Shane Hennessy and Killian Gleeson have a successful table quiz, the Kingdom seek to conquer Tipperary while another social walk is planned for New Year’s Day. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

St. Stephen’s Day Walk

Some of the participants at the St. Stephen’s Day Walk

A large crowd of walkers gathered for the club’s 5km and 7.5km social walks on St. Stephen’s Day. We wish to thank the organisers and there are walks from the club every Tuesday evening at 7pm, open to all.

New Year’s Day Walk

St. Stephen’s Day walkers

After the success of the St. Stephen’s Day walk, the club are organising another social walk for New Year’s Day. Again, there are two distances, 5km and 7.5km. Registration is at 10:15am in the complex with the walk commencing at 10:30am. Everyone is welcome regardless of fitness and no one will be left behind. 

Tipperary

Jake Morris in action against Limerick in the Munster under-21 championship, 2018

Don’t forget that you have a brilliant opportunity to see Liam Sheedy’s new Tipperary outfit in action in MacDonagh Park on Saturday next, December 5th at 2pm in MacDonagh Park as the Kingdom make the trip north for the second round of the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League. In their previous match Tipperary overcame the challenge of All-Ireland champions Limerick, 4-14 to 2-17, with both Jake Morris and Barry Heffernan featuring. 

Shane Hennessy’s Table Quiz

Shane Hennessy, Ger McCarthy, Phil Hennessy, Margaret Hennessy and Kevin Whelan

It was fantastic to see a massive crowd from the club in the Dapp Inn on Friday evening to support Shane Hennessy and Killian Gleeson as the two lads raise funds for the GVI charity which they are volunteering to work for next June in Cape Town.

With over twenty teams participating in the table quiz it was Table 17 who came out on top at the end. We send our congratulations to Enda Costello, Gerry Robinson, Ray Deering, Kevin Costello and their mobile phones on a stunning victory. In second place was the magnanimous Table 15 consisting of Matt Lillis, Marion Ryan, Bartley Ryan and Enda O’Sullivan. It must be pointed out that the second placed team did not, at any stage, resort to Google or their neighbouring teams for answers and in a dignified manner, only lost by one solitary point. 

A special thank you goes to the hosts the Dapp Inn and quizmaster for the night, Kevin Whelan.

If you would like to support Killian and/or Shane and find out more about the GVI charity, you can do so here: Killian and Shane 

Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh

The club want to take this opportunity to wish all our players, mentors, officials, supporters, sponsors and the wider community a very happy 2019 and we hope all your wishes and dreams will be fulfilled in the new year. 

The club reveal the new senior hurling management team, the under-12s are coached by their Tipperary heroes while Shane Hennessy organises an exciting table quiz for charity. Once again this weeks notes are loaded, with news on the Blues.

Senior Hurling Management for 2019 Revealed

Darragh Droog and John Brennan

On Thursday evening last, the club announced at a committee meeting that 2018 senior hurlers, John Brennan and Noel Maloney, will join Darragh Droog as the club’s senior hurling management team for the upcoming year. 

Both John and Noel have soldiered together in the backs for the seniors for many years now while Darragh played a major role in getting the team to the county final this year. Darragh has a wealth of experience in preparing teams having been involved in the Na Piarsaigh Munster and All-Ireland winning sides as well as doing strength and conditioning work with Limerick’s underage hurlers and a number of soccer teams within the county. Noel and John have taken charge of a number of the club’s underage sides in the past while Noel also managed Burgess Duharra.

We wish all three men and the entire panel the very best of luck in 2019.

St. Stephen’s Day Walk

Bartley and Mark will be leading the walk on St. Stephen’s Day

For those of you who will most likely overindulge on Christmas Day the club are organising a St. Stephen’s Day walk from the club at 10:30am. It will be a fantastic way to work off the turkey and stuffing and everyone is welcome.

There are two walks, a 5km and 7.5km route with registration at 10:15am in the complex. The walks themselves commence at 10:30am. 

Shane Hennessy’s Table Quiz

This June, senior hurlers Shane Hennessy and Killian Gleeson are kindly volunteering in Cape Town, South Africa for two weeks with the GVI charity. To help raise funds for this worthwhile cause, Shane has organised a table quiz in the Dapp Inn on Friday, 28th December at 9pm. It would be fantastic to see a large turnout from the club to support these young men who are generously giving up their time to help others less fortunate. 

Shane Hennessy

Tipperary

On Saturday, December 22nd, the Tipperary senior hurlers completed a spinathon and held numerous under-12 coaching sessions in a number of venues around the county in order to raise vital funds for the Amanda Stapleton Benefit Fund and Running for Josie campaign. 

