Our senior hurlers get off to a winning start, three club members will cycle Lough Derg for Living Links while the junior-A hurlers prepare for championship action. All this and more in this week’s bumper edition of the news on the Blues.

Senior Hurling

Our senior hurlers got off to the perfect start in this year’s FBD Insurance senior hurling championship on Sunday evening when we recorded a 1-19 to 0-11 win over Holycross Ballycahill. Played in an eerily quiet Semple Stadium with only 200 in total allowed inside the building, Nenagh finished the first half strongly thanks to a 27th minute Michael Heffernan goal. Incidentally, this game created a little piece of club history as it was the first time we played a match streamed live on the internet thanks to the county board’s new service. Our next game is against Clonoulty Rossmore on Sunday, 7th August, in Semple Stadium at 7pm. 

Junior-A Hurling

Our junior-A hurlers play Kilruane MacDonaghs in the opening round of the North Tipperary championship this Saturday evening at 7.30pm in Borrisokane. Please note the change of venue and time to what was earlier advertised.

Junior-C Hurling

After a number of disappointing results in recent years in the junior-B championship, the club has elected to enter our third team into the junior-C championship this year where they will play Borris-Ileigh, Ballinahinch and Ballina. Under the management of Brian Maxwell, this team will play Borris-Ileigh in their opening match on Sunday, 16 August, at 7pm in Borrisoleigh. 

Minor Hurling

Our minor hurlers play Roscrea this Wednesday evening at 7pm in St. Michael’s Park, Toomevara. Best of luck to all involved.

Tour of the Lake for Living Links Nenagh

Club man Eddie Hynes, aided by Eddie Tucker, Shane Connolly and 35 other hardy cyclists, will complete a full lap of Lough Derg, totalling 106 km, to raise money for local charity, Living Links Nenagh. In 2015, Eddie’s son Oisín became a victim of suicide and this wonderful charity provided invaluable support to the Hynes family during those tough times. The cyclists aim to raise €5,000 for Living Links and we are asking our supporters to please dig deep into your pockets and help. If you would like to donate, you can access their Go Fund Me page here. 

Community Lotto

The fourth draw from our new Community Lotto took place on Monday evening last and there was no winner. Ten names were drawn to go forward to our €500 draw and they are listed below. We are asking all of our players, members and supporters to join our Community Lotto online here. 

Alternatively, paper tickets are on sale at the following businesses: JKC’s, Sheedy’s Centra, Albany Home Decor, Foley’s Spar Inver Gortlandroe, Hackett’s Butchers, A Sportsman’s Dream, Cinnamon Alley, Specsavers, O’Connor’s Kenyon Street Market, Keller’s Carry Out off-licence and Cleary’s Daybreak on the Limerick Road.

Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw

The first draw for the new Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw will take place on Friday, 18th September and once again there are amazing prizes on offer including cars and prize money up to €25,000.

Those who have previously entered the draw will have already received information regarding the new draw in the post and are asked to contact their promoters as soon as possible.

Further information about the draw and how to join can be found here.

Juvenile News

Under-6

Under-6 training will be every Saturday morning from ten o’clock to eleven. Hoping to see lots of new faces on the field, please contact one of the management group in advance via the club’s social media sites if you would like to join so that we can direct you to the relevant Covid protocols and registration process to ensure safe training for your child. 

Under-8 

Under-8 boys hurling training will continue each Tuesday evening from six to seven and Saturday mornings from ten o’clock to eleven. New members (boys born in 2012 or 2013) are always welcome. 

Under-8 boys football training is held every Wednesday evening from half-past five to half-past six, everyone welcome, a reminder that gum shields are compulsory for football so please make sure each child brings their own to training. 

Under-10

Under-12

Under-14

This week’s Juvenile fixtures are:

Goalkeeper Training

Thank you to all those who have already signed up on line to the new Nenagh Éire Óg club lotto. Please visit www.nenagheireog.com for anyone else who wishes to join. 

Camogie News

Under-16
Last Wednesday we had our first championship match, despite losing to a good Ballina team, everyone put in a great effort. Our next match is Wednesday 29th in Puckane against Kiladangan.

Under-14

We played our first competitive match of the year against Kiladangan in Puckane on Sunday morning. After a very even first half, we got caught by two sucker punch goals just after half time. Despite dominating the rest of the game, we couldn’t make it show on the scoreboard and Kiladangan went on to win 4-5 to 1-5. Best for Nenagh on the day were Eimear Brislane and Ella O’Brien.
Training continues Monday and Thursday 7-8pm Thursday at Éire Óg.

Under-12

Our two under-12 teams had their first games of the season this week. Nenagh 2 were first up, playing a strong Kilruane team in MacDonagh Park on Thursday. After taking the first half to get settled, we came back well in the second. All sixteen girls gave everything they had but lost out to Kilruane 6-2 to 2-3. Best of luck to Kilruane in the rest of the championship.

Team 2 played Portroe in a challenge match on Friday evening. A strong display from every one of the girls saw us come away with a good win. Thanks to Portroe for a great game and best of luck in the championship.

Our training time this week is Monday 6-7pm. All are welcome to join us.
Team 1 play away to Kilruane 1 on Thursday evening at 7.30pm in Cloughjordan.
Team 2 play away to Shannon Rovers on Fri 31st at 7pm in Ballinderry.

Under-10
The under-10s continue training Mondays and Thursdays at 6.00. Great to see such good numbers training.

Under-8
Under-8s continue to train every Monday and Thursday evening at 6pm and would welcome any new faces that wish to give camogie a try.

Under-6
Under-6s train every Thursday from 6-7pm. Great numbers attended the first session. A reminder to parents to complete the health questionnaire and submit before each session.
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Best Seat in the House

Our minor hurlers play their first competitive match, the seniors are in Semple Stadium this Sunday evening while a first-aid training course is offered. All of this and more, in this week’s news on the Blues

Minor Hurling

Our minor hurlers were the first team in the club to take to the field in championship action this year and ended up on the wrong side of a 3-10 to 5-15 scoreline against Lorrha Rovers in Puckane. Seth Shayanewako was in flying form early on setting up goals for Ben West and Seán Crowe however Lorrha Rovers quickly took control and as we approached half time, they took a lead which they would not relinquish for the remainder of the encounter. Jamie Cottrell got a late goal for the Blues but it wasn’t enough to close the gap. 

Senior Hurling

Our senior hurlers open their championship campaign on Sunday evening next, 7pm, Semple Stadium against Holycross Ballycahill in the FBD Insurance county championship.

Unfortunately, due to Covid 19 restrictions, the attendance at this fixture will be limited to 200 people. This figure includes the panels, management and backroom teams of both clubs as well as the referee and his officials. Therefore access for our supporters will be severely limited. Unless you have one of the golden tickets you will be denied entry. We do acknowledge that many of our supporters will be bitterly disappointed at not being able to attend but this is out of our hands and indeed out of the control of the GAA who are only following government restrictions. However, you can follow the proceedings as we will be providing updates on our Twitter account.

The seniors aren’t the only show in town as there are numerous other games involving our club and you can get the full details of these here. 

Community Lotto

The third draw from our new Community Lotto took place on Monday evening last and there was no winner. Ten names were drawn to go forward to our €500 draw and they are listed below. We are asking all of our players, members and supporters to join our Community Lotto online here. 

Alternatively, paper tickets are on sale at the following businesses: JKC’s, Sheedy’s Centra, Albany Home Decor, Foley’s Spar Inver Gortlandroe, Hackett’s Butchers, A Sportsman’s Dream, Cinnamon Alley, Specsavers, O’Connor’s Kenyon Street Market, Keller’s Carry Out off-licence and Cleary’s Daybreak on the Limerick Road.

Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw

The first draw for the new Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw will take place on Friday, 18th September and once again there are amazing prizes on offer including cars and prize money up to €25,000.

Those who have previously entered the draw will have already received information regarding the new draw in the post and are asked to contact their promoters as soon as possible.

Further information about the draw and how to join can be found here.

