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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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.
Éire Óg scored five goals in an eighteen-point win over Moneygall at MacDonagh Park, Cloughjordan on Sunday evening.
Sunday, April 14th
Hibernian Inn North Tipperary
Senior Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg 5-12 Moneygall 0-9
Éire Óg moved to the top of group three in the Hibernian Inn north Tipperary senior hurling championship thanks to an eighteen-point win over Moneygall at MacDonagh Park, Cloughjordan on Sunday evening.
Moneygall initially took the lead before Éire Óg responded with a Killian Gleeson goal following good work from Donnacha Quinn.
Moneygall led 0-5 to 1-1 when Éire Óg plundered a second goal in the 19th minute – this time Kevin Tucker kicked home following Tommy Heffernan’s well-flighted sideline ball.
Three consecutive Tommy Heffernan points helped Éire Óg into a 2-4 to 0-5 advantage.
A third Éire Óg goal, thanks to the efforts of Killian Gleeson, and two Kevin Tucker frees saw the Blues retire at the interval nursing a 3-6 to 0-5 lead.
Points from Donnacha Quinn, Kevin Tucker (free) and Paddy Murphy left eleven points between them (3-9 to 0-8) before Tommy Murphy smacked home Éire Óg’s fourth goal in the 54th minute.
Two minutes later James Mackey added the fifth before points from Paddy Murphy (two) and Andrew Coffey closed out the game.
Éire Óg face Kilruane MacDonagh’s in third round – fixture details to be confirmed.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Michael McNamara, Mark Flannery, Noel Maloney, John Brennan, Daire Quinn, Barry Heffernan, Billy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Pearse Morris, Kevin Tucker (1-4, 0-4 frees), Paddy Murphy (0-3), Tommy Heffernan (1-3), Killian Gleeson (2-0), Michael Heffernan, Donnacha Quinn (0-1). Subs: (40th) Seán Geaney for Alan Kelly, (51st) James Mackey (1-0) for Killian Gleeson, (57th) Andrew Coffey (0-1) for Pearse Morris, (61st) Johnny Slattery for Kevin Tucker.
Referee: Pat Gibson (Burgess).
Overall the weekend proved very encouraging for Éire Óg. Besides the seniors beating Moneygall on Sunday evening the junior B Camogie team recorded another great win in the league beating Ballingarry 5-8 to 1-1.
The under-14 Camogie team also won the county Féile na nGael final at the Ragg on Saturday beating Newport 2-6 to 0-2 in the decider while we also offer our congratulations to Nenagh Handball Club’s Sinéad Meagher who was a member of the Munster team which won the inter-provincial title in Cavan on Saturday – Sinéad won both of her matches in the competition.
A deflected Joe Gallagher goal in the fourth minute of injury denied Éire Óg a first round win in the 2013 Hibernian Inn north Tipperary senior hurling championship.
Saturday, April 6th
Hibernian Inn
North Tipperary Senior
Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg 0-17
Kildangan 1-14
A deflected Joe Gallagher goal in the fourth minute of injury denied Éire Óg a first round win in the 2013 Hibernian Inn north Tipperary senior hurling championship. Following a Donnacha Quinn point on the hour Éire Óg led 0-17 to 0-12, but Kildangan converted two late frees before Joe Gallagher’s speculative effort earned Séamus Gleeson’s men a share of the spoils.
Points from Michael Heffernan (2), Tommy Heffernan and Kevin Tucker (two, one free) helped Éire Óg into a 0-5 to 0-1 lead during the opening quarter. Kildangan responded in kind and cut the deficit to two points (0-7 to 0-5) before late first half scores from Tommy Heffernan, two Kevin Tucker frees and a monster of a point from Barry Heffernan retired the sides at the break with five between them (0-11 to 0-6). It is worth noting, however, that Éire Óg had conceded a penalty in the 29th minute following a Barry Heffernan foul on Joe Gallagher – Darragh Egan’s subsequent flew narrowly over the bar.
Éire Óg, now facing the wind, began the second half in positive fashion and led 0-13 to 0-7 following two Kevin Tucker frees. Kildangan corner-forward Tadhg Gallagher was also shown a straight red card in the 36th minute following a challenge on Barry Heffernan.
Three consecutive Kildangan frees reduced the Éire Óg lead significantly (0-13 to 0-10).
Efforts from Kevin Tucker, Tommy Heffernan (2) and a Donnacha Quinn point on the hour mark forced Éire Óg into a 0-17 to 0-12 lead entering injury time.
In injury time Éire Óg conceded two frees which Kildangan converted before an ambitious Joe Gallagher shot was deflected past Nenagh ‘keeper Michael McNamara.
Éire Óg face Moneygall in the second round at Cloughjordan next weekend. Fixture details to be confirmed.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Michael McNamara, Mark Flannery, Noel Maloney, John Brennan, Daire Quinn, Barry Heffernan (0-1), Billy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Pearse Morris, Kevin Tucker (0-8, 0-7 frees), Paddy Murphy, Tommy Heffernan (0-4), Donnacha Quinn (0-2), Michael Heffernan (0-2), Killian Gleeson. Subs: (28th) James Mackey for Killian Gleeson, (50th) Brian Quinn for Paddy Murphy (blood), (58th) Andrew Coffey for Alan Kelly.