The spinaton took place at our juvenile sponsor’s premises, A Sportsman’s Dream while the coaching session was held in Nenagh College. The Nenagh Éire Óg under-12s were coached from 12 noon until 1pm and it was a fantastic opportunity for our young hurlers to learn from the very best in the country. We were blessed with the weather and we’re delighted that players Barry Hogan, Alan Burns, Jake Morris, Barry Heffernan, Cian Darcy, Niall O’Meara and bainisteoir Liam Sheedy all gave up their free time to pass on their knowledge of the ancient craft.

If you would like to donate to this fantastic cause please click here.

For a range of photographs from the afternoon’s training session please click here.

Don’t forget you have a great opportunity to see our Tipperary heroes in action when they take on Kerry in MacDonagh Park on Saturday, January 5th, at 2pm. 

Camogie News

The camogie section held their AGM recently and the following officers were elected:

• Kieran Malone – Chairperson
• James O’Dwyer – Vice-Chairperson
• Áine Gilmartin – PRO
• Mark Hassett – Child Welfare Officer
• Pat Sheridan – Secretary
• Tom McAuliffe – Treasurer
• Caitriona Cleary & Deirdre Coleran – Joint Registrars 

We wish to thank outgoing officers Maria Sheedy, chairperson, Denise Morris, vice-chairperson, Seamus Morris, PRO, Catherine Kennedy, registrar and assistant secretary Caitriona Morris for all of their hard work and dedication over the years with the camogie club. 

St Mary’s, Nenagh

Congratulations to St. Mary’s Nenagh who defeated St. John The Baptist, Hospital in the Munster semi-final on Wednesday last. Best of luck to all involved in the upcoming Munster final. We are represented by Lucy Spain, Caroline Browne, Megan Grace, Rachel O’Connor and Niamh Sheridan. 

Operation Transformation

Tipperary Sports Partnership and Nenagh Éire Óg in association with the TV programme, Operation Transformation, are once again holding a 5K Family Fun Walk on Saturday January 12th at 11am. This is the ideal way to begin the new year while diligently sticking to the new year’s resolution.  We will have further information closer to the date.

For those enthusiastic walkers who can’t wait until the new year the club organises a walk every Tuesday evening at 7pm outside the complex and everyone is more than welcome to participate. 

Condolences

The club sends its condolences to John McNamara and family following the sudden death of John’s father, John Eamon, in Achill Island, Mayo. John has been a tremendous supporter and mentor with the club and his children all play camogie, hurling and Gaelic football for Éire Óg.

The funeral details are as follows: reposing at St. Colman’s, Keel on Sunday from 4pm until 7pm. Remains arriving to St. Patrick’s Church, Pollagh on Monday morning for Funeral Mass at 11am. Burial will take place in Slievemore Cemetery. Family flowers only please.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Presence not Presents 

Well known Nenagh Éire Óg supporter, Santa Claus, decked out in his sky blue colours

The club would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our players, members, sponsors, supporters and the wider community a very happy, peaceful and merry Christmas. We have no doubt that the big man will pay a visit to all of our young boys and girls as their behaviour all year in MacDonagh Park and beyond was exceptional. And remember, the best present you can give someone this Christmas are not your presents, but your presence. Happy Christmas everyone. 

The Cardiac First Responders receive their well-deserved certificates, the Annual General Meeting took place last Thursday, Jake and Barry play their part as Tipperary overcome Limerick and much, much more. Once again this week’s notes are crammed, with news on the Blues.

Sinéad Meagher captures Annerville Award

Sinéad and her coach Eamon

Congratulations goes to Sinéad Meagher who has captured a throughly deserved Annerville award for her outstanding achievements in handball throughout 2018. These prestigious awards go to the outstanding amateur sport stars throughout Tipperary and will be presented by the Tipperary United Sports Panel in the Clonmel Park Hotel on January 26th. 

The full list of winners for 2018 are:

• Athletics – Miriam Daly, Carrick-on-Suir. 
• Boxing – Ellie Mai Gartland, Clonmel.
• Camogie – Cait Devane, Clonoulty/Rossmore. 
• Equestrian – Max and Tom Wachman, Cashel.  
• Gaelic Football – Alan Campbell, Moyle Rovers.
• Handball -Sinéad Meagher, Nenagh.
• Hurling – Jason Forde, Silvermines. 
• Ladies Football – Aishling Moloney, Cahir.
• Pitch and Putt – James Cleary, Clonmel.
• Sailing – Aisling Keller, Nenagh.
• Soccer- Christopher Higgins, St. Michael’s, Tipperary town.
• Sean Lyons Sports Executive – Liam Cahill, Ballingarry. 
• Tennis – Katie Morrissey, Cashel.
• Jimmy Cooney Lifetime Achievement – Pete Savage, Ardfinnan.
• Knocknagow – Michael ‘Babs’ Keating, Ardfinnan.   

Annual General Meeting 2018

The club’s Annual General Meeting took place on Thursday evening last in the complex and a healthy, robust discussion was had on various aspects of the club by those in the large attendance. 

