Bloody Sunday 1920The Tipperary team
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Pictured here some of the Friends of Tipperary Football committee / Friday May 3 & Saturday May 4.
Back L to R: Eamon Stack, Karol Cunniffe, Martin O’Dwyer
Front L to R: Michael Devlin and Eddie Ryan
Right: Martin O’Dwyer & Con Quinn
FRIENDS TIPPERARY GOLF CLASSIC 2024 DUNDRUM GOLF CLUB
CHAMPAGNE SCRAMBLE TWO TO SCORE.
Winning Team
(L-R): James O’Doherty, Pat O’ Shaughnessy, Ber O’Shaughnessy, Vinny Herbert
1st 114pts
Ber O’Shaughnessy 23.2 Tipp GC
Pat O’ Shaughnessy 20.6 Tipp GC
Vinny Herbert 16.7 Tipp GC
James O’Doherty 16.8 Tipp GC
2nd 112pts
Dylan Maher 9.7 Roscrea GC
Colman Treacy 26.5 Roscrea GC
Kevin Maher 18 Non Gui
Eamon Egan 18 Non Gui
3rd 108pts
Shane Morrissey 14 Dundrum GC
Tom Walsh 23 Millicent GC Clane C. Kildare
Shay Reade 15 Laytown / Bettytown GC
Niall Black 8 Dundrum GC
4th 107 pts
James Power 16 Ballykisteen GC
B9 54pts Philip O’Doherty 18 Ballykisteen GC
B6 36pts JJ Bennett 5 Ballykisteen GC
Aidan Ryan 20 Ballykisteen GC
5th 107pts
Eoin Slattery 20.4 Portumna GC
B9 54pts Liam Gorman 15 Portumna GC
B6 35pts Padhraic 10.4 Portumna GC
Sean Darcy 14.5 Templemore GC
6th 107pts
James Kelly Nenagh GC
B9 53pts Sean Kelly Nenagh GC
Joe Banaghan Nenagh GC
David Reddon Nenagh GC
7th 106pts
Michael Delany 13.3 Templemore
B9 55pts Ned Delaney 7.2 Templemore
Pat Kavanagh 17.6 Mitchelstown
Jack O’Shea 16.1 Templemore
8th 106pts
David Farrelly 16 Templemore
Barry Russell 15 Templemore
Jack Fogarty 13 Templemore
Jack Kennedy 12 Templemore
9th 105pts
Darragh Moloney 25.8 Cahir GC
B9 54pts Oran Burke 27.7 Cahir GC
Danny O’Dwyer 18.6 Cahir GC
Jack Darmody 24.2 Cahir GC
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10th 105pts
Anna Stapleton 30 Thurles GC
B9 48pts Jerry Stapleton 25 Thurles GC
Ned Commins 31 Thurles GC
Brian Mason 20 Rathdowney
ALL LADIES TEAMS WINNERS -100 pts
Mary Comerford 26 Cahir GC
Josephine Murphy 33 Slievenamon GC
Anne Needham 41 Slievenamon GC
Margaret Comerford 52 Callan GC
NEAREST THE PIN
Ladies: Siobhan Landers, Tipperary Town
Gents: Luke Boland, Moyle Rovers
LONGEST DRIVE
Ladies: Cathriona Hughes
Gents: Stephen Quirke, Moyle Rovers
RAFFLE
Doonbeg 4 Ball : Conor English, Rockwell Rovers
Plasma 48” TV: Arthur Flemming, Kildangan Gaa
The Friends of Tipperary Football Annual Golf Classic will hold its annual Golf Classic in
Dundrum on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th May 2024.
The format once again is a champagne scramble and the cost for a team of 4 is €160.00.
Tee Box sponsorship is also available for €50.00 which includes the name of each
sponsor on a sign at the tee box. This is our main fundraiser of the year and we are hoping
that you will be in a position to either enter a team or sponsor a tee-box. All proceeds go
towards the advancement of Football in Tipperary from underage up to the Senior Football
Team. Over the years, this classic has garnered a reputation as being one of the most
enjoyable events on the golfing calendar.
To book a tee time, please contact Martin Dwyer at 086 2549154.
