapoint. Raheny are a tough outfit but our training sessions were reflective of this,hard but fair. The setting was perfect in St Annes park,barely a breeze and the pitch in perfect condition. The atmosphere…

Result: 3-13 to 2-07 Junior A Football Division Championship Ballinteer St Johns 3-11 St Vincents 2-07 Ballyboden got their Junior Championship off to a flying start by disposing of a sticky St Vincents side that led by one point at the half time break. Bodens start didn’t excite anyone in the  crowd and it didn’t really catch…

Result: 0-13 to 2-10 Senior footballers bow out in First Round of Championship Ballyboden St Enda’s………………                   0-13 St Oliver Plunkett’s ER…………….                  2-10 2016 All Ireland Champions Ballyboden St Enda’s are out of the Dublin Championship at the first hurdle following a narrow three-point defeat to St Oliver Plunkett’s Eoghan Ruadh on Thursday night. The…

Result: 1-10 to 2-09 Narrow defeat for Minor A Footballers Sunday 24th March 2017      Ballyboden 1-10 Lucan 2-9 Despite missing a number of key players through injury this was a very positive performance from the Boden boys who were on the wrong end of a two point defeat by Lucan on the Prunty…

Result: 1-11 to 0-09 The JBs are unbeaten now in both Cup and league after another fine win up in Ballycullen on a warm Sunday morning. The Gods were kind to the JBs weather wise compared to the atrocious weather we endured last week in our league encounter. The pack was once again shuffled owing to…

Result: 3-08 to 1-05 The JBs kept the bandwagon rolling with an emphatic win in the league away to Na Fianna.The clouds were gathering as we left PUM and by the time we arrived at Collinstown the heavens opened and a force ten gale only added to the occasion. Certain players were asked by management…

Junior B vs Ranelagh Gaels Result: 3-15 to 0-07 The JBs were determined to keep the momentum going in this encounter against Ranelagh Gaels. Despite the recent bad weather, conditions were perfect. The ground was a bit soft, so the initial brief was not to bounce the ball, move the ball at pace. Both teams…

Result: 2-04 to 2-10 St Vincent de Paul Cup v St Judes – 26 February 2017. Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 4; St Judes 2 – 10 This was not a good morning for football with gale force winds blowing across the field. Whatever advantage was available from the way the wind was blowing was…

Result: 1-08 to 0-09 Well, what more can I say about this fantastic group of Men? For once I am actually searching for any more words in the dictionary to describe this panel of players. At the start of the season we set out our objectives, win promotion and win Championship. Well, we’ve just  won…

Result: 2-09 to 2-11 Minor ‘A’ Football Championship Group 1: Kilmacud Crokes 2-11, Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-09 This was Boden’s first outing in the Championship as they had a bye in the first round of this five team group. As always with Kilmacud this was going to be a close game. Boden started into the…

  Minor E Championship  BBSE 4-8   St Catherines 7-8 Approaching this match it is fair to say mentors and players were somewhat concerned given we had suffered a massive defeat in the league to this team (who have ultimately won the league) in July. The preparations for the match were focussed on instilling in the lads…

Result: 1-12 to 1-11 Minor C Football Championship  Round 1 Sunday 11th September 2016 Ballyboden St Enda’s 1-12 to Craobh Chairain 1-11   Championship only comes around once a year so safe to say that the Boden lads were primed to perform their best on Sunday last in Sancta Maria. As usual the wind was…

Result: 2-15 to 1-04

Result: 0-09 to 2-08 Fielding a weakened side due to a number of absentees, Ballybodens Junior A footballers put up a spirited display against Kilmacud in the Junior A football Championship semi final. It was always going to be a big ask against the Division 4 leaders however the game was in the melting pot…

Result: 2-16 to 0-16 As Páirc Úí Mhurchú is out of action, this home match was played on a splendid pitch in Abbotstown, with a stand for the small number of travelling supporters. Na Fianna played with the wind in the first half and for most of that half it was the Conor McHugh show….

