Nenagh Éire Óg

Senior hurlers draw with Portroe & Camogie history made

Posted By: adminon: May 12, 2013In: Match Reports, News, Results, Uncategorized

The Éire Óg senior hurlers drew with Portroe in the senior hurling championship while the junior B Camogie team made history at The Ragg in a dramatic day for the Blues.

The Éire Óg senior Camogie team which made history in spectacular style this afternoon.

HISTORIC CAMOGIE WIN

The Nenagh Éire Óg senior Camogie team made history on Sunday afternoon when winning a first-ever County Junior B League title – in the decider Éire Óg beat Portroe 8-5 to 1-4 at The Ragg.

Following a Holly O’Brien point goals from Michelle Collins, Danielle Harrington and Aileen Duggan helped Éire Óg into a 3-1 to 0-3 lead by the 17th minute. A Louise Hickey strike and three further Danielle Harrington goals saw Éire Óg lead 7-1 to 0-4 at the interval.

A fifth Danielle Harrington goal and points from Ciara McGrath (two) and Rachel Maher forced Éire Óg into a 8-5 to 0-4 lead before Portroe struck for a late consolation goal.

Well done to everyone involved and our thanks go to the management team of Denise Morris, Paul Henry and Shane Connolly who have put a lot of work into this group of players.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Cliona Curran, Alice Darcy (captain), Mary Dillon, Zoe Grattan, Rachel Maher (0-1, 0-1 free), Michelle Collins (1-0), Ciara McGrath (0-2), Alanna Morris, Aileen Duggan (1-1), Danielle Harrington (5-0), Holly O’Brien (0-1), Louise Hickey (1-0). Subs: Amy Heffernan for Michelle Collins, Brenda O’Sullivan for Holly O’Brien, Paula Ryan for Mary Dillon.

SENIOR HURLING

Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Portroe 0-13 Nenagh Éire Óg 1-10

A draw with Portroe ensured that Éire Óg won group three of the Hibernian Inn-sponsored North Tipperary senior hurling championship at a soaking wet Dolla on Sunday afternoon.

Kevin O’Halloran set the tone for Portroe in the fifth minute when the youngster fired over a smashing effort to give his side the lead. Michael Heffernan responded for Éire Óg before John Sheedy and Donnacha Quinn (free) traded efforts to leave the sides locked at 0-2 apiece by the seventh minute.

In the ninth Kevin O’Halloran swung over a terrific sideline ball to re-claim the lead for Portroe, but Michael Heffernan responded for Éire Óg almost immediately before a Killian Gleeson point presented the Blues with the lead for the first time in the 12th – 0-4 to 0-3.

Six minutes later Kevin O’Halloran levelled it up with another excellent effort before John Sheedy (’65) gave Portroe the lead in the 19th minute. Three minutes later a Donnacha Quinn free tied it up as the tit-for-tat nature of this encounter persisted while a superb Jimmy Creamer point re-claimed the lead for a highly-motivated Portroe side in the 23rd minute – 0-6 to 0-5.

Éire Óg closed out the half in robust fashion however with a long-range Barry Heffernan free and a Donnacha Quinn effort from a placed ball handing Liam Heffernan’s men a narrow 0-7 to 0-6 interval lead.

Three minutes into the second half Portroe were level thanks to a John Sheedy free. Seconds later Justin Conroy set up Kevin O’Halloran to lash over a brilliant long-range effort (0-8 to 0-7) and it was all looking a little ominous for Éire Óg.

The Blues stuck to their task however and were unlucky not to plunder a goal in the 35th minute when Darren Gleeson denied Hugh Maloney with a fine save. Portroe were not as fortunate however in the 37th minute when Éire Óg conjured a fine goal to force themselves into a 1-7 to 0-8 lead – Pearse Morris won the ball in the middle of the field and worked it to Killian Gleeson who in turn found Tommy Heffernan who played a clever one-two with Michael Heffernan before beating Darren Gleeson with a neat left-hand shot.

Portroe responded to that set-back magnificently however. A John Sheedy ’65 and a David Gleeson point levelled matters with twenty minutes to play before John Sheedy (free) fired his side back into the lead in the 44th minute.

