Offaly GAA club competes in Paidi O'Se tournament in Kerry

Bracknagh competed in the intermediate men’s cup at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé 2025, the famed club ladies and men’s Gaelic football tournament, which took place all across the Dingle Peninsula at the weekend.

The Offaly lads were in the four-team straight knock-out intermediate men’s cup semi-final against Galbally of Limerick who won the junior cup at last year’s Comórtas. Galbally were on a mission and despite some good football by Bracknagh in the first half and keeping the scores close at 3-5 to 1-5 at half time, the Limerick lads pulled away in the second half and won by 3-10 to 2-8. The Offaly lads will take some consolation in the fact Galbally went all the way, defeating Killanerin of Wexford in the final.

16 counties from the four provinces of Ireland took part in the 36th edition of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé, with 28 adult men’s and ladies club teams coming for a weekend of competitive football and social events including popular Irish band Super Céilí at Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry, West Kerry.

The football festival, which was founded by eight-time All-Ireland winner Páidí Ó Sé, is supported by Lidl Ireland, EJ Menswear, Kerry County Council Tourism Unit, Medel Healthcare, Dooctor.ie, Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, and has attracted over 30,000 club players since it was founded in 1989.

Comórtas Chairman, Pádraig Óg Ó Sé said; “A big thanks to Bracknagh for coming down and also they conducted themselves very well. We were gifted with great weather conditions and luckily there were no injuries of note to report over the weekend. We thank all our title sponsor Lidl who are a key driver of the growth of Ladies Gaelic games in Ireland through their LGFA sponsorship. They contribute every year to the vision my father had, which was to promote the club game and also to attract people to the beautiful Dingle Peninsula.”