On Sunday, Tipperary have a chance to write themselves into history as they face Kilkenny in the final of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship at Croke Park.
So who do you think will win this years GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final?
One dedicated Tipperary female fan has absolutely no doubts as to Tipperary’s intent, as can be seen hereunder.
We at www.thurles.info wish the Tipperary Hurlers and their Management Team the very best in their endeavours against their old rivals Kilkenny.
Win or loose, thank you for a fantastic season.
We will be screaming out our support on the day and looking forward to your victorious homecoming.
The song Premier Rap by Johnny B and the Boogie Men is rocking the whole of Tipperary county today! The surprise hit song is all about the Tipperary hurling team and the upcoming All Ireland Hurling Final, 2010. You can check out the song below.
The band recently penned the song and have been over-whelmed with positive response to it. 2FM, TippFM are all giving the Premier Rap some great air-play. The Premier Rap song is on sale now and all profits from it are going to charity. To dowload the song check out Johnnyb.ie.
Great stuff lads, this song rocks!!
About The Band
The band was formed when Johnny B, a singer/songwriter, joined with a talented bunch of rockers from Cahir, Co Tipperary, “Johnny B & The Boogie Men” a hit band was formed! Johnny B was a finalist in the Clonmel National Song Contest with the song “The Arms of Achilles”. The song was released as a single in late 2007 and was received well. The Debute album “Wrestle with the Devil” , with all profits going to the Chernobyl Children’s project and the Hospice was released in January 2009 with a great launch night in Cahir House Hotel.
You can catch Johnny B and The Boogie Men on the road, in a venue near you. To find out more about the band and when they are playing next, check out their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/johnnybmakesmusic
For more information about the band and to download the song check out johnnyb.ie.
The Tipperary County Board have correctly postponed six local club fixtures which were scheduled for next weekend, to prevent members of Liam Sheedy’s squad from incurring injury ahead of next month’s All-Ireland final .
The Tipperary senior hurling boss is understood to have met with County Board officials to discuss the situation and a decision was taken to postpone Sunday’s senior hurling finals between Borrisoleigh and Toomevara and Thurles Sarsfields and Drom-Inch. The four quarter-finals in the Seamus O Riain Cup involving Loughmore-CastleineyV Cashel King Cormacs, Templederry Kenyons V Portroe, Roscrea V Kilruane McDonaghs, and Éire Óg Nenagh V Lorrha/Dorrha have now been put on hold.
The postponements were welcomed by Tipperary’s under 21 manager, Tommy Dunne, who is preparing his side for Saturday’s Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland semi-final against Antrim in Tullamore.
Eight senior panellists, including Michael Cahill, Pádraic Maher, Brendan Maher, Patrick Maher, and Noel McGrath, were all facing the prospect of playing two matches in just two days.
From start to finish, it was a classic spectacle, as on at least ten occasions, a crowd of 27,864 watched both teams draw level and between them register six goals. Tipperary were impressive from the start with 0-4 to 0-1 in front after nine minutes.
Eanna Ryan gave Galway a massive boost in the tenth minute when he burst through a gap in the Tipperary line to finish with a goal.
This score boosted Galway, given that Tipperary were slowly easing ahead with points from Patrick Maher and Lar Corbett.
Eoin Kelly also introduced himself to the score board with a free and had doubled his tally in the next attack, but his efforts were wasted when a long ball saw Hayes break possession and race through the ranks blasting the ball into the top corner of the net, leaving Tipperary’s Brendan Cummins with no chance to save.
Following Tipperary’s goal from Kelly driving past Colm Callinan from Maher’s knock-down, Galway appeared to gain renewed impetus, scoring the next six points to go three points ahead and with excellent defending from Galway they kept Tipp scoreless for nearly 16 minutes, but Tipperary finished the half with a 1-02 burst to take a four point advantage coming towards the break. Kelly and Brendan Maher knocked over points, before Noel McGrath’s pass sent substitute Seamus Callanan through for a stoppage time goal and a 2-08 to 1-09 lead.
A sensational start to the second half saw Galway hit the front again. Damien Hayes stole a goal, and Farragher and Canning stole points making it 2-11 to 2-10, but then Gearoid Ryan raced through for Tipperary’s third goal on the 43 minute.
