Killenaule
Charity Shop
Clearance Sale at Freds Fashions Main Street of all items of ladies, gents and childrens clothing to make room for new stock. Shop opens Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11am - 1pm.
We would be thankful if you could donate any ladies, gents,childrens clothes, bed linen, paired shoes, jewellery, c.d.'s, DVD's all in clean condition that you have no use for. No electrical goods or furniture accepted. Thanks to all who support this shop by donating items and to our faithful customers who help provide funds towards our local branch of Vincent de Paul.
Garden Club
On Tuesday 8th September in Sports Complex at 8pm, Laura O'Dwyer a Horticulturist at Glanbia Garden Centre, Fethard will help members of local Garden Club with plenty of advice and ideas for your garden. Non members welcome to come along.
Playground Development
Many will be pleased to know that the local Playground Development Group has announced that site clearance work has commenced in advance of the construction of the Playground in the coming months. The Group wish to thank all who have supported their work to date and look forward to announcing an official opening of the Playground in the near future.
Showing Support
Residents in town and estates are showing their support by the good display of "Blue and Gold" Flags Bunting, Teddy Bears etc. for our County Hurlers and our own local Club boys Declan Pat and Gerry. Best of luck on Sunday.
Holycross Novena
commences on Tuesday 8th September - Wednesday 16th September. Five Sessions Daily.
Local GAA Lotto Results
Numbers Drawn (16, 20, 21, 23) No Jackpot winner. 4 Match 3.
Lillian Meagher, River Street, Killenaule; Nelly Brady, Coolquil, Killenaule; Mary O'Connell, Ballingarry; Kenny Lawrence, Kilbreedy, Killenaule.
Next week's Jackpot E5,600.
Best of luck to local boys Declan, Pat and Gerry on the Tipperary Team.
Killenaule Juvenile GAA Club
Under 3: The photoshoot for our U3 will take place on next Tuesday 8th September in St Marys Hall, so any parent who wants their son or gaughter to feature in our 2010 calendar please bring your child along. It is hoped we will have a special guest by the name of Liam McCarthy. If you have a Killenaule jersey to fit bring it along also.
U/6: We had two teams in action last week against Killsheelan and both teams were successful. Best for team A were Ciaran O'Connell, Vincent Barcy and Michael Delaney, and for team B we had Anna Prendergast, Charlie Cummins and Fionn Fitzgerald.
U/8: Our U/8 played out a hard fought game against Killsheelan which ended in an exciting draw. best on the night were David Hayes, Aaron Ryan and Matthew Gleeson.
U/10: Our U/10's had a very busy week with a match on Tuesday, and on Wednesday and then they took part in a blitz in Mullinahone on Saturday. Those who played well were Mark Heffernan, Keith O'Connor and Ronan Kelly.
U/14: We hope by the time you read these notes our U/14's will have qualified for a South final.
U/16: We are still awaiting fixtures for our remaining three games. We wish the best of luck to one of our players Willie O'Reilly who has moved from our parish. Willie was a top class player in both hurling and football and will be badly missed. Lets hope Willie continues to play the game.
Player of the Week
This weeks award goes to Mark Heffernan who excelled during the week for our U/10's
Well Done
Congrats to James Feehan who was selected for the county U/14 hurling team for a tournament in Waterford. Jimmy is a very dedicated clubman and his selection is richly deserved.
Bothar na Smaointhe
This week we look back to 1976, when Killenaule were in a bit of a slump. We were playing Intermediate and were struggling. we were knocked out of the championship in the first round by Newcastle. We hadn't won anything of significance at juvenile or minor level for quite some time, so it came as quite a shock when we qualified for the U21 South hurling final. In that final we caused a major shock when we beat the stong favourites Carrick Swan. Whan the captain Donie McGettigan lifted that cup it was to signal the end of the bad times. The bulk of that team went on to form the backbone of our intermediate team that was to dominate the division for the next decade and ultimatly lead us back to the promised land in 1988 when we annexed the senior title after a lapse of 25 years.
The stars of that day in 1976 were Padraig Mullins In Goal, John Murphy, Christy Healy, Michael Gleeson, Anthony Dwyer, Donie McGettigan, Jimmy Kirby, Donie Connell and Michael Hassett.
Blast From The Past
This week's "Blast" comes from the U/21 team of 1976. Killenaule had always been associated with teak-tough hardhitting defenders and they didn't come much tougher or harder than John (Spud) Murphy. If you were to get a score off him you would have earned it. John went on to captain an U/21 winning team but unfortunatley the honour of collecting the cup was denied him as we received a walkover. John is still a great supporter of the club and his three sons have played for us as well. Few people will know this but John actually played in an international soccer match when a visiting Irish team took on and beat a Belgian selection. Take a bow John.
ALL-STARS
Nomination papers for our All-STAR hurling and football teams of the last 25yrs (1984-2009) are available now. You just nominate a player for every position in hurling and football and the teams will be selected from the top three nominations for each position. It will cost E3 per team or you can nominate the two teams for E5. The presentation of ALL-STARS will take place in December. So thats a date to keep in mind.
Best of Luck
To Declan, Festy and Gerry as they fly the Killenaule flag in Croker on Sunday. So let's get the town decorated in blue and gold and in red and yellow.
Quiz
The answer to last weeks question was Paddy (Pat) Croke R.I.P who played full-forward for Dublin in the 1961 All Ireland final.
This week's Question. He played senior hurling for Killenaule and also played in a county final with Killenaule. He also captained Tipperary in a Munster senior hurling final, who is he?
Killenaule GAA
Congratulations to the Minor footballers on capturing the south minor B championship last Sunday evening. They had a one point victory over Knockmealdown Gaels which was played in Ardfinnan. The final score was 3-07 to 0-15 to Killenaule. We are very proud of the team who brought back the first bit of silverware to the club for 2009. Well done to all!
We all remember Donie O' Connell bringing back All Irelands medals to Killenaule in the 1989 and 1991 All Ireland finals. Well this Sunday we have three more representatives on the Tipp team that will battle it out with the cats in Croke Park. Declan Fanning, Pat ''Festy'' Kerwick and Gerry Kennedy are all only 70 minutes away from winning an All Ireland medal with Tipp and these players much deserve that prize as they have given such great service to the game of hurling. Each one of these three players has been hugely important to Killenaule GAA club over the years and it is absolutely fantastic to see them take to the Croke Park field on All Ireland final day. We would like to wish each of them the very best of luck on Sunday and hopefully the McCarthy Cup will be brought home to the Premier County for the 26th time.
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