The following officers were elected on the night for 2019:

• Enda Costello – Chairperson
• Michael Ryan – Vice-Chairperson
• Anne Kennedy – Secretary
• John Tooher – Treasurer 
• Enda O’Sullivan – PRO

The club wishes to thank outgoing officers Éanna Costello (PRO) and Martin Morris (Vice-Chairperson) for all their hard work this year and also Fr. Rexon for celebrating mass for deceased members prior to the AGM. 

Meanwhile the juvenile AGM will take place tomorrow evening, Monday, in the complex at 7:30pm.

Tipperary

Barry Heffernan (5)

Congratulations to Barry Heffernan and Jake Morris who both featured for Tipperary as they overcame All-Ireland champions Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds on Friday evening in the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League 4-14 to 2-17. They are now due to play Kerry in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday, January 5th at 2pm. 

Cardiac First Responders

Cardiac First Responders

Congratulations to our Cardiac First Responders who received their certificates during the week. Having an army of members who are trained to deal with serious situations is very important for the club and we wish to thank those who participated and of course Angela Spain of the Irish Red Cross for organising the course.

The participants were Phil Hennessy, Kevin Tucker, Shane Connolly, Jim Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, Bartley Ryan, Noreen Ryan, Jim Nagle, Mary Jo O’Reilly and Liam Quinn. 

Support Local Enterprise

One of the most important subjects being taught in second level schools throughout the country is Enterprise as fourth year business students get the opportunity to establish and run their own business and learn from real-life situations rather then from theory in a textbook. This student led course takes responsibility away from the teachers and places it firmly on the shoulders of the pupils as they make all the decisions regarding the direction their company takes.

Students from Nenagh College have decided to make these stunning Nenagh Éire Óg themed medal holders which would make an ideal present on Christmas morning. The lads have confirmed that Santa Claus has been in touch and has placed a number of orders for some very special boys and girls in the club. If you would like to order a medal holder for your young champion please email the club on eireognenagh@gmail.com or privately contact any of our social media pages.

In this festive season the club encourages all our members, players and supporters to consider local businesses and all of our kind sponsors when doing your Christmas shopping. 

Operation Transformation

Tipperary Sports Partnership and Nenagh Éire Óg in association with the TV programme, Operation Transformation, are once again holding a 5K Family Fun Walk on Saturday January 12th at 11am. This is the ideal way to begin the new year while diligently sticking to the new year’s resolution.  We will have further information closer to the date.

For those enthusiastic walkers who can’t wait until the new year the club organises a walk every Tuesday evening at 7pm outside the complex for a stroll and everyone is more than welcome to participate. 

There is also a planned St. Stephen’s Day walk at 10.30am from the complex to work off the turkey and stuffing. Again everyone is welcome to come along. 

Seamus Hennessy and Running for Josie

Seamus addresses the crowd at the Blues 10KM last summer in MacDonagh Park ©Padraig Hogan

The club extends its congratulations to Kilruane MacDonagh’s Seamus Hennessy who completed the Antarctic Ice Marathon on Thursday in 7:05:33 hours. Seamus has been busy raising money for Pieta House and Living Links and we are thrilled that he has smashed his €200,000 target as the GAA community, not just throughout Tipperary, but the country and beyond has responded so generously to this remarkable young man. Seamus participated in the Blues 10KM run last June with proceeds going to his Running for Josie campaign. If you would like to donate to Running for Josie please click https://www.gofundme.com/runningforjosie 

Annual General Meeting 

The club’s AGM will take place on Thursday, December 13th at 8pm in the club house. We look forward to seeing all club members there on the night as look back at 2018 and look forward to 2019.

Operation Transformation and the Weekly Walk

Some of the walkers who completed the 10km route last Tuesday

Congratulations to all our social walkers who completed the 10km route last Tuesday evening around the town. They meet up every Tuesday evening at 7pm outside the complex for a stroll and everyone is more than welcome to participate. 

They have also planned a St. Stephen’s Day walk at 10.30am from the complex to work off the turkey and stuffing. Again everyone is welcome to come along. 

Tipperary Sports Partnership and Nenagh Éire Óg, in association with the TV programme Operation Transformation, are holding a 5k Family Fun Walk on Saturday January 12th at 11am. This has been hugely successful in the past and promises to be a great way to begin the new year and start those resolutions. 

Juvenile Presentation

The juvenile club will host its medal presentation on Saturday, December 7th, at 7pm in the complex with refreshments served afterwards.

North Tipperary Senior Hurling and Gaelic Football Match Programmes

1964 North Tipperary Senior Hurling Final

The brilliant Tipperary Studies website has recently uploaded North Tipperary senior hurling and Gaelic football match programmes and reports from the Nenagh Guardian. Previously, they posted all the Tipperary GAA Yearbooks and county final match programmes onto their website and now they have done likewise with the North division’s showpieces. Their Twitter account (https://twitter.com/TippStudies) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/tipperarystudies/) are well worth following for anyone with an interest in Tipperary sporting and cultural history. 