Michael Heffernan notched Éire Óg’s first point of the second half in the 46th minute to draw the sides level (1-8 to 0-11). Three minutes later Michael Heffernan was fouled for a free which Kevin Tucker converted and Éire Óg led 1-9 to 0-11 with time fast running out. A Kevin Tucker free in the 55th minute then extended Éire Óg’s lead to two.

Prior to this effort Portroe, who were hurling much the better, had fired three consecutive wides and were denied a goal in the 57th minute when Michael McNamara made a fine reaction save from Kevin O’Halloran. It is also worth noting that Noel Maloney did especially well to block a Dinny Hogan effort seconds later.

With a minute to play Darren Gleeson worked a free short to the completely unmarked Jimmy Creamer who landed a fine point from the middle of the field to reduce the margin to manageable proportions – 0-12 to 1-10.

Then, in second half injury time, Éire Óg’s Hugh Maloney was adjudged to have over-carried, perhaps harshly, and the ever-reliable John Sheedy fired over the resultant long-range free to earn Portroe a share of the points.

Portroe: Darren Gleeson, Christopher O’Riordan, Noel O’Halloran, Dermot O’Halloran, Michael Creamer, Colm Gleeson, Simon Kelly, Justin Conroy, Jimmy Creamer (0-2), John Sheedy (0-6, 0-3 frees, 0-2 ‘65s), Kevin O’Halloran (0-4, 0-1 sideline), Mark Gennery, David Gleeson (0-1), Dinny Hogan, James Ryan. Subs: (23rd) Jack Keating for Mark Gennery, (50th) Conor Leo for Justin Conroy.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Michael McNamara, Adam Grattan, Noel Maloney, John Brennan, Daire Quinn, Barry Heffernan (0-1, 0-1 free), Billy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Pearse Morris, Killian Gleeson (0-1), Hugh Maloney, Tommy Heffernan (1-0), Johnny Slattery, Michael Heffernan (0-3), Donnacha Quinn (0-3, 0-3 frees). Subs: (32nd) Kevin Tucker (0-2, 0-2 frees) for Johnny Slattery, (36th) Seán Geaney for Alan Kelly, (44th) James Mackey for Donnacha Quinn.

Referee: Pat Gibson (Burgess).

QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

On Sunday evening, following Toomevara’s play-off win over Lorrha at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh Éire Óg were drawn against the Greyhounds in the quarter-finals.

Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final draw: Nenagh Éire Óg v Toomevara, Templederry Kenyons v Kildangan, Roscrea v Borris-Ileigh, Silvermines v Portroe. All four matches are scheduled to take place on the week-ending Sunday, May 26th.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Éire Óg Weekly Notes

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2013In: News, Weekly Notes

SENIOR

Senior: Our final group game will take place on Sunday afternoon in Dolla at 2.30pm with Portroe providing the opposition. A win or draw in this encounter will see Éire Óg seeded as group winners for the quarter-final draw. Portroe are also guaranteed a spot in the quarter-finals while the winner of the Kildangan v Kilruane clash on Sunday will also progress.

Junior A: On Thursday evening last our junior A hurlers suffered their first defeat of the league following a five-point loss to Knockshegowna in Ballingarry (0-19 to 3-15). The next league game will be against Roscrea in Roscrea. Fixture details to be confirmed.

Junior B: Our junior B hurlers were defeated in round three of the league by Silvermines in Dolla on Friday evening last (1-7 to 0-13). The final two group games are against Newport and Borrisokane. Wins in these games are essential to reach the knock-out stages of the league. The junior Bs next league game has been provisionally fixed for Sunday, May 19th (6.30pm) against Newport at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh.

Condolences: The club was saddened by the recent passing of Jack White. We express our condolences to his family & friends.

County Board Draw: The 2013-14 Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw was officially launched last week and at this stage all our current members should have received their receipts for the 2012-13 draw in the post. Members who did not receive one should contact our club coordinator Marian Ryan. The draw is an essential source of funds for our club and without it much of the games and other development work that goes on in the club would not be possible. We ask all our loyal supporters to remain in the draw if possible and would encourage new members to join. Prizes include cars, holidays and several cash prizes every month – all for €100 per year or €10 per month.

