In a gripping Junior/Division 5 Camogie League final on Monday, May 5th, 2025, Broadford & Bodyke took on Newmarket-on-Fergus (NMOF) at Father McNamara Park, delivering a match packed with drama, determination, and end-to-end action.
Broadford/Bodyke stormed into an early lead with three quickfire goals, setting the pace from the first whistle. But NMOF, refusing to be rattled, showed great resilience and steadily chipped away at the deficit. As the match progressed, momentum swung back and forth, with both sides trading points in a fiercely contested battle.

Broadford/Bodyke managed to hold onto their lead well into the second half, but with under ten minutes of regular time remaining, NMOF struck with a crucial goal. A narrow win for the blue-clad challengers seemed very much on the cards. However, Broadford/Bodyke showed great composure and heart, battling back in the dying moments to level the score: Broadford/Bodyke 3-12, NMOF 4-09.

The match headed into extra time, and once again both teams left everything on the field. It was Broadford/Bodyke who ultimately dug that bit deeper, edging ahead to seal a dramatic two-point victory on a final scoreline of 4-13 to 4-11.
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Both teams displayed fierce determination and great skill in a thrilling game that could have gone either way. Congratulations to Broadford/Bodyke on a hard-fought and well-deserved win!

Once again, Broadford Minor Hurling Club hosted a hugely successful Easter Camp, welcoming East Clare’s budding young hurling and camogie stars for four fun-filled and action-packed days. The event drew an impressive crowd of around 170 children and was made possible by the dedication of over 50 volunteer coaches—whose commitment and enthusiasm are the backbone of this annual tradition.

This year’s camp featured a new highlight: a Fundamental Movement Day led by Paul’s ABCs, focusing on the athletic development of children through engaging physical activities that build essential movement skills.

A heartfelt thank you goes to Karen O’Connor and The Country Store for generously providing food and refreshments for our hardworking coaches. We were also delighted to welcome special guests Patrick Crotty and Paddy Donnellan, whose presence added an extra buzz of excitement for the young players.

Finally, sincere thanks to Broadford & Kilbane National School for the continued use of their excellent facilities, which play a vital role in making events like this possible.
We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

Match reports from Declan Teefy 
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Clare Cup - Round 3
Broadford 0-15  Sixmilebridge 0-15
 
Broadford and last year’s county finalists Sixmilebridge played out a low scoring draw on Friday evening that drew parallels with our previous Clare cup match.  
 
Broadford lost Shane Taylor early on and Craig Chaplin followed so after to hamstring and  groin injuries respectively.  
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The “bridge” men had the better of the first half exchanges with Luke O’Holloran, Brian  Corry and David Kennedy getting the bulk of the scores which meant they led by eight  points at the interval with the score being 14-6. Broadford hurled in spurts and failed to gain any traction in this opening half.   
 
Broadford in the second half with the elements seemed to be heading for a loss until we  garnered some much needed character and resilience and weren’t going to let this game peter out.  
 
A 2 point haul from Mark Gunning ate into the deficit and a further 0-3 point haul from Donie Whelan in quick succession really propelled us back into the game. In fact, Donie’s last  point was excellently scored which stemmed from a superb hook by Aodhan O’Driscoll  when the “Bridge” tried to clear their lines.  
 
A late free from an acute angle by Diarmuid Moloney gave us a share of the spoils.
 
Good second half performances from Conor O’Donnell and Mickey Vaughan propelled us back into the game.  
  
A low scoring tie at O’Garney park ending on level terms.  
 
