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Post by Admin on May 24, 2012 20:38:49 GMT
Donagh named on teams to face Limerick in the munster senior hurling championship.
Donagh Maher has been handed a championship debut for Tipperary in their Munster GAA Hurling Championship meeting with Limerick in Thurles on Sunday.
Maher, who starts at corner back, is the only championship newcomer named in the team.
As expected, Lar Corbett, who rejoined the squad in recent weeks, has not been included in the starting XV, with Brian O’Meara named at full forward after an impressive Allianz League campaign.
Eoin Kelly returns from injury to take his place in the side at corner forward, while Paul Curran captains the Munster champions from full back.
Tipperary (SH v Limerick): B Cummins; D Maher, P Curran, M Cahill; T Stapleton, C O’Mahony, P Maher; J Woodlock, B Maher; G Ryan, N McGrath, P Bourke; E Kelly, B O’Meara, J O’Brien.
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on May 24, 2012 21:49:03 GMT
Donagh named on teams to face Limerick in the munster senior hurling championship. Donagh Maher has been handed a championship debut for Tipperary in their Munster GAA Hurling Championship meeting with Limerick in Thurles on Sunday. Maher, who starts at corner back, is the only championship newcomer named in the team. As expected, Lar Corbett, who rejoined the squad in recent weeks, has not been included in the starting XV, with Brian O’Meara named at full forward after an impressive Allianz League campaign. Eoin Kelly returns from injury to take his place in the side at corner forward, while Paul Curran captains the Munster champions from full back. Tipperary (SH v Limerick): B Cummins; D Maher, P Curran, M Cahill; T Stapleton, C O’Mahony, P Maher; J Woodlock, B Maher; G Ryan, N McGrath, P Bourke; E Kelly, B O’Meara, J O’Brien. The very best of luck to the club's 5 Tipperary representatives at the weekend i.e. Donagh and Shane Maher with the County Senior hurlers, Damien O'Brien with the County Intermediate hurlers, and Colm O'Brien and Brian Quinn with the County Junior footballers. |
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on May 26, 2012 21:38:45 GMT
Johnny Maher and Tony Dunne were both involved with the London Senior Hurling team that drew with Down in today's Christy Ring Cup semi-final. The best of luck to the lads in next week's replay, which will take place in Ruislip.
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jun 8, 2012 14:03:00 GMT
Johnny Maher and Tony Dunne were both involved with the London Senior Hurling team that drew with Down in today's Christy Ring Cup semi-final. The best of luck to the lads in next week's replay, which will take place in Ruislip. London won the replay in question, and will now face Wicklow in the C.R. Cup Final, which takes place this Saturday in Croke Park. |
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jun 8, 2012 14:15:13 GMT
Drew Boland also played on the North Tipp Under 14 Hurling team that recently captured the Peadar Cummins Shield. Congrats!
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jun 11, 2012 18:49:48 GMT
Johnny Maher and Tony Dunne were both involved with the London Senior Hurling team that drew with Down in today's Christy Ring Cup semi-final. The best of luck to the lads in next week's replay, which will take place in Ruislip. London won the replay in question, and will now face Wicklow in the C.R. Cup Final, which takes place this Saturday in Croke Park. LONDON 4-18 WICKLOW 1-17 London continued their rapid progress by adding the Christy Ring Cup to their trophy cabinet in their first season at this level, having garnered the Nicky Rackard memorial just 12 months ago. Wicklow were the favourites but, according to London manager Eamonn Phelan, there was never any doubt within his camp that they would prevail once they returned to the expanses of GAA headquarters. "I always believed we had good hurlers in London," said Phelan. "For myself, the biggest thing was to try and get out, get lads to work hard and believe they were good enough if they put the effort in, and they got their due reward again. "The thing was to get to Croke Park. We knew if we got here we had the players. We knew we had the pace, we knew the lads could deliver. "They came at us in the first five minutes and we looked under serious pressure. We weathered the storm and after that took control of the situation and really looked comfortable." London are the first county that has come up from the third tier to win the Christy Ring, and while the margin was undeniably flattering, there can be no doubt about the merit of their success