The 2007 Cuala S.S.I.P. League ran from Tuesday 18th September culminating in the finals day on Tuesday 23^rd October. The league was run parallel with the main Dublin schools Gaelic football competition run by Cumann na mBunscoil. The idea of the competition was to provide a competitive outlet to first teams of schools who aren’t yet strong enough to enter the Cumann na mBunscoil competitions and to also provide meaningful games to children on second and third teams in the stronger schools thereby raising the standard of Gaelic football in the area as a whole. The league was organised and run by Cuala’s coaching department headed up by Denis Monaghan and Caroline Kenny in partnership with The Sport & Social Integration Project’s Ken FitzGerald. There were fifteen teams entered from ten schools from the wider Dún Laoghaire area. The teams were divided into three divisions as follows –

Division 1 Corn Liam MacCrudden
Scoil Colmcille, Ballybrack
Harold Boys, Dalkey (A)
Scoil Lorcáin, Baile na Manach (A)
Carysfort N.S., Blackrock (A)
The Harold School, Glasthule (A)

Division 2 Corn Christopher Cannon
St.Kevins, Sallynoggin
Scoil Lorcáin, Baile na Manach (B)
Carysfort N.S., Blackrock (B)
The Harold School, Glasthule (B)
Scoil Mhuire, Shankill

Division 3 Corn na nDaltaí
The Harold School, Glasthule
Harold Boys, Dalkey
Archbishop McQuaid N.S. Loughlinstown
St.Josephs, Tivoli Rd. Dún Laoghaire
Gaelscoil Phadraig, An Baile Breac

The group stages were played every Tuesday for five weeks at Cuala’s pitches in Dalkey and Tomastown road. It was in indication of the evenness of the groups that no match was won or lost by large scores. The finals went as follows -
Div 1 The Harold School, Glasthule (A) V Carysfort N.S., Blackrock (A)
Div 2 The Harold School, Glasthule (B) V Scoil Mhuire, Shankill
Div 3 The Harold School, Glasthule (C) V Archbishop McQuaid N.S. Loughlinstown

Afer three well contested games Carysfort (A), Scoil Mhuire and Harold(C) emerged victorious. The organisers would like to thank all of the participants, referees, parents and most of all the teachers who give of their time to ensure that these competitions are a success. We would also like to thank David Hudson and Derek Spain who represented the McCrudden family and also the Cannon family. A final thank you to Get Fresh, Ballybrack who provided fruit for the players and supporters on the day of the finals