JUVENILE

Parish League: After the third series of games on Monday last Red Rovers and Sarsfields have qualified for the A final with St Mary’s and Éire Óg set to contest the B final. The Sarsfields versus St Mary’s game was a great contest with Sarsfields coming out on top (6-7 to 4-6). Seán Phelan and Conor Hennessy had a great duel with Josh Keller doing some great scoring. There were great displays from Gavin Dooley, Cameron Spillane, Aisling Moran, Lily O’Brien, Cian Griffin, Megan, Sine and Katie Morris. Red Rovers overcame an under-strength Éire Óg with good displays from Cian O’Farrell, Liam Heffernan, Sarah Hallinan and Abbie Sheedy and for the losers Brendan Long, Jamie Cottrell and Lucy Spain were outstanding. Players will be informed via text regarding the finals – date is not yet confirmed.

Under-10 & Community Games: Nenagh open their Community Games challenge away to JK Bracken’s in Templemore on Wednesday, May 8th. The boys have trained hard and we wish them the best of luck.

Under-12: Hard luck to the group one footballers who lost out to Borrisokane in the north semi-final last Tuesday. Well done to the boys on a great league run. The team and management send best wishes for a speedy recovery to Ben West who was injured in the match. The group four footballers enjoyed a comprehensive 5-7 to 1-1 away to Toome on the same evening. They now face Inane Rovers in the north final on Monday, May 5th at 4.30pm

Under-14: The under-14 football team continued their unbeaten run in the league against Inane Rovers in Roscrea on Wednesday evening last. Nenagh finished the first half five points down (0-9 to 1-2) with the goal coming from Cian O’Brien. A huge team effort in the second half though saw Nenagh hold Inane scoreless and run out winners on a 2-6 to 0-9 scoreline. The lads are now through to the north semi-final with a provisional date of Wednesday, May 8th.

Under-16: The under-16 team and management hit the road to Kilkenny last weekend for the National League final while also taking in a challenge match against Holycross-Ballycahill on the way. Thanks to Holycross-Ballycahill for being such gracious hosts.

CAMOGIE

Under-10: Our under-10S played three games in a blitz at The Ragg last Saturday. It was a great day out. Thanks to Pat Sheridan for all his help with this.

Under-14: Our under-14s are playing in A championship semi-final this Friday against Newport in The Ragg at 7pm. We won this for the very first time last year and the girls are anxious to retain their hard-won title. We ask all supporters to please come along and support the girls.

Under-16: Our under-16s have won all their group games to date and qualified for the knock-out stage of the championship. These games won’t be played until after the Junior Certificate.

Junior B: Our junior team have qualified for our first-ever junior league final following a comprehensive victory over Kilruane MacDonagh’s in Cloughjordan on Monday last. It was a great all-round team performance with every player leaving everything on the field. We are playing Portroe this weekend in the final and we ask all supporters to come along and cheer the girls on in their quest secure league honours.

Féile na nGael: On May 31st in The Hibernian Inn the club are hosting a ‘Come Dine With Me’ fundraiser to help secure funds for our Féile na nGael team who have qualified for the All-Ireland finals for the very first time. We have secured a celebrity chef for the event and tickets are priced at €30 for two or €20 for one and are available from any committee member. The team are also seeking sponsorship from businesses and private individuals. If you are interested in supporting the team please contact any committee member.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Junior Bs beaten in Dolla

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2013In: Match Reports, News, Uncategorized

Friday, May 3rd
North Tipperary Junior B Hurling League
Silvermines 0-13 Nenagh Éire Óg 1-7

Éire Óg lost to a good Silvermines junior B team at Dolla on Friday evening. Despite playing with the wind in the opening half Éire Óg trailed 0-4 to 0-6 at the break. A Darragh Walsh goal in the second half gave the Blues some hope, but Silvermines deservedly went on to win the game. Unfortunately Éire Óg’s David Cleary and the Silvermines’ Alan Ryan were sent off following a second half incident.

