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That was a strange weekend. Stuck in the house. No game to go to. O’Neills jacket hanging by the door.

Longing for the smell of onions and burgers. Halftime homemade soup. The road trip to away games. The allure of Topaz, Applegreen, coffee scalding hot and sweet in cardboard cups, muffins, panini, the 7pc fry ups. Or maybe you prefer the squished taste of sandwiches in tinfoil, accompanied by Tayto and a drink of Club Orange. Saturday night lights and Super Sundays on the road.

The Beast from the east. Have jersey, will travel but there’s nothing on and nowhere to go. Cabin fever. No football or hurling on the television either. Felt like a poor terrestrial viewer when all the games are only satellite. Except they weren’t even on satellite. They weren’t anywhere. They say you only truly miss something when you can’t have it. It was like

In 2017 O’Neills launched the new NYPD GAA Ground Zero Commemoration jersey. The NYPD club has a proud history dating back almost forty years since it was established by a small group of dedicated Gaels. They were also serving officers in New York’s Finest. The Ground Zero Commemoration Jersey commemorates the 23 NYPD officers who tragically lost their lives on 11 September 2001.

NYPD GAA Beginnings

The NYPD Gaelic Football Club was started in 1969 by a few Bronx policemen who were actively playing for their county teams in New York City. Mike Moloney from Clare, Dan Kiely from Cork, Galway native Mike Burke and Cavan‘s Mike Cassidy were the founders of what is now one of the NYPD’s largest fraternal sports teams. It is

The New York GAA jersey is well known back in Ireland primarily through the county team’s participation in the Connacht football championship and previously the hurlers’ participation in the Ulster senior hurling championship. A star studded list of players have pulled on the famous blue, white and red shirt over the years. The New York County board is responsible for all games in the state as well as the inter-county teams. In the last couple of seasons the New York team has performed creditably against Sligo and Roscommon and it is widely considered only a matter of time before the county records a breakthrough championship success in Connacht.

In the 2006 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship New York scored a famous 1-18 to 1-12 win over Derry GAA. This entitled them to take part in the Ulster final, which had to be delayed because the New York players had trouble travelling due to some visa concerns. The final eventually was played in Boston in  October of that year as a curtain-raiser to the Interprovincial Championship football final. New York lost 2-20 – 1-14 to

Since Stephen Cluxton arrived on the scene we all know that the position of goalkeeper has been changed utterly. Pulling on the keeper’s jersey nowadays is a vote of confidence from the manager. He’s looking for a player that can restart the game with pin point accuracy, go long or short as needed, stop shots and remain calm under pressure. Simple as that. Can you do it?

In Dublin BC – Before Cluxton - they had a history of superb keepers with the legend Paddy Culllen through to John O’Leary. Then Stephen Cluxton arrived and its all been changing utterly ever since. Since Cluxton became the latest recipient off the Dublin GAA Goalkeeper jersey, he has made it his own with his laser tracked kicking and brilliant distribution. His all Ireland winning free against Kerry

The countdown to the 2018 John West Féile is on.
As the excitement builds and competitors around the country ready themselves for another thrilling summer of Féile action, John West and O’Neills want YOU to make YOUR mark on Féile 2018. The winning designer will be responsible for creating the official 2018 John West Féile Jersey and will WIN a Weekend Family stay in Killary Adventure Centre, Co.Galway!

How to Enter

- Save your entry form. Right click on the image below and select ‘Save image as’.

- Now the file has saved you can begin your design. Design your jersey on your preferred device or by hand – print the form if you prefer!

- Finished your design? Complete the entry

It’s all about upping the Away Game these days. Kerry winning going back to Gold in their away jersey up in Mayo. Tyrone in their impressive new red hand away jerseys recorded a tight fought win on the road against the Lilywhites last weekend, also wearing their slick away strip although at home. Donegal put on a stylish display in Croke park under lights with their own away strip the subject of much jealous attention as they returned to the retro style of green jerseys with a yellow band last seen regularly in the early nineties.

Of course back then the green  and yellow number was the standard Tír Chonaill kit, but during the successful

Looking forward to this weekend’s Division 1 football we reflect on ‘Back to Gold’, as the new Kerry GAA away jersey makes its debut in Mayo, the boys in blue are in fine voice in Omagh and a smash and grab job by Galway leaves Donegal deflated.

Hill on Tour

The Hill on Tour arrived in Healy Park last Saturday night in hearty voice and left even happier having watched the boys in blue jerseys despatch Tyrone with a ruthlessly efficient second half showing with the wind in their back. If this summer’s Super 8 has

Killarney, Sunday’s match played out under a watery sun saw the league debuts of our new O’Neills Kerry GAA and Donegal GAA jerseys. As our design partner in the Back to Gold Kerry jersey Paul Galvin remarked ‘New kit looked well.’ It did Paul, it did.

Also looking well on his debut was 2017 minor star David Clifford who contributed several assists, a point from a free, good hands, feet and movement. Nothing too fancy, adapt and go. The star man for Kerry, who handed out eight debuts, was Sean O Shea who contributed seven points, four from frees and generally brought a level of fluidity to the Kingdom. The future there looks bright, and definitely

Three-year deal announced for the O’Neills Foyle Cup

O’Neills Irish International Sports Company Limited, the leading sportswear manufacturer in Ireland, has signed a three-year deal with the Foyle Cup.  The company, which employs over 800 people on the island of Ireland, will become title sponsor of Europe’s largest youth football tournament until 2020.

The new deal underpins O’Neills commitment to supporting grassroots sport across the UK and Ireland and builds on their already impressive credentials of supporting over 100 different sports worldwide.

Speaking about the sponsorship, Kieran Kennedy, O’Neills Managing Director commented: ‘O’Neills have a proud pedigree of supporting local sport and we are delighted to partner with the O’Neills Foyle Cup, a now world renowned tournament.  Michael and his team do a fantastic job organising this prestigious event

Sportswear brand O’Neills, Starbucks and Burger King have been added to the list of tenants at Marlborough Retail Park in Craigavon.

They join multi-national retailer Marks & Spencer which announced in September 2017 that it is opening a M&S Simply Food Store on the park.

Built by Turkington Developments, the former 80,000 sq ft B&Q site has drawn interest from a wide range of potential tenants ahead of the opening later this year.

The M&S store, which is set to create around 80 jobs, is on track for a grand opening in September along with O’Neills’ 14,000 sq ft store, which is due to open around the same time. Both the Starbucks and Burger King developments are subject to planning permission.

Stephen Thompson, O’Neills Sports said: “Celebrating 100 years in the sportswear business,O’Neills is proud to announce that one of the country’s most vibrant and dynamic shopping towns, Craigavon, is to be the location