Condolences

The club offers its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the late Donal Hackett, Fintan Lalor St. Nenagh and Urra, Ballycommon. Donal was a former hurler with the club and is pictured above with his teammates after winning the under-15 North Tipperary final in 1970. To his family Roisin, Dan, Brid, Niamh, Sean and Eadaoin, brothers Patrick, John and Eugene, sisters Michelle, Brigid, Jennifer and Nuala, his grandchildren and extended family, we offer our sincerest condolences. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Juvenile News

Under-6

Camogie News

Under-16

Under-10

Under-8

Handball

It’s Lonely at the Top

Tipperary and Nenagh hurling legend Mick Burns visits MacDonagh Park, the 1995 senior team are getting back together while the club seeks an Irish Language and Culture Officer. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

Mick Burns

It was absolutely fantastic to see club legend Mick Burns in MacDonagh Park on Saturday afternoon last after a recent hospital stay. Mick is our most decorated hurler having been part of the legendary Tipperary teams of the 1950s and 1960s when he won five All-Ireland senior hurling titles, eight Munster senior titles, five National Hurling Leagues as well as a North Tipperary senior hurling crown with the club in 1964. Mick played for a number of years with Faughs in Dublin where he also won a county senior hurling league medal.

Mick is pictured above with his son Michael and grandson Robert.

Community Lotto

The second draw from our new Community Lotto took place on Monday evening last and there was no winner. Ten names were drawn to go forward to our €500 draw and they are listed below. We are asking all of our players, members and supporters to join our Community Lotto online here. 

Alternatively, paper tickets are on sale at the following businesses: JKC’s, Sheedy’s Centra, Albany Home Decor, Foley’s Spar Inver Gortlandroe, Hackett’s Butchers, A Sportsman’s Dream, Cinnamon Alley, Specsavers, O’Connor’s Kenyon Street Market and Keller’s Carry Out off-licence. 

The Men of ’95

We have recently got word that the county senior championship-winning team of 1995 will be guests of the County Board at a reception prior to the county final this year and will be introduced to the crowd at half time. The game is fixed for 20 September but is subject to change due to Covid-19.

In 1995 Nenagh defeated Boherlahan Dualla 2-25 to 2-8, the goals came courtesy of John Heffernan and Robbie Tomlinson with captain Conor O’Donovan climbing the steps to claim the Dan Breen where he echoed the words of Paul Kennedy from 1992 when he declared that this is for everyone who ever wore the blue jersey. 

Conor has once again taken on a leadership role with this team as he is coordinating the group for this reunion and all players from the panel are asked to contact him at 087 610 7360

The match programme from this game can be viewed here. 

Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw

The first draw for the new Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw will take place on Friday, 18th September and once again there are amazing prizes on offer including cars and prize money up to €25,000.

Those who have previously entered the draw will have already received information regarding the new draw in the post and are asked to contact their promoters as soon as possible.

Further information about the draw and how to join can be found here.

Season Tickets/Passes Ticket claiming Procedure for upcoming senior games

Irish Language and Culture Officer

The club is currently looking for an Irish Language and Culture Officer. The main role of the Irish Language and Culture Officer is to promote the use of the Irish language and to promote cultural activities such as Irish music and dancing in the Club. The Culture & Language Officer position should be filled by someone who has a good working knowledge of the Irish language. The officer should provide a back-up service in the use of Gaeilge for all officers and members and encourage and promote the use of Irish phrases in the club’s business. Cultural activities should be organised through the very popular GAA Scór competition. He/she should also liaise closely with the County Irish Officer and any relevant Committee and with other Irish/cultural organisations in the area.

If you are interested in fulfilling this role, please contact eireognenagh@gmail.com or contact any committee member.

Thank You Christy

All of our teams in the club owe a huge debt of gratitude to referee Christy McLoughlin who has taken charge of all of our challenge games in recent weeks in MacDonagh Park. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are unable to use a referee from outside the parish and the former goalkeeper has been more than accomodating to our teams when it comes to officiating matches. Without Christy being so willing to offer up his time, it is unlikely that these games would go ahead. So a big thank you Christy from everyone in the club.

Thank You Bartley and Marion

Our entire community owes a debt of gratitude to Bartley and Marion Ryan for their huge and selfless efforts in coordinating our club’s voluntary group who purchased groceries, fuel and prescriptions for the vulnerable during the pandemic. With over 70 volunteers, the response from our club to the call to help was phenomenal and Bartley and Marion deserve huge praise for everything they did over the last few months including the delivery of parish newsletters on Saturday evenings while the churches were closed. The voluntary group has now been stood down but if anyone still requires our assistance please do not hesitate to get in touch with the club and we will be thrilled to help.

Walking Group

Our walking group taking a well-deserved water break in Capparoe on Sunday morning. In the photograph are Pauline Phelan, Marie Nagle, Mary Murphy, Jackie Holland, Bernie Gratton, Martina Cahill, Marion Minehan and Fiona Kenneally. 

Club Fixtures

All of our camogie and hurling fixtures have been added to the site and can be accessed by clicking the Fixtures tab at the top of this page. We also want to remind people that our Club App is free to download from the Google Play Store. 

Camogie News

Seniors

Under-10s

Under-8

Covid 19 reminder

Juvenile News

Under-6

 

Thank you to everyone who kindly donated to Shaun Hilmi’s journey, we finally get to publish some fixtures while our new Community Lotto gets underway. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

Shaun’s Journey

The club would like to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts, from all parts of the globe, GAA players, clubs, supporters and everyone else who kindly dug deep into their pockets and donated to help Shaun Hilmi on his journey back to full health over the past week. It was incredible to see the figure on his Go Fund Me page rapidly increase as donations flowed in and the total fund has exceeded their target by over €25,000. The kindness and generosity that people have shown to the Hilmi family has been both phenomenal and moving and once again we wish Shaun well on his journey to recovery.

Shaun himself has posted a special thank you message on the Instagram page, Shaun’s Journey

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJjMtCFjzO/

Community Lotto

Last Monday evening saw the very first draw of our revamped Community Lotto in the complex in MacDonagh Park. Present on the night were representatives of Friends of Nenagh Hospital who received a €500 donation from the club. Nenagh Special Olympics will be the next beneficiaries of our €500 gift to charities in our community.

The draw was streamed live on our Facebook page and the video has since been viewed more than 600 times. The jackpot was not won and we are asking all of our players, members and supporters to please join our lotto online.

Upcoming Club Fixtures

Finally, after four months, we have a set of camogie and hurling fixtures for our players, members and supporters to look forward to. After being deprived of pretty much all sports since mid-March, people are excited at the prospect of live sport again and we have published our fixtures to our website. Click on the Fixtures tab at the top of this page to access them. Please be aware that details are subject to change so please check back here or our social media channels for any late changes.

Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw

The first draw for the new Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw will take place on Friday, 18th September and once again there are amazing prizes on offer including cars and prize money up to €25,000.

Those who have previously entered the draw will have already received information regarding the new draw in the post and are asked to contact their promoters as soon as possible.

Further information about the draw and how to join can be found here.

Thank You Mary Jo

All of us in the club wish to thank Mary Jo O’Reilly for all of her hard work in recent weeks in ensuring we all have a safe place to train and play Gaelic games. Mary Jo is our Covid Officer and is doing sterling work at training each night and it would take a brave man to try and pass her without sanitizing!!!

Camogie News

Senior

Seniors with over 30 players on the Senior panel this year, the seniors have arranged a series of challenge matches and are training hard ahead of the start of their Championship next month. Fixtures are on www.nenagheireog.com

Under-14

Training restarted on Thursday evening with a great session. Training times are 7-8pm Tuesday in Nenagh College and 7-8pm Thursday at Éire Óg. 

Under-12
Under-12 training resumed this week with a great turnout. It was great to see all the smiling faces again and by the end, it was like they were never away. Training times are Monday 6-7pm and Thursday 6-7pm at the Éire Óg pitch. All are welcome to join us. 

Under-10

Under-10 girls return to training on Thursday 9th July from 6 – 7pm. Training is scheduled for every Monday and Thursday between 6 – 7pm. Any new players that would like to come along are always welcome.

