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 Sadler’s Wells, possibly the best sire Europe has ever known died peacefully at Coolmore Stud in Co Tipperary this afternoon, at the age of 30.
Sadler’s Wells has been Champion Sire in Great Britain and Ireland 14 times, as well as North America once and Champion Sire in France three times. The stallion had been retired, due to declining fertility, in May 2008.
A son of Northern Dancer by dam Fairy Bridge, Sadler’s Wells was bred by Robert Sangster in 1981 at Swettenham Stud, Kentucky.
Trained by Vincent O’Brien the stallion began his winning career in 1984, as a three-year-old, with the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. He won the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the Eclipse Stakes and the inaugural Phoenix Champion Stakes, finishing second in the Prix du Jockey Club and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Sadler’s Wells has left a legacy at Coolmore through household names like Galileo, Montjeu, High Chaparral, Hurricane Run and Rip Van Winkle to name but a few.
An average healthy horse normally lives to around 25-30 years of age, however one of the oldest recorded horses lived to be 62 years old.
 Easter Morning 2011. Photo J.O'Loughlin. Easter Sunday Ceremonies began early here in Thurles this morning, beginning at 6.00am with an open air Mass in the quiet old graveyard of Killinan, [Map Ref.]just outside the town.
Excellent weather conditions and a perfect early morning sunrise greeted the large crowd, comprised of young and old, who left the comfort of their beds early, to experience a truly spiritual early morning worship.
If a picture speaks a thousand words then surely our picture shown here, captured by Thurles photographer John O’Loughlin, more than adequately captures this early morning occasion. (Click on image to enjoy full resolution.)
The Mass was celebrated by Fr.Jimmy Donnelly, assisted by Fr.Gerard Hennessey, Fr.Tom Lanigan Ryan, Fr.Tomas O’Connell and Fr. Martin Hayes.
Wonderful voices from Bohernanave Church Choir provided the vocals for the Easter Service hymn singing, and Easter Sunday scripture readings were delivered by Kay Skehan and Conor Stakelum.
All those in attendance were extremely appreciative of the effort made and this events now looks like being placed permanently on the Thurles annual calender of Easter events.
Those who were in attendance at this mornings ceremony were also worshipping in the midst of sporting greatness, for buried in Killinan cemetery are many past Tipperary hurling legends. Most of these buried here are players and Captains of victorious Tipperary teams of yore. The list of captains buried here are as follows:-
Tom O’Grady, Moycarkey, Captain of the team that went to the USA 1888. Denis ‘Long Dinny’ Maher, Captain in 1887. John J. Callanan, (Thurles Blues), Westgate, Thurles, Captain in 1930. Jim Lanigan, (Thurles Sarsfields) Cuchulainn Road, Thurles, Captain in 1937. John Maher, (Thurles Sarsfields and Son of Denis above named) Captain 1945.
In addition to the above, the following buried here also played with Tipperary:-
Johnny Walsh Sr, Tubberadora, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899 and 1900. Edward (Ned) Brennan of Tubberadora,1895, 1896, and 1898. Andrew Callanan,Thurles Blues who played in 1916, 1917. Connie Callanan who played in 1887. Ned O’Gorman of Holycross 1949. James O’Loughlin, Thurles Sarsfields, who played in 1930.
To all our readers, ” Have A Happy Easter weekend and mind how you go.”
 L. Sheedy & Bishop W. Walsh Friday 29th April will see the Tipperary Association honour Liam Sheedy as Tipperary Person of the Year at their annual dinner in Dublin.
The award is richly deserved and is a very fitting acknowledgement of his huge contribution to Tipperary’s All Ireland senior hurling championship success in 2010.
Rugby star Alan Quinlan was named Tipperary Person of the Year in 2010, and comedian Pat Shortt was honoured the previous year, in 2009.
In 2008, Liam Sheedy led the Premier County side to National League and Munster titles in his very first season in charge, taking over in September 2007. In 2009, Tipperary regained the Munster title while narrowly loosing out to Kilkenny in one of the greatest All-Ireland finals of modern times.
After a bad start to his 2010 campaign, and suffering a heavy lost to Cork in the opening round of the Munster Championship, Tipperary regrouped and eventually defended against Kilkenny, to capture their first Liam McCarthy Cup since 2001.
The All-Ireland winning Bainisteoir and Portroe clubman, later stepped down as the manager of the Tipperary senior hurling side last October, citing work commitments as the reason for his departure.
Our congratulations must also go to Bishop Willie Walsh, now retired Bishop of Killaloe and native of Roscrea, who has been chosen to receive the coveted Tipperary Association’s Hall of Fame award.
The awards will be presented at the Tipperary Association’s Annual Dinner at the Regency Hotel, Dublin on Friday, April 29th.
 Patrick 'Bonner' Maher All-Ireland senior hurling champions Tipperary have been dealt a serious blow with the news of a fresh injury.
Star forward Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher has now been ruled out of action for a month with a broken bone in his hand.
Maher, who scored four valuable points against Galway in last Sunday’s Allianz NHL victory, appears to have damaged his right hand in the closing stages of the match.
The severity of this injury has now been confirmed by medical scans yesterday.
The 21 year old star performer, Maher, will now miss Tipperary’s final National Hurling League outing against Wexford at Semple Stadium on Sunday week, April 17.
Maher however is not expected to be missing for Tipperary’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork at Semple Stadium on May 29.
Meanwhile, the 2010 Hurler of the Year and two-time All-Ireland SHC medallist, Lar Corbett, has opened his new business venture at Coppinger’s Bar, 4 Parnell Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Lar Corbett’s Bar will be officially opened by former Tipperary senior hurling team manager Liam Sheedy at 8.00pm on Saturday, April 16th next, with Paul Collins of Today FM acting as MC on the night.
Lar Corbett acknowledged that “These are difficult economic times for everybody. I’m not the only player on the Tipperary panel currently out of work. But there is an opportunity here to start a new business with Kevin Coppinger and it means that I can stay at home and continue to hurl for my club Thurles Sarsfields and for Tipperary.”
 Tipperary County Board and the car manufacturers ‘Skoda‘ are set to announce a new three-year sponsorship deal over the coming days.
Tipperary board formally announced an end to their nine-year partnership with local business Enfer Scientific yesterday, leaving the way for car manufacturers Skoda to sign up to a three-year deal that will take them to the end of the 2013 championship.
The current sponsors will remain for the outstanding football and hurling league fixtures, but the car manufacturers are then expected to step in with a new and more lucrative deal.
As All-Ireland hurling champions, Tipperary were in a strong bargaining position to maximize their profile and increase their income, with the capacity in this three-year deal to earn the county in excess of €750,000.
Enfer have been the county’s sponsors since 2002 and their name was carried on the shirts as Tipperary landed the Liam MacCarthy Cup, after a nine-year absence, last September, and doubts surrounding the future of the partnership surfaced earlier this year, when the Enfer name did not feature on the jerseys for some football events.
The Enfer logo, however, returned as the leagues began, and Tipperary GAA officials are now adamant that their parting with the company has been most amicable.
The new Tipperary kit with the Czech Republic company’s logo is expected to be unveiled following the conclusion of the county’s senior footballers and hurlers interests in the Allianz League.
Tipperary have been implementing a number of cost-cutting measures right across the board, with neither the hurling or football squads travelling abroad for ‘warm weather training’ this season and referees in the county have only recently come to agreement about allowances and match-day passes that came under a review of overall spending .
The securing of a this new sponsorship deal now allows the Tipperary Board to ‘cash in’ on their status as 2010 All-Ireland champions.
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