Payment can be made by Bank Transfer to:
Friends of Tipperary Football a/c
BIC: BOFIIE2Dxxx
IBAN: IE05BOFI906005 30099275
Alternatively, payment for teams or tee boxes can be made on the day by cheque, card or
cash or cheques can be sent to:
Sean Mulligan,
Treasurer of The Friends of Tipperary Football
1 Castle Court, Barrack Street, Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary, E91 DY22
Your support, which will contribute to the development of Football in Co. Tipperary would be
greatly appreciated.
| 1st | 120pts | Conor Gleeson | ||
| Eoin Brislane | ||||
| Peter Kennedy | ||||
| Tony Lacey | ||||
| 2nd | 116pts | Bryan Duffy | ||
| Willie Duffy | ||||
| Jim Gleeson | ||||
| Toddy Hogan | ||||
| 3rd | 114pts | Keith Culligan | ||
| Aidan Fox | ||||
| Phipip Burgary | ||||
| Declan Lonergan | ||||
| 4th | 113pts | Philip Doherty | ||
| Colin Hanley | ||||
| James Power | ||||
| 5th | 113pts | Cripstoir Croke | ||
| Cyril Burke | ||||
| John Byrne | ||||
| Billy Fogarty | ||||
| 6th | 112pts | Pat Coote | ||
| Denis Curtis | ||||
| Anthony O’Dwyer | ||||
| Dick Donohoe | ||||
| 7th | 109pts | Tom | ||
| Willie | ||||
| Michael Ryan | ||||
| John Hurley | ||||
| 8th | 109pts | Cian Darcy | ||
| Rob Austin | ||||
| Cathal Barrett | ||||
| Paudie Williams | ||||
| 9th | 107pts | Conor Sweeney | ||
| Pater Acheson | ||||
| David Lyons | ||||
| David Hoyne | ||||
| 10th | 106pts | James Kelly | ||
| Willie harty | ||||
| Dinny Ryan | ||||
| Noel O’Dwyer | ||||
| All Ladies Teams Winners | Mary Comerford | |||
| Mary O’Brien | ||||
| Anne Needham | ||||
| Margaret Comerford | ||||
| Nearest The Pin | ||||
| Ladies | Bernie McLoughlin | |||
| Gents | Tom Hickey | |||
| Longest Drive | ||||
| Ladies | Clionagh Cahill | |||
| Gents | Eoghan McAteer | |||
| Raffle | ||||
| Doonbeg 4 Ball | Joe O’Brien | |||
| Plasma 48” T.V | Margaret Comerford. | |||
The Friends of Tipperary Football committee along with Tipperary Senior Football manager David Power and captain Conor Sweeney tonight launched their exciting new “20/20” draw.
€20 a ticket for a chance to win a first prize of €20,000.
The draw will be held on the 11th December 2022 so one lucky winner will receive €20,000 just in time for Christmas. Tickets are now on sale from any member of the Friends of TIpperary Football committee and online sales will commence in September.
The twenty winners of our €100 draws for members who joined our Euro Millions Syndicate which ended on the 29th April are:
1: Michael Ryan Fethard
2: Jim Healy Jnr Kilsheelan
3: Davy & Mags Hogan Cloneen
4: Eddie Moroney Snr Aherlow
5: Christopher Ryan Ballypatrick
6: Margaret O’Carroll Ballintemple
7: Tadhg Sheedy Templemore
8: Brian Ruth Ardfinnan
9: Dec Costello Cashel
10: David Buckley Longford
11: Shannon Rovers Gaa
12: Margaret St John Ballyneale
13: Kevin Mulryan Nenagh
14: Silvermines Gaa
15: James Heffernan c/o Ollie’s Bar
16: Cathy Cunningham TIpperary
17: Liam Tierney Cloughjordan
18: Tom Hourigan Ballinderry
19: Margaret Quirke Cahir
20: Eamon Donnelly Horse & Jockey
Congrats to all the winners and thank you to everyone who joined the syndicate.
Over the course of a year I get to watch a lot of Gaelic Football matches….but I don’t let it get me down.
Every now and again I come across a team that makes me fall back in love with the game. This year’s Tipperary Minor Football team are one such team. In fact I believe the ship captained by John McNamara could compare favourably with any Tipperary minor team over the past 20 years.
After winning their first three games in the round robin series, they came away from Mallow last Thursday evening with the Daryl Darcy Cup and a 1:14 to 1:04 victory in the Phase 1 Final of the Munster Minor Football Championship. However, as good as Tipperary were, this was the least impressive of their four performances to date and they will know that the margin of victory flattered them.
The old saying “backs win games and forwards just decide by how much” was never as true as on Thursday evening. Having watched the midfield and forwards blossom in the first three games, it was the turn of the Tipperary backs and goalkeeper to step up and they were not found wanting. Robbie McGrath pulled off an excellent and important penalty save just before the break while on numerous occasions, especially in the first half, the Tipperary backs had the “thou shall not pass” sign up while at the same time demonstrating that long forgotten skill called the “block down”. With the Limerick resolve broken, the midfield and forwards were then allowed to go about their business and do what they do best.
