Since 1903
About Us
Becoming guardians of our club’s future, what does that mean for us, the people, the town?
Our Trust
- The purpose of the Trust is to create a completely new revenue stream 100% dedicated to supporting Dundalk Football Club and it’s activities.
- The essential element of the Trust is that, while funds can only be spent on football club affairs , the Trust itself remains 100% independent of all owners at all times.
- It is a resource for the club’ whose strength lies in an independence that is vested in the fans and in the townspeople – IN OUR COMMUNITY
- In this draft example each member of the trust, Executive, Full and Associate is a full voting member of the Trust
- The concept is that the townspeople choose to support the Trust to the degree that they can afford, which may alter from time to time based on personal circumstances, but all of us get to know that we, our families, our town and generations to come are playing an equal role in ensuring Dundalk Football Club continues to exist, to develop and to flourish
- Our contributions secure the future of the club that we support including the Academy which will be a permanent outlet for our children and grandchildren
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it’s 15 years since the cup and leag
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double was last achieved this afternoon
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with two goals right at the start and at
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the end of a hardfought game L do now
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take the cup to the border to share a
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pride of place in their trophy room with
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a lead title but un do manager Jim mlon
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today’s win another chapter in his
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successful tenure with the club and for
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unlucky Waterford again failure to
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capudo that has now left them without a
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success in the tournament for 42
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years Sligo had to come at us and they
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were coming at us hard and uh I think it
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was Patty Don headed a ball he kind of
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headed it down H in at the edge of the
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Box our own box and sha bne hit it long
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and uh I was standing at the halfway
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line with the center half and it went
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over our heads and uh I turned and went
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and you know I had the pace to to beat
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the the center halfway you have to make
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sure you put it in and just as I came to
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the edge of the Box the ball bobbled
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up managed to clip it over him and as I
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did so uh I I ran into the keeper and uh
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but I just saw it Nestle in the net so I
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was was more than happy to to see that
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and it was one of the I suppose one of
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the highlights when you consider that
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you know for
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me um I had had a situation where I had
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the nightmare where I was told i’ never
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play again so for me all all of the
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games um that I played in um were just a
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bonus
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it’s all over and dor for the first time
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in six years are the opal League of
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Ireland
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Champions Pat
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fenland score the opener for Pats after
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7 minutes from the penalty spot but Desi
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Goldman’s equalizer from Martin Lawler’s
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free kick was sufficient to gain the
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point that has brought the title back to
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the for the first time since
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1982 and tur o Conor a League winner as
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a player with Bohemians a League winner
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as a manager with at longone toown has
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done it
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again in County
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Live Well I mean h it’s so important
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isn’t it the league championship and
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Pats wanted to win it so badly but uh we
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had gone through 32 matches before that
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we had been top of the league for so
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long we had lost it we had battled back
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there was nobody going to take it from
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us or our supporters tonight the support
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here and D do was
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fantastic now St
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fairly by
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shell and rolled into the path of
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mcnalty and Tom MCN has got the
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goal and a quite remarkable score from a
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quite remarkable goal scorer Tom mcel
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who scored the very first goal against
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Cork City in the league of
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Ireland has now got the goal that could
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deny them their very first League of
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Ireland champ championship and that is
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that final score from Turner’s
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cross Cork City Mill dor one and the
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1991 B Goos League of Ireland Champions
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are
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dor and the championship trophy the
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board gosh of Ireland is presented by Mr
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Michael conell the chairman of abor gosh
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to the captain of the winners in there
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with a big SM in the face not the first
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time he’s got a championship medal
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that’s for sure Martin Lawler of dund a
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champ positive
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side
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bigan boy halock halock yes
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one1 Gary
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halock who rattled in two against
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Shamrock Rovers in the semi-final has
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got to do their equalizer
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mcginness it’s there G hok
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again 4 minutes of the second half
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gone and once again under aerial threat
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Bohemians defense proves brittle we saw
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it in the first half but dor had a few
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free headers that distinguished trophy
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80 years it’s been competed for dor of
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won it
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again the FBI kbur cup for 200 two and
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it
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belongs to
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the can he set one up here can he score
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one oh you bet he
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can four minutes played an explosive
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start to this League Cup
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Final Dane Massie what a brilliant goal
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back again it comes it’s to to and
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odor and Steven O’Donnell breaks the
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deadlock coming out of the second road
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to Rifle the shot home and the returning
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Captain back after 6 months out with
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injury scores the goal that puts the KN
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back on top of the table
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for
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ganana ganon’s cross oh wonderful
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arrival
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walini that’s a run from the deep and a
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half and that’s a goal and a half
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Patrick meleni 2–1
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yeah we I said earlier on he hasn’t been
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in the game and but he is capable of
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scoring goals that’s the one thing he
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has and we spoke about that as well Co
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having all the play it’s another double
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it’s done D’s day in the FBI
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cup the chance for Chris Shields to win
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it for dor he sent the keeper the wrong
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way
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and for the seventh time the D Crown the
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EA Sports Cup champions the first since
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2017 22 at the end of normal and extra
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time the D wins 65 on
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penalties and for the fifth time in the
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last six seasons the do are the
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champions and rightly saw amazing
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achievement I mean this team could go
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down is probably one of the greatest
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John because what they’ve achieved is
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been absolutely phenomenal 5 out of six
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is serious serious numbers and you look
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at a great team for the past you know
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the Rovers the fours and all that and
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water four in a row or four out of five
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shells three out of five Pats three out8:42
of four this side is five out of six
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phenomenal achievement by a phenomenal
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bunch of players fairness they hang on
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robers equal
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Flores Flores looking for Kelly M Kelly
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man through the middle is
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McMillan and a final hatrick for David
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McMillan and that surely is
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that not many of them come to K but was
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a brilliant finish was a great
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play and for
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2020 the NBI C isor
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their moments their time and at the end
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of this strangest of Seasons it’s
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familiar hands that trophy
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The decision to form the Trust as a limited company was taken at a meeting of concerned fans on Saturday 5th October 2024
The Board of the Dundalk FC Supporters Trust was constituted on the Monday the 2nd of December 2024 following on from extensive work by a number of supporters who came together to discuss the concept following the potential death of Dundalk FC as it faced bankruptcy in Autumn 2024.
