Academy2023-01-06T13:41:47+00:00

ACADEMY: MU19S OFF TO A 100% START

MU19 head coach Tiarnan Mulvenna hailed his side’s brilliant start to the EA SPORTS LOI Academy season after they made it three wins on the bounce with a 3-2 victory against St Patrick’s Athletic at Oriel Park on Sunday. Darius Lipsiuc put last year’s MU19 champions in front after just three minutes but, after making a couple of alterations, Dundalk responded with two goals in the space of three minutes - [...]

By |March 20, 2023|

ACADEMY: WOMEN’S ROUND-UP

WU19 Dundalk FC 0-2 Peamount United WU19 head coach Jason McConville says he is more than happy with his side’s start to the new EA SPORTS LOI Academy campaign. After a very successful debut season at U17 level in 2022, the club decided to enter an U19 team for the first time this year and McConville is delighted with how his young squad have taken to life at an older age [...]

By |March 13, 2023|

KENNY SIGNS PROFESSIONAL DEAL

Dundalk FC is delighted to announce that Eoin Kenny has signed a professional contract with the club. The 17-year-old, who is a current member of the Republic of Ireland U18 Schools squad, and who represented Northern Ireland at the same age level last year, will combine football training with his studies at St Mary’s College, Dundalk. Eoin started supporting the Lilywhites back in 2012 when his father - and current Irish [...]

By |March 5, 2023|

ACADEMY ROUND-UP: WEEK ONE

All four of our mens underage teams got their EA SPORTS LOI Academy season up and running at the weekend. You can read a full review of their progress below. MU17: Finn Harps 0-0 Dundalk FC The MU17 team returned home from Letterkenny with a point after a scoreless draw against a Finn Harps side who went very direct. Conor Woods’ side defended very well throughout and created a number of [...]

By |February 27, 2023|

2023 EA SPORTS LOI ACADEMY MEN’S PREVIEW

There’s an exciting weekend ahead for our four male underage teams as the newly titled 2023 EA SPORTS LOI Academy season gets underway.Under the guidance of academy director Derek Boyle, the club’s underage teams enjoyed a very successful 2022 campaign and there has been further progress over the winter with the addition of a WU19 team and the arrival of former first-team striker Johnny Breen as academy strength and conditioning coach. [...]

By |February 24, 2023|

QUARTET NAMED IN CENTENARY SHIELD SQUAD

Four of our academy players have been named in the Republic of Ireland Schools squad for the Hummel Centenary Shield opener against Scotland on Thursday night. Eoin Kenny (St Mary’s College, Dundalk), Senan Mullen (St Aidan’s Comprehensive School, Cootehill), Callum Bonner (St Patrick’s Classical School, Navan) and Aidan Russell Vargas (Lusk Community College) are all part of John McShane’s panel for the game with the Tartan Army at the hone [...]

By |February 22, 2023|