Cuala Casements Monthly Newsletter – June 1972
The Cuala Casements Montly Newsletter reminds us of a lively 1970s scene and the “technology” used to publish it.
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Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Cartlann Digiteach Cuala contributed a whooping 58 entries.
The Cuala Casements Montly Newsletter reminds us of a lively 1970s scene and the “technology” used to publish it.
The formal Cuala story can be traced from records of games in the area in the late-19th century and on through a variety of mergers, off-shoots, ‘rests’ and ressurections involving local clubs like Cuala Hurling Club, Naomh Mhuire, St Begnet’s, Dalkey Mitchell’s, Roger Casements and Cuala Boys. All of these clubs are part of the great Cuala journey – their history and that of the modern club are inseparable.
225 years after the death of Theobald Wolfe Tone of the United Irishmen during the 1798 Rebellion, we feature a Club that was founded in his honour.
We previously reported that St. Begnet’s GAA was believed to have existed since 1917, but had spent several decades in the wilderness before being resurrected in the 1950s. Now, that belief about its earlier existence can be upgraded to certainty. We even know the identities of its early players and officials and can point to their being in operation by 1916. But there’s a catch. They were not who we thought they were
We first reported on the Cuala Hurlers of the 1920s back in 2011. Now Cartlann Digiteach Cuala has an excuse to re-post because not only have we obtained a better image of the team but we’ve also built up a better picture of their activities including the earliest-ever Match Report of a Cuala team.
Cuala Casements has earned a special place in the hearts of many of today’s older members. Prior to its evolution into modern-day Cuala, the Sallynoggin-headquartered outfit played a huge part in promoting juvenile teams and it left an indelible mark in the local GAA landscape. now we have a meticulously recorded record of their exploits.
A pre-1920s Cuala team spotted in them thar hills. So just who were they?
This is a revised and updated version of an article that was first published in Oct 2017 The Marian Leagues were originally run across parish schools in South Dublin and North Wicklow from as early as 1953 (a year before the Marian Year) until 1973. The system operated independently of the GAA until 1960 when […]
Dunleary O’Connells is another of those Clubs whos very existence has been largely forgotten. Although not known to have any direct connection with the modern Cuala club, Cartlann Digiteach Cuala feels this forum is a fitting place to record what is known of this once powerful club in what has since become the Cuala heartland.
Cartlann Digiteach Cuala previously reported on the wonderful efforts made to develop our pitch at Hyde Park. Of course no such undertaking would have been complete without a suitable celebration and what better way than to have the country’s finest players put the pitch to the test in a challenge match in the presence of Cuala members and friends.