Following an opening round draw with Kildangan the Éire Óg junior B hurlers will now face Borrisokane and Newport in their remaining group games with the top two qualifying for the semi-finals. In the junior B hurling championships Éire Óg have been drawn in a group with Newport, Ballinahinch, Ballina and Portroe with the top two qualifying for the semi-finals.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Brian Gubbins, Brian Duffy, David Minogue, John Kelly, Aodhán Geaney, Lenny Ryan, Michael Collins, Darragh Walsh, Niall Madden, Christopher Ryan, Kieran Duffy, Philip Hickey, Luke Kennedy, Conor Kirwan, Peter Egan. Subs: David Cleary for Peter Egan, John O’Donoghue for Niall Madden, Aidan Healy for Luke Kennedy, Brian Flynn for Conor Kirwan.
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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Junior As lose to Knockshegowna

Posted By: adminon: May 02, 2013In: Match Reports, News

Thursday, May 2nd
North Tipperary Junior A Hurling League
Knockshegowna 3-15 Nenagh Éire Óg 0-19

Éire Óg suffered a five-point defeat to Knockshegowna at Ballingarry on Thursday evening in the North Tipperary Junior A Hurling League.

Knockshegowna took an early lead, but points from Davy Hackett (’65, free), Brian Quinn (two) and James Mackey helped Éire Óg into a 0-5 to 0-1 lead.

In the 13th minute goalkeeper Kevin Flynn saved a Knockshegowna penalty, but Knockshegowna converted the rebound before scoring a second goal two minutes later to take a 2-1 to 0-5 lead.

The sides then traded points before the Knockshe ‘keeper made a great save to deny Darragh Walsh a goal.

Knockshegowna enjoyed a 2-5 to 0-9 lead late in the opening half before a Davy Hackett free and a cracker of a point from James Mackey tied it up.

Half-time: Éire Óg 0-11 Knockshegowna 2-5.

Éire Óg started the second half in enterprising fashion with a Donnacha Quinn point, but conceded a third goal in the 32nd minute – 0-12 to 3-5.

With Knockshegowna now playing with a strong breeze at their backs Éire Óg had it all to do to rescue the situation.

Following a Donnacha Quinn point with twenty minutes to play Éire Óg had closed the gap to a single point (0-14 to 3-6), but Knockshegowna responded well to the challenge and out-scored the Blues 0-9 to 0-5 during their remainder of this encounter.

Late in the game Éire Óg enjoyed a great opportunity to stage a late fight back, but the Knockshegowna ‘keeper made a great double save to deny Donnacha Quinn and Brian Maxwell a goal.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Kevin Flynn, Donnacha Heffernan, John O’Donoghue, Michael Collins, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Niall Cahill, Niall Madden, Alan Kelly (0-1), Brian Maxwell (0-1), Adam Grattan, David Hackett (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 ’65), James Mackey (0-2), Darragh Walsh, Brian Quinn (0-2), Donnacha Quinn (0-5). Subs: (42nd) Andrew Coffey for Darragh Walsh, (52nd) Philip Hickey for Brian Quinn, (61st) Conor Ryan for Niall Madden.

Referee: Ger Fitzpatrick (Roscrea).

Parish League Update

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2013In: News

After the third series of games on Monday last Red Rovers and Sarsfields have qualified for the A final with St Mary’s and Éire Óg to contest the B final. The Sarsfields v St Mary’s game proved to be a great contest with Sarsfields coming out on top (6-7 to 4-6).

Seán Phelan and Conor Hennessy had a great duel with Josh Keller doing some great scoring. There were great displays from Gavin Dooley, Cameron Spillane, Aisling Moran, Lily O’Brien, Cian Griffin, Megan, Sine and Katie Morris.

Red Rovers overcame an understrength Éire Óg with good displays from Cian O’Farrell, Liam Heffernan, Sarah Hallinan and Abbie Sheedy and for the losers, Brendan Long, Jamie Cottrell and Lucy Spain.

Players will be informed via text regarding the finals, date is not yet confirmed.
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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Éire Óg weekly club notes

Posted By: adminon: April 29, 2013In: News, Weekly Notes

The combined Éire Óg senior, juvenile & Camogie weekly club notes.

A terrific group of Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie players who helped clean up
MacDonagh Park, Nenagh after Sunday’s senior double header.
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SENIOR

Senior hurling: on Sunday afternoon last in Dolla our senior hurlers kept their unbeaten start to the championship intact following a six-point win over Kilruane. The final score was 0-21 to 0-16. We now have a bye in round four while our final group game will be against Portroe.