Lar Corbett gave Tipperary the added comfort of a four-point lead, but a fouled Joe Canning penality assisted by points from Damien Hayes, Kevin Hynes and Aengus Callanan put Galway back in the lead .
Last minute scores from John O’Brien, Ryan and Corbett saw Tipperary win this classic game which can only be described as fueled by sheer passion and quality skill from two totally committed teams.
Tipperary Team: B Cummins, P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill, D Fanning, C O’Mahony, P Maher, B Maher (0-2), D Young, G Ryan (1-2), P Maher (0-1), S McGrath, N McGrath (0-1), L Corbett (0-3), E Kelly (1-7). Subs: S Callanan (1-0) for Young, J O’Brien (0-1) for N McGrath, C O’Brien for Fanning, P Bourke for P Maher
Final Score: Referee: J Owens (Wexford).
A rare Co.Tipperary GAA medal, commemorating the first ever GAA hurling match in America is to be auctioned on Thursday, July 29th, at Mealy’s auctioneering premises in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny. This is the first medal ever to go on sale from the GAA’s first official trip to the United States in 1888.
1888 was the year that the Gaelic Athletic Association organised a trip to New York for hurlers and with the view of strengthening the interest of the exiles in their native pastime, but more importantly to raise funds for the hosting of a ‘Celtic Festival’ or ‘Tailteann Games‘ (An Aonach Tailteann).
The medal soon to be auctioned is, we understand, presently is in the ownership of as yet an unnamed Tipperary family.
Five players from Tipperary were included in this group of 51 persons, dubbed “The Invaders” or Invasion Tour and included members of the Tipperary team who had won the previous year’s inaugural All-Ireland Hurling final.
39 members of "The Invasion" Tour. (Figure left with hammer is Maurice Davin.)
It is understood that only 39 of these silver medals, in the shape of a ‘crosse pattée‘ featuring a design of crossed hurley’s in the centre, were originally distributed. An interesting fact is that when “The Invaders” tour left America on October 31st 1888, its original number had fallen somewhat from the original 51 returning home, with 17 men at least choosing to remain in America permanently.
In 1888 the idea of hosting this ‘Celtic Festival’ was discussed and plans were put in place to hold this festival in Dublin in the Summer of 1889. This festival was to include athletic contests, field games, an Irish industrial exhibition and traditional music /literary competition. The estimated cost of hosting such a festival was estimated at £5,000.
To raise necessary funding it was planned that a group of Irish hurlers and athletes would embark on a fundraising tour of strongly inhabited Irish centres in America staging displays of hurling and athletics. While the process of selecting hurlers and athletes to accompany the tour began, £1,000 had to be raised through a nationwide fundraising campaign to cover players fares and each of the 800 or so affiliated clubs were asked to contribute a small amount.
Waterford are Munster hurling champions for the first time in three years following a lively extra time victory over favourites Cork, here in Semple Stadium, Thurles tonight.
A goal from substitute Dan Shanahan proved crucial to their final result in the additional twenty minutes for Waterford. Waterford had battled hard to reverse the scoreboard following Ben O’Connor’s goal put Cork in the lead for the first time, as the momentum swung one way and then the other.
Waterford led by 8 pts to 4 pts after a poor first half from Cork who could not seem find the target, but Cork came storming back from the dressing room, at the start of the second floodlit half to take the lead, before Waterford again rallied to get the upper hand once more.
Cork now began to up their game considerably and three further points, two of them from half-time substitute Paudie O’Sullivan and one by Michael Cussen, kept them in contention.
Eoin Kelly’s free kept Waterford ahead but that was soon to be cancelled out by O’Connor finding the net with a long-range spinning ball.
Tony Browne’s free kept Waterford a point in front at the turn, but once Dan Shanahan found the Cork net, Waterford now had that necessary cushion which guaranteed them, justly, the title Munster hurling champions 2010 .
North Tipperary Sports Partnership and South Tipperary Sports Partnership have joined forces in organising an exciting Women’s 10k Mini Marathon, to be held here in Thurles.
