All-Ireland winning Kerry goalkeeper Shane Ryan and Kerry defender Ciara Murphy took a speedboat trip around Dingle harbour to announce details of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé 2024, to take place next month.
The club ladies and men’s Gaelic football tournament will place all across the Dingle Peninsula from the 23rd the 25th of February, and will feature teams from 14 counties from the four provinces of Ireland as well as one UK club.
This will be the 35th edition of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé, with 26 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 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, Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, and has attracted over 20,000 club players since it was founded in 1989.
“We are thrilled to keep driving forward Páidí’s vision to attract new people to the peninsula every year to play Gaelic football,” said Comórtas Chairman, Pádraig Óg Ó Sé.
“Clubs are really enthusiastic to be involved and we have planned a great weekend of craic and entertainment for them.”
“A special mention is due to Lidl, who are in the seventh year of their partnership with us and who have committed more than €10 million to the development and promotion of Ladies Gaelic Football since 2016.”
“Kerry County Council Tourism Unit and Údarás na Gaeltachta are backing us also to continue with the Comórtas, as they understand the big benefit in terms of local tourism.”
“We are also delighted that fashion retailers EJ Menswear of Sligo, who are related to the Ó Sé family, are again partnering up with us to ensure it will be a weekend to remember.”
“We are delighted to continue our partnership with this year’s Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé for a seventh year,” added Jamie O’Rourke, Partnerships and Events Manager with Lidl Ireland.
“The event is a fantastic display of Gaelic football and having recently launched our new Get Behind the Fight ad campaign which is designed to drive attendance at female sporting events we would encourage the community far and wide to show up and fill every seat and every game.”
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