Junior A hurling league: our Junior A team continue their league campaign against Knockshegowna this Thursday at 7.30pm in Ballingarry.

Junior B hurling league: round three of the junior B league takes place this Friday against Silvermines. This game takes place at 7pm in Dolla.

Inter-county: best wishes to Michael Heffernan and the Tipperary team this Sunday in the Allianz National League final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.

Condolences: the club was saddened by the recent passing of Jack White. We express our condolences to his family & friends.
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Tipperary minor hurlers Barry Heffernan, Killian Gleeson and Shane Hennessey pictured with
the Irish Press Cup, Spike Nolan Cup and the County Tipperary Minor A Cup during their visit with
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JUVENILE

Parish League: The Éire Óg Parish League continued last Monday with another excellent turnout of players and families in attendance. There was a second win for Red Rovers over St Mary’s (8-2 to 6-3) in an exciting game. Ben West, Dylan Murphy and Maeve Hassett were among the best displays for the winners with Jason Teefy, Cameron Spillane and Cian Griffin shining out for St Mary’s. In the second game Sarsfields had their first win by defeating Éire Óg (4-1 to 1-4). Mark Ryan, Lucy Spain, Megan Morris and Josh Keller had good displays. Red Rovers look good for the A final with four points and now play Éire Óg who are looking for their first win. The winner of Sarsfields and St Mary’s will make it to the A final, both have two points. Round three is on Monday, May 29th with players scheduled to meet at 6pm and all support is welcome.

Under-8: our under-8 team had their first match of the season away to the Silvermines on Thursday evening last. For some of our new players it was their first ever match. A great time was had by all. Our thanks go to the Silvermines.

Under-10 & Community Games: the Community games team had a challenge match against Borris-Ileigh last Thursday following on from Sunday’s game against Carrig-Riverstown. The boys are training hard and playing well. Keep up the good attendance lads.

Under-12: groups one and four are through to the semi-final stages of the under-12 football league. Both teams have unbeaten runs thus far. We wish them the best of luck in the semis.

Under-14: the fourth and final round of the under-14 football league will take place on Wednesday, May 1st. Nenagh, who have three wins out of three, are away to a strong Inane Rovers team.

Under-16: our under-16 team lost out in their final football league match to Inane Rovers on Monday evening last. Nenagh contested well and can take a lot of positives from the game, but a strong finish from the opposition ended the lads’ league challenge for this year.

Dates for the diary: the juvenile summer camp will be held from July 22nd-26th this year. It’s always a very successful and enjoyable camp for girls and boys. We hope to see you there.

Congratulations: we offer our congratulations to the Éire Óg players who featured strongly in last week’s Fitzgerald Cup final and in the recent Garda Cup.

In the Fitzgerald Cup final (Tipperary under-17A colleges hurling) Nenagh CBS beat Our Lady’s Templemore 4-15 to 0-7 at Dolla. Nenagh CBS led 1-5 to 0-6 at the break.

Nenagh CBS: Paul Carroll (Burgess), Gavin O’Connor (Nenagh Éire Óg), Mark Grace (Toomevara), Conor Ryan (Nenagh Éire Óg), Eamonn Corcoran (Silvermines), Andrew Coffey (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-1, 0-1 free), Stephen Ryan (Silvermines), Philip Hickey (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-1), Adam Cody (Burgess, 0-1), Cormac Keating (Portroe, 0-1), Darragh Peters (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 1-5, 1-0 penalty), Aodhán Geaney (Nenagh Éire Óg), Andrew Dunne (Burgess, 3-2), Shane Hennessy (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-2), Michael Brislane (Toomevara, 0-1). Subs: Keith Nealon (Burgess) for Shane Hennessy, John Kennedy (Templederry Kenyons, 0-1) for Michael Brislane, Conor Gill (Burgess) for Cormac Keating, James Quigley (Kildangan) for Adam Cody.