If you would like to view the hurling programmes please click here and the Gaelic football finals can accessed here. 

Nenagh Éire Óg News on the Blues 25 November 2018

The view from Whitewalls on a cold November evening

The Late John Kissane

All in the club were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of John Kissane this week.

John Kissane

Originally from Doon East, Ballybunion, the Kerry native moved to Nenagh in the 1980s and found a home in Nenagh Éire Óg where he would have a massive influence both as a player and coach.

He was a part of the intermediate and junior football teams that captured North and county honours in 1986 and 1988 but it was for his Gaelic football coaching that will be fondly remembered by many.

During the 1980s and 1990s Nenagh was one of the most dominant clubs in Gaelic football in the county and won numerous honours, both in the North and county during this period, thanks to the influence of John.

With John as coach the club won an impressive seven North Tipperary senior football titles, two North Tipperary intermediate championships, seven under-21 titles and seven minor titles as well as a myriad of juvenile crowns. We also won two county intermediate, two county junior, two county under-21, one county minor, two county under-16, one county under-14 and two under-12 county titles, all in the A grade, under John’s watchful eye.

Thanks to John’s coaching and influence a large number of players from Nenagh Éire Óg and in neighbouring clubs whom he coached, represented Tipperary at inter-county level. He was very proud of the senior career of Mark Sheahan and 1998 was a particularly satisfying time for him as three of his players, Chris Bonar, Jim McAuliffe and captain Kevin Coonan, were part of the Tipperary junior football team that won the Munster and All-Ireland finals. He also coached Brian Farrell who was part of the Tipperary minor football panel in 1995 that captured the Munster title.

John himself was also an accomplished referee who took charge of numerous games within the county while his son Alan has become one of the top up and coming referees in Munster. John was also a selector with the Tipperary under-21 sides in 1993 and 1994 and was heavily involved with numerous divisional North Tipperary sides.

To Alan, Mairead (Young), Enda and Amy, grandchildren Ewan, Ronan, Garvan, Sarah, Noah, Clodagh, Daire, Emmett and Aoife, son-in-law Alan, daughters-in-law Marisa and Orla, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, neighbours, relatives and friends the club offers its sincerest sympathies.

Laochra Gael Awards

Tommy Mulcahy, pictured with the All-Ireland winning Community Games team.

Everyone in the club sends their congratulations to out very own Laochra Gael, Tommy Mulcahy. “Muller” as he is affectionately known as is fully deserving of this award after a lifetime of service to the GAA and in particular to Nenagh Éire Óg and St. Mary’s Handball Club.

Currently Tommy is the club’s vice president and in the past held every administrative role within the club while he also served as chairperson and secretary of St. Mary’s Handball Club as well as holding various positions at Bord na nÓg level. 

Tommy has more than once put his shoulder to the wheel when it comes to the club and held many managerial roles with adult and juvenile hurling and Gaelic football teams over the decades. A prominent referee he was the man in the middle for numerous championship matches across the county. 

Most, if not all of the players in the club have at some stage been coached by Tommy as it gave countless hours of service to the juveniles and without his enthusiasm and dedication camogie would not be in the prominent position it currently enjoys as he, in the past, coached the game in St. Mary’s primary school and helped them achieve numerous Cumann na mBunscol titles. 

We also extend our congratulations to Anslem Walsh of Shannon Rovers who also picked up a Laochra Gael award. Anslem’s sons Rory and Oisin played with the club at juvenile level while Anslem himself helped coach our juveniles during the 1980s.

Congratulations to all the worthy winners. Without their selfless volunteerism, the GAA would not be in the healthy position it enjoys in Irish society.

Annual General Meeting

The club’s AGM will take place on Thursday, December 13th at 8pm in the club house. We look forward to seeing all club members there on the night as look back at 2018 and look forward to 2019.

Cumann na mBunscol

Under-11 Gaelic football champions

This week was a historic occasion for the primary schools of the county as for the first time ever all the Gaelic football finals were held in Semple Stadium and Nenagh were represented by Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan. 

The boys were successful in the under-11 final against Fethard while the under-13 girls were unfortunately defeated by St. Joseph’s, Tipperary however, while it is nice to win the importance of having fun and getting to experience playing in Semple Stadium is of far more significance. We wish to thank the school and indeed all the schools in the parish for their continued support of Gaelic games and the staff for kindly volunteering their time to teach the fundamentals of our games to the young boys and girls. 

One Nenagh man deserves huge praise for the continued success of Cumann na mBunscol and that is their PRO John Manly. John has given countless hours over the years organising and promoting this tremendous competition as well as coaching Gaelic games in Nenagh Éire Óg and it was fantastic to see his own school, Dualla NS, capture some silverware in Semple during the week also. 