Broadford: Cian O’Brien; Darragh Whelan, Davy Boland , Damian Keniry; Padraic Taylor  (0-1), Darren Chaplin (0-1), Cian Mulqueen; Cathal Chaplin, Michael Vaughan (0-1), Cian  Cremins (0-1), Diarmuid Moloney (0-6 :4 frees) , Craig Chaplin , Aodhan O’Driscoll , Shane Taylor, Donie Whelan (0-3); 
 
Subs; Conor O’Donnell for Shane Taylor(inj); Mark Gunning (0-2) for Craig Chaplin(inj)

Clare Cup Division 1A – Rd 2
Broadford 2- 22 
Inagh/ Kilnamona 1- 25
 
Broadford and last year’s county semi finalists Inagh/Kilnamona played out a half scoring affair last Saturday evening. With both teams having 2024 All Ireland senior hurling medalists in  Paddy Donnelan and I/K’s Eamonn Foudy on the field, this game was frantic from the off. The  aforementioned Eamonn Foudy’s puckouts with the elements really put us on the back foot in  the first half.  
 
Broadford, despite losing Clare 20’s hurler Niall O’Farrell from 2024 and 2023 to a  hamstring injury early on he still left his mark with a well engineered goal to stem Inagh/Kil early onslaught. Shane Taylor followed soon after with the same injury but not before  signaling his intent with a well taken score.  
 
The West Clare men had the better of the first half exchanges and they led by eight points at the interval when the score was 1-17 to 1-9.  
 
If we were under the cosh in the first half the second half turned on its head. Broadford grew  incrementally into the game and showcased some super scores particularly from Cian Cremins and Cian Mulqueen. One noticeable standout performance from Donie Whelan who excelled  for Broadford on the day and finished the tie with 1-5 to his credit. 
 
A high scoring tie at Broadford ended on level terms.
 
Finally, it was super to see Clare minor hurler from last year Michael Vaughan make his adult bow in this rip roaring contest. He contributed massively as a link man between  midfield and half forward line and really gave the West Clare men endless problems.  
 
Broadford: Cian O’Brien; Darragh Whelan, Eoin Donnellan, Damian Keniry; Padraic Taylor, Paddy Donnellan, Darren Chaplin; Cathal Chaplin (0-1), Craig Chaplin (0-8 frees); Michael Vaughan (0-1), Diarmuid Moloney (0-1) , Shane Taylor (0-1); Oisin Kavanagh, Niall 
O’Farrell (1-2), Donie Whelan (1-5); 
 
Subs; Cian Mulqueen (0-1) for N. O’Farrell (inj); Cian Cremins (0-2) for S Taylor (inj), Davy Boland for Dara Whelan; Mark Moloney for M Vaughan; Aodhan O’Driscoll for D. Moloney 
 
 
Junior League Division 4 – Rd 1
Broadford 1-15 O’C Mills 1-13 
 
On Sunday morning our neighbours met once again to battle for points in this intermediate  league clash. Losing Jack Dillion early on to a calf strain allowed Clare 19’s panellist Aodhan O’Driscoll to enter the fray and he definitely made his presence known. He contributed 1-4 to Broadford’s tally and his pace was a constant threat throughout. 
Aodhan tally went a long way to ensuring Broadford got off to a winning start.  
Strong performance from Sean Phelan at centre back also paved the way.  
 
It was also noticeable that this Broadford intermediate panel had a huge amount of subs on the bench which was impressive to see.  
 
Team:  
Peter O’Farrell 
Tj Dillion  
Sam Cooper  Cathal O’Sullivan Mark Gunning  Sean Phelan   Conor O’Donnell  Jack O’Brien  Mark Moloney   Eoin O’Brien  
Paul Moloney   James Tuite  
Jack Dillion  
Alan O’Brien  Diamruid Whelan
 
 
Junior League Division 8
Broadford 3-24   Ogonneloe 1-11
 
Broadford got their juniors league campaign off to a blistering start. It was an especially  noticeable evening for many players from the victorious minor winning championship team of  2024 namely, Jack Lovett, Oisin Macmahon, Daniel Greene, Michael O’Donogue, Adam Flynn and John Moran. Players that hopefully will have further great days in the Broadford colours in the years ahead.  
 
Broadford started like a train racing into a commanding 2-11 to 4 lead at half time. With all 23  players togged getting a run it was a brilliant start to the campaign. Eye catching goals from 18  year old John Moran and 41 year old Pádraig Hickey the pick of the bunch. James Dillion on the evening finished with 6 points to his name and Eoin Powell now fully recovered from his cruciate knee injury picking off 4 long range points.  
 
