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gaa · Friday 24 July 2026 · 7:30pm 
Westmeath Junior Football Championship - Ballynacargy v Kilbeggan Shamrocks
At Fr Dalton's Park · Mullaghcloe, Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
At Fr Dalton's Park · Mullaghcloe, Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
Ballynacargy meet Kilbeggan Shamrocks in round one of the Westmeath Junior 1 Football Championship at Fr Dalton’s Park, Ballymore, on Friday, 24 July 2026, with throw-in at 7:30pm. Junior 1 sits below Intermediate in the county’s club grading and brings together sides built almost entirely from local players rather than the bigger panels of the senior clubs. The fixture was named as part of the county board’s first round draw, published in the Westmeath Independent in early July, alongside the rest of the championship’s opening weekend.
Fr Dalton’s Park is the shared home of Ballymore GAA and Fr Dalton’s Hurling Club, a village ground rather than a stadium, so the atmosphere is close and local, with spectators standing pitch side rather than in stands. Junior football in Westmeath is played with real intensity even without the crowds of the senior grades, since a good championship run is often the highlight of a small club’s year. Both Ballynacargy and Kilbeggan Shamrocks draw from villages a short drive apart in the west of the county, so travelling support from both sides is likely to be strong for a Friday evening throw-in. Expect a straightforward, well-run local fixture with club officers on the gate and a small clubhouse serving tea afterwards, in keeping with junior grade GAA across the county.
Ballymore is a small village roughly midway between Moate and Castletown Geoghegan in the west of County Westmeath, reached via local roads off the R390. There is no rail service to the village; the nearest station is Athlone, from where a car or taxi is needed to reach the grounds. On-site parking is informal but generally available for club fixtures.
Ballymore is a quiet rural village known locally for its GAA club and its parish church, with the wider west Westmeath countryside worth exploring if you are making the trip out from Athlone or Moate. There is more to see in Ballymore and across Co. Westmeath.
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