Congratulations also go to St. Mary’s first year team who captured the county A champions on Wednesday last after great wins over Cashel Community School and Ursuline, Thurles. Kerry Howard played in defence and had two fine games while their senior team advanced in the Munster senior B championship after a great win over Scariff. Meanwhile, Nenagh CBS recorded a 3-10 to 0-9 win over Gaelcholáiste Mhuire an Mhainistir Thuaidh (Cork) in the Dr. Harty Cup and have now advanced to the quarter finals. The draw for the quarter finals will take place next month. Best wishes go to the Nenagh College senior team who are in action tomorrow, Monday.

Under-13 LGFA finalists

Collecting Medals

The great Michael Ryan collects the under-11 medals his fantastic side won this year from Robert Byrne and John Sheedy of Portroe on North Tipperary Captains’ Night in the MacDonagh Park complex this weekend. 

Proud parents Mags and Andy Cawley with their son Mason who collected medals on behalf of the under-13 squad at the North Tipperary Captains’ Night in MacDonagh Park on Friday last. 

Divisional Team News

The Peadar Cummins side were defeated by South Tipperary in the semi final but later beat West Tipperary.

Taurai Shayanewako

We had two players on the under-14 Roger Ryan panel, Conor Tierney and Taurai Shayanewako, who reached the final but were beaten by Mid Tipperary. 

Conor Tierney

Best of luck to Tom Kennedy, Dermot McTiernan, Jamie Kennedy, Aaron McLoughlin and the North Tipperary panel in the Garda Cup this Saturday. 

The Nenagh College junior LGFA team which took part in a blitz recently

Disappointment for our under-21 hurlers, the AGM is fixed for Thursday 13th December while a large number of our juveniles represent North Tipperary. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

A disappointed Stevie Hallinan at full time today

Under-21

Nenagh Éire Óg 0-12 Kilruane MacDonagh’s 0-16

Our under-21 hurlers exited the championship this afternoon in Gardiner Park, Borrisokane following a physical yet sporting encounter with Kilruane MacDonagh’s on a scoreline of 0-16 to 0-12. The low scoreline belies the fact that this was a highly entertaining encounter and both sides are to be credited for the ferocious, determined tackling and skilful performance on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Kilruane MacDonagh’s will now meet Toomevara in the North Tipperary final. The club wish to thank the management team of Martin Morris, Phil Hennessy, Barry Heffernan and Michael McNamara and the panel of players for all their efforts this year.

Brian Tuite in action

Annual General Meeting

The club’s AGM will take place on Thursday, December 13th at 8pm in the club house. Motion and nomination forms are available from the club secretary, Anne Kennedy, or they can also be collected from the notice board in the complex. The deadline for return of these forms is November 22nd. 

Get Well Soon Tommy

Tommy Mulcahy, pictured with the All-Ireland winning Community Games team.

Club stalwart Tommy Mulcahy is feeling a little under the weather at the moment due to illness and everyone in Nenagh Éire Óg wishes him a speedy recovery. 

North Tipperary Inter-Divisional Squads

Well done to our boys on the North Tipperary inter-divisional squads. Both under-13 and under-14 teams played the first two rounds this week and will continue hurling for the next two weekends. 

The under-15 tournament will be held on December 1st. We have nine players spread over both the under-13 Peadar Cummins panels (Mason Cawley, Filip McIntyre, Cian Connolly, Zac Keller, Keenan Rice, Sam O Farrell, Aodhán O Connor, Seán McNamara, Jack McLoughlin)  two for the under-14 Roger Ryan tournament (Conor Tierney, Taurai Shayanewako) and four on the under-15s (Aaron McLoughlin, Tom Kennedy, Dermot McTiernan, Jamie Kennedy). The best of luck to North Tipperary teams in all upcoming matches.

Cumann na mBunscol

Best wishes to Gaelscoil Nenagh who play in the Cumann na mBunscol finals this week in Semple Stadium. The under-13 C LGFA team face St. Joseph’s, Tipperary on 11:10am while the under-11 C football side play Fethard at 12noon. Both of these fixtures are on Thursday 22nd November.

Barry Coffey

Former Nenagh Éire Óg hurler Barry Coffey continues to make waves in soccer this week as he captained the Irish under-19s side who defeated Belgium 1-2. Barry capped a fine performance with Ireland’s opening goal which you can see in the video above. Barry was also interviewed by Celtic View where he mentioned his love of hurling, Emma Watson and Lady Gaga! You can read this piece here.

Action from the under-21 clash with Kilruane MacDonagh’s

Conor Hennessy advances

Club News 11 November 2018

Mark Carey in action against Roscrea in the Under-21 championship ©Padraig Hogan

Rory Flannery

Rory Flannery

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Rory Flannery on Friday last.