over last year's beaten finalists. Jonathan Maher terrorised Wicklow with a brilliant performance that yielded 3-4 from play. The Kilburn Gaels man had 1-3 on the board in the first half, and Wicklow boss Casey O'Brien was forced to replace Jim Connors after just 18 minutes. The strange thing was that Wicklow looked the more dangerous in the opening exchanges, dominating possession, with midfielder Eamon Kearns bursting through the middle on a number of occasions. They wasted a host of good opportunities and, after a shaky start, London's full-back line grew into the game, with Andy O'Brien in particular not having the anticipated impact. The teams were level three times early on but when Maher scored his first goal in the 20th minute, after Tony Dunne had kicked the sliotar towards the Wicklow net, there were five points between them. It got even better for London two minutes later, when Martin Finn blasted an unstoppable shot to the roof of the net from a 20-metre free, after being fouled himself. Enan Glynn kept his side in contention with a close-range finish for a goal in the 24th minute, while Jonathan O'Neill weighed in with five of his 11 points. Hard though they tried after the resumption, the Garden County never got closer than four points. What they really needed was a goal but instead, it was London who pounced via Maher's nonchalant finish that deceived Joe Murphy in the 49th minute. O'Neill and Wayne O'Gorman pointed almost immediately to reduce the margin to five once again, but Tommy Williams made two outstanding saves, one from O'Neill's well-struck penalty that bounced wickedly up off the turf. Maher bagged his hat-trick in the fourth minute of injury-time after a classy interchange between Finn and Kevin Walsh, and that was the cue for the celebrations to begin. "People said we weren't playing well but most of our games were away," explained Phelan. "We had serious belief in ourselves and we knew we had a big game in us." Man of the Match: Jonathan Maher (London) Scorers -- London: J Maher 3-4, M Finn 1-5 (1-5f), J Egan 0-4, C Quinn 0-2, P Sloane, K Walsh, T Dunne 0-1 each. Wicklow: J O'Neill 0-11 (6f, 1 '65'), E Glynn 1-1, E Kearns, A O'Brien 0-2 each, W O'Gorman 0-1 each. London -- T Williams 8; E Walsh 8, B Costello 7, G Fennelly 7; L Mackey 7, D Maher 7, M Walsh 7; C Quinn 8, PJ Rowe 7; P Sloane 7, J Egan 8, S Egan 5; J Maher 9, M Finn 8, T Dunne 6. Subs: B Smyth 6 for S Egan (h-t), K Walsh 6 for Sloane (52), E Cooney 6 for Dunne (63), H Vaughan 6 for Smyth (70+2). Wicklow -- J Murphy 7; B Cuddihy 7, G Keogh 7, J Connors 5; J Henderson 7, S Kelly 7, G Bermingham 7; E Kearns 8, R Keddy 7; T Doyle 6 , W O'Gorman 7, E Dunne 6; E Glynn 7, J O'Neill 8, A O'Brien 7. Subs: E O'Neill 6 for Connors (18), C Moorehouse for Doyle (h-t), L Kennedy 6 for Dunne (h-t). Ref -- K Brady (Louth) |
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jun 20, 2012 20:17:03 GMT
www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-hurlers-who-dream-of-beating-kilkennyin-ruislip-3139917.html The hurlers who dream of beating Kilkenny...in RuislipSaturday June 16 2012 Graham Clifford Growing up in the rural Tipperary parish of Burgess, Jonathan Maher and Tony Dunne dreamed of running out on to the hallowed turf of Croke Park with hurley and sliotar in hand -- but not for one moment did they think it would be in the green of London. Last weekend the Exiles, a collection of emigrant players from every corner of Ireland, won the Christy Ring Cup, overcoming Wicklow, and in so doing gained automatic qualification to take part in next year's McCarthy Cup. Where once they toiled in front of a few dozen supporters at London's GAA headquarters in Ruislip, they can now hope to face the might of Kilkenny, Galway or Dublin with thousands watching. "It's a sensational achievement for us and great for Tony and me as we both come from the same small club," says 26-year-old Jonathan who scored 3-4 in last Saturday's final and collected the man-of-the-match gong. A qualified solicitor, Jonathan, who now plays for the Kilburn Gaels club, moved to London last year when he was asked to transfer across the Irish Sea by his law firm McCann Fitzgerald. "It's going well but it can be difficult juggling work and hurling here. On any given day I spend four hours on a tube between going to work, going training and going home. That's just the way it is, you get used to it after a while. "A lot of the London players work on building sites but my work is a bit different. It's harder for me to try to explain to my boss that I want to tip away at 4pm to go hurling." Jonathan admits emigration has hit his home club hard but feels