Tipperary’s First All-Ireland Minor Title, 1934

In 1934 the Tipperary footballers won the county’s very first All-Ireland minor football title. Along the way they lost their opening match to Clare and never actually played the final. Here is their story. Back Row (L-R): M. Caplice, T.Powel, W. Griffin, T. Kenny, J O’ Connor, P. Blanchfield, M. Byrne, A. Greensmyth, B. Kissane, […]

Bus From Dublin to Kingspan Breffni Park

The Dublin working group of the Friends of Tipperary Football are currently planning on running a bus to the Tipperary V Cavan All-Ireland senior football championship qualifier match. If you would like to book a place on this bus please email darcyjim@gmail.com as soon as possible as seats are filling up fast. The game takes place […]

Times, Dates and Venues Confirmed for the Qualifiers

The GAA have confirmed the times, dates and venues for the next round of the qualifiers in both football and hurling Tipperary will travel to Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday for a 2pm throw in. The full football fixtures are as follows: Saturday July 8 GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2B Cavan v […]

The Draw for the Next Round of Qualifiers Has Been Made

Following on from the disappointment of the one-point loss to Cork in the Munster semi-final Liam Kearns men have a chance to redeem themselves in the qualifier campaign The draw for round 2B was made this morning and Tipperary have been drawn to play Cavan in Kingspan Breffni Park. This game is expected to […]

The Curious Incident of the Missing Minor Trophy – The Story of the Tipperary Minor Footballers of 1955

The Curious Incident of the Missing Minor Trophy In 1955 the Tipperary minor footballers caused a major stir in GAA circles when they captured Munster glory after defeating the Kingdom by a solitary point in Thurles before accounting for Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final after which they came unstuck against Dublin despite putting in a […]

Tipperary Suffer Agonising One-Point Defeat to Cork

Liam Kearns and his squad must be left pondering what they have done to hurt the gods so much considering, as Hamlet so eloquently put it, they had to “suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” during both the lead up and playing of this Munster semi-final in Páirc Uí Rinn. Cork 1-10 Tipperary 1-09 […]

The Tipperary Team to Face Cork has Been Announced

Liam Kearns Has Named His Starting Fifteen to Play Cork in the Munster Semi-Final Munster Senior Football Championship Cork v Tipperary Saturday, June 10th 5pm at Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Ciaran Brannigan (Down) 1. Ciarán Kenrick – Moyle Rovers 2. Shane O’Connell – Golden-Kilfeacle 3. Paddy Codd – Killenaule 4. Alan Campbell – Moyle Rovers 5. […]

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