Meanwhile Shane Hennessy captained North Tipperary to a third successive Garda Cup (under-16 inter-divisional hurling) title. North Tipperary beat South Tipperary in the final at Templetuohy. In their semi-final North Tipperary beat West Tipperary 3-15 to 0-8. North Tipperary won the final 0-16 to 0-6. The North Tipperary team are managed by Ken Dunne, Len Gaynor and John Sheedy and will travel to Killeagh (Cork) on May 4th for the group stages of the Munster inter-divisional under-16 championships. North Tipperary will be chasing an historic three Munster titles in-a-row, a feat no division has ever achieved.

North Tipperary: Paul Carroll (Burgess), Cormac Keating (Portroe), Eoin Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh), Gavin O’Connor (Nenagh Éire Óg), Craig McGrath (Borrisokane), Darragh Peters (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 0-1), Michael Brislane (Toomevara, 0-2 ‘65s), James Cleary (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 0-1), Michael Gohery (Borrisokane, 0-1), Gary Ryan (Borrisokane, 0-2), Shane Hennessy (Nenagh Éire Óg, captain, 0-2), Conor Gill (Burgess, 0-1), Jack Delaney (Toomevara, 0-3, 0-2 frees), Darragh Carey (Templederry, 0-3), Daniel Carew (Newport).

Well done to all the Éire Óg players involved in both competitions!
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Tipperary minor hurlers Barry Heffernan and Killian Gleeson pictured during
their visit to St Mary’s Boys National School on Friday afternoon.[hr]
CAMOGIE

Under-12: our under-12s played the fourth round of the championship in Nenagh last Tuesday against Newport winning on a scoreline of 1-5 to 1-1. Next up are our neighbours Burgess when we face them on Tuesday in Kilcolman. The semi-finals of this competition are due to take place on May 5th-6th.

Under-14: our under-14s have qualified for the All-Ireland Féile na nGael finals next July in Limerick. This is a fantastic achievement as they are the first Camogie team from the town to reach this stage of the competition. We have established a sub-committee charged with the task of raising vital funds to help meet the costs of this venture. If you would like to contribute, as a business or private donation, please contact Noel Coffey or any member of the committee.

Under-16: our under-16s played Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the third round of the championship in Nenagh where they held on for a four-point win. The girls have now completed a hat-trick of victories. As the junior certificate exams loom these girls won’t feature again until the end of June.

Junior B: our junior B team are due to face Kilruane MacDonagh’s on Bank Holiday Monday in the league semi-final. This is only the second time in our history that we have reached this stage of the competition with Silvermines providing the opposition in 2011. Unfortunately, despite a great effort that day, we just fell short at the line. This time however we aim to go at least one step further and make the final. Details of the fixture will be posted on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nenagheireog) and on the main club website, www.nenagheireog.com.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Éire Óg beat Kilruane at Dolla

Posted By: adminon: April 28, 2013In: Match Reports, News, Uncategorized

Sunday, April 28th
Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg 0-21 Kilruane MacDonagh’s 0-15

Éire Óg recovered a five-point interval deficit (0-5 to 0-10) to record a six-point win over Kilruane MacDonagh’s at Dolla this afternoon.

Kilruane started well and led 0-3 to no-score before a Kevin Tucker free got Éire Óg off the mark in the tenth minute. Two points from Michael Heffernan and another Kevin Tucker free left just one point between them (0-4 to 0-5) by the 20th minute, but Kilruane closed out the opening half in impressive fashion with five points establishing a 0-10 to 0-5 interval lead.

Thanks to a series of points from Killian Gleeson (2), Michael Heffernan (2), Alan Kelly, Tommy Heffernan (2) and Hugh Maloney Éire Óg reduced the deficit to a single point by the 45th minute (0-12 to 0-13) before a Donnacha Quinn free levelled it up.

A Paddy Murphy point in the 47th minute presented Éire Óg with the lead for the first time before points from Tommy Heffernan, Killian Gleeson and Michael Heffernan (2) helped the Blues into a 0-18 to 0-13 lead.

Kilruane made a late stand and closed the gap to four points (0-19 to 0-15), but Éire Óg saw out the game with efforts from Tommy Heffernan and Hugh Maloney.

The result propels Éire Óg to the summit of group three – Éire Óg (five points), Portroe (three), Kilruane MacDonagh’s (two), Kildangan (one) & Moneygall (one). Éire Óg have a bye in the next round while Kilruane MacDonagh’s face Portroe and Moneygall take on Kildangan. The final round of games will see Éire Óg face defending north champions Portroe and Kildangan clash with Kilruane MacDonagh’s.