the exodus of players is an inevitability given the economic downturn. "There's a load of us who are away now. Burgess, which is a small country club, would have lots of players who are 30-plus and a lot of teenagers, but it's the guys in the middle who have left. "Some moved away because of personal choice but we've lads who left to find work in Australia, America and here. Last year there were five lads from the club who ended up hurling in London and that's very hard for a club which wouldn't have a huge pick of players." For 24-year-old Tony Dunne the idea of returning to line out for his home club consumes his thoughts, but the civil engineer feels finding a suitable job in Tipperary would be impossible. "It would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. I studied in Edinburgh and, in May of last year, 10 days after finishing in university, I was working in London. Of course I want to go back, there would be something seriously wrong if I didn't, but the career has to be the priority now." With 11 players from Tipperary on the current Exiles squad, the "united nations" style of the side has helped Tony settle in to London life. "There are lads from a rake of different counties and so we're all in the same boat. That feeling of togetherness means we have a different kind of tight-knit bond than exists in county teams at home." The Maher and Dunne families travelled to Croke Park to cheer on their boys and Tony said the support from their corner of Tipperary was touching. "Of course, they'd all prefer that Jonathan and myself were lining out for the club at home, but they are delighted that we're both working and doing okay for ourselves over here." You have to go back to 1901 for the last time the Exiles made serious noises in hurling's top tier. That year, with Liam McCarthy himself in the position of London county board chairman, the side defeated Cork in the All-Ireland final by 1-5 to 0-4. They reached the finals in the following couple of years but were defeated by the rebels on both occasions. Since London's Ring Cup victory the pubs of Kilburn and Cricklewood have been buzzing with talk of what next year's championship could bring. The County Board here is yet to confirm if the county will play in the McCarthy Cup next season (Kerry opted not to move up a grade after winning last season's Ring Cup) but already Gaels in London are dreaming of facing the might of Kilkenny on their patch of Ireland off the busy M40 motorway. In a town where Gaelic football attracts much greater attention within the immigrant Irish population, it's finally the displaced hurlers who are hitting the headlines but can they really challenge for the greatest honour in the game? Tony believes anything is possible. "Next year, people at home might write off our chances and see our participation in the championship as something of a novelty, but we can more than hold our own with the big guns and with more players moving to London for work we will only get stronger."
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jun 22, 2012 15:11:38 GMT
The best of luck to Donagh, Shane and Damien down below in Pairc Ui Chaoimh this coming Sunday.
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jul 24, 2012 17:07:07 GMT
The Tipperary intermediate hurling team to play Clare in Wednesday evening’s Munster final at MacDonagh Park Nenagh is unchanged from the team which started in the semi-final against Cork. The team is:
1. James Logue (Ballingarry)
2. Gerry Walsh (Carrick Swan)
3. Kevin O’Gorman (Thurles Sarsfields)
4. Christy Coughlan (Templederry Kenyons)
5. James Barry (Upperchurch Drombane)
6. Eddie Connolly (Loughmore Castleiney) CAPT
7. Ronan Sherlock (Silvermines)
8. Michael Gleeson (Thurles Sarsfields)
9. Paudie White (Clonoulty Rossmore)
10. Seán Carey (Moyle Rovers)
11. Joe Gallagher (Kildangan)
12. Michael Heffernan (Nenagh Éire Óg)
13. Kieran Morris (Moycarkey-Borris)
14. Damien O’Brien (Burgess)
15. David Butler (Drom and Inch)
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2012 22:22:45 GMT
Heffernan and fit to play so! Jesus wept!
Best of luck to our lad! Good man Damo!
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Post by Admin on Jul 25, 2012 22:23:30 GMT
Great win tonight in Nenagh. We were aided by some bad clare shooting but we won't worry about that tonight.
Two points as well from our man! Well done Damien.
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Post by Admin on Sept 1, 2012 19:23:17 GMT
Congratulations to Damien O'Brien and the Tipperary intermediate hurlers on their fantastic all Ireland victory this evening against Kilkenny in Thurles.
Well done Damien!