To date the Trust has over 200 members, and has substantial funds available to it given the uptake in membership following the hugely successful launch of the Trust.
The elected Board have been mandated to oversee the day-to-day running of the Trust, and seek to implement the views of our members in our work.

Steps to Trust
The name Dundalk FC Supporters Trust CLG was chosen
The decision was unanimous by those who attended
The initial draft of the Trust proposal was first given to ‘The 1903 — Dundalk FC Supporters Club’ by Brendan Ogle and Tony O’Kane on 25th September 2024, which was well received
The 1903, subsequently met with new Dundalk FC Owner John Temple. The 1903 then informed us that he did not want any new supporter led fund raising initiatives to commence until Christmas
Those who met on the 5th October believed that due to the dire situation at Dundalk FC, there was no time to wait in forming the Trust
The Trust is now incorporated as Dundalk FC Supporters Trust CLG, Company number 773621
The 1903 were advised that this meeting was taking placeWe would like the 1903 to support this essential perpetual Trust initiative
Our bank account is now open
Our website is under development, dfcsupporterstrust.ie, with linked email addresses and social media platforms
The decision to form the Trust as a limited company was taken at a meeting of concerned fans on Saturday 5th October 2024
The Board of the Dundalk FC Supporters Trust was constituted on the Monday the 2nd of December 2024 following on from extensive work by a number of supporters who came together to discuss the concept following the potential death of Dundalk FC as it faced bankruptcy in Autumn 2024.
To date the Trust has over 200 members, and has substantial funds available to it given the uptake in membership following the hugely successful launch of the Trust.
The elected Board have been mandated to oversee the day-to-day running of the Trust, and seek to implement the views of our members in our work.

Steps to Trust
The name Dundalk FC Supporters Trust CLG was chosen
The decision was unanimous by those who attended
The initial draft of the Trust proposal was first given to ‘The 1903 — Dundalk FC Supporters Club’ by Brendan Ogle and Tony O’Kane on 25th September 2024, which was well received
The 1903, subsequently met with new Dundalk FC Owner John Temple. The 1903 then informed us that he did not want any new supporter led fund raising initiatives to commence until Christmas
Those who met on the 5th October believed that due to the dire situation at Dundalk FC, there was no time to wait in forming the Trust
The Trust is now incorporated as Dundalk FC Supporters Trust CLG, Company number 773621
The 1903 were advised that this meeting was taking placeWe would like the 1903 to support this essential perpetual Trust initiative
Our bank account is now open
Our website is under development, dfcsupporterstrust.ie, with linked email addresses and social media platforms
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Why a perpetual Trust was proposed for the survival of Dundalk Football Club
The previous Trust effort was not incorporated & simply disappeared. This is a perpetual Trust to help with all future issueOnly a legal body, properly constituted and professionally run, can contract and deliver what is required while reporting and accounting for all monies received in the manner proposedIt is envisaged that the Trust will ultimately be involved in big projects and large expenditure requiring professional legal and financial expertise
Board of Trustees
Guardians Elect
Gerry Lennon
Chair, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Cormac Gartlan
Vice-Chair , Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Tony McBride
Treasurer, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Elaine Sweeney
Vice- Treasurer, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
John (Bobby) Ogle
Minutes Secretary, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Stephen Neary
PRO, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Stephen Todd
Membership Secretary/ Vice PRO, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Anne Reilly
Equality & Inclusion Officer, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Danny O’Connell
Director for Youth Engagement, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Dean Arrowsmith
Overseas Outreach Director, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Liam O’Neill
Dundalk Catchment Outreach Director , Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Tony O’Kane
Board Members, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Rachel Kerley
Board Member, Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Paddy Malone
Company Secretary (Non Board) , Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
Trust
Trust — Belong — Legacy
Dundalk Football Club Supporters Trust
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Incorporated 13 October 2024, Register Number 773621
Meeting venues and dates will be advised to members by email