Team as follows: 
 
Jack Lovett  
Oisin Macmahon  
James Mason  
Ian Doyle  
Daniel Greene 
Darren Macnamara (0-1 free) Paul Macnamara 
Keiran O’Connell  
Michael O’Donoghue 
Eoin Powell 0-4  
Padraig Hickey (1-7) 
Adam Flynn  
James Dillion (0-6) 
John Moran (1-4) 
Tom Marsh (1-0) 
 
Subs:  
Tomas Macmahon   Jack Kelleher  
Sean Doyle  
Paul O’Connell  Johnny Macnamara Peter O’Farrell (0-1) Eoin O’Brien  

Option 1: Online bank transfer to the fundraising account below. Capture your name on the online bank transfer. Contact committee member to let them know you have made the transaction.
Account: Broadford GAA DEVELOPEMNT FUND
BIC = AIBKIE2D. IBAN = IE31 AIBK 9353 8729 1556 02
 
Option 2: Cheque made payable to Broadford Hurling club. You can give this to a committee member who will facilitate the lodgement into development account with club treasurer.
 
Option 3: Cash payment. You can give this to a committee member who will facilitate the lodgment into development account with club treasurer. Receipt will be given for cash donations.
 
What else needs to happen during the donation process?
 
o PAYE workers fill out the SPR1 Tax Cert and supply to committee member after making your donation.
 
o Self-employed workers or others don’t need to complete this form. A receipt will be provided to self-employed donor so they can claim their tax reduction.
 
 
Committee contacts: Paul Reddan, Trish O’Connell, Deirdre Boland, Carmel Dillon, Niall Moloney, John Corcoran, Michael Lovett, John Skehan, James O’Driscoll, Regina Heffernan, James O’Connell, Danny Chaplin, Jack O’Brien. 

As we see the end of 2024 in Broadford, we look back to our heroes of 1974, the Intermediate Champions. 

After reaching the Intermediate Final in 1973, Broadford were unlucky losers to Feakle by a solitary point with the recently deceased Liam Billy Moloney RIP of Feakle getting the winning score. Broadford were missing several players due to injuries etc. Broadford reached the final again in 1974 against near neighbours and rivals O'Callaghan's Mills. A clash of jerseys on the day meant that Broadford had to wear the Blue and Gold of Newmarket on Fergus on the day. Broadford duly won the 1974 final.
 
Many of that team have passed to their eternal reward but will always be remembered fondly by those that follow Broadford Hurling. 

In 1973, our minors were defeated in a Minor A final replay against Kilmaley and our U16s had a memorable final win against Tubber in the U16B final. 
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Broadford GAA club hope to honour those players from 1973 and 1974 in the coming year in an event to coincide with the opening of the new All Weather Pitch. 

Brookville House will be leased by Broadford Development Association Ltd CLG for the purpose of transforming the building into a modern community facility. This group have successfully overseen the refurbishment of the Community Hall including recent works on the Annex. Broadford Development Association are also the umbrella group that oversee other subcommittees like Broadford Playground and Broadford Tidy Towns.
 
The refurbishment of Brookville House will be a complicated project due to its protected structure status and the derelict condition of the building. Step one will be a public consultation engagement with the entire parish. All suggestions/ideas on what the wider community would like to see happen with the property will be gratefully received. Once this information is collated, funding will be sought to have an Architectural Conservation Feasibility Study prepared which will take into account the Communities wishes and the historic built environment of this prominent street side village center building. The resultant report will provide a roadmap for the rest of the project. Various funding streams will need to be accessed to fund a project of this scale. We see the project taking place in stages as there is no one fund that could cover the entire cost. Unfortunately, this is going to be a project that will take time but we are confident that we’ll turn another top class facility over to the community on its conclusion.

Please click on the link below to access the Brookville House survey.

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