One of the great club servants, Rory held various administrative positions in the Nenagh Éire Óg club at juvenile and adult level. From his roles as one of the founding members of the club lotto and one of the key men involved in the formation of the Nenagh Éire Óg juvenile club in the early 1980s. Rory served as adult Club Chairman from 1999 to 2003. More recently, he represented the club at County Board level. One of the club’s greatest supporters, Rory hardly ever missed a club or county game of any kind.

The Flannery family have long been associated with the Nenagh Eire Óg club and Rory was first and foremost a family man to whom he was so dedicated and of whom he was so proud.  We have all suffered a great loss, so how much greater must be the loss to his own family and extended family to whom is offered our deepest sympathy.

Funeral arrangements are as follows: Reposing in Ryan’s Funeral Home, Nenagh, this Sunday from 4 o’c to 7 o’c. Remains arriving to St. Mary’s of the Rosary Church, Nenagh, on Monday for Requiem Mass at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in Lisboney New Cemetery.

As a mark of respect, the club will be closed on Monday 12^th November and this week’s lotto draw has also been cancelled.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílís

Rory photographed at an under-21 match between Nenagh Éire Óg and Kilruane MacDonagh’s in Toomevara in 2014. Beside Rory is his son Richard

Billy Flannery, Martin Morris, Rory Flannery and Éanna Costello at an under-16 game against Moneygall/Clonakenny in 2015

Under-21 Hurling

Shane Connolly helps Adam Carey from the pitch ©Padraig Hogan

Following the disappointment of last Sunday’s defeat to Toomevara in the under-21 quarter-final, the Blues were back in action on Saturday against Roscrea in a play-off which Nenagh comfortably won on a scoreline of 2-18 to 1-11.

Unfortunately, with time just up, Adam Carey received a nasty facial injury following an off the ball incident and we wish him well in his recovery. We hope he will be recovered in time for next weekend’s North Tipperary semi-final clash with Kilruane MacDonagh’s. This game is due to take place in Borrisokane on Sunday next, 18th November, at 2:30pm with Peter Carroll (Burgess) refereeing. 

The other semi-final pits Kiladangan up against Toomevara and this is scheduled to take place in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh at 12 noon on Sunday. 

Niall McKeogh clears his lines ©Padraig Hogan

Scór

Nenagh Éire Óg are seeking entrants for Scór competitions this year. Last year Ormond’s Clodagh Hackett was vert successful in the recitation competition. There are many other competitions for primary school level (Scór na bPáistí) and more for Secondary (Scór na n-Óg). The North Tipperary final takes place in Borrisoleigh on Friday November 16th. Please contact Tom Boland on 085 202 3385 for more details.

Healthy Club Project

Two-times All-Star and former Nenagh Éire Óg manager urges everyone to get the flu vaccine

Seán Treacy was one of the country’s most formidable centre-half backs in the late 1980s and 1990s and gave one of the all-time great displays in the 1989 All-Ireland semi-final between Tipperary and Galway. He is fondly remembered by the Westerners and all fans of hurling for his dashing displays in the maroon during his inter-county career. Seán graduated from player to manager and was in charge of the Nenagh Éire Óg side that captured the North Tipperary senior hurling title in 2009. 

In the above video he talks about how he nearly lost his life following a serious battle with the flu and he urges everyone to get the flu vaccine. Below is a highlights video from the 2009 Hibernian Inn North Tipperary senior hurling final in which Seán was the Nenagh manager.

Shane Connolly and Adam Carey ©Padraig Hogan

The minor camogs capture the county title, European glory for Christopher Ryan while the under-21s were in championship action. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

The fog envelops the pitch in Borrisoleigh on Wednesday night

Under-21 Hurling

Our under-21 hurlers played Toomevara in the North Tipperary quarter-final on Wednesday evening in Borrisoleigh and with the sides level after fifty minutes of play, the referee was forced to call a halt to proceedings due to a thick fog enveloping the pitch. The game was re-fixed for Kilcoleman on Sunday afternoon and on this occasion the Greyhounds emerged victorious, 3-12 to 2-17. The result now means Éire Óg will play Roscrea in a play-off, most likely next weekend, for a place in the North semi-final. 

While Toomevara deserved their win, there was a lot of positives for manager Martin Morris to ponder, no more so than the never say die attitude of our players which saw them score two late goals, the first of which can be seen in the GIF at the top of this page. 

Please keep on eye on social media this week for details of the play-off match.

For some fantastic photographs from today’s game please check out Padraig Hogan’s social media sites.

Adam Healy

Camogie News

Minor Camogs Capture County Title

Congratulations to our minor camogs who today captured the county C title following a superb win over a gallant Drom & Inch side in the Camogie Grounds, The Ragg on a 5-4 to 1-12 scoreline. This is our second minor county title, our last came when we won the B decider in 2013.

