THE Ladies Gaelic Football
Association celebrated its
50th anniversary on Thurs-
day July 18.
The Association was
founded on July 18, 1974,
at Hayes' Hotel in Thurles.
The Tipperary town was
also the venue for the 50th
anniversary celebrations,
with exhibition games at
FBD Semple Stadium to
followed by a special event
at The Dome.
Marty Morrissey was
MC for this event, which
featured a presentation on
the history of the LGFA by
UCD PhD student, Hayley
Kilgallon.
Past and present LGFA
administrators, along with
former players, also fea-
tured in panel discussions.
The day's activities got
underway from 11am, with
Gaelic4Mothers&Others
and underage teams led
onto the FBD Semple Sta-
dium sod by piper, Gerard
Neville, followed by a fun
warm-up conducted by
former Cork player, Orlagh
Farmer.
Games commenced at
11.30am and finished at
2pm, with the celebratory
event in The Dome com-
mencing at 4pm.
Minister of State for Sport
and Physical Education,
Thomas Byrne, addressed
the gathering, along with
Uachtarán Cumann Peil
Gael na mBan, Mícheál
Naughton, and Cathao-
irleach Comhairle na Mum-
han, Ger Ryan.
LGFA
50
TH
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATIONS
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TH
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