Result: 1-14 to 1-16 Our Junior A footballers missed an opportunity to qualify for the league playoffs when going down to St.Peregrines by 2 points in Ballycullen on Sunday morning. In a disappointing performance , the away team just had enough of a lead to finish the game ahead. Boden only started to play some…

Seniors back to winning ways – Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 17; Lucan 0 – 17 After a few days heavy rain, it was a credit to Lucan that the game could go ahead and their pitch was in excellent condition. With only two of the All-Ireland winning team available, the strength in depth of…

Result: 3-14 to 1-13 Our Intermediate footballers embarked in a hard fought but very sporting game against high flying St Peregines on a  sunny wind swept  Santa Maria on Saturday evening‬‬. Tough playing conditions for this Div 3  clash . The objective, while blooding young talented players, was to attain 2 important league points. Boden opted…

Thursday, 7th July 2016 Result: 3 09 to 1 13 Le Fear Bog Reports from 12th Lock Sometimes the score line does tell a lie. Let’s take a closer look at the figures from this game.  Ballyboden had 12 scores while Lucan had 14.  Boden had 7 wides to Lucan’s 13.  Lucan’s 13 wides amounted…

Result: 2-12 to 0-12 Stuttering Boden off the mark Ballyboden St Enda’s….. 2-12 Naomh Olaf………………. 0-12 Ballyboden St Enda’s are through to the second round of the Dublin SFC following an unconvincing six point victory over Naomh Olaf in O’Toole Park. Early goals from Ryan Basquel and Sam Molony gave Boden breathing space and they never looked…

Result: 4-14 to 1-07 A good performance by the Junior A footballers in the first round of the championship  . Their opponents ,Naomh Mearnog , were not alone at home but also fielding one of their former great Dublin stars Shane Carthy. Ballyboden had a strong wind in first half however it took the younger team…

Result: 2-16 to 0-11 Start of another senior league campaign and we are still in the 2015 championship. What a feeling!!! As preparations crank up for the All-Ireland final, meeting our neighbours in the first league game of the new year was going to be interesting. We gave away home advantage and opted to play in the large pitch…

Result: 2-14 to 0-07 Brilliant Boden maul Mitchels to claim maiden All Ireland By Shane O’Brien Ballyboden St Enda’s…… 2-14  Castlebar Mitchels……… 0-07 It is October 2,  2015. Ballyboden St Enda’s are playing Kilmacud Crokes in the second round of the Dublin Senior Football Championship.  Most outside the club consider them to be long outsiders…

Result: 5-12 to 0-08 The JBs got their season back on track today in a fine display of football against a spirited St Brendans. From the moment the team met there was a steely determination that this was going to be our day. The warm up was intense,the team were fully focused on the job…

Result: 1-12 to 1-12 In good conditions for a change in Ballycullen, Ballyboden Junior A footballers played out an exciting draw against Na Fianna. An outstanding defense , with Fionn Maguire, Cian Murray and Dean O Donnell to the fore, set the foundation for the home team’s performance. The game itself ebbed and flowed throughout with Na Fianna…

Result: 1-05 to 0-10 The JB’s were back in action in the League on a fine Sunday afternoon. The numbers were tight but the passion and intensity were high. Oisin Cannon collected the ball in the middle of the park and some neat passing ensued. Oisin broke down the right wing and sent the ball…

Result: 3-17 to 0-14 In good conditions in Finglas, our Junior A footballers got off to a winning start by beating Erins Isle 0-14 to 3-17. Even though playing against a slight wind, Erins Isle hit the ground running scoring 3 unanswered points. Our lads however settled into the game and were back on terms…

Result: 4-18 to 3-07 The Intermediate team had their first Division 3 league game of 2016 on Sunday morning at home to Ballyboughal after promotion through the playoffs last year. It was a beautiful sunny spring morning with little or no wind. The grass on the pitch had been cut and it was perfect conditions…

Result: 0-15 to 0-10 (AET) Commercials Success for Boden as they reach historic final. Report by Shane O’Brien Ballyboden St Enda’s…… 0-15 (AET) Clonmel Commercials…   0-10 Ballyboden advanced to their first ever All-Ireland football final after an incredible comeback in normal time saw them clinch a five point victory in extra-time over Clonmel Commercials in…

Result: 1-10 to 1-13 Match Report U21B Championship Championship game v St. Finians, Swords, Saturday, 21/11/2015 St. Finians        1 – 13                Ballyboden      1 – 10 A great performance by a  Ballyboden team ,many of whom had not played together before. Boden conceded a goal early on in the first half and suffered a setback after…

Result: 1 12 to 1 18   Nil Points, But Title Hopes Still Intact ( The Long Fella Reports) A spirited and encouraging second half performance augurs well as the stepping stone for a semi final place for our Minor championship side on a perfect Mobhi Road surface on Sunday. Their opponents, unlike Ballyboden, had…

Result: 1-05 to 0-07 U21 Football Champions! After a prolonged campaign the U21 Football Championship finally came to a conclusion in Chanel College on Saturday 7th Feb. Never is a Championship easily won and so it was the case here with two fiercely combatative teams Ballyboden and Raheny vying for glory. The Boden lads, the…

