(1) December 8 - Hurling - A First - Leinster Club winners take on European All Star
(2) December 8 - Ceiliuradh Le Cheile - Celebrate Together 19:00 - 04:00
(3) Monthly Events
(4) December 16 - Childrens Christmas Party Shillelagh Den Haag
(5) Message from our Italian Irish music lover
(6) CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD
(7) Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr
(1).
December 8 - Hurling - A First - Leinster Club winners take on European All Star
December 8 we www.denhaaggaa. com will be hosting, at the WRC, Westlands Rugby Club, Beresteinlaan 52, Den Haag the hurling match between Europe and the Leinster Junior Champions Killurin, Co. Offaly.
This is a historic occasion as it is the first time the winners of any GAA competition in Ireland will earn the right to take on the best in European hurling. It promises to be a great game, certainly the highest standard of hurling ever to be played in the Netherlands since the County teams of Clare and Wexford played a game in Hurling Hockey Club in Amsterdam nearly 3 2 decades ago..
We expect a large number of supporters to come over from Ireland , so, let’s do all we can to get out a big home support as well. I know we won’t get Croke Park figures but please show support for the efforts being made by European GAA to promote the best sport in the WORLD.Tony Bass European County Secretary will be the referee and well deserved considering the efforts and hours he has given to European GAA all codes.
Special thanks to the Liam O’Neill and Sheamus Howlin, Leinster Council for allowing this to happen www.gaa.ie/leinster .
Bring your family, friends and colleagues along to enjoy this unique occasion.
Bain taitneamh as!!
If you have a contact for a TV channel, newspaper or website, Dutch or Irish, send the details to Marie please. mariesheehan@ yahoo.ie
(in Dutch )
Killurin, winnaars van het Leinster Special Junior Club Hurling kampioenschap in de finale tegen “County Europe” in Den Haag
Den Haag GAA club zal gastheer zijn voor de wedstrijd op 8 december 2007.
Den Haag, Nederland – 20 november, 2007 – De Den Haag Gaelic Athletic Association, kortweg GAA, is een van de oudste en succesvolste GAA clubs op het vaste land van Europa. Wij als club zijn er trots op dat wij gastheer mogen zijn van de finale van het Leinster Special Junior Club hurling kampioenschap, gespeeld door Killurin uit County Offaly, Ierland tegen ‘County Europe’.
Killurin uit Offaly werd Leinster Special Junior Club hurling kampioen door Park Ratheniska uit Laois te verslaan op 18 september jongst leden. Zij zullen naar Nederland af reizen om de finale tegen ‘County Europe’ - een team samengesteld van hurlers uit Brussel, Parijs, Luxemburg, Zurich en de gastclub Den Haag te spelen.
“Als winnaars van het Europees Hurling Kampioenschap 2007 zijn wij erg blij met het feit dat wij deze wedstrijd mogen organiseren. En wij verwelkomen Killurin bij onze club,” zegt Marie Sheehan, Den Haag GAA Club promotor. “2007 Is een zeer succesvol jaar geweest voor onze dames en heren
Directions to Westlandse Rugby Club Haaglanden (WRC):
Westlandse Rugby Club Haaglanden (WRC)
Beresteinlaan 52a (beside GONA)
Den Haag
www.wrc-haaglanden. nl
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Public transport: Tram 9 stop Beresteinlaan/ Melis Stokelaan & Bus 25 other end of Beresteinlaan by Lidl
By car:
From Amsterdam Direction (A4)
- Follow the A4 in the direction “Den Haag Zuid”
- Take exit number 12 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 12)”
- Follow the road (it verves to the right) and continue straight
- When you come to the 4th set of traffic lights turn right onto Melis Stokelaan
- At the first ‘crossroads’ to left onto Beresteinlaan
- The rugby club, WRC-Haaglanden, is on your right hand side
From the Rotterdam Direction (A13)
- Follow the A13 in the direction Den Haag
- Take exit number 7 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 7)”
- Go right in the direction “Den Haag Zuid A4 (E30)”
- Follow the direction A4 richting Den Haag Zuid (E30)
- Take exit number 12 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 12)”
- Follow the road (it verves to the right) and continue straight
- When you come to the 4th set of traffic lights turn right onto Melis Stokelaan
- At the first ‘crossroads’ to left onto Beresteinlaan
- The rugby club, WRC-Haaglanden, is on your right hand side
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(2).