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Sept 3, 2012 22:18:45 GMT
Congratulations to Damien O'Brien and the Tipperary intermediate hurlers on their fantastic all Ireland victory this evening against Kilkenny in Thurles. Well done Damien! Report from the Irish Independent newspaper TIPPERARY 3-13 KILKENNY 1-17 THIS was more like what you would expect from Tipperary and Kilkenny. Following the senior mismatch between the two counties a fortnight ago came an Intermediate All-Ireland hurling final that went to the wire at Semple Stadium last night. The result was in doubt until James Owens blew his final whistle to signal a first crown since 2000. For Kilkenny, this was a second successive final defeat but they could argue that Tipp held the pre-match aces, in a position to choose from senior club players in the county while Kilkenny plucked from junior and intermediate clubs. The half-time score seemed to back up that assertion as Tipp led by 3-9 to 0-6. But Kilkenny, who spent little time in the dressing room at half time, won the second half by 1-11 to 0-4. The Noresiders rattled Tipp with 1-7 without reply and with nine minutes remaining, just one point separated the teams. There was further drama to come as Kilkenny were awarded a 53rd minute penalty. Kilkenny's leading scorer Rory Hickey stepped forward and saw his blistering drive blocked by goalkeeper James Logue. In stoppage time, Logue would also divert a rising Hickey free from the 20m line over the bar. There was just one blot on Logue's copybook over the course of an impressive hour, when Kilkenny sub Geoff Brennan's speculative delivery went all the way to the Tipperary net in the 42nd minute. It was a goal that gave Kilkenny real hope and they went desperately close to one of the great comebacks. Ultimately, this was about restoring some pride from a Tipperary perspective. And in the first half, the hosts set about their task with real gusto in front of 3,022 spectators. Tipp's full-forward line of Kieran Morris, Mikey Heffernan and David Butler thrived on a regular supply of ball and all three had registered 1-2 each by half time. But there were no obvious signs that Tipp, who scored 3-12 from play in total, would establish such a big interval lead as Kilkenny led by 0-4 to 0-2 with nine minutes on the clock. But they wouldn't score again for the next 13 minutes and in that time, Tipp opened up with a devastating scoring burst. Heffernan's goal in the ninth minute was a sweet one-handed strike at the Town End and when Butler netted nine minutes later, wind-assisted Tipp were in complete control. Their third followed in the 25th minute, finished by Morris. Kilkenny rarely threatened the Tipperary goal but they had a couple of chances in first half stoppage time as Ger Aylward saw his shot stopped by Logue, before the goalkeeper did well to keep out Hickey's blistering 20m free. Logue would also emerge as a central figure in the second half as Tipp hung on for a morale-boosting win. Scorers -- Tipperary: M Heffernan 1-4, K Morris 1-3 (0-1f), D Butler 1-2, M Gleeson, D O'Brien, P White, S Carey, P O'Dwyer 0-1 each. Kilkenny: R Hickey 0-8 (4f, 2 65s), G Brennan 1-0, K Kelly 0-3, N Walsh 0-2, B Kennedy, L Harney, J Lyng, JJ Farrell 0-1 each. Tipperary: J Logue; C Coughlan, K O'Gorman, G Walsh; J Barry, E Connolly, R Sherlock; M Gleeson, P White; S Carey, D O'Brien, J Gallagher; K Morris, M Heffernan, D Butler. Subs: R Ruth for Butler (38), E Sweeney for Gallagher (47), C Dillon for O'Brien (56), P O'Dwyer for White (56). Kilkenny: R O'Neill; M Phelan, A Walsh, J Corcoran; B Kennedy, B Beckett, L Harney; J Lyng, P Murphy; N Walsh, R Hickey, K Kelly; R Walsh, JJ Farrell, G Aylward. Subs: P Hartley for Murphy (19), M Malone for R Walsh (28), G Brennan for A Walsh (30+1), C Kenny for Farrell (60). Referee: J Owens (Wexford) |
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Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Dec 5, 2012 22:11:38 GMT
" burgessgaa : Congrats to former Burgess hurler Johnny Maher on his all star award in the Christy Ring competition with London." |
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2013 0:20:45 GMT
@tippsupporters: v Cork: Cummins; Stapleton,Curran,O'Brien; DMaher,PMaher,BMaher; SMcGrath,JRyan; Callanan,NMcGrath,PMaher; S Bourke, B O'Meara, J O'Dwyer The very best of luck to Donagh who lines out with Tipp against Cork the league opener  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2013 22:10:14 GMT
Best of luck to Donagh who lines out against Kilkenny on Sunday  March 10th @ 2:00pm - vs. Kilkenny (Semple Stadium Thurles) - 2013 Allianz Hurling League www.facebook.com/tiobraidaranngaaThe Tipperary Senior Hurling team to play Kilkenny in next Sunday’s Allianz Hurling league at Semple Stadium has 8 changes from the side which was defeated by Cork in the first round. Darren Gleeson starts in goals in place of Brendan Cummins with whom he will share goalkeeping duties during the league. The other changes see Michael Cahill, Conor O’Mahony, Adrian Ryan, Lar Corbett, John O’Brien, Eoin Kelly and Pa Bourke come into the team in place of Conor O’Brien, Johnny Ryan, Shane McGrath (injured), Seamus Callanan, Patrick Maher (work commitments), Brian O’Meara and Shane Bourke. The team is: 1. Darren Gleeson (Portroe) 2. Paddy Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh) 3. Paul Curran (Mullinahone) 4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields) 5. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields) 6. Conor O’Mahony (Newport) 7. Donagh Maher (Burgess) 8. Adrian Ryan (Templederry Kenyons) 9. Brendan Maher (Borris–Ileigh) CAPTAIN 10. Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) 11. Lar Corbett (Thurles Sarsfields) 12. John O’Brien (Toomevara) 13. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule) 14. Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone) 15. Pa Bourke (Thurles Sarsfields) |
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