Under-8

Under-8s first training slot is confirmed as Thursday 9th July from 6 to 7pm. It will be lovely to see the kids returning to the pitch to learn new skills.

***Important reminder of Covid 19 Requirements for training***

Please ensure you do the following for your child (for underages)

1. Register with Nenagh Éire Óg, you have to be a member to play and for club insurance purposes. 

2. Compete the Covid eLearning module https://learning.gaa.ie/covid19learning
Parents and mentors need to complete this.

3. Complete the health questionnaire for your child. 
https://returntoplay.gaa.ie
Parents/Mentors need to complete this also and anyone wishing to be at the complex using the facilities. It needs to be resubmitted before every training session.

If any parents can help out with being Covid supervisors or assist the supervisors at the sessions please let the mentors know.

Juvenile News

Under-8 boys commence training this Tuesday evening at six o’clock as training returns to the field for the first time this year. The boys participated in a number of skills challenges and drills over the last number of months but are looking forward to getting back to the field. Hurling training will continue each Tuesday evening from six to seven and Saturday mornings from ten o’clock to eleven. New members (boys born in 2012 or 2013) are always welcome.

Under-10 boys commence training this Tuesday evening at six o’clock as training returns to the field, having trained in Nenagh College before lockdown. Hurling training will continue each Tuesday evening from six o’clock to seven and Saturday mornings from ten o’clock to eleven. New members (boys born in 2010 or 2011) are always welcome. Thanks to the parents for keeping the boys practicing over the past few months.

For any child returning to training specific guidelines and requirements for their safe return has been issued on the various group communications.  Thank you to those who volunteered as Covid officers for the different age groups, without this framework and support from parents return to play would not be possible. A massive effort has gone in behind the scenes in order to properly prepare for a return to play in a safe way, many thanks to all involved. 

Well done and thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day,this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games.

Thank you to all those who have already signed up on line to the new Nenagh Éire Óg club lotto. Please visit www.nenagheireog.com  for anyone else who wishes to join. 

Blast from the Past

In the early days of the GAA, Nenagh Institute was a force to be reckoned with in the county in Gaelic football, winning the county championship on two occasions, 1911 and 1915, while they won consecutive North Tipperary senior football championships from 1911 to 1919.

In 1911 Nenagh Institute were selected by the North Board to represent the division in the county championship on the basis that they’d defeated Ballinaclough, the 1910 champions, in a challenge game earlier that same year.

In the 1911 county final, Nenagh Institute drew with Thurles which was played before the Mid Tipperary final. In the semi-final, Nenagh had beaten John O’Leary’s (Tipperary Town), champions of the South division, 3-3 to 0-0. In the subsequent Mid Tipperary final, Templetuohy defeated Thurles and so they played in the replayed county final, while Nenagh defeated Templemore, 3-3 to 0-1, in the North final. Had Nenagh lost, Templemore would have earned the right to play in the replayed final. The match was fixed for Borrisoleigh on a cold, showery day on November 4th. Nenagh won 2-3 to 0-0 and according to the Nenagh News and Tipperary Vindicator newspaper, “deserved their win”.

Tim Gleeson, Drombane, was the referee and Nenagh won the toss and elected to play with the wind. The game was due to begin at 2 pm but due to the weather, it was delayed until 2.30 pm, and indeed, three times during the first half the game was halted as the players had to seek shelter from the driving rain. Borris-Ileigh and Toomevara were supposed to play a hurling match as the curtain-raiser but this was postponed due to the weather.

Nenagh dominated the play despite the weather and slippery football but it still took them fifteen minutes to make any impression on the scoreboard, a point, the high winds playing havoc with their shooting. By half-time, they led 2-3 to 0-0. There was no score in the second period despite the best efforts of Templetuohy, wayward shooting their undoing, and so the county senior championship came to our parish for the very first time.

The Nationalist newspaper described Nenagh as “a well-balanced team, the backs being sound in defence and the forwards very quick to seize every opportunity going. Combination and speed are their chief characteristics and if they continue improving as they did over the past year they will be a factor to be reckoned with over the coming year”.

The team was Timothy Whealey (captain), William Flannery (vice-captain), John Walsh, Michael Scannell, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Costello, William Flannery, Frank Flannery, Pat Costello, Daniel Costello, Maurice Foley, Michael Egan, Charley Spain, Edward Kennedy, James Moore, Patrick O’Meara, Martin Clifford (goal).

Pictured is the North Tipperary senior football medal won by William Flannery in 1911 which features three shamrocks and an image of Nenagh Castle in the centre. Since 1934, after a proposal by Borrisokane’s Seamus Gardiner, all North Tipperary medals feature an image of Thomas MacDonagh.

Tomorrow marks our first draw in our new Lotto, the community rallies around Shaun Hilmi while The Boys are Back in Town!!! All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

Tomorrow marks the first draw of the New Community Lotto

Tomorrow evening, Monday, marks our very first community lotto and we encourage all of our players, members and supporters to join online. If you would like to subscribe please click here. The cut off for tomorrow’s draw is 6pm so make sure you have subscribed before then.

The very first jackpot will be €2,100 and will grow by €100 every week it is not won. For further information about how our lotto works please click here.

Shaun Hilmi’s Journey

Shaun Hilmi, brother of senior panalist Craig, played hurling and Gaelic football for Nenagh Éire Óg, is a regular tennis player and a talented athlete with Nenagh Olympic Athletics Club.

In recent months he started to feel discomfort in his hip which, unfortunately, has been diagnosed as Ewings Sarcoma Cancer, a rare condition that only affects 2.93 people out of a million. This aggressive disease has already spread to his lungs and a ten-centimetre tumour has been discovered on his right glute muscle, which was lying on a nerve which has caused him immense pain.

Shaun will have to undergo six cycles of chemotherapy, surgery and possibly radium. That’s without including the physiotherapy sessions and rehabilitation he will have to complete after his treatment to get back 100%. Unfortunately, in the world we live in today, money talks! Shaun’s treatment will be very expensive and which he needs to give him the best possible chance of making a full recovery.

A Go Fund Me page has been set up and we are asking the GAA community to come together and help Shaun complete his journey back to full fitness.

All donations, no matter how big or small, will be greatly appreciated by Shaun and the Hilmi family.

His cousin Jake Morris and Celtic FC star Barry Coffey have started a 30-second plank campaign to raise funds while Republic of Ireland soccer star Shane Long has sent his best wishes. You can follow Shaun’s journey on Instagram.

The Boys are Back in Town

On Wednesday evening last Chairman John Tooher was trilled to, at last, open our gates once again for training as the junior-A hurlers were put through their paces for the first time since last March.

It was fantastic to hear the chit chat, wise cracks and the sound of ash on leather echo around Thomas MacDonagh’s ground once again after the eerie silence of the last few months.

On Thursday it was the turn of the camógs to make a welcome return as the seniors resumed training with an impressive 30 players working their socks off, delighted to be back playing.

Our senior hurlers returned to MacDonagh Park on Friday evening with the panel working hard while maintaining social distancing. Hopefully we will never experience another lockdown and uninterrupted enjoyable evenings of Gaelic games will be enjoyed Coronavirus-free long into the future.

Pride Week

Nenagh Éire Óg takes great pride in being an inclusive club where all members of our community are more than welcome to play, support and volunteer and be an important part of the Nenagh Éire Óg team.

To celebrate Pride Week and we changed all our profile photographs on our social media channels to the one above, incorporating the Pride flag and our crest. Bigotry and intolerance, in any guise, are not welcome in our club and we strive to ensure that MacDonagh Park is a welcoming place for all.

For brilliant GAA-themed article on Pride Week by Joanne and Steven O’Riordan please click here.

Drone Footage

Check out this drone footage, captured by Killian Gleeson, of Shane Hennessy pucking out the ball in MacDonagh Park.

Camogie News

It was great to see a very strong senior
camogie panel return to the pitch this week, all of whom are looking forward to the Senior Championship 2020 where they will face Annacarty at home on the 7th of August.

The committee is working with mentors to get the rest of the teams back onto the pitches after the 5th of July and we will issue further communication on this next week.