Referee: Philip Kelly (Ballinahinch).
Sunday, March 31st
Junior A Hurling League
Nenagh Éire Óg 0-20
Toomevara 0-13
Éire Óg proved too strong for Toomevara in their junior A hurling league clash at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Monday evening.
Toome stole into an early 0-2 to 0-1 lead before points from Donnacha Quinn, Davy Hackett (two frees), James Mackey (two) and Pearse Morris helped the home side into a 0-7 to 0-2 lead.
Toomevara responded with two points of their own before efforts from Adam Grattan and Gary Howard helped Éire Óg into a 0-9 to 0-4 interval lead.
Following a brilliant James Mackey point in the 37th minute Éire Óg had extended their lead to six points (0-12 to 0-6) and although Toomevara tried hard to mount a late challenge the Blues always managed to keep the Greyhounds at arm’s length.
Despite playing into the wind Éire Óg managed to out-score Toomevara 0-8 to 0-7 during the closing exchanges of this encounter. Indeed, James Mackey brought proceedings to a close in the 62nd minute when scoring his sixth point from play.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Willie Bolger, Michael Collins, John O’Donoghue, Donnacha Heffernan, Niall Madden, Niall Cahill, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Pearse Morris (0-2), Alan Kelly, Donnacha Quinn (0-1), David Hackett (0-6, 0-6 frees), Adam Grattan (0-2), Gary Howard (0-1), Brian Quinn, James Mackey (0-6). Subs: (49th) Andrew Coffey (0-1) for Donnacha Quinn, (53rd) Darragh Walsh (0-1) for Gary Howard.
Referee: Martin Griffin (Silvermines).
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Saturday, March 30th
Junior B Hurling League
Nenagh Éire Óg 1-11 Kildangan 3-5
A Kildangan goal in the fifth minute of injury time denied Éire Óg a deserved win in the junior B hurling league at Puckane this afternoon.
Éire Óg shipped two goals in the opening half, but a Gary Howard point and three Darragh Walsh frees left six between them at the break – 0-4 to 2-4.
Éire Óg, who were now playing with the wind, started the second half in enterprising mood with points from Aidan Healy, Philip Hickey, Gary Howard and an absolute cracker from Darragh Walsh closing the gap to two points (0-8 to 2-4).
Éire Óg continued to dominate and Mark Higginbottom plundered a goal to present Nenagh with the lead in the 37th minute – 1-8 to 2-4.
A Philip Hickey point and a Darragh Walsh free extended the Éire Óg lead to three points (1-10 to 2-4) before Kildangan managed their first score of the second half in the 57th minute.
On the hour mark Philip Hickey struck for Éire Óg’s eleventh point, but in the fifth minute of injury time Kildangan batted in an equalising goal following a long-range free.
Éire Óg’s remaining junior B hurling league group games are against Silvermines, Borrisokane and Newport. Well done lads.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Brian Gubbins, Brian Duffy, Michael Collins, John Kelly, Eddie Darcy, Niall Madden, Aodhán Geaney, Luke Kennedy, Darragh Walsh (0-5, 0-4 frees), Christopher Ryan, Kieran Duffy (captain), Mark Higginbottom (1-0), Gary Howard (0-2), Peter Egan, Philip Hickey (0-3). Subs: (22nd) Aidan Healy (0-1) for Peter Egan, (41st) David Minogue for Mark Higginbottom, (51st) Lenny Ryan for Aodhán Geaney, (62nd) Ger O’Gorman for Luke Kennedy.
Referee: Kieran Delaney (Toomevara).
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Éire Óg enjoyed a four-point win (0-20 to 2-10) over Ballingarry in the County Senior Hurling Cup at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Sunday afternoon, March 24th.
Despite playing into an absolute gale in the opening half Éire Óg led 0-10 to 0-7 at the break with Kevin Tucker accounting for 0-6 of the Nenagh tally.
Some fine attacking play in the opening ten minutes of the second half helped Éire Óg into a 0-15 to 0-8 lead.
Ballingarry, however, struck back with two goals in the 43rd and 45th minutes to cut the deficit to the very minimum (0-15 to 2-8).
Éire Óg closed out the game impressively however out-scoring the visitors 0-5 to 0-2 in the final quarter of this encounter.
Éire Óg have been drawn against Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the semi-finals of the Dr Fogarty Cup – date/venue TBC. Burgess take on Clonoulty-Rossmore in their respective semi-final.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Willie Bolger, Mark Flannery, Noel Maloney, John Brennan, Adam Gratton, Barry Heffernan, Seán Geaney, Pearse Morris, Alan Kelly, Kevin Tucker (0-8, 0-5 frees), Paddy Murphy (0-2), Tommy Heffernan (0-6), Brian Quinn, Johnny Slattery, Killian Gleeson (0-2). Subs: (26th) Brian Maxwell for Seán Geaney, (51st) Donnacha Quinn (0-2, 0-1 sideline) for Killian Gleeson, (52nd) Andrew Coffey for Alan Kelly, (55th) James Mackey for Brian Quinn.
Referee: Philip Kelly (Ballinahinch).
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