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

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

The seniors suffer a cruel heartbreaking county final defeat, Jake Morris receives his Bord Gáis Energy under-21 team of the year award and the minor camogs qualify for the county semi-final.

Senior Hurling

We extend our commiserations to our senior hurlers who were unfortunately beaten by a superb Clonoulty Rossmore side today in the Tipperary Water county final on a scoreline of 2-13 to 0-23. To say the panel, management and club left no stone unturned in their efforts to win today is an understatement but it simply wasn’t to be. To Clonoulty Rossmore we extend our congratulations and wish them the very best as they embark on their Munster campaign.

We wish to thank the people of Nenagh for their amazing support both this afternoon and in the weeks leading up to the game. The town has been decked out in blue and navy while the roars from the Blues’ fans today was deafening. All of your support has been gratefully received by everyone involved with the team. 

We also wish to thank all the local sporting clubs and businesses for their wishes of support over the last few days. It was fantastic to see the parish united in sport as Nenagh Celtic, Nenagh Ormond RFC, Nenagh Neptune Swimming Club, Nenagh AFC among others send their best. The businesses excelled themselves in their efforts to fly the Éire Óg flag high and we encourage all our of supporters to continue to shop local. 

The schools also pulled out all the stops and once again we thank you all for your continued support and promotion of Gaelic games amongst the youth of our town. 

To all of our sponsors and to everyone who purchased signs this year and contributed to our training fund we thank you most sincerely. We could not possibly function without your kindness.

While everyone is very down at the moment there is no doubt that this panel will be back and will continue to do their upmost to bring Dan Breen back to the town. The entire panel and management have conducted themselves in a very professional manner throughout 2018, never failing to give less than 100% in training and matches and have been fantastic ambassadors of our town. Thank you once again to everyone for your unwavering commitment. 

The full Éire Óg management and panel are as follows:

Jake Morris Receives his Award for Making the Bord Gáis Energy Under-21 Team of the Year

One proud mammy! Denise shares a moment with Jake after the All-Ireland final

Congratulations to Jake Morris who, on Wednesday last, received his award for making the Bord Gáis Energy under-21 team of the year following his sterling performances with Tipperary in 2018. Jake was joined by four of his team mates in this prestigious selection, namely Killian O’Dwyer, Brian McGrath, Robert Byrne and Ger Browne. 

In further great news Jake and Ger Browne were nominated for the Bord Gáis Energy player of the year award. Also in the reckoning are Fintan Burke (Galway), Mark Coleman (Cork). The winner will be announced at an event which takes place at Dublin’s City Hall on Friday, October 19th.

The full team is as follows: Ger Collins (Cork), Killian O’Dwyer (Tipperary), Brian McGrath (Tipperary), Niall O’Leary (Cork), Fintan Burke (Galway), Robert Byrne (Tipperary), Billy Hennessy (Cork), Mark Coleman (Cork), Ger Browne (Tipperary), Robbie O’Flynn (Cork), Rory O’Connor (Wexford), Cianan Fahy (Galway), Jake Morris (Tipperary), Tim O’Mahony (Cork), Seamus Casey (Wexford). 

Jake with proud parents Denise and Seamie

Camogie News

Minor

Our minor camogs continued their great form this year by qualifying for the county semi-final after defeating Fethard today, 2-5 to 0-6.

Fethard were the better team in the first half leading at half time 0-4 to 0-2 with Nenagh’s points coming from Michelle Barry and Lucy Spain. The game turned when a Fethard player was given a straight red card in an incident which resulted in Katie Morris, who was having an outstanding game, going off injured. Nenagh responded with a goal from Sarah Hallinan and a point from Rachel O Connor. To be fair to Fethard they kept up their pressure game and responded with two points to draw the game going into the final quarter. A goal from senior star Rachel O’Connor and a point from a ’45 from Lucy Spain closed out the game for Nenagh who will have to up their game if they are to progress further in this competition. Fethard can be proud of their efforts in the game.

Team: Niamh Sheridan, Abbie Sheedy, Katie Morris, Ella Carey, Caoimhe Connolly, Megan Grace, Rachel O’Connor, Michelle Barry, Lucy Spain, Meaghan Morris, Ellie Spain, Siobhan Collins, Sarah Hallinan, Ciara Sherlock.

“By Order of the Peaky Blinders”

Daryl, wearing number 28, pictured prior to the 2011 Tipperary minor county final

Fantastic news broke during the week about one of our former players, Daryl McCormack. Daryl was a talented hurler and won numerous titles in the blue jersey. Daryl has since moved on and is making waves in the acting world and this week it was revealed that he had secured a role in the hugely popular show Peaky Blinders where he will act alongside stars such as Cillian Murphy. Congratulations Daryl from everyone in the club.

