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In January 1992, a meeting was held to form a
club in the Astoria area. The response was
magnificent and after much discussion the “Astoria Gaels Football and Social
club” was formed. After the committee
elected the inaugural board of Officers the club affiliated with the New
York GAA in the Junior B Competition. Funds were
gathered by way of generous donations from
bars, businesses and individuals within the Queens area. Fund raisers were
also organized and due to the hard work by
the members of the club enough funds were in place to move ahead with
their activities. The football team had a
tremendous year and was undefeated in five divisional
games and qualified for the semi-final stages.
There they came up against a “strong” Kerry squad
who in the last 10 minutes got some crucial scores
and defeated the Gaels by 3-08 to 2-04. The
display of heart and commitment shown by the Gaels on that faithful evening
showed however a deep resolve and promised successful days to come. The middle
of their first summer was christened by a monster barbeque with over 200
members and supporters on hand in Wards Island.
The Island also served as the training ground for
the Gaelic Squad on their quest for success. A
dinner dance at the end of the year was held at
the Golden Pheasant on Broadway in Astoria with
over 400 guests on hand to honor Gaels of the year
Paschal McKiernan and Mike McGarry from
Shroid Construction and celebrate the first year of the clubs existence. A
monster journal was also produced with 130
pages of adds in support of the club. The journal debuted the crest of
the club which was designed by Mary McCarthy and
now graces both jerseys and gear bags alike.
The club has gone from strength to strength with
the additions of two soccer squads and the
graduation to Junior A in the following years as it has spread its wings
across Queens and the surrounding boro’s.
Tyrone Man Sean Rice was the clubs first President with Martin Hanrahan
Vice-president. The First football manager was
Brendan Ryan with trainer Donie O’Sullivan.
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Past Players of the Year
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PAST TEAMS
Astoria Gaels 2000 Semi-Final vs. Kerry
Back Row: J. Corley, Seamus Nee,
Declan Horrigan, Rob Ormond, Dave Ormond, Joe Butler, Pete Warren, ?, Sam Yore,
Dan Harrington, Eugene Kyne Front
Row: James Dolan, Dermot Mulcahy, Derek McKenna, John Beirne, Nestor Allen,
Ger O’Brien, Mike Keane, Pat Mulrey, Andy O Mahoney, PJ Burke, Stephen Woods,
Alan Daly, Dave Browne, Kevin Nee
Astoria Gaels 2000 Group Game
Back Row: Dan Harrington, Sam Yore,
Joe Butler, Pete Warren, Jim Corley, Eugene Kyne, Derek McKenna, Rob Ormond,
Sean Rice, Mathew McKenna, Kevin Nee, Gerry Coyle
Front Row:
Padraig Kyne, James Dolan, Ger O’ Brien, Niall Carolan, Simon, John Beirne,
Nigel McKenna, Andy O Mahoney, Nestor Allen, Pat Mulrey, Dave Ormond, Mike
Keane, PJ Burke, Dave Browne
Astoria Gaels Soccer Team – Early Years!
Back Row: Darragh O’Connor, Martin,
Sean Kilkenny, E. Kyne, ?, Martin McCabe, Paul Flanagan
Front Row: P.
Mulrey, D. Clear, ?, E. Keenan, John Hunt, ?
Astoria Gaels Group Game Van Cortland Park 1994
Back Row: Tommy Mulrey, Peter
Connolly, Paul Kelly, Myles Hawkshaw, S. Kilkenny, Jimmy Corley, Padraig Maughan,
Enda Kenny, Eugene Kyne, Jimmy O’Sullivan, Gavin Higgins, Brendan Doyle, PJ
Reilly, Sean Flynn Front Row: Darragh Moore, Liam Gill, John Beirne,
Mickey McGarvey, Darragh O’Connor, Pat Mulrey, Niall O’Gorman, Mike Keane, M.
Duggan
Astoria Gaels 2003 vs. Monaghan
Back Row: Paul Kyle, Dan Harrington,
Steven Mullen, Seamus Nee, John Beirne, John Watters, Derek McKenna, Kevin Nee,
Alan, Eugene Kyne,
Front Row: James Dolan, Conor Corbett, Micheal Coyle, PJ
Rogers, Andy O Mahoney, Dave Browne, Nestor Allen, Sean O Sullivan, David
Doherty, Ronan McCormack
Astoria Gaels Group Game 1999
Back Row: Vivion White, Sean
Rice, P. Burns, S. Yore, E O’Reilly, E. Kyne, J. Butler, P. Bruen, B.
Doyle, M. Bourke, J. Corley, M. Doaln, J. Doaln, M. O’Donnell, D. Clear
Front Row: K. Cregan, J. Beirne, P. Mulrey, M. Keane, N. Allen, E.
Kyne, G. O’Brien, E. Flaherty, P. Kyne, C. Corbett, D. Dowd, D. McKenna
Astoria Gaels 7 a side Washington DC April 1999
Back Row: James Dolan, Jimmy
Corley, Paul Bruen, M. Dolan, Eugene Kyne, Vivion White
Front Row: Ger O Brien, Nestor Allen, Pat Mulrey,
John Beirne
Astoria Gaels Soccer Team June 2002
Back Row: D. Horrigan, M.Kyne, E.
Kyne, R. Kyne, B. Reilly, J. Butler, T. Lynch, Seamus Pilkington, Damien Clerkin,
Donal Walsh, K. Nee, D. McKenna
Front Row: A.
Loftus, N. Sugrue, Scoby, PJ Burke, Andy O’ Mahoney, J. Beirne, N. Allen, M.
Conroy, G. O’Brien, D. Browne
Astoria Gaels Junior B Final vs. Sligo 1999 (Drawn Game)
Back Row: E. Crossan, E. Kyne, Eddie
O Reilly, Sam Yore, Conor Donahy, Enda O Flaherty, M. Dolan, J. Corley, B.
Doyle, S. Rice, D. Harrington, M. Bourke, D. McKenna
Front Row: John
Beirne, Conor Corbett, Mike Keane, Nestor Allen, Pat Mulrey, Ger O Brien, James
Dolan, Niall Carolan, Nigel McKenna
Astoria Gaels vs. St. Pats Boston 1996
Back Row: E. Kyne, D. Clear, Paul
Kilkenny, S. Rice, Declan, S. Kilkenny, Martin Duggan, Gerry Corbett
Front Row:
Conor Corbett, Joe Boyle, Pat Mulrey, P. Burns, Tommy Mulrey, ?, N.O’Gorman,
John Beirne
Astoria Gaels vs. Wolfe Tones Chicago Gaelic Park 1997
Jimmy Sullivan, S. Flynn, S. Kilkenny, D. Moore, J. Corley, Myles Hawckhaw, Paul
Kelly, Eamon Collins, M. McGarvey, John Beirne, Pat Mulrey, Eugene Kyne, Enda
Kenny, Gerry Coyle, P. Kyne, E. Kyne