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by Aidan Crowley on Aug 18th, 2025 - 1099 Views

  Proud Saints End Glorious European Adventure With Heads Held High: By: Aidan Crowley: JK Besiktas FC: 3.           Saint Patrick’s Athletic: 2. JK Besiktas FC Win 7-3 On Aggregate. Saint Patrick’s Athletic exited this year’s UEFA Europa Conference League, with a fighting... 

by Aidan Crowley on Aug 5th, 2025 - 1015 Views

  Saints Show True Grit With Dramatic Late Win In Estonia: By: Aidan Crowley: Nomme JK Kalju FC  2          St. Patrick’s Athletic 2. After Extra Time St. Patrick’s Athletic Win 3-2 On Aggregate. Saint Patrick’s Athletic were forced to pull out all the stops, as they... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jul 21st, 2025 - 477 Views

    Saints Go Marching On To Conference League With Vintage Performance: By: Aidan Crowley: FC Hegelmann 0.               St. Patrick’s Athletic 2. St. Patrick’s Athletic Win 3-0 On Aggregate. St. Patrick’s Athletic cruised into the next qualifying round of... 

by Aidan Crowley on Apr 28th, 2025 - 954 Views

Council-Funded Football Pitch In The Liberties Closed To Local Sports Clubs: By: Aidan Crowley: A full-sized astro-turf football pitch, owned by CBS James’s Street and constructed mainly with money from Dublin City Council (DCC), is currently out-of-bounds to local sports clubs. The pitch is secluded... 

by Aidan Crowley on Feb 12th, 2025 - 1716 Views

St. Patrick’s Athletic: Preview Of The League Of Ireland Season (2025): By: Aidan Crowley: St. Patrick’s Athletic will be hoping to clinch the League of Ireland (LOI) Premier Division title for the first time since 2013 when the new season kicks-off this Friday (14th February). Having gone close... 

by Aidan Crowley on Dec 18th, 2024 - 945 Views

St. Patrick’s Athletic: Review Of The Season (2024): By: Aidan Crowley: The 2024 League of Ireland (LOI) season proved to be one of mixed fortunes for Inchicore-based St. Patrick’s Athletic. The Richmond Park club finished third in the league table, without any silverware in their cabinet. However,... 

by Aidan Crowley on Aug 29th, 2024 - 901 Views

Proud Saints Go Down Fighting As Glorious European Adventure Ends: By: Aidan Crowley: Istanbul Basaksehir: 2.             St. Patrick’s Athletic: 0. (Istanbul Basaksehir win 2-0 on aggregate). Despite a battling performance and a number of gilt-edged scoring opportunities, Saint Patrick’s... 

by Aidan Crowley on Aug 22nd, 2024 - 979 Views

Saints Glorious European Adventure Continues Apace For only the third time in their illustrious history, St. Patrick’s Athletic have made it into the Play-Off Round of a major European football competition. Today (Thursday 22nd August), they face top Turkish side, Istanbul Basaksehir FK, in the Play-Off... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jul 29th, 2024 - 1044 Views

Paris Olympics 2024 Preview – Team Ireland’s Medal Prospects: By: Aidan Crowley: One hundred years on from their first Olympic Games appearance in Paris, back in 1924, Team Ireland have sent a record sized squad to the Paris Olympics 2024 which opens today (Friday 26th July). Today’s opening ceremony... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jun 14th, 2024 - 1058 Views

UEFA European Football Championship 2024 Preview By: Aidan Crowley: With Euro 2024 kicking-off today (Friday 14th June), the anticipation is mounting as Germany, who are three-time champions, gear up to host the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship. As UEFA’s flagship international tournament,... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Feb 13th, 2024 - 1182 Views

Well Done Sean McKeown! – Local hero Sean wins First win on Junior Darts Circuit!   A well deserved win for local darts wizard! Sean gets interviewed after major win!  Read More »

by Aidan Crowley on Dec 19th, 2023 - 1210 Views

  St. Patrick’s Athletic: Review Of The Season (2023): By Aidan Crowley The 2023 League of Ireland (LOI) season proved to be a highly successful one for St. Patrick’s Athletic, with the Inchicore club finishing a respectable third in the LOI Premier League and also claiming their second Sports... 

by Aidan Crowley on Nov 23rd, 2023 - 1367 Views

Super Saints Win FAI Cup In Front Of Record Crowd By Aidan Crowley: St. Patrick’s Athletic: 3.           Bohemian FC: 1. Sunday 12th November 2023 is a date that will live long in the hearts and minds of  all St. Patrick’s Athletic fans, as the Super Saints were crowned Sports Direct... 

by Aidan Crowley on Nov 2nd, 2023 - 1208 Views

St. James Gaels/An Caislean To Celebrate Thirty Years In The Community St. James Gaels/An Caislean GAA Club, which is about to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary, has been a focal point at the heart of the Crumlin, Drimnagh and Walkinstown communities since it was formed in July 1994. The club was... 

by Shane Adlum on Jan 17th, 2023 - 2346 Views

The Day Pele Played at Dalymount Park – The Day Pele Played at Dalymount Park – Shane Adlum retells the day one of footballs greats came to Dublin On December 29th 2022 the footballing world mourned the loss of a legend. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, passed away after... 

by Aidan Crowley on Dec 21st, 2022 - 1323 Views

St. Patrick’s Athletic: Review Of The Season (2022)- Aidan Crowley reviews the 22 season for the Saints! Local League of Ireland club, St. Patrick’s Athletic, ended a hectic 2022 domestic season with a somewhat disappointing fourth-place finish. Considering that they were looking like genuine title... 

by Stephen Davis on Jun 22nd, 2021 - 2327 Views

Paddy Power Troll Irish Football Fans The Irish bookmaking firm has trolled the football fans of Ireland with a mural located on Fenian Street Dublin. The mural depicts Jack Grealish and Damien Rice against a Georges Cross and the slogan “Come on you boys in white” Grealish and Rice famously switched... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jun 18th, 2021 - 2339 Views

Sean “The Sniper” McKeon To Play On The Advanced Junior Tour The Fountain Resource Group wants to wish Sean McKeon the very best of luck this weekend as he heads to Britain to compete in the Advanced Junior Tour. Sean, who plays for Jobstown house darts team in Tallaght, is a local lad to... 

by FRG.ie Admin on May 27th, 2021 - 2554 Views

Well Done Sean McKeon! – Local Youth Wows At Dart Tournament! Fantastic weekend for local darts player aficionado Sean McKeon at the JDC Q School. He has played 10 darts matches, Won 6, and Lost 4 legs for 33 legs against 23, which qualified him for a tour card. Sean has qualified for the... 

by Craig O'Reilly on Apr 14th, 2021 - 6645 Views

  Paul Morphy And The greatest Chess Game –  Considering the popularity of “The Queen’s Gambit” Craig has helpfully provided us with a chess themed article with an Irish connection Paul Morphy is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. Born...