December 8 - Ceiliuradh Le Cheile - Celebrate Together 19:00 - 04:00
A GREAT FORMAL DINNER PARTY
WITH INFORMAL ATMOSPHERE !
SOUTH AMERICA MEETS IRELAND - CHICOLEO PART II
Strandweg 155, 2586 JM Scheveningen
(between the Pier and Carlton Beach Hotel)
Phone 070-3588642
Semi-Formal Attire
This event is organized by the Irish Club~Netherlands, Den Haag GFHC and Holland Ladies team as a celebration dinner for the winners on the day and also for the winning Leinster Junior Hurling Club (Killuren, Co. Offaly, Ireland) and as an end of season and Christmas party celebration for all the organizers after a very successful year of culture and sport.
Join in the ceol agus craic - An Oiche “Ceiliuradh Le Cheile”.
PROGRAM Saturday 8th of December 2007
19.00 hrs – RECEPTION
Welcome Cocktail (with or without alcohol).
On the tables you’ll find nachos and dips
Music:
Katie & Conor
19.30 hrs BUFFET AI CARAMBA!
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Presentations
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Sean Kilkenny Irish Dancers
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22.00 – 01.00 hrs Live Music with Band “Big Deal” a five piece cover band that have promised to get us all dancing.
01.00 – 04.00 hrs DJ - Kutzai will help us make sawdust out of the dancefloor and keep us going until the wee wee hours of the morning. There will be a raffle and lots of spot prizes you’ll be delighted to know that all of this is included in the ticket price!
Contact: 06-20573678 to book your ticket NOW limited space
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(3).
Monthly Events
(a). Contact Helen 070-3923273 if you would like to join this group.
Also, if you fancy going for a nice long walk any weekend please call Helen.
(b). Ceadaoin 19/12/07
Beidh Teacht le Chéile le caint agus craic as Gaeilge i ‘Murphy’s Law’ ó 8 i.n. go dtí 10 i.n. Is cuma faoi do chumas teanga…tar chun do chúpla focail a úsáid agus b’fhéidir cúpla ceann eile a fhoghlam!!!!
Wednesday 19/12/07
There will be a Teacht le Chéile with chat and craic through Irish in ‘Murphy’s Law’ from 8pm until 10 pm. Don’t worry about your language ability….come to use your few words and maybe learn a few more….
(Teacht le Chéile is the official name of the informal drink occasion, as Gaeilge, of the Irish Club~ Netherlands )
Maire Ni Shlatara (an muinteoir) mnishlatara@hotmail.com
Ait: Murphy’s Law, Dr. Kuyperstraat 11, Den Haag
(in aici le an Ambasáid na hÉireann chun Ríocht na hÍsiltíre)
irishclub_nederland@yahoo.co.uk
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December 16 - Childrens Christmas Party Shillelagh Den Haag
Irish Club Netherlands
Children’s Christmas Party
14.00-17.00 hour’s
Sunday, 16th December
The Shillelaigh (Upstairs Functions Room), Javastraat 94, The Hague
Lots of fun and games
Entertainment: by the famous Zassie (clown) of course
Santa will be arriving as usual with bags full of presents
He needs to know your childs age, sex & name by December 12th.
Please contact Caroline macafici@planet. nl
070-4277123/ 06-24417780
or Eithne: 070-3657425
Members: € 5.00 Non-members: € 7.50
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Message from our Italian Irish music lover
Dear friends,
One of these days there will be a new Website where you can read more about the Irish, Italian and Dutch musicians and about the Irish dancers, who will play, sing and dance at our Music night on Saturday January 26, 2008, I will let you know when the Website is on line.
The tickets for this night will be available next week, starting on Tuesday November 27,in the Murphy’s Law, Dr. Kuyperstraat 7, 2514 BA Den Haag, located between the Denneweg and the Koninginnegracht, right next to the Irish Embassy.
This nice Pub is closed on Sundays, but on all other days you can enjoy the cosy and relaxed atmosphere and all the good wines, beers, single malt whisky and much more, and every Monday night starting around 2100H,they have very nice jazz-jam sessions.
So if you would like to join our next Music night in January, this is the place where you can find your tickets, for those of you who live out of town, please send over 30 Euro p.p. to; A.J.G. Bruti Gondelstraat 53 2586 ER Den Haag ING banknr. 67 53 16 928, with your name and address, and please mention; Contribution Music night. And I will send over your tickets by post.
In order to create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for all of us that night, there will be a limited number of tickets available, so please get your tickets in time, and join us in the Church, where we will have many hours of pure music, pure food, and where good wine and beer will be available.