Meanwhile Roscrea have claimed top spot in group one. Silvermines are also through to the quarter-finals while Toomevara will face Lorrha in a play-off for a quarter-final spot on the week-ending May 12th. Templederry won group two on scoring difference ahead of Borris-Ileigh while Burgess and Borrisokane have been eliminated from the 2013 north Tipperary senior hurling championship.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Michael McNamara, Mark Flannery, Noel Maloney (captain), John Brennan, Daire Quinn, Barry Heffernan (0-1, 0-1 free), Billy Heffernan, Alan Kelly (0-1), Pearse Morris, Kevin Tucker (0-2, 0-2 frees), Paddy Murphy (0-2), Tommy Heffernan (0-3), Killian Gleeson (0-3), Michael Heffernan (0-6), Donnacha Quinn (0-1, 0-1 free). Subs: (6th) Adam Grattan for Mark Flannery, (HT) Hugh Maloney (0-2) for Kevin Tucker, (59th) Seán Geaney for Pearse Morris, (63rd) James Mackey for Donnacha Quinn.

Referee: Ger Fitzpatrick (Roscrea).

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Éire Óg Parish League

Posted By: adminon: April 27, 2013In: News

The Éire Óg Parish League continued last Monday with another excellent turnout of players and families in attendance.

There was a second win for Red Rovers over St Mary’s (8-2 to 6-3) in an exciting game. Ben West, Dylan Murphy and Maeve Hassett were among the best displays for the winners with Jason Teefy, Cameron Spillane and Cian Griffin shining out for St Mary’s.

In the second game Sarsfields had their first win by defeating Éire Óg (4-1 to 1-4). Mark Ryan, Lucy Spain, Megan Morris and Josh Keller had good displays.

Red Rovers look good for the A final with four points and now play Éire Óg who are looking for their first win. The winner of Sarsfields and St Mary’s will make it to the A final, both have two points. Round three is on Monday, May 29th with players scheduled to meet at 6pm and all support is welcome.
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Éire Óg Weekly Notes

Posted By: adminon: April 22, 2013In: News, Weekly Notes

Senior, juvenile, handball and Camogie notes combined.

SENIOR

Senior hurling championship: on Sunday afternoon next our senior hurlers return to championship action when they take on Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the third group game. This game takes place in Dolla at 1.30pm.

Junior A hurling league: on Saturday evening last our junior A team made it two wins from two with an eight-point win over Kildangan. The final score was 2-18 to 2-10.

Congratulations: congratulations to Paul O’Leary who was a member of the Tipperary minor football panel which beat Clare in a Munster quarter-final at Ennis on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile on Sunday Michael Heffernan scored a goal in Tipperary’s comprehensive victory over Dublin in the National Hurling League semi-final at Semple Stadium.

JUVENILE

Under-6 & under-8: training for the under-6 and under-8s continues on Wednesdays at 5.15pm and on Saturdays at 10am.

Under-10 & Community Games: training is in full swing now and with challenge matches planned full attendance is required.

Under-12: the under-12 group one footballers recorded a three-point win over Borrisokane on Friday last. In a high scoring encounter goalkeeper Conor Malone made a string of fine saves while there were also strong performances from Gavin Dooley, Brendan Long and Liam Heffernan. Our group one and four teams are away to Kildangan next Friday, April 26th.

Under-14: in terrible conditions Nenagh played their third round football league match at home to Kildangan on Wednesday evening last. Against the gale in the first half Nenagh regrouped after early Kildangan pressure to lead 3-5 to 1-3 at half-time. Aided by the wind in the second half Nenagh wasted no time putting some distance between the teams with three early second half goals. Éire Óg ran out convincing winners on a final scoreline of 9-12 to 1-3. A special mention must go to Evan Murphy for his strong defensive performance and to youngest player Barry Coffey for some great goals. Nenagh receive a bye in the next round.

Under-16: our round four football match last week against Kilruane was cancelled.