In the meantime please ensure you do the following for your child;

1. Register with Nenagh Éire Óg, you have to be a member to play and for club insurance purposes.
2. Compete the Covid eLearning module https://learning.gaa.ie/covid19learning
   Parents and mentors need to complete this.
3. Complete the health questionnaire for your child.
   https://returntoplay.gaa.ie
   Parents/Mentors need to complete this also and anyone wishing to be at the complex using the facilities.

Your daughter will be unable to train unless all of the above are completed. We look forward to welcoming everyone back.

Juvenile News

Under eight boys received two new videos last week with football skills to practice at home from Mikey Hynes. Thanks to Mikey for linking in with the group and your demonstration video.  

Specsavers Éire Óg Under eight and ten boys and girls fun challenge – “Eye love Éire Óg/Eye on the Ball” – the eagerly awaited final compilation videos of all entries have been circulated and are also available on the club social media sites. The final videos are a wonderful collection of all the children’s individual efforts and celebrations. The good news is each child who submitted an entry will receive a Specsavers goodie bag which will be distributed in the very near future. Well done to every girl and boy who entered and thank you to the parents who worked hard behind the scenes supporting and encouraging our young stars in this challenge. Thank you to Kieran and Niall for all the work you have put into coordinating this event. This was our last hurrah to keep the children’s spirits up while away from the field. 

For any child that wishes to return to training and their family feels comfortable around their child’s return we hope to have the children back training in the next few weeks subject to all safety protocols. It has been a long absence from the training field and we cannot wait to get going again. Well done and thanks to all the parents that promoted Gaelic games at home throughout this time. Guidelines and requirements for a safe return to training will be issued on the various group communications.  

Under sixteen teams are receiving recorded training sessions to practice skills in the garden. These recorded sessions are also posted on the Éire Og newsletter for anyone to revisit. Management and players are very much looking forward to getting back on the training field.

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games.

Thank you to all those who have already signed up online to the new Nenagh Éire Óg club lotto. Please visit www.nenagheireog.com  for anyone else who wishes to join. 

Aithníonn muintir na Gaelscoile sár-imreoir agus múinteoir sa scoil, Gemma Grace, dá mblianta ó 2008 ag imirt ar son Tiobraid Árann, agus don ghrá a chothaíonn sí ins na daltaí don sport. Comhghairdeachas leat, a Gemma! @Tipp_camogie @TipperaryGAA @NenaghGuardian #GAUabú pic.twitter.com/d9G1WvmVvy

— GaelscoilAU (@GaelscoilAU) June 27, 2020

Congratulations to Seán McCullough

We send our congratulations to Nenagh Ormond’s Seán McCullough who was recently elected Munster Rugby President for the upcoming season. A fantastic achievement for Seán and for everyone connected with sport in the town.

Congratulations to Seán McCullough of @NenaghOrmondRFC , the newly elected Munster Rugby President for season 2020/21!

Many thanks to outgoing president Michael Keane of @TraleeRFC for his service.

Full details ⤵️#MunsterStartsHere #SUAF 🔴

— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) June 26, 2020

Supporting Volunteers

Please click on the link to see ways we can support volunteers who are unable to return to club activity due to Covid-19

Greg Browne’s Skills Video

A historic week for the club as we secure the ownership of the new grounds in Streame, the latest return to play guidelines while Lily and Anna both raise €300 for frontline workers. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

New Grounds in Streame

After a number of years of hard work, meetings and negotiations we are thrilled to announce that the grounds in Streame are now officially ours with the purchase being confirmed during the week.

The purchase of the ten-acre site just off The Dark Road will secure our club for decades to come after the phenomenal growth of our juvenile and camogie sections over the last twenty years. MacDonagh Park was bursting at the seems with hurlers, camógs and footballers training for and playing our national games and the club was struggling to find time slots to accommodate all of our teams.

The new grounds can be accessed from MacDonagh Park with the old Grey’s Lane providing a passage way from the scoreboard end at the Monaree side to the new site.

A huge amount of work remains to be done over the coming years to transform the grounds into pristine playing pitches and numerous fundraising activities will have to be seriously considered. With that in mind we ask all of our players, members and supporters to please join our lotto online and help us prepare for the next stage in our club’s exciting history.

Return to Play

A chairde,

The following changes to the return to activity guidelines are being made after recommendations from this morning’s Covid-19 Advisory Committee.

These changes were subsequently endorsed by the GAA, the Camogie Association and the LGFA.

This week:

• Open pitches for Adult training next Wednesday, June 24^th. 
• Open for Minor and below from Saturday, June 27^th.
• Both of the above on a non-contact basis and on the understanding that players and all participants have completed the eLearning module and are following the control measures in place (health questionnaire etc).
• On the basis of a maximum of 15 players in a designated area of the field (26 Counties) and 10 players in a designated area of the field (6 Counties).
• Coaching numbers for underage teams to be consistent with Code of Behaviour.

From June 29^th:

• Allow contact training and challenge games for all from Monday, June 29^th (26 Counties).
• We await guidance from the NI Executive in relation to 6 Counties – non-contact training in the numbers outlined above in the interim.
• We also await clarification on what will constitute a close contact versus a casual contact.
• Restriction on participants-only attending training sessions to be relaxed from June 29^th – subject to government specified maximum of 200 people in the ground. 
• Allow Club Fixtures from Friday July 17^th.
• No change to inter-county dates (Sept 14th for training; competitions to start on Oct 17th as planned).
• All control measures for players, coaches and other team personnel (completion of health questionnaire, eLearning education etc) is to remain in place until advised otherwise; dressing rooms to remain closed until July 20^th
• The Advisory Committee is considering the position in relation to other GAA buildings (such as Club bars that are serving food, Gyms, Handball alleys etc). Guidance will be provided in this context before June 29^th.

Covid-19 Online Learning

The GAA have launched the Covid-19 education E-learning module on-line to inform club members on the safe return to Gaelic Games guidelines.

This E-learning module MUST be completed by all team mentors,adult players, covid supervisors and parents/guardians of juvenile players BEFORE returning to play/train.

It takes about twenty minutes to complete and you will be issued with a certificate at the end which MUST be presented to the Covid Supervisor before returning to play/training

To complete the module please click here.

Community Lotto

Our new and exciting Community Lotto is now up and running and we encourage all of our players, members and supporters to join online. If you would like to subscribe please click here.

The very first jackpot will be €2,100 and will grow by €100 every week it is not won. For further information about how our lotto works please click here.

Juvenile News

Specsavers Éire Óg Under eight and ten boys and girls fun challenge – “Eye on the Ball” -we are delighted that one of our major sponsors have given us forty goodie bags as spot prizes for a fun challenge. Any child who sends a video of themselves hitting a target with a sliotar or football are entered in a draw for a goodie bag. We have received some ingenious and very original ideas for this competition from our young stars. Snippets of some entries have been circulating on the various groups and the eagerly anticipated final videos will be issued very soon for everyone to enjoy. Winners of the goody bags will also be announced in the coming days, good luck to every girl and boy who entered. Thank you to Kieran and Niall for all the work you have put into coordinating this event.  This is our last hurrah to keep the children’s spirits up while away from the field. For any child that wishes to return and their family feels comfortable around their child’s return we hope to have the children back able to train the first week in July subject to all safety protocols. It will have been fifteen long weeks for them away from the training field! Well done and thanks to all the parents that promoted Gaelic games throughout this time.  

  

Under sixteen teams are receiving recorded training sessions to practice skills in the garden. These recorded sessions are also posted on the Éire Og newsletter for anyone to revisit. Management and players are very much looking forward to getting back on the training field.

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games.

Thank you to all those who have already signed up on line to the new Nenagh Éire Óg club lotto. Please visit www.nenagheireog.com  for anyone else who wishes to join. 

Camogie News

Lilly Morris and Anna Ryan- both under 12’s camóg’s organised a bake sale for frontline workers. They raised an amazing €300 which they have donated to Ireland Thanks You. Well done girls.

Yet another gift for our historians, the first ticket is sold in our new community lotto while we answer the age-old question, is it a hurl or a hurley? All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

Return to Play

There has been some positive news in recent days regarding returning back to GAA action with the GAA releasing their plan. June 29th will see the re-opening of GAA pitches in a control manner.