The diligent and hard-working management team of Conor Ryan, Liz Duggan, Emer Ryan, Zoey Gratton and Noreen Ryan worked extremely hard with the girls and the improvement was evident in every match while the panel of players themselves showed up to training every time with a positive, good-natured attitude and pushed themselves hard as they honed their skills.

Well done and congratulations to everyone involved from all in the club.

Panel: Niamh Sheridan, Abby Sheedy, Ella Carey, Ellie Spain, Katie Morris, Meaghan Morris, Meghan Grace, Rachel O’Connor, Lucy Spain, Caroline Browne, Maeve Hassett, Joanne McDonnell, Siobhan Collins, Michelle Barry, Ciara Sherlock, Caoimhe Connolly, Lilly O’Brien and Sarah Hallinan. 

Under-6 and Under-8

Our under-6 and under-8 girls finished up their year on Saturday with a party in Nenagh College. Our thanks go to Adventure World for the wonderful party and to the club for paying for it. The girls had a long year which started out in the first week in February with the Éire Ógre camp.

Thanks to all the parents who helped out with training throughout the year in the complex, in St Mary’s Secondary School Sports Hall and in the field. The parents would like to thank the hard-working committee and club officers for all the support throughout the year. The under-6 girls received their end of year medals this morning as well as treats. We would like to wish the under-8 girls who are moving onto under-10 the very best of luck. Our under-6 and under-8 girls will start back training in February with the annual Éire Ógre camp. New players are always welcome to come along and give camogie a go.

European glory and a little piece of history for Cookie

Christopher “Cookie” Ryan

Christopher Ryan, affectionately known as Cookie, created his own piece of history by featuring on the Amsterdam GAA side that played in the AIB junior football club championship recently against Dublin side St. Finian’s. Amsterdam became the first GAA club from mainland Europe to play in the club championship with Cookie being introduced as a half-time substitute but he couldn’t prevent his side from finishing on the wrong side of a 0-8 to 0-6 scoreline. 

However, despite the defeat it has been a great year so far for Cookie as he helped his new teammates capture the European 11-a-side and 15-a-side championships. Congratulations Cookie from everyone in the club.

Amanda Stapleton Benefit Fund

Odhran Cahill

Saturday was an entertaining day for the many people from Nenagh who travelled to Borrisoleigh for the Amanda Stapleton Benefit Fund. Proceedings kicked off with a 5KM fun run with a number of brave souls from the club participating. Later that evening the legends from both Tipperary and Kilkenny played a challenged match which ended in a draw. One young man’s evening was made when Kilkenny legend Michael Kavanagh presented Odhran Cahill with his jersey from the game. A truly thoughtful and magnanimous gesture from the eight-times All-Ireland winner which once again highlights the generosity of our GAA stars but Odhran was quick to remind Michael, and more importantly his father Niall, that his blood runs blue and gold!

Éanna, Aodhán and Fionn Tucker with Odhran Cahill at the Amanda Stapleton Benefit Fund. This photograph was taken by Eamonn McGee and his photographs from the evening can be seen on his Facebook page.

Bartley Ryan and Xherdan Shaqiri at the recent county senior hurling final in Semple Stadium

Conor Bonar clears his lines

Shane Hennessy

Adam Carey

Michael Geaney is a GAA Healthy Club Hero, Michael Heffernan is nominated for the Tipp FM Club Player of the Year award while the minor camogs qualify for the county final. Once again this week’s notes are chock-a-block with news on the Blues

Michael Geaney – A GAA Healthy Club Hero

Michael Geaney and Noel Coonan enjoying a juvenile match in MacDonagh Park this summer

The club received that fantastic news recently that Michael Geaney was honoured by Croke Park after his sterling work in promoting the GAA’s Healthy Club Project.

In 2014, Nenagh Éire Óg were one of just sixteen clubs nominated to pilot the programme and from the beginning Michael was the driving force behind the initiative in the town. In his time he has organised numerous talks and events aimed at helping people in our community including talks on mental health, gambling, alcohol and addiction. Influential speakers such as Seamus Hennessy, Conor Cusack, Justin Campbell and Shane Martin among others have visited the area to share their knowledge and experience and have thus helped many people in our community.  

In our opinion, Michael is one of the true heroes of the GAA, a man who goes about his business seeking no glory or attention and diligently does his best to help out the club where ever possible. During his time as juvenile chairperson, Nenagh Éire Óg dominated the hurling landscape winning numerous divisional and county championships and the majority of our senior hurlers were part of those successful outfits. 

Today, thanks to volunteers like Michael, the Healthy Club Project has grown to include 150 clubs up and down the country including Tipperary’s Lorrha and Dorrha, Newport, JK Brackens and Fr. Sheehy’s and has created partnerships with Healthy Ireland, the National Office for Suicide Prevention, the HSE, and is proudly supported by Irish Life.

