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MHAC: North Final Nenagh Eire Og 4-10 Kilruane 2-14 . Tues 7th Sept 2010

Match report to follow....

 

MHAC: Nenagh Eire Og 1-15 Kilruane 2-10 . Wed 1st Sept 2010

Our minor hurlers made it through to the fourth north minor final in succession after a hard fought win over Kilruane on Wednesday evening last played in Puckane. It was a huge turn around in fortunes for this team after they were beaten by 19 points bythe same opposition three weeks previously in the group stages.

Played in sunny conditions, Kilruane opened the scoring with two points before Mark Tuite got Eire Og on the scoreboard with a point from play in the sixth minute. On nine minutes Tommy Heffernan (operating at centre forward)made a great run through the middle and hand passed to the unmarked Tuite who crashed the ball to the Kilruane net and Heffernan followed up with a well taken point from play. Kilruane fought there way back into the game and scored three points without reply to level the game on eighteen minutes of play. Both teams traded scores before Eire Og hit three points without reply through Daryl McCormack, Paul Slattery and a Tuite free. On the stroke of half time Kilruane struck for their first goal from a close in free which left Eire Og a point ahead at the break 1-07 to 1-06.

Mark Tuite opened the scoring in the second half with a point from play. Eire Og were dealt a setback when Kilruane raced in for a second goal in the sixth minute to lead by a point. This score made Eire Og more determined than ever and scored four points without reply from Tommy Heffernan (2) who was now at full forward, Tuite (centre forward)and sub Barry Heffernan to lead by three at the half way mark of the second half. Kilruane responded with a point before Tommy Heffernan got two more from play and Tuite with one also from play after his initialshot hit the cross bar. With five minute left, Kilruane piled on the pressure in search of scores and reduced it to three going into injury time. Referee Liam Hogan awarded Kilruane a 21 yard free which went over the bar and the final whistle was blown with Eire Og deservedlytwo point winners on a score line of 1-15 to 2-10.

Team and Scorers: Kevin Flynn, Donnacha Heffernan, Kevin Gubbins, Sean Geaney, Eddie Darcy, Daire Quinn, Joe Geaney, Mark Higginbottom, Darragh Walsh,Daryl McCormack (0-1), Tommy Heffernan (0-5), Adam Gratton, David Hickey, Mark Tuite(1-7) 5f ,Paul Slattery(0-1).

Sub: Barry Heffernan (0-1) for Hickey.

MHAC: Nenagh Eire Og 2-15 Toomevara 1-07. Wed 18th Aug 2010

Our Minor hurlers made it through to the semi final of the championship after a fine win over Toomevara on Wednesday evening last.

In wet and slippery conditions, Eire Og's performance in the first half laid the foundationsfor this win.

Toome opening the scoring with a point from play. This was shortly cancelled out by Tommy Heffernan in the 2nd minute. Again Heffernnan struck for his second point before David Hickey scored Eire Og's first goal after the Toome keeper was penalised for pucking the ball out from outside the square on several occasions. Toome went up the field and scored a goal of their own and tagged on a point to level the scores after eleven minutes. Eire Og began to dominate from then on till half time keeping Toome scoreless while shooting 1-06 themselves. Corner forward Paul Slattery getting the goal Mark Tuite (0-3) Heffernan, Adam Gratton and Sean Geaney getting the other points. Eire Og went in at half time leading 2-08 to 1-02.

Toome started the second half brightly with two unanswered points before Eire Og gor on the scoreboard thanks to a free from Sean Geaney. Again Toome made a comeback but three points from Tuite kept Eirenine pointsahead after eighteen minutes. Eire Og finished the game strongly and scored three more pointsbefore the finish with two from Tuite and one from sub Barry Heffernan to leave eleven points between the teams at full time.

Team and Scorers: Kevin Flynn, Sean Geaney(0-2,2f), Kevin Gubbins, Donnacha Heffernan, Joe Geaney, Daire Quinn, Eddie Darcy, Mark Higginbottom, Darragh Walsh, Daryl McCormack, Tommy Heffernan(0-3), Adam Gratton(0-1), David Hickey(1-0), Mark Tuite(0-8,6f), Paul Slattery(1-0).

Subs: Barry Heffernan(0-1) for Slattery, James Mackey for Hickey, Bob O Brien for Gratton.

JAHC: Eire Og 1-15 Lorrha 0-15 Cloughjordan Saturday 7th August 2010

Our junior A team made it through to the quarter final of this years championship following a three point win over Lorrha last Saturday evening. After a slow first half showing, Eire Og improved alot in the second half and ultimately Sean Healy's goal was the difference at the final whistle.

Eire Og opening the score with a Billy Heffernan free after three minutes of play. This was quickly followed up with a nice point by corner forward Mark Grace. Lorrha got off the mark with a free after eight minutes of play. Mid way through the half Lorrha levelled the game with three pointed frees which all came from poor Eire Og indiscipline. Things could of gotten worse for Eire Og when an on rushing Lorrha forwards shot was smothered by 'keeper Willie Bolger to keep Eire Og in the game, For the rest of the half, both sides traded points with David Cleary (2) and Sean Healy getting Eire Og's points to leave Eire Og trailing by three points at the mid way point.

Half Time Lorrha 0-10 Eire Og 0-7.

Eire Og made a great start to the second half, and were two points up are fifteen minutes thanks to five points without reply. The backs were dominant in this period also, