{"id":453983,"date":"2026-05-17T21:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/453983\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:35:10","slug":"six-louth-boxers-set-to-fight-for-ireland-against-scotland-in-dundalks-fairways-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/453983\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Louth boxers set to fight for Ireland against Scotland in Dundalk\u2019s Fairways Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">International Boxing: Ireland v Scotland <\/p>\n<p>Fairways Hotel, Sunday May 24\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Daisy Kieran (54kg, Dealgan BC), right, will represent Ireland against Scotland at the Fairways Hotel.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/512b0648-115a-4190-a164-9f9dae90039c.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Daisy Kieran (54kg, Dealgan BC), right, will represent Ireland against Scotland at the Fairways Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aiden Moore (48kg, Dealgan BC) will be in action for Ireland this Sunday night against Scotland.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5fcc0e86-0c6f-47e6-935f-b2fa37b6fe57.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Aiden Moore (48kg, Dealgan BC) will be in action for Ireland this Sunday night against Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: Daisy Kieran (54kg, Dealgan BC), right, will represent Ireland against Scotland at the Fairways Hotel.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779053710_756_512b0648-115a-4190-a164-9f9dae90039c.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: Aiden Moore (48kg, Dealgan BC) will be in action for Ireland this Sunday night against Scotland.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779053710_498_5fcc0e86-0c6f-47e6-935f-b2fa37b6fe57.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">International Boxing returns to the North East this Sunday as The Fairways Hotel hosts an Ireland v Scotland fixture in conjunction with Dealgan Boxing Club and there will be six local boxers on the card as a high calibre juvenile card is on offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This is the second International to take place this month, following Ireland v Sweden in Stockholm on May 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">That team came home the 5-3 winners, and was comprised of members of the High Performance Pathway Programme and an U20 selection, nominated by Central Council. It was the first team of it\u2019s kind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 15-strong team to take on Scotland in Louth is comprised of U19, U17 and U15 boxers. The six local boxers are: at 47kg Hollie Abernathy (Dealgan), 48kg Aidan Moore (Dealgan), 52kg Cian Smith (Tredagh), 54kg Daisy Kieran (Dealgan), 57kg Jason Nawamgbe (Holy Family Drogheda) and 66kg Aisling Greene (Dealgan).<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It once again demonstrates the vast Boxing talent in the North East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Speaking on the fight night IABA President and Dealgan BC clubman Anto Donnelly said: \u201cInternationals such as these are important development opportunities, particularly for underage athletes and gives them important experience of competing against boxers from other federations. I\u2019m delighted to welcome Scotland to Ireland, particularly as we continue to prepare for June\u2019s Four Nations in Glasgow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The rationale behind this International fixture is to help give more experience to the boxers who could potentially be the next Olympians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe whole idea is that between last year and this year we have widened the experience and have a larger pool of quality boxers going forward who will push each other. We\u2019re also building the bridges with other countries, especially with the Four Nations coming up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Scotland will bring across some National Champions along with several European Champions as they are expected to give the Irish a real test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It\u2019s all part of Donnelly\u2019s plan to reinvigorate the junior ranks of Irish boxing as he seeks to develop a winder Olympic talent pool. Donnelly was just home from Sweden where an Irish team won 5-3. A week or so after the Dundalk event he will travel down to Cork where a Dutch U19 team will take on an Irish select.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"International Boxing: Ireland v Scotland Fairways Hotel, Sunday May 24 Daisy Kieran (54kg, Dealgan BC), right, will represent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-453983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}