This inaugural race will take place on Sunday the 19th September next, at 2.00pm starting at Castlemeadows, following a 10k route around Thurles and finishing at the Tipperary Institute.
The official route and registration details as well as all race information can be found on the official website: www.tippminimarathon.ie
Elaine Cullinan, Co-ordinator, North Tipperary Sports Partnership stated:
“This event is open to all runners, walkers and joggers. We really want to encourage as many women as possible to come out and have fun on the day. You can download training programmes for walking and running the event from the website. All participants will be chip timed so the elite runners will get an accurate time and the event is AAI measured and certified. Come out and support this first mini marathon for Tipperary”
Valerie Connolly, Co-ordinator, South Tipperary Sports Partnership stated:
“I am delighted to be part of this new women in sport initiative in Tipperary as it is a great opportunity for women of all ages to get active and take part in the first women’s mini marathon to be held in the County. All finishers will receive a race medallion and goody bag. There will also be spot prizes on the day. The event also provides a great opportunity for participants to raise funds for their own local charities.”
All registration can be done online (www.tippminimarathon.ie) and closing date for entries is the 10th September, 2010.
Note: For further information regarding this event please contact : Elaine/Sharon at North Tipperary Sports Partnership, Tel: 067-43604.www.ntsp.ie . Valerie/Eddie at South Tipperary Sports Partnership, Tel: 062-64737.www.stsp.ie
This following press statement was released from the office of Michael Lowry TD at 7.38pm yesterday evening. Part of this Press Release reads as follows and I will leave our viewers to read between the lines.
Stag Hunting Bill and the “Puppy Farm” Bill
“I have given conditional support to this Government, qualified by the fact that it was dependent on them giving priority to a number of North Tipperary constituency issues whilst also addressing our national economic problems.
Our absolute priority must be the 500,000 people who are unemployed and getting them back to work.
Our priority should be the thousands of young people crippled with mortgage repayments living in fear of losing their homes.
Our priority should be the young people being forced to emigrate and the sick and infirm who are not able to access proper Health-care. These should be the priorities of this Government, not a stag in County Meath.
I do not consider, at this critical time in our nation’s history, that we should be spending Dáil time debating a stag hunting Bill and a “puppy farm” Bill. These Bills do not deserve the priority given them when we all need to be working together to solve our country’s economic problems, the last thing we need is an issue that divides rural and urban Ireland.
Therefore after today’s discussion with John Curran Government Chief Whip, I confirmed that I am not in a position to support this Stag Hunting Bill, which threatens the future of hunting and coursing in Ireland.
In my political career, I have never witnessed such strong and passionate opposition to a proposed piece of legislation. It is not just hunters who have come knocking on my door, but also anglers, gun clubs, coursing clubs and farmers concerned about the future of live exports of cattle. In fact, an entire cross section of rural people in Ireland are frustrated and angry that this is an attack on rural country pursuits and farming.
I represent North Tipperary, a land famous for its long tradition of hunting, coursing, greyhound racing and a county proud to breed the best race horses in the world. It is my belief that it is not appropriate or correct that a small political party can impose its agenda in such a destructive manner on rural Ireland.
As regards the Dog Breeding Bill, the Government will have my support if they agree to the two following amendments.
A) That Groups affiliated to the Hunting Association of Ireland be granted a full and complete exemption from the requirement of the Regulations.
B) That Greyhounds must be removed from the Bill and the welfare of Greyhounds can be addressed by a simple amendment to the Greyhound Act of 1958 to allow that sport and industry to continue its commendable job as regards animal welfare, as it has done so satisfactorily since 1958.
We all agree that we need to address the issue of over breeding of dogs in puppy farms but these two amendments that I propose allows the Minister to achieve his objectives without undermining the Greyhound, Coursing and Hunting industries.
The Taoiseach can continue to rely on my support once Fianna Fáil and the Green Party are concentrating on the priorities that need to be addressed at this time of crisis in our nation.
What Do Youth, Low Paid Workers, Lone Parents, Social Welfare Recipients and Elderly Pensioners Think
Much of what happens in the Dáil these days to the above named, continues to defy their basic understanding, as indeed it does myself.