For those of you who didn’t receive my first email, for whatever reason, please let me know and I will send it again, for now all the best.
Sandro
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CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD
22/11/2007
SISK APPOINTED MAIN CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD
Sisk, Ireland’s largest construction company, has been appointed main contractor on the New Stadium at Lansdowne Road . Sisk, who won the contract following a public procurement tendering process, will have overall responsibility for the construction of the stadium, which is scheduled to see its first action in 2010. Sisk is currently mobilising on site.
The contract with the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC) was formally signed earlier today, 22 November, 2007, in the presence of Mr Seamus Brennan T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. The New Stadium is a joint venture between the IRFU and the FAI with the Government providing €191 million towards the cost.
Work on the construction of the new stadium began in May of this year with the awarding of both the demolition and sub structure contracts. Demolition of the old stadium was completed over the August bank holiday weekend with the demolition of the old West Stand.
Work on the sub structure commenced in tandem with the demolition programme. A key element in the new stadium, the construction of a podium over the DART line, was completed over the October bank holiday. Along with the construction of the podium a major new underpass under the railway line was also completed over that weekend.
Currently the sub structure programme is well advanced. This has included the construction of a basement under the East Stand and work on a new underground car park under the back pitch.
Sisk will have complete control over all of the various construction contracts in relation to the stadium including the structural steel, the cladding, the installation of the pitch etc. In order to meet the LRSDC deadline of matches being played in the new stadium in 2010 many of these contracts were initially awarded independently.
Speaking on behalf of Sisk Mr Tom Costello, the Sisk director in charge of the project, said that Sisk was delighted to have won the contract given the fact that it has already been responsible for the construction of Croke Park . “We believe we have a unique insight into what is required in the construction of a major sporting venue such as this. We fully realise that Lansdowne is quite a different stadium than Croke Park but many of the challenges are the same. We are really excited to have the opportunity to deliver what is another essential piece of Ireland ’s sporting infrastructure”.
Speaking on behalf of LRSDC Mr Philip Browne, chairman of the company, said that he was “delighted with the progress on the stadium to date. The work continues to be on schedule and that is essential. I think everyone connected with sport in Ireland admires Croke Park . It really is a fantastic stadium and I think everyone acknowledges that Sisk did a wonderful job there. We are looking forward to having them on board and to seeing the new stadium rise out of the ground”.
On completion the new stadium at Lansdowne Road will have an all seated capacity of 50,000. The new stadium will consist of a continuous curvilinear shaped stand enclosing all four sides of the ground. The South, East and West Stands will have four tiers of seating for spectators. The second tier will provide facilities for premium ticket holders while the third tier will provide facilities for corporate boxes. The North Stand will comprise of one low level seating tier to reflect its proximity to the residential properties at that end of the ground.
Note on Sisk:
Sisk are Ireland ’s largest and longest established construction firm having been established in 1859 and currently employing 1500. A private, family owned enterprise, the company will be celebrating its 150 years in business in 2009. The company has been synonymous with construction in Ireland having delivered such well known landmarks down the years as Cavan and Galway Cathedrals, Cork City Hall, Irish Life Mall, and more recently Croke Park, Dundrum Town Centre, Cork School of Music and the recently opened Ritz Carlton Hotel at Powerscourt. Sisk are also currently constructing the new Convention Centre, Grand Canal Square, and major pharmaceutical facilities for Johnson & Johnson at Centocor and Cordis. Sisk have seven offices countrywide located in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Waterford and Dundalk and have built a reputation for delivering complex projects, utilising latest construction innovations and managing within predetermined ! budgets and schedules. Sisk are focused on the following construction sectors Commercial, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Residential, Civil Engineering, Healthcare, Hotels & Leisure, Industrial and Social Infrastructure. Sisk were recent recipients of the NISO Overall Construction safety Award for 2007.
*SEE OUR MEDIA GALLERY AT WWW.LRSDC.IE FOR THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW STADIUM*
Regards,
Claire Seale
LRSDC
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Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr
Friendship - the best Christmas gift of all Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr
Sonas agus siochain faoi Nollaig
From Irish Club~ Netherlands Board
“The Gaelic Football Championship of Brittany (France) begins this weekend in Brest, at the Stade de Petit Kervu.” explained Gaetan Danet of Bro-Leon GAA Club.
These clubs play and train weekly with have hardly any Irish players at all in each club.