Clubs focus on a range of health topics, including healthy eating; mental fitness and emotion wellbeing; physical activity for non-playing members; gambling drug, and alcohol awareness (including becoming smoke-free clubs); engaging older community members; and the provision of games for persons with special needs and those from minority groups, amongst other things.

Once again we say congratulations to Michael, there is no more worthy recipient.

Juvenile News

Under-8

Under-8s having fun

Under-8s having fun

Under-8s having fun

Camogie News

The Camogie side have qualified for the county minor C final following a 6-8 to 1-8 win over Templemore Camogie Club in The Ragg on Sunday morning last. Two quick-fire Caroline Browne goals early in the first half set the girls up and they never looked back from there.

Team: Niamh Sheridan, Ciara Sherlock, Abbie Sheedy, Caoimhe Connolly, Megan Grace, Ella Carey, Michelle Barry, Rachel O Connor, Caroline Brown, Lucy Spain, Ellie Spain, Siobhan Collins. Substitues:  Meagan Morris  for Siobhan Collins

Caroline Browne

Handball News

Sineád Meagher, her coach Eamon Spillane and family and friends

Congratulations to Nenagh Handball Club’s Sinéad Meagher and Laura Shinnors (Lahorna) who won the 60 X 30 Ladies Junior Doubles All-Ireland Final today in Carlow beating Dublin opposition of Lisa McKenna and Maedbh Ní Dhalaigh. This is an outstanding achievement particularly by Sinéad who, returning from injury, has now won all four Ladies Junior All-Irelands this year, 40×20 Singles and Doubles and 60×30 Singles and Doubles. Well done to the ladies and their coaches. Proud day for all.

Amanda Stapleton Benefit Fund

On Saturday next two events take place in Borris-Ileigh GAA club with the aim of raising money for charity. Firstly, a 5KM run will take place at 11am and we hope a huge crowd from the club, wearing their Éire Óg colours, will turn out.

Secondly, a legends match between Tipperary and Kilkenny, featuring a host of former players, occurs that same day, at 6pm, in Bishop Quinlin Park, Borrisoleigh. There will be live music and other activities on the night. This will be a fantastic opportunity to see former greats like Eoin Kelly, Lar Corbett, Paul Murphy and Tommy Walsh clash one last time on the field of play. 

Michael Heffernan

Michael Heffernan

While there is still huge disappointment surrounding last weekend’s county final defeat there is some small measure of consolation for team captain Michael Heffernan who was this week nominated for the Tipp FM Club Player of the Year award after his fantastic displays all year for the Blues. Michael faces stiff competition for the award from Clonoulty Rossmore’s Conor Hammersley, Jerome Cahill of Kilruane MacDonagh’s. Denis Maher of Thurles Sarsfield’s and Jason Ryan of Toomevara. Best of luck Michael. 

Shane Hennessy and Killian Gleeson’s Charitable Work

Killian Gleeson

Two of our senior hurlers are going all out to help other less fortunate than we are and deserve huge credit for doing so.

Both men are off to Capetown in South Africa in June, 2019 to volunteer for the GVI women adn childcare programme The main aim of this project is to improve the lives of the children and their communities by improving the standards of education and by providing them with greater opportunities to help themselves in later life.

The long term objectives of GVI is to build long term self-sustainability in the Project Sites. Rather than the partners GVI work with becoming reliant on their presence, GVI are always looking to empower the local staff and community members so that they can carry on the particular work of a project once they have moved on to assist someone else.

If you would like to support Shane please click this link and if you would like to support Killian please click this link.

Shane Hennessy

Congratulations Na Piarsaigh

We extend our congratulations to Darragh Droog, John Fitzgerald and Shane O’Neill on Na Piarsaigh’s great win in the Limerick senior hurling county final. All three were involved with our seniors this year and played a massive role in our run to the county final. Best of luck in the Munster championship lads

This is what all the work is for #hardwork #family #dalycup #countychampions #limerickgaa pic.twitter.com/BDRhiGmEkw

— Darragh Droog (@DroogieD) October 27, 2018

Happy Retirement Mr. Hannigan

During the week it was revealed that Nenagh CBS teacher, Mr. Hannigan, had announced his retirement from the Tipperary senior footballers having been playing with them since 2006. Mr. Hannigan is a hugely popular teacher in the school and has coached a lot of young players in the CBS in both hurling and Gaelic football. During his inter-county career he represented the county on an impressive 36 occasions in the championship, scoring 0-13 points in the process. 

In November 2017 he coached the school team to the county A football title having been extremely unfortunate not to win it in 2016. We here in Nenagh Éire Óg wish to congratulate him on his amazing career and look forward to his continued hard work in promoting Gaelic games to our juveniles who attend the school. 

Mr. Hannigan and Mr. O’Sullivan with the Nenagh CBS team that won the county A football final in 2017

Jimmy Morris and Noreen Ryan at the county minor Camogie semi-final