We read constantly, nay, almost daily, the thieving antics of Fianna Fáil and it’s supporting TDs, who now apparently have realised, for the first time, that they oppose the new proposed Stag Hunting Bill.
Tipperary’s manager John Evans has named his side for tomorrows All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier at Semple Stadium, Thurles against Laois.
Throw In: 3.30pm – Referee: Michael Collins, Cork.
There are six changes named to the Tipperary starting line-up from the team which started against Kerry in the Munster SFC quarter-final.
Ciaran McDonald and Chris Aylward are both absent from defence, after travelling to America for the rest of the summer, together with Alan Moloney.
Attacker Sean Carey has opted to focus on playing for the Tipperary Under-21 hurlers for the time being.
Matthew O’Donnell will replace Paul Fitzgerald between the posts, while Niall Curran and Brian Mulvihill are absent from the side.
Andrew Morrissey, Brian Jones and Brian Fox come into the Tipperary defence, with Jones and Fox named in the half-back line.
Team Captain Robbie Costigan moves from centre-back to full-back.
Conor Sweeney and Stephen Hahessy have been added to the attack, with Sweeney stationed at left corner forward and Hahessy named at right half-forward.
Starting Team: Matthew O’Donnell (Killenaule), Paddy Codd (Killenaule), Robbie Costigan (Cahir - Captain), Andrew Morrissey (Galtee Rovers), Ciaran McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Brian Jones (Arravale Rovers), Brian Fox (Éire Óg Annacarty), George Hannigan (Shannon Rovers), Kevin Mulryan (J. K. Brackens), Stephen Hahessy (Carrick Swan), Hugh Coghlan (St. Vincents), Peter Acheson (Moyle Rovers), Philip Austin (Borrisokane), Barry Grogan (Aherlow), Conor Sweeney (Ballyporeen).
To day the French bowed out of the World Cup and today my ‘sour grapes’ tasted ever so sweet.
Ah, the French, you’ve just got to love them. They’ve given the world French Fries, French Kissing and French Wine, the latter for which they are most famous, but when Thierry Henry used his shameful hand, (assisted by FIFA) to help guide the French to this Summer’s World Cup in South Africa, at the expense of the Irish, any bottle of French wine I had in my rack suddenly developed a very palatable tang of sour grapes.
The fact that the French qualified for the World Cup, in such a disgraceful and deplorable way, has left something of a sour taste in most Irish people’s mouths, so it is without rueful or repentant apology that I take pleasure in France’s exit today at the hands of their hosts, South Africa.
The French never deserved to be at the tournament from the beginning and since they qualified with that handball back on November 19th, they were destined for failure. The French team have been laden with problems for some time, but it took this Summer’s tournament in South Africa to drag all their problems to the surface, resulting in their implosion on the most public sporting stage you could envisage and their early exit serves them right.
Never has a French team (World Cup Champions 12 years ago remember) lacked so much passion and patriotism. Players seemed like they didn’t want to be there. Their coach Raymond Domenech didn’t want to be there. Star striker Nicolas Anelka was gone home after two games. Defender Patrice Evra had fisticuffs with the team’s physio Robert Duverne in front of the media. The squad refused to train and their Deputy Director of Football, Jean Louis Valentin, resigned. The French Team were a shambles and did not deserve to wear the patriotic blue of France, failing totally in their responsibilities to their country, their fans, their sponsors and the very game itself.
They only have themselves to blame. In 2002, there was similar disarray in the Irish World Cup camp, when Roy Keane famously walked out of the team’s training base in Saipan in Japan. These distractions, as headline grabbing as they were, never once took away from the patriot Irish on the pitch and the team went on to qualify for the 2nd round, narrowly losing out on a quarter final place to Spain, in a tense penalty shoot out.
So what now of the French team? How do you pinpoint what exactly went wrong for them? The team will point fingers at Anelka, the media and the coach, but maybe they should remember back to that night in Paris last November and think that all their troubles started the night they cheated their way past the Irish.
The French can whine all they want, but they deserve to be going home and their public downfall more than makes up for their public embarrassment of the Irish team at the end of last year.
So pop open a bottle of your best Bordeaux or Burgundy folks and start celebrating, because any sour grapes will probably taste sweet for the first time since November last.
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