2,000 footballers to descend on Dublin and Kildare venues for John West Féile Peile na nÓg finals

Eighty-eight club sides from Ireland, the UK, Europe and US will compete in the John West Féile Peile na nÓg Gaelic football and Ladies football Finals 2022 across nine venues in Dublin and Kildare on Saturday.

What has grown to become one of the biggest underage sporting events in Europe is once more returning to regional venues for its final stages this year – and for the first time since the pandemic.

Close to 2,000 footballers will descend on St Peter’s GAA at Ballyboughal, St Jude’s Templeogue, Kilmacud Crokes, Naomh Olaf Sandyford and the GAA’s National Games Development Centre at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown.

Kildare venues are the county’s GAA Centre of Excellence at Hawkfield, Clane GAA, St Kevin’s GAA at Staplestown and Allenwood GAA.

John West says it is delighted by the return of Féile Peile na nÓg to regional venues.

Throughout its sponsorship, John West has focused on the importance nutrition plays in fuelling young athletes, whilst encouraging children to participate in Gaelic games.

John West Féile retained the move to the under-15 age grade in 2022, introduced last year to ensure children who missed out due to the pandemic in 2020 got a chance to compete in 2021. Rounders and handball also made a return to John West Féile this year.

This is the seventh year of John West’s sponsorship of Féile, which brings together thousands of young hurlers, camogie players and Gaelic footballers in a celebration of the GAA’s community ethos through underage competition.

“At John West we are passionate about establishing good nutritional habits amongst children. Féile gives us the opportunity to highlight the importance of eating good quality natural protein and vitamin D to support an active lifestyle,” said Anne-Claire Monde, Head of Marketing, John West Ireland.

Uachtarán CLG, Larry McCarthy, said Féile has been an integral part of the GAA calendar for 50 years.

“It nurtures a love of our games and ensures friendship and memories are among the key benefits of involvement in the GAA. Generations have experienced the joy of being a part of Féile na nGael and Féile Peil na nÓg, and I look forward to seeing this great success story continue in all our clubs.

“Our thanks to John West for the support they give us in the promotion of this iconic competition and to the national organising committee for their work on John West Féile 2022.”

Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association President, Mícheál Naughton, said the importance of sport had been emphasised by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“John West Féile encompasses so many key elements of life, with an emphasis on fun, friendship and participation.

“Players will make new friends and re-connect with old friends. John West Féile will once again provide young players with lifelong memories.”

See who is involved by clicking on the Official Programme

John West Féile Fixtures and Results can be found here : Féile (gaa.ie)

LGFA John West Féile details

Division 1 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin	Club Name	Division 2 Hawkfield Kildare	Club Name
County		County
Cork	Erins Own	Kildare	Na Fianna
Dublin	Kilmacud Crokes	Cavan	Mullahoran
Galway	Naomh Mhuire	Down	Carryduff
Kerry	Southern Gaels	Laois	Portlaoise
Kildare	Kilcullen	Meath	St. Patrick’s Stamullen
Kilkenny	John Lockes	Tipperary	St Odhran’s Silvermines
Mayo	Claremorris	Westmeath	St Loman’s
New York	New York	Wicklow	Blessington
Division 3 Allenwood Kildare		Division 4 Naomh Ólaf Dublin
County		County
Armagh	Clann Eireann	Carlow	Mount Leinster Rangers
Clare	Fergus Rovers	Derry	Ballymaguigan
Kidare 3	Sallins	Donegal	Ardara
Monaghan	Magheracloone	Dublin	Naomh Olaf
Offaly	Ballinamere/Durrow	Limerick	Mungret St. Paul’s
Roscommon	Clann na nGael	London	London
Tyrone	Kildress	Longford	Killoe
Wexford	Baile Dubh Tíre	Sligo	Eoghan Rua
Division 5 Abbotstown Dublin
County
Antrim	St Ergnats Moneyglass
Boston	Boston
Delco Gaels Philadelphia	Delco Gaels Philadelphia
Fermanagh	Brookeborough
Gloucestershire/Hertfordshire	Glo/Herts
Leitrim	Fenagh
Louth	Geraldines
Waterford	Na Déise