They now face the losers of Cork and Kerry in the Munster Semi Final. There can be little doubt that they will have to improve again to win that game but there is also little doubt that this bunch of players have everything that it takes to find that improvement. If courage, flair and skill is what you like to see in a Gaelic Football team, then get yourself to Thurles next Thursday evening to watch these talented youngsters play. You won’t regret it.
The Tipperary Senior Footballers have their own Munster Semi Final on Saturday evening when they take on Limerick in FBD Semple Stadium.
At the start of this year, David Power and his cabinet looked to have a rebuilding job on their hands that even the Grand Design team wouldn’t have fancied but they have gone about their business calmly and professionally and have left no pebble unturned in their search for new players. Between the McGrath Cup and the National Football League they looked at over 50 players and have unearthed a few diamonds in the rough. Against Waterford, nine players made their championship debuts and one suspects that if Mark Russell had been fit then that number would have increased to ten. I expect two or three more players to make their championship debuts by the end of the game on Saturday night.
Of course the managements job has being made easier by the personalities and character of the players in their squad. Apart from being talented footballers, this group of Tipperary players are willing to learn and take on new ideas and philosophies. For coaches Charlie McGeever, Declan Browne and Paddy Christie, these players must be a dream to work with.
Tipperary footballers and Chicago Bulls basketball legend Michael Jordan don’t often get mentioned in the same sentence but I read a quote from Jordan in an article during the week and he could easily have been taking about the current Tipperary football team when he said “The best skill that I ever had was that I was coachable. I was like a sponge, and aggressive to learn. Being ‘coachable’ means being humble and vulnerable enough to know you’re not perfect. It means being open to honest and constructive feedback, even if it is tough to take. Being ‘uncoachable’ includes behaviours such as being arrogant, negative, judgmental, cynical, or pessimistic, unable or unwilling to self-reflect or self-critique. Being unwilling to learn new things, or to take on board constructive feedback, is a fatal barrier to development and improvement. You must work to develop the ability to listen, learn and reflect.”
It appears that the Tipperary football supporters are also coachable and seem to be buying into what David Power and his cabinet are trying to achieve. While we would all love to see our seniors play with the carefree abandon that our minor team plays with, in reality to do that at senior level with such an inexperienced team would inevitably lead to certain defeat especially when you meet the more seasoned teams and Billy Lee’s Limerick side are one of those teams.
Limerick have been building slowly over Billy Lee’s six years in charge and deservedly earned promotion to Division 2 football earlier in the year. Of course they also won their first round championship game against Clare after a dramatic penalty shoot-out. They are an experienced outfit and on Saturday evening we can expect to see as many as 12 or 13 of the team that lined out against Tipperary in the 2020 Munster Semi Final take to the field in Thurles.
Centre back Iain Corbett is a top player for a long time now and his powerful runs forward have caused Tipperary problems in the past. If Tipperary are to prevail in this game, how they deal with Corbett will be vital.
The man mountain that is Josh Ryan is a big addition (excuse the pun) to Limerick this year. A talented ‘baller” for a big man he is also an accomplished free taker who will punish indiscretions. On top of this he also offers Limerick the option of the advanced mark should they find the route to goal sealed off. Corner forwards Hugh Bourke and Peter Nash make up a potentially potent full forward line
Tipperary are without Robbie Kiely and Bill Maher who are out injured but player of the league Mark Russell returns and the 25 minutes and brilliant goal that Steven O’Brien got in Waterford will have brought him on nicely after a long spell on the sidelines. Limerick have the experience but Tipperary have home advantage which I always believe is worth a few points to a team. This is a game that really is too close to call but still I have a good feeling about it and have put a reminder in my phone for 9pm on Saturday night to look up the train times to Killarney on the 28th May.
A loss for Limerick will see them enter the Sam Maguire qualifiers whereas a loss for Tipperary will see them enter the Tailteann Cup. I wrote in this paper two weeks ago that the success or failure of the Tailteann Cup will come down to how the GAA market the competition. The draw hasn’t even been made yet and already there is controversy. Instead of the open draw which I think everyone was looking forward to, the GAA are looking at splitting it into two sections, North and South to cut down on travel time for teams. You’d swear we lived in a country the size of Australia. This is not what the Division 3 and Division 4 teams signed up for when the competition was first announced. In fact it was sold to counties as a round-robin competition but that format is set to come in next season with the overhaul of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Croke Park were given one job to do and the somehow have managed to screw it up.
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