The GAA Key dates are as follows:

1. June 29: Phase 3 of government re-opening plans & inter-county competitions calendar announced.
2. June 29: GAA pitches re-open – club teams can train in small groups of ten, while maintaining social distancing.
3. July 20: Full team training can resume
4. July 31: club adult & juvenile competitions resume.
5. August 10: Access to indoor facilities permitted.
6. September 14: Inter-county teams can resume training.
7. October 11: Adult club championships to be concluded.
8. October 17: Earliest date for intercounty competitions

The GAA are hosting an online webinar regarding the return to play guidelines tomorrow morning at 10am and if you would like to participate, please click here.

Community Lotto

Our new and exciting Community Lotto is now up and running and if you would like to join please click here.

The very first jackpot will be €2,100 and will grow by €100 every week it is not won. For further information about how our lotto works please click here.

Barry Heffernan

Day 11

Challenge 11 of our Lockdown League is set by County Senior Hurler and proud @nenagheireog man Barry Heffernan. Today's challenge is how many sit ups you can you do in 1 minute. pic.twitter.com/jcYJHDvP4H

— Paudie Malone GDA (@GdaNorthTipp) June 8, 2020

A Hurl or a Hurley?

The age-old debate as to whether the ash is known as a hurley or a hurl rages on when hurlers from different parts of the country meet up. Well, we have the definitive answer in this letter from Cork’s Ned Monaghan. Thankfully, we here in Tipperary, get it right and call it by its rightful title, a hurley!

Greg Browne’s Skills Video

Blast from the Past

On February 26, 1977, the now-defunct Sarsfield Handball & Social Club opened their new alley on John’s Street, Nenagh. Mr Michael O’Meara, the then chairman of the Nenagh Urban Council performed the official opening while the alley was blessed by Rev. Michael Sheedy.

According to the report in the Nenagh Guardian, the first game in the alley took place at 7:59pm between Pat and Joe Sheeran from Westmeath and Joe Henchy and Tommy Coughlan, 12th Battalion, Limerick.

Numerous trophies and plaques were presented on the night for various competitions including one to for Br. Wall for an under-18 singles competition and another from Peter and Annette Tobin for a competition of the club’s choice.

The alley was first built in 1932 by Edward Warren & Sons, Sarsfield St. Nenagh and was the site for the CBS school prior to moving to Summerhill.

“They’re a grand old team to play for”

TD, Michael O’Kennedy spoke about respecting the past and in particular the town’s sporting past and in reference to the teams of the past he added, “they’re a grand old team to play for”. While John Ryan, TD, spoke about his childhood playing for the old Shamrock’s Club and was delighted that, given the rivalry between Pound St. and Silver St., the new alley was on “neutral ground”.

To view the programme from the official opening, please click on the link below.

Sympathies

The club would like to express its sympathies to the family and friends of the late Ms. Brenda Gearty, Longford. Ms. Gearty’s daughter Liadhan and son-in-law Mark Hassett have been heavily involved in our camogie section for many years while her granddaughters Maeve and Ruth are members of our senior team.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

Camogie News

Sympathies

The club would like to express its sympathies to the family and friends of the late Ms. Brenda Gearty, Longford. Ms. Gearty’s daughter Liadhan and son-in-law Mark Hassett have been heavily involved in our camogie section for many years while her granddaughters Maeve and Ruth are members of our senior team.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

Eye on the Ball

Specsavers Éire Óg Under 8 & 10 boys & girls challenge – “Eye on the Ball”
We are delighted that one of our major sponsors have given us 40 goodie bags as spot prizes for a fun challenge. Any child that sends a video of them hitting a target with a sliotar or football are entered in a draw for a goodie bag. Any kind of creative ideas would be great. Some examples – knock over a bottle from a few metres, hit/kick a ball into a wheelie bin or basketball ring, hit a moving target, etc. Trick shots could also be used. 

 Club Lotto

The clubs rebranded lotto is available to join online. This initiative will see the club supporting community charities as well as raising much-needed funds to support the continued development of the club.
This week all families will be contacted to encourage them to support the lotto and it is hoped that all families would not only take part in the lotto themselves but also encourage relatives and friends to do so. For as little as €2 per week, you can help secure the future of the club. Visit www.nenagheireog.com to sign up.

Return to Play

The committee is meeting to discuss the safe return of members to the club for training. All current players from all age groups will be contacted via their respective WhatsApp groups in the coming weeks with an update.

Juvenile News

Under eight boys continue to receive two skills/drills to practice for week ahead. This is a chance for the boys to practice their skills rather than competition. The drills will give the boys the opportunity to have their hurls in hand as much as possible by practicing the demonstrated skills for the week. We are incredibly lucky to have the input of our senior players captain, and vice-captain Daire Quinn and Tommy Heffernan showing the drills over the next few weeks. Thank you kindly to both senior players for their time and effort in supporting our under eight stars on this initiative. This week Tommy took the boys through his chosen drills. Thank you to Tommy for taking the time to link in with the boys. If any parent or guardian has any questions please drop a note to one of the coaches. 

Nathan in 1st Class got 7 hops on his hurley for today’s hurling challenge #SportsWeek2020 Well done Nathan ⁦@nenagheireog⁩ ⁦@TipperaryGAA⁩ ⁦@TippCumanNamBun⁩ ⁦@ActiveFlag⁩ pic.twitter.com/JnKB0Bdcw7

— Nenagh Community National School (@nenaghcns) June 11, 2020

This week we were treated to the compilation video of the under ten boys hurling competition. There was a prize for the best score and an open draw for all who entered for a further prize. Best score prize went to Adam with a massive score of twenty four and Cian won the open draw. Cian showed his dedication to the club by not letting a broken wrist stop him from participating. Keep up the practicing at home as the time is getting closer to getting back to the field. Our thanks to all the wonderful parents for working so hard to promote hurling at home during this difficult time. 

#SportsWeek2020 Liam in Junior Infants took on Barry Heffernan’s hurling challenge today & managed to get 12 hops on his hurley. Well done Liam! @nenagheireog @ActiveFlag @TippCumanNamBun @TipperaryGAA pic.twitter.com/ZJGR0S73pZ

— Nenagh Community National School (@nenaghcns) June 11, 2020

Specsavers Éire Óg Under eight and ten boys & girls challenge – “Eye on the Ball” -we are delighted that one of our major sponsors have given us forty goodie bags as spot prizes for a fun challenge. Any child that sends a video of themselves hitting a target with a sliotar or football are entered in a draw for a goodie bag. Any kind of creative ideas would be great. Some examples – knock over a bottle from a few metres, hit/kick a ball into a wheelie bin or basketball ring, hit a moving target, etc. Trick shots could also be used. Please forward videos to Kieran/Niall for Under ten boys, Niall for Under ten girls, Cathal/Mike for Under eight boys, Kieran for Under eight girls over the next week.

The North Tipperary under fourteen Lockdown League concluded this week. Club prizes for this week were won by Kalum Darcy, Jake Houlihan and Phelim Creagh. Under fourteen management and players would like to thank Paudie Malone GDA for organizing the lockdown challenge. 

Today's #SportsWeek2020 challenge is a hurling challenge from Tipperary hurler & @nenagheireog star Barry Heffernan. Don't forget to send in your videos. Have fun! @ActiveFlag @GdaNorthTipp @TippCumanNamBun @TipperaryGAA pic.twitter.com/DmNc2Gln7z

— Nenagh Community National School (@nenaghcns) June 11, 2020

Under sixteen teams are getting training sessions recorded and sent to parents to practice skills in the garden. These recorded sessions are also posted on the Éire Og newsletter for anyone to revisit. Eight different sessions have been sent out to date and a new session will issue this week. 

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games. It is so important that the children do some practice at home to help them enjoy group training and blitzes when they eventually return. In addition, it would be fabulous to see the home coaching translate into an increased number of coaches within the club in the future. 

