Local Notes: Summer at the heritage centre, sporting triumphs and more from Portlaw
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Winning Numbers: 1, 6, 13, 23. No winner of this week's jackpot. Lucky Dip Winners: €100 - David Walsh, €50 - Kevin Delaney, €40 - John O'Regan.
Huge congratulations to our Premier Intermediate player John Power, his partner Kellie and big sister Sibéal on the birth of their baby boy! Wishing you all the best during this special time – from everyone at the club.
Everyone at Portlaw GAA Club would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to our Premier Intermediate captain and long-time servant of the club Darren Rockett, on his marriage to Sarah, one of our biggest supporters. Darren has led our lads with pride over the years and now takes on his most important role yet — as a husband! Wishing you both a lifetime of love, laughter, and happiness together. Enjoy every minute of the celebrations!
Portlaw Well Kids: Great excitement as our 2025 Portlaw Wellkids jerseys were delivered to the kids at training. We had 54 jerseys ordered in total for this age group which is fantastic to see.
Well done to our U14 hurlers who had a great win over Ballygunner.
Huge well done to our Minor hurlers who got off to a great start v Clashmore/Kinsalebeg. Score Portlaw 2-21 to 4-8.
Our Junior hurlers got their first win of the championship v DLS on a scoreline of 1-17 to 1-13.
Waterford Senior County Football manager steps down: All at the club are so proud of Paul Shankey for his work and dedication with the Waterford Senior Footballers over the last two years.
Well done to our U10 team. The girls played a challenge match against Clonea in a hot and sunny Portlaw GAA Field. There were some great skills on display from both teams. The girls were not afraid of getting stuck into some ruck battles taking place across the pitch too.
U12 Challenge: Well done to our U12 team who played a brilliant game of Camogie against St. Mollerans in a challenge match coming away with the win.
U16 Championship: Well done to our U16 team who played Brickey Rangers. A strong performance by the girls winning 6-14 to 2-8.
Youths League Result. Team Sponsor: Pat Kerley Windows & Doors Portlaw 6-3 Stradbally. Our last game before the mid season break and we started on the front foot with goals from Samuel Deevy, Alfie Keane and Peter Power which had us 3-0 up before we conceded just on half-time to give us a 3-1 lead.
We continued to push on in the 2nd half with Kevin Lyons setting up Alfie for his 2nd goal. A great strike from outside the box by David Walsh got us 5-1 up before Kevin laid off a pass for Jay Flannery to strike home from the edge of the box for 6-1. Stradbally never gave up and scored two late goals to finish an entertaining game and bring us to the mid- season break.
The death has occured of Maura Kelly, formerly of Brown Street, Portlaw, in England. Sincere sympathy is extended to her daughter Louise, sons Gerard and Stuart, sisters Nellie, Annette and Jackie, brothers Bert and Liam and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Heritage Centre is now open for the summer every Saturday afternoon from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Outside of these times we can arrange a visit by appointment.
The year 1832 sees the birth of George Pim Malcomson, who would eventually reside at Woodlock House with his wife. George was the son of Joseph Malcomson and Charlotte Pim. The announcement of the birth is recorded in local newspapers and also in the Limerick Chronicle published August 1, 1832. Joseph and his brother William would become central to the business and Joseph would go on to succeed the founder David Malcomson as head of the business. One of the interesting pieces of research we hold in the Heritage Centre is a family tree for the Malcolmson’s, which includes an entry for George Pim and his wife Emilie Maud at Woodlock. Portlaw was not immune from events happening further afield. Contemporary reports show that money was raised through voluntary donations to support Daniel O’Connell in his campaign for Catholic Emancipation and other projects. The Freeman's Journal, June 16, 1832, reported that subscriptions had been raised in Portlaw showing that a proportion of the inhabitants were politically active. By December 1832 Chute's Western Herald reported that cholera had made its appearance in Portlaw. A cholera pandemic swept in from Asia in the years before 1832, eventually arriving in London and then on to Ireland, resulting in thousands of deaths. Portlaw is a unique model industrial village and social experiment but not immune to what is occurring throughout the country and the world. Source: Irish Newspaper Archives; Portlaw Heritage Centre Archives.