Result: 2-11 to 2-07 Ballyboden St Enda’s Minor B team had a tough enough start in their first Championship match. Weather conditions were quite blustery, but it was a fine and bright morning over in Rolestown. Ballyboden had a good start as Ross McGrath scored a point within the first minute. Fingal Ravens tried to…

Result: 0-10 to 2-07 The Junior B’ s just fell short of a championship final on Sunday after suffering a narrow loss to Oliver Plunketts at PUM. In what was a tight nervy affair throughout Boden just missed a bit of quality or injection of pace that would have got them over the line. The…

Result: 5-17 to 2-03 Ballyboden St. Endas had a resounding result in an intriguing clash with local rivals St. Annes in the Junior 9 league in Pairc Ui Murchu on Tuesday night. With the home side looking for a win before the next round of the Championship they got off to a storming start with…

AHL 3 vs Erin’s Isle Saturday, 24th May 2014 Result: 4 16 to 3 11 Ballyboden Senior B hurlers travelled to Finglas on Saturday 24th May 2014 to play their Round 4 League fixture against Erin’s Isle. The teams had played recently in the championship when Boden prevailed. However, the team knew they would face…

Result: 4-16 to 2-16 AET Junior B Advance in Championship   G.P Morans 2-16 Junior B 4-16 The Junior B’s advanced to the next round of the championship after a thrilling victory over Geraldine Morans at Cornelscourt on Sunday. In a game that was somewhat of a grudge match due to the rather chequered history between…

A report from Day 2 of the Feile. (by Alan Kinsella)

The Senior footballers took on Raheny in PUM on Saturday evening and despite missing a host of key players put in a solid performance coming out comfortable winners by 1-11 to 0-08. There were some strong performances throughout the team especially Conor Dooley in goal who denied Raheny two almost certain goals late in the…

Result: 2-08 to 0-14 Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 8  Kilmacud Crokes 0 – 14 Photos: Kevin Maguire If thoughts of 2009 filtered through the minds of Boden fans as they left a dusky O’Toole Park then few could blame them as once again, Liam O’Dwyer’s men confounded the pre-match odds against a very fancied…

Result: 0 – 11 to 1 – 4 Ballyboden St Endas 0 – 11  Naomh Jude 1 – 4 Boden were pushed all the way by a tenacious Naomh Jude who threatened an upset when Aoife Kelly goaled two minutes into the second half.  However the same player had a chance to level the game…

Result: 1 – 10 to 1 – 8 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 10  Kilmacud Crokes 1 – 8 A piece of Boden history was made in Ballycullen when the Minor B hurling team reached the club’s first championship final at this level.  It is also the first time that the club has appeared in…

Result: 2 – 7 to 0 – 6 The Junior A’s won a second Stacey Cup Final after a hard fought replay win over St Annes. The A’s started nervously in a low scoring first half and found themselves 2 points down after 10 minutes. The gap could have been wider but for a brilliant…

Result: 1 – 9 to 1 – 8 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 9 St Vincents 1 – 8 One point victories are always sweet but when they are accomplished by 14 men they are all the more memorable. Fifteen minutes from time Ciaran Dempsey was sidelined for his second yellow card – the first…

Sunday, 4th May 2008 Hurling League Minor B 5 – 15 Kilmacud Crokes 6 – 3 11:00 Silverpark Saturday, 3rd May 2008 Hurling Championship AHL 3 2 – 12 Naomh Fionnbarra 0 – 6 18:00 Knocklyon Park, Ballycullen Hurling League AHL 1 w/o Naomh Mearnóg scr 18:00 Carrickhill Thursday, 1st May 2008 Camogie League Senior…

Result: 2 – 4 to 1 – 3 Ballyboden St. Endas  2-04 St. Vincents  1-03   An outstanding performance by our Senior A Camogie team saw the first bit of silverware for 2008 enter the club last Sunday. Terrible weather conditions could have hampered the game but the girls, led by captain Roisin Keaney, played with great determination…

Result: 2 – 16 to 0 – 10 Ballyboden St Endas 2 – 16  Trinity Gaels 0 – 10 The Boden gave their most impressive display of the season when they totally outplayed Trinity Gaels to advance to the next round with a bit to spare. Showing a great appetite for work, the Boden side responded…

Result: 1 – 9 to 0 – 9 Ballyboden St Endas 1 – 9  Lucan Sarsfields 0 – 9 The long awaited first round clash was only a kick away from a replay as a second half rally by Lucan against a Boden side which played for 30 minutes of the second half with 14…