A chance to win up to €25,000 for Nenagh Éire Óg, the names of the charities who will benefit from our new community lotto are revealed while Michael Cleary makes the Guardian’s Finest 15. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

This week chairman John Tooher appeared on Tipp FM and revealed the charities that will benefit from the club’s new community lotto where they will receive €500 each throughout the course of the year.

They are:

1. Friends of Nenagh Hospital
2. Tipperary Search and Rescue
3. Make Nenagh Autism Friendly
4. Special Olympics
5. Pieta House
6. St. Vincent de Paul
7. Lions Club
8. Carmha
9. Rape Crisis Midwest, Nenagh
10. Special Summer Camp

If you would like to join our exciting new lotto online please click here.

To listen to John’s interview see Tipp FM’s Tweet below.

PODCAST: #TippToday – Nenagh @nenagheireog announce charities for new club lotto…https://t.co/kgmIWvUBdy

— Tipp FM (@TippFM) June 3, 2020

Help your club win up to €25,000

Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps are back with a BANG this year and they are giving you the chance to WIN cash for your Nenagh Éire Óg. There are three cash prizes to be won of €25,000, €10,000 and €5,000. All you have to do to nominate Nenagh Éire Óg is buy a promotional pack of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies or Bran Flakes. Then, select Nenagh Éire Óg using your unique on-pack code above.

Clubs must get at least 1,000 nominations to qualify for the big draw. You can pick your club again once you have a new unique code. So, rally behind your GAA club and get nominating today. Enter by 28 Aug 2020.  Good luck!

“Munster – GAA Healthy Clubs” challenge from “Irish Life”

WIN a €2,500 O’Neills Voucher for your club.

Step right up! What better way to get active in your community than with a challenge and a chance to help your local GAA club win a €2,500 O’Neills voucher. Winning clubs must have a minimum of 15 walkers joining the challenge and must be aged 18 years of age or older to participate.

The challenge will be divided across the four provinces, the club with the highest total Average steps per province will win the prize. Track your performance along the way through the MyLife leader board on the MyLife App.

The first step is to ensure your club is registered to take part, click on this link: https://mylife.irishlife.ie/gaa-healthy-clubs-2020

Track your steps* with a fitness wearable (e.g. a Fitbit) or fitness app (e.g. Google Fit for Android or Apple Health for iPhone) connected to the MyLife app. Join the GAA Healthy Clubs Challenge today! *Steps only count towards the challenge from the time you join.

Club Volunteers

Our club volunteers once again went above and beyond the call of duty this week to help the vulnerable in our community. We expressly wish to thank co-ordinators Bartley and Marion Ryan for all their work and our army of volunteers who have been shopping for groceries and collecting medicines for those who can’t venture out.

Our volunteers will continue to provide these services for as long as is required and if you need any assistance please contact club coordinator Bartley Ryan on 086 735 8359.

Michael Cleary makes the Guardian team of the last 30 years

Congratulations to Michael Cleary who was selected at number 10 on the Nenagh Guardian’s Tipperary’s Finest 15, 1989-2019. Michael, an All-Ireland winner in 1989 and 1991, was selected after winning a whopping 76% of the vote with the rest divided between Mark O’Leary (Kilruane MacDonagh’s), Gearoid Ryan (Templederry) and Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh).

The full team is as follows:

1. Brendan Cummins (Ballybacon Grange)
2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross)
3. Philip Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
5. Conal Bonnar (Cashel King Cormacks)
6. Conor O’Mahoney (Newport)
7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Tommy Dunne (Toomevara)
9. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
10. Michael Cleary (Nenagh Éire Óg)
11. Declan Ryan (Clonoulty Rossmore)
12. John Leahy (Mullinahone)
13. Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone)
14. Seamus Callanan (Drom & Inch)
15. Nicky English (Lattin-Cullen)

Camogie News

The under-10 girls continue to practice the skills videos from Éire Óg senior hurlers Daire Quinn and Tommy Heffernan. Congratulations to Aoibh Cahill on winning a prize in the Tipperary County Camogie competition for under-10 girls. Well done to the Éire Óg girls that participated. This week the county is running a competition for the under-8 girls.

Juvenile News

Under eight boys continue to receive two skills/drills to practice for the week ahead. This is a chance for the boys to practice their skills rather than competition. The drills will give the boys the opportunity to have their hurls in hand as much as possible by practicing the demonstrated skills for the week. We are incredibly lucky to have the input of our senior players captain, and vice-captain Daire Quinn and Tommy Heffernan showing the drills over the next few weeks. Thank you kindly to both senior players for their time and effort in supporting our under eight stars on this initiative. This week Daire was the star of the show, Daire sent the boys a video showing his chosen skills to practice for this week. Thank you to Daire for taking the time to link in with the boys. If any parent or guardian has any questions please drop a note to one of the coaches. 
 

This week the under ten boys took part in a hurling competition. The boys were asked to submit videos of themselves completing the challenge to their coaches. There will be a prize for the best score and an open draw for all who entered for a further prize. We look forward to seeing all the skills on display from these future stars. 

The North Tipperary under fourteen Lockdown League continues and Nenagh Éire Og are performing strongly with our own Cian Carmody coming out tops in the football challenge last Wednesday, congratulations Cian. Club prizes for this week were won by Kevin Liston, Conor Hodgins and Daniel Connolly, well done to all, keep up the excellent work lads. Credit must go to Paudie Malone GDA for organising this event. Both management and players are looking forward to training together in the coming weeks.

Day 8 'Player of the Day'. Cian Carmody from @nenagheireog. Cian did an impressive 31 kicks in 1 minute. What do you think of that @DanOMeara8?! Today was a really close one but Cians movement while kicking won him the title today! Congrats Cian you win a Munster GAA t-shirt👍🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/oLlUZg2KN6

— Paudie Malone GDA (@GdaNorthTipp) June 3, 2020

Under sixteen teams are getting training sessions recorded and sent to parents to practice skills in the garden. These recorded sessions are also posted on the Éire Og newsletter for anyone to revisit. Seven different sessions have been sent out to date and a new session will issue this week. 

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games. It is so important that the children do some practice at home to help them enjoy group training and blitzes when they eventually return. In addition, it would be fabulous to see the home coaching translate into an increased number of coaches within the club in the future. 

Jake Morris

Watch as Jake Morris sets a challenge for the Lockdown League. In this video has challenges the juveniles of the county to see how many squat jumps they can do in a minute

Day 7

Challenge 7 of our Lockdown League is set by County Senior Hurler and proud @nenagheireog man @Jakemorris131. Today's challenge is how many Squat Jumps can you do in 1 minute. pic.twitter.com/wPZU3j3niO

— Paudie Malone GDA (@GdaNorthTipp) June 2, 2020

Greg Browne’s online training sessions

Blast from the Past – 1924 Tailtenn Games

The above photograph shows the Irish team that competed in the 1924 Tailteann Games and among them are two of our own, brothers Mick and Jack Darcy who both won All-Ireland medals in 1925 with Tipperary. Indeed, 1924 was an extra special year for Mick as he captured All-Ireland honours with Dublin before returning home to the Premier county.

These games were a celebration of Irish culture and sport held every four years, from 1924 to 1932. It was seen at the time as a revival of the ancient Aonach Tailteann games which were held in Ireland from the 6th to the 9th century and disappeared not long after the Norman invasion and subsequent suppression of Gaelic culture and it was inspired by the Olympic games which were also a revival from ancient times. They were originally held to honour Queen Tailté, who sat at the royal palace on the hill of Tara and all the men of Erinn admired her for both her beauty and accomplishments. Throughout her reign, Ireland was a beacon of peace and harmony. The games were discontinued after Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932 as they viewed them as a Cumann na nGaedhael project.

Croke Park was headquarters for the games and anyone of Irish birth or decent was welcome to participate. It was hoped that these games would unite Gaels scattered across the world. As the games were held not long after the summer Olympics, the top athletics from around the globe participated in the many events which included hurling, chess and soccer.

In hurling Ireland, USA, Wales, England and Scotland played while there was also a hurling-shinty compromised rules game played which Scotland won 2-1. Camogie was supposed to feature also but after a dispute, the Camogie Association withdrew accusing the organisers of having a Free State bias.

