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Read More »FAI honours Joe – a Bridge Celtic stalwart
Long time Bridge Celtic FC official Joe Aherne is to be honoured by the FAI. The club celebrated its golden jubilee at a function in the Castle Oaks Hotel in Castleconnell on Saturday night where news of Aherne’s upcoming honour was announced. The club was founded in 1963 and the weekend function was attended by a number of the club’s first members. Guests of honour were FAI general secretary, John Delaney and Clare District League chairman, Donie Garrihy.Club chairman, TJ Burns was the MC for the evening. Five members of the first team to represent the club in 1963 were in attendance; Pat Aherne, John Walsh, Tom Kiely, Haulie Fitzgerald and Joe Aherne. Fitzgerald, the team’s first goalkeeper returned from New York for the function, while Tom Kiely, the club’s first captain, travelled from Dublin. Fitzgerald was one of the club’s founders along with John Ryan and Eddie Storan. These five have been invited as VIPs by the FAI secretary …
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