Garda Cup: well done to North Tipperary under-16s who won the Garda Cup in Templetouhy on Saturday last defeating West Tipperary in their semi-final and South Tipperary in the final. Éire Óg was represented on the North Tipperary team by Gavin O’Connor and Shane Hennessy who also captained the team. North Tipperary now go forward to compete in the Munster championship, a title which the division won last year. Incidentally previous Éire Óg men who captained successful North Tipperary teams in the Garda cup were: Fergal Hynes (1989), Darragh Quinn (1993), Mark Flannery (2006), Tommy Heffernan (2008) and Killian Gleeson (2011).

Parish League: The first round of the Parish League took place on Monday, April 18th with a very good turnout of players. The Geaney family donated two cups in honour of their late father, Michael Geaney senior. These cups will be played for in the A and B finals in a few weeks’ time. The results of the first games were: St Mary’s 3-5 Éire Óg 3-4, Red Rovers 2-8 Sarsfields 2-4. Among the younger players there were great displays from Dermot McTiernan, Maeve Hassett, Ben West, Katie Morris, Adam Ryan, Laura White, Jamie Cottrell, Dylan Noonan-Kelly and Cian Galvin. A special mention must also go to Sean Phelan who scored points from two sideline cuts. The league continues on Mondays – the players are scheduled to meet at 6pm.

HANDBALL

Congratulations to Sinéad Maher who was the only Tipperary representative on the Munster team which won the inter-provincial handball title recently in Cavan. Sinéad won her two games in the competition. Well done also to Katie Morris, Eoin Meagher, Sinéad Meagher and Eimear Meagher who all played very well in the national juvenile championships at the weekend.

CAMOGIE

The junior B team received a walkover from Fethard in the league and as such have finished the group stage unbeaten. Éire Óg are now through to the semi-finals which are scheduled to take place in The Ragg on May 5th.

The under-14s enjoyed a great win over Toomevara on Tuesday last (4-4 to 2-0) in the championship.

The under-12s beat Drom & Inch on Saturday. Well done girls and keep up the great work.

The under-14 face Newport on Tuesday while the under-16s are playing Newport on Thursday in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. Best wishes ladies.

The under-16s defeated Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the championship (5-7 to 0-2) on Wednesday last with Julie Moylan going on a scoring spree bagging a personal total of 4-1. Team: Sarah Quigley, Cara Mulqueen, Rachel Maher, Anna Dillon, Rachel Spillane, Hazel McAuliffe, Maeve Coffey, Michelle Collins (0-1), Elaine Slattery, Hazel Coffey, Aishling O’Brien (0-1), Alicia Hallinan, Grace O’Brien (1-2), Sarah O’Connor (0-2), Julie Moylan (4-1), Mairéad Sheridan, Lisa Darcy, Clodagh Ryan, Saoirse Griffen.

Hard luck to Aileen Duggan, Alanna Morris and the Tipperary under-18s who were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Cork on Saturday last.

The under-14 team have qualified for the All-Ireland Féile na nGael finals to be played next July in Limerick. This is the first time a Camogie team from the town has qualified for this competition. Unfortunately this comes with a huge price and the club will be seeking sponsorship for this event. All donations from private individuals and businesses will be gratefully accepted and we will be establishing a sub-committee shortly to organise fund raising. If you wish to donate please contact any member of the committee.
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Junior As enjoy eight-point win over Kildangan

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2013In: Match Reports, News

Saturday, April 20th
Junior A Hurling League
Nenagh Éire Óg 2-18 Kildangan 2-10

Éire Óg recorded an impressive 2-18 to 2-10 win over Kildangan at Puckane in the junior A hurling league on Saturday evening. Goals from James Mackey and Andrew Coffey helped Éire Óg into a 2-12 to 0-3 interval lead.

Nenagh Éire Óg: Willie Bolger, Donnacha Heffernan, John O’Donoghue, Michael Collins, Niall Madden, Niall Cahill, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Pearse Morris, Brian Maxwell (0-2), Adam Grattan (0-2), David Hackett (0-9, 0-8 frees), Andrew Coffey (1-0), James Mackey (1-2), Brian Quinn (0-1), Darragh Walsh (0-2). Subs: Philip Hickey for Pearse Morris, Conor Ryan for James Mackey, Kevin Flynn for Willie Bolger, Ger O’Gorman for Michael Collins, Willie Bolger for Andrew Coffey.

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