A blast from the past from 1984, our new club WhatsApp group is up and running while our new community lotto is proving to be very popular. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

New Community Lotto

We hope you and your families remain safe and well during these times and we want to thank you for your generous support for the old Éire Óg lotto over the years. Before COVID-19 the jackpot for our lotto was at €2,100 and in order to close down the old model we are donating €1,000 between two very well deserving community charities.

The new Friendly Lotto will operate as follows:

1. Starting jackpot €2,100 and will increase each week it is not won by €100

2. Four numbers will now be drawn each week from numbers 1-32.

3. Draw takes place every Monday night.

4. The week that the Jackpot is not won, €200 is placed into a separate draw fund.

5. Any week the jackpot is won, €200 is not added to the separate draw fund.

6. Ten tickets will be drawn weekly for 10 weeks to enter this separate draw. The prize fund at the end of this 10 weeks will be €2,000

7. A prize fund of €1,500 will be distributed as follows: €500 for 3 lucky winners with the additional €500 to one of our designated local charities.

8. A player may be drawn more than once in a 10 week period to qualify for the €500 draws.

9. The cost of each lotto ticket remains at €2 for one ticket and €5 for three tickets.

Entry options:

o 52 weeks (50 + 2 free)

o 25 weeks

o 10 weeks

o 3 lines in a week for €5

o Minimum play is for €10 – Play for as little as €2 per week (One line for 5 weeks)

Click here to enter

For an article about our new community lotto by Shane Brophy in the Nenagh Guardian, please click here

Club Volunteers

Our club volunteers once again went above and beyond the call of duty this week to help the vulnerable in our community. We expressly wish to thank co-ordinators Bartley and Marion Ryan for all their work and our army of volunteers who have been shopping for groceries and collecting medicines for those who can’t venture out.

Our volunteers will continue to provide these services for as long as is required and if you need any assistance please contact club coordinator Bartley Ryan on 086 735 8359.

Club WhatsApp

A new members’ WhatsApp group has been set up and those who wish to be added please text 083 820 5530.

It will be a ‘no-reply’ service and members will receive club notes, Lotto results and match fixtures when we’re back in action. All new online Lotto players will be added.

Some of our members participating in the @GrangeBally_GAA #MichaelHoganWalk #WalkforPieta this morning pic.twitter.com/b29yVJreFp

— Nenagh Éire Óg (@nenagheireog) May 31, 2020

Grass in the goalmouths

With all the use our main pitch gets annually, it is unlikely anyone has ever seen grass growing in the goalmouths but due to the current lockdown, we are getting a glimpse at how quickly nature can heal with a lovely covering of grass in the goalmouths. Hopefully it won’t be long before it has been removed by goalkeepers manning the area!

May 2020 GAA Newsletter

The May edition of the GAA’s monthly newsletter is now available to read.

Blast from the Past

In 1984 Tipperary shocked Offaly (how times have changed!), in front of 4,500 spectators, to record a 1-14 to 0-12 win in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh in the second round of the National Hurling League. Carrick Swan man Tom Waters scored the only goal of the game while our own Philip Kennedy came on as a second-half substitute. Both sides were plying their trade in division two at the time and Tipperary ended up winning the league and earning promotion to the top tier. Also in division two were Westmeath, Kerry, Dublin, Antrim, Kildare and Wicklow. By virtue of winning the division two league they also qualified for the knock-out stages of the main competition and defeated Laois 1-14 to 0-9 in the quarter final before Limerick defeated them in the semi-final, 2-10 to 1-10.

Included in this week’s notes is the match programme from the day which was produced by the senior club and all proceeds were donated to the Éire Óg Nenagh juvenile club. Over 1,500 programmes were sold netting the club a tidy £450, a considerable sum in 1984. Indeed, it was very late on the night before that the staff in the Guardian managed to get it printed. As can be seen from the colour of the programme, it was very much an Éire Óg Nenagh orientated publication with articles written by chairman Jerry Quinlan, Chris Middleton, Tommy Mulcahy and Martin O’Connor. The programme, through its advertisements, provides a snapshot of the local businesses at the time, some of which are still in operation today. The club would like to remind our members to please support local in these difficult times.

Sympathies

The club would like to offer its sympathies to the family and friends of the late Elizabeth Flannery, late of Carrigaline, Cork and Nenagh, Tipperary. Ms Flannery is a sister of Billy and the late Rory Flannery.

We also wish to offer our condolences to the family and friends of Margaret (Peg) McCabe (née Sweeney), late of Ballyheigue, Kerry and Nenagh, Tipperary. Ms McCabe’s grandson Brendan (Bob) captained our minors to North and county honours in 2012.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

Juvenile and Camogie News

This week the under ten boys took part in a football competition. The boys were challenged to see how many kick passes to a partner they could complete in thirty seconds. The boy’s submitted video’s of themselves completing the challenge to their coaches. There was a prize for the best score and an open draw for all who entered for a further prize. The coaches created a video montage with some very en-trend music of all the entries which provided wonderful entertainment for everyone and is a available to see on the club social media sites.The winners of the prizes were Eibhin Darcy and Karl Boland, well done boys, congratulations and great work. Thank you to Kieran Mularkey for all your hard work on this event, great job and thank you to David Mularkey for assisting with his demonstration video. This week we look forward to a hurling challenge for the boys. 

Under eight boys are planning to mix it up for the next few weeks by receiving two skills/drills to practice for that coming week. This is a chance for the boys to practice their skills rather than competition. We anticipate that these skills/drills will give the boys the opportunity to have their hurls in hand as much as possible by playing and practicing the skills for that week. We are very lucky to have the input of our senior players, captain and vice captain Daire Quinn and Tommy Heffernan demonstrating the skills/drills over the next few weeks. Thank you kindly to both senior players for their time and effort in supporting our under eight stars on this initiative. This week Daire was the star of the show, Daire sent the boys a video demonstrating striking and collecting the sliotar on the move. As part of the video Daire set the boys a challenge and we anticipate the boys are using this fabulous weather we are having to practice Daire’s drill. Thank you to Daire for taking the time to link in with the boys. If any parent or guardian has a questions please drop a note to one of the coaches.

Videos of senior Tipperary camogie player Grace O’Brien are available on the club social media sites for players to enjoy and incorporate into their routines to assist all juvenile members maintain and develop their skills by completing their own mini training sessions at home until we get back to training and games in the future.

The North Tipperary under fourteen skills challenge league is up and running and Nenagh Eire Og are performing strongly. Keep up the good work lads. Well done to Paudie Malone GDA for organising this event.  

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games. It is so important that the children do some practice at home to help them enjoy group training and blitzes when they eventually return. In addition, it would be fabulous to see the home coaching translate into an increased number of coaches within the club in the future.

We all know you miss the action in the club grounds but we must all remain aware that all club facilities and fields are still closed to everyone. This applies even whether you are maintaining social distancing or not, the grounds are closed to everyone, there are no exceptions. We look forward very much to getting back to action but for now we must remain mindful that you may not enter the club grounds under any circumstances. Please keep up the good work in this regard.  

Stay practicing, encourage each other, stay safe, observe the guidelines and mind each other.  

Greg Browne’s Skills Video Session Three

On the Cloughjordan road out of Nenagh there is a one mile stretch that contains three high class sports stars in three different disciplines, Tipperary hurler Jake Morris, Glasgow Celtic's Barry Coffey and Munster's Ben Healy.@NenaghGuardian https://t.co/Hi2xTTcJDm pic.twitter.com/7q22iCdrZu

— Shane Brophy (@BrophShane) May 31, 2020

Details of our new community based club lotto are announced, two fantastic videos highlighting our under-10s plus another blast from the past. All this and more in this week’s news on the Blues

Volunteers

Our club volunteers once again went above and beyond the call of duty this week to help the vulnerable in our community. We expressly wish to thank co-ordinators Bartley and Marion Ryan for all their work and our army of volunteers who have been shopping for groceries and collecting medicines for those who can’t venture out.

Our volunteers will continue to provide these services for as long as is required and if you need any assistance please contact club coordinator Bartley Ryan on 086 735 8359.

