{"id":602186,"date":"2026-08-23T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602186\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:02:15","slug":"league-of-ireland-centenary-day-at-oriel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602186\/","title":{"rendered":"League of Ireland Centenary Day at Oriel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5e2104_2d4fc5d0b57c4b49be619b4104f038ca~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.dundalkfc.com\/league-of-ireland-centenary-day-at-oriel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/5e2104_2d4fc5d0b57c4b49be619b4104f038ca~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1600,h_1038,al_c,q_85\/5e2104_2d4fc5d0b57c4b49be619b4104f038ca~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rKr3c LXM-U _8Fwvf GywVr\" style=\"line-height:max(0.8em, 2em)\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-dmn511353\" tabindex=\"-1\">Although the result of the match didn&#8217;t go our way, Dundalk FC would like to thank everybody for their support on Friday night&#8217;s League of Ireland Centenary Match.<br \/>\n<br role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rKr3c LXM-U _8Fwvf GywVr\" style=\"line-height:max(0.8em, 2em)\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-gkjsc8529\" tabindex=\"-1\">We were delighted to welcome so many of our former players back to Oriel Park for the occasion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rKr3c LXM-U _8Fwvf GywVr\" style=\"line-height:max(0.8em, 2em)\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-j9hfh861\" tabindex=\"-1\">\nThe reaction to our centenary jersey and match programme was great to see &#8211; and we thank everybody involved for their support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rKr3c LXM-U _8Fwvf GywVr\" style=\"line-height:max(0.8em, 2em)\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-1evik10586\" tabindex=\"-1\">\nWe will be continuing our League of Ireland Centenary celebrations for the rest of the season and hope to welcome back many more of our former players. <\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to the remainder of what has been a very exciting season at Oriel Park.<br \/>\n<br role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A look behind the scenes at our centenary match.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5e2104_6ed0b9e221174f84ad116c7f82d0f904~mv2.jpeg\" alt=\"Chief Commercial Officer Nita Whelan makes a presentation to Dundalk Credit Union Chairman Jim Wallace for sponsoring our League of Ireland Centenary Match.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.dundalkfc.com\/league-of-ireland-centenary-day-at-oriel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/5e2104_6ed0b9e221174f84ad116c7f82d0f904~mv2.jpeg\/v1\/fill\/w_755,h_1040,al_c,q_85\/5e2104_6ed0b9e221174f84ad116c7f82d0f904~mv2.jpeg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chief Commercial Officer Nita Whelan makes a presentation to Dundalk Credit Union Chairman Jim Wallace for sponsoring our League of Ireland Centenary Match.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5e2104_7563102cea7944af87a6fe64ed33fbf7~mv2.jpeg\" alt=\"Many thanks to Lally's for their Match Ball Sponsorship. Pictured are Jamie and Zara Lally with Nita Whelan.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.dundalkfc.com\/league-of-ireland-centenary-day-at-oriel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/5e2104_7563102cea7944af87a6fe64ed33fbf7~mv2.jpeg\/v1\/fill\/w_1536,h_2048,al_c,q_90\/5e2104_7563102cea7944af87a6fe64ed33fbf7~mv2.jpeg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Lally&#8217;s for their Match Ball Sponsorship. Pictured are Jamie and Zara Lally with Nita Whelan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the result of the match didn&#8217;t go our way, Dundalk FC would like to thank everybody for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-602186","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\/602186","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=602186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}