The senior hurlers gear up for the county final, the under-15s reach the plate final while the Camogie club hosted a massive blitz on Saturday morning. Once again this week’s notes are congested, with news on the Blues

Senior Hurling

Action from last August’s clash between Nenagh Éire Óg and Clonoulty Rossmore

Our senior hurlers travel to Semple Stadium on Sunday next to play West side Clonoulty Rossmore in the Tipperary Water county final. The sides last met on August 12th in The Ragg in the group stages of the county senior championship with The Blues fortunate to come away with a two-point victory, 1-20 to 1-18. John Fitzgerald and his men will have it all to do if they are to repeat that feat. This game throws in at 15:30 and we would love to see you all there decked out in your sky blue and navy. 

Manager John Fitzgerald knows that his side have a mammoth task ahead next Sunday

Training Fund

This year our players and management have been putting in a monumental effort to try and capture the county senior hurling title. Once again, no stone has been left unturned to ensure that our players are prepared as best as they possibly can be however, with such efforts comes serious financial strains and to help ease the burden a Players’ Training Fund has been set up and if you would like to contribute please contact John (087 950 0912) or Enda (086 174 2530)

Your support is very much appreciated by the players and everyone involved.

Juvenile News

The under-15 hurlers who reached the North Tipperary plate final

Under 8:

The under-8s travelled to Na Piarsaigh, Limerick on Sunday morning to play Na Piarsaigh and Clarinbridge of Galway. All clubs had four teams with each team playing four games, two against each club. There was great excitement amongst the boys in the lead up to the blitz and again today. Today was our last hurling blitz of the year. Our thanks to Na Piarsaigh for hosting us and providing lots of food afterwards. Training continues next Saturday at 10am as usual.

Action from the under-8 blitz in Na Pairsaigh

Under 15:

Our under-15 hurlers took part in the under-15 plate on Sunday morning. In the semi final our boys led from the start to record a superb 4-2 to 0-8 victory over a strong Ballina side. In the final, Nenagh came up against Silvermines and were unlucky to come out the wrong side of a 1-10 to 1-4 result. Congratulations to our boys who showed tremendous skill and work rate on route to reaching the final. We look forward to watching them progress over the next couple of years.

Under 8:

U8s travelled to Na Piarsaigh, Limerick on Sunday morning to play Na Piarsaigh and Clarinbridge of Galway. All clubs had four teams with each team playing four games, two against each club. There was great excitement amongst the boys in the lead up to the blitz and again today. Today was our last hurling blitz of the year. Our thanks to Na Piarsaigh for hosting us and providing lots of food afterwards. Training continues next Saturday at 10am as usual.

Under 15:

U15 Plate: Our U15 hurlers took part in the U15 plate  on Sunday morning. In the semi final our boys led from the start to record a superb 4-2 to 0-8 victory over a strong Ballina side. In the final, Nenagh came up against the Silvermines and were unlucky to come out the wrong side of a 1-10 to 1-4 result. Congratulations to our boys who showed tremendous skill and workrate on route to reaching the final. We look forward to watching them progress over the next couple of years.

School hurling: 

Schools Hurling:It has been fantastic to see so many of our juvenile hurlers carrying their hurleys to school with them over the last few weeks. We urge all our players to keep this up over the winter and keep practising.

Best of luck:

Best of luck to Nenagh seniors in the county final next Sunday from everybody in Nenagh Éire Óg Juvenile Club.

 

Camogie News

Under-8

The under-8 Camogie girls’ year came to an end on Saturday in MacDonagh Park when we hosted a blitz. Having started in the first week of February this year, with the hugely successful Éire Ógre camp, the girls have continued to train in high numbers. Yesterday, we had 34 girls representing the club. We welcomed clubs from Kildangan, Portroe, Newport, Borris-Ileigh and Doon. Over one hundred girls turned up and played highly entertaining Camogie. Each team played three games and after the club kindly presented each girl with a medal. The parents from the club served up wonderful food as always inside in the complex to thank our guests for travelling for the blitz. Huge thanks must go to the parents for all their hard work and dedication to this group all year. Training for the under-6 and under-8 girls has finished for the year. We will have our end of year party in a few weeks in Nenagh College. Any girl who was missing yesterday and the under-6 girls will receive their medals there.

Minor

The Nenagh Éire Óg minor Camogie team had a fine win today away to an excellent Borris-Ileigh. Conor Ryan’s charges have improved steadily through the group stage with experienced players like Ella Carey, Caroline Browne and Rachel O Connor gelling well with the younger stars like Michelle Barry and Katie Morris. They have now qualified for the county quarter final to be held next weekend. A special note of praise must go to the referee on the day, Tipperary Camogie star Caoimhe Burke who gave an outstanding display of mature refereeing which belies her young years. She is a credit to her family, her club and to Tipperary Camogie and a role model for women to join the refereeing ranks as she smiled her way through a game that she had full control of.