Club Lotto

Nenagh Éire Óg Launches Brand New Community Friendly Lotto

The club are delighted to announce that we are launching our new Community Friendly Lotto in June 2020.

We hope you and your families remain safe and well during these times and we want to thank you for your generous support for the old Éire Óg lotto over the years. Before COVID-19 the jackpot for our lotto was at €2,100 and in order to close down the old model we are donating €1,000 between two very well deserving community charities. We will be announcing our designated Community Charities on next weeks show.

We must adjust and adapt to this new socially distant world that we find ourselves in, with this in mind we are designing a new lotto based mainly around online subscriptions with the hope to meet all our traditional supporters once social restrictions are no longer a part of our lives.

The new Friendly Lotto will operate as follows:

1. Starting jackpot €2,100 and will increase each week it is not won by €100

2. Four numbers will now be drawn each week from numbers 1-32.

3. Draw takes place every Monday night.

4. The week that the Jackpot is not won, €200 is placed into a separate draw fund.

5. Any week the jackpot is won, €200 is not added to the separate draw fund.

6. Ten tickets will be drawn weekly for 10 weeks to enter this separate draw. The prize fund at the end of this 10 weeks will be €2,000

7. A prize fund of €1,500 will be distributed as follows: €500 for 3 lucky winners with the additional €500 to one of our designated local charities.

8. A player may be drawn more than once in a 10 week period to qualify for the €500 draws.

9. The cost of each lotto ticket remains at €2 for one ticket and €5 for three tickets. Online Terms:

Clubforce weblink details on how to apply online will be announce on next weeks show.

The lotto funding is our core day to day financial income for the club and your support is vital if we are to achieve all our goals and ambitions in supporting our local community with our brand of Social Sporting Activities.

We hope you can partake in the fun and while you will be supporting our Senior, Juvenile, Camogie and Handball clubs you will also be contributing to the local charities who are our every day Heroes.

CHARITIES : Local charities are invited to apply by texting our Lotto Co-ordinator on 0858037407.

LISTEN BACK: #TippToday: Nenagh Éire Óg community lotto for the club and local charities…https://t.co/qnzR8tSVuM#Tipperary @nenagheireog

— Tipp FM (@TippFM) May 22, 2020

Club WhatsApp

Our club text system is out of operation at this time. A new members’ WhatsApp group is currently being set up and members will be added by Monday. It will be a ‘no-reply’ service and members will receive club notes, Lotto results and match fixtures when we’re back in action. All new online Lotto players will be added also once it begins.

Juvenile & Camogie News

Coaches from each group will develop a training plan to take our Future Stars through to return of games. Some groups have received their training plans already with remaining groups to receive their plans shortly.
This week the under ten boys and girls provided us with wonderful entertainment through the production of their skills videos. The boys and girls submitted clips of themselves practicing their hurling and football skills over the previous week to their coaches. The coaches did a brilliant job of compiling the clips and adding the infamous Sunday game anthem to the compilation. The finished article was released and proved to be a truly wonderful success, it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Sincere thanks must go to Niall Cahill for organising the boys and girls videos clips and to Kieran Mularkey for his production of the finished videos. Dreams begin in the back garden, dream big boys and girls. 

Additionally, under ten boys were challenged to a football competition this week. The challenge is for the boys to do as many accurate kick passes as they can in thirty seconds to a partner. Each accurate kick and catch earns a point. The partner can return the ball with either a throw or a kick pass. Where a kick pass is used by the partner an extra point is earned. In order to keep the competition even across the group, older boys will start their scores from minus four. To enter the competition boys must submit their thirty second video clip of their kick pass entry to their WhatsApp group. Prizes will be given for best scores and everyone who submits an entry goes into a draw for a separate prize.

Under eight boys are planning to mix it up for the next few weeks by receiving two skills/drills to practice for that coming week. This is a chance for the boys to practice their skills rather than a competition. We anticipate that these skills/drills will give the boys the opportunity to have their hurls in hand as much as possible by playing and practicing the skills for that week. We are very lucky to have the input of our senior players, captain and vice captain Daire Quinn and Tommy Heffernan demonstrating the skills/drills over the next few weeks. Thank you kindly to both senior players for their time and effort in supporting our under eight stars on this initiative. This week Tommy was the star of the show by taking the boys, via video, through the first two drills, thanks Tommy.If any parent or guardian has a questions please drop a note to any one of the coaches.

Videos of senior Tipperary camogie player Grace O’Brien are available on the club social media sites for players to enjoy and incorporate into their routines to assist all juvenile members maintain and develop their skills by completing their own mini training sessions at home until we get back to training and games in the future.

Thank you to all the parents who encourage and support practicing our games at home each day, this is central to the children maintaining and developing skill levels and ultimately the enjoyment of our games. It is so important that the children do some practice at home to help them enjoy group training and blitzes when they eventually return. In addition, it would be fabulous to see the home coaching translate into an increased number of coaches within the club in the future.

We all know you miss the action in the club grounds but we must all remain aware that all club facilities and fields are still closed to everyone. This applies even whether you are maintaining social distancing or not, the grounds are closed to everyone, there are no exceptions. We look forward very much to getting back to action but for now we must remain mindful that you may not enter the club grounds under any circumstances. Please keep up the good work in this regard.  

Stay practicing, encourage each other, stay safe, observe the guidelines and mind each other.  

Greg Browne Skills Session Two

Greg and Caroline Browne take us through their second skills video above. We will be posting a new skills video from them next week.

"Spin & Bin" from Mr O Meara's 1st Class @ActiveFlag @PDSTpe @IrishPrimaryPE @nenagheireog @NenaghGuardian @GdaNorthTipp pic.twitter.com/YiFLFysnvS

— Nenagh Community National School (@nenaghcns) May 18, 2020

Michael Hogan Commemoration Walk

Grangemockler/Ballyneale GAA club in South Tipperary, the home of Tipperary footballer and Bloody Sunday victim Michael Hogan, are organising a Michael Hogan Commemoration Walk on Sunday, 31 May, at 11am in aid of Pieta House and have invited all clubs in the county to take part. Please see their message in the next paragraph.

“We ask you to join us the 31^st of May at 11am for our Michael Hogan Commemoration Walk. We will walk/jog/run to remember our Bloody Sunday victims and also support Pieta House. Wear you club or county colours and show your support for a great cause. Take a photo of you/your family taking part & tag #MichaelHoganWalk #Walk4Pieta on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook or Join our club ‘Michael Hogan Walk for Pieta’ on Strava app where you can record you journey & photo.” If anyone has any questions around the event you can contact 086-2560827.

The link to donate will be available on all of their club social media platforms with all proceeds going to Pieta House.

Blast from the Past

Here is another video from the past for you to enjoy. It is the 2013 league clash against Lorrha and Dorrha played in MacDonagh Park on 18 March, 2013 which Nenagh won on a 4-17 to 2-14 scoreline.

MacDonagh Park

Rarely has MacDonagh Park looked so well and not one single ball is being hit in anger. Even the goalmouths are coated in a lovely covering of grass, a sight not seen in many a GAA field for decades. The club wishes to thank Jim Kennedy, Shane Connolly, Cian Connolly, Mel Gleeson and John Tooher for kindly volunteering their time to cut the grass and maintain the grounds during these strange times.

Following recent Garda advice in line with the latest GAA statement and guidelines, we wish to remind our players, members and general public that our fields and facilities remain closed with no exceptions. We ask all to please respect the GAA and HSE protocols and keep all members of our community safe from Covid-19.

Tipperary GAA County Board Draw

The Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw which was due to begin this month has been rescheduled to Friday September 18th. We are confident there will be a full resumption of games activity well in advance of this date to allow clubs promote the draw. Lár na Pairce office personnel have already prepared the New Draw material and this is ready for collection for any individual clubs who wish to make an immediate start. The final receipts for the 2019/20 Draw will not be posted out until August 1st which is just about six weeks before the first draw. Enclosed with the receipt will be details of an easy system for paying the new draw subscription on-line if preferred and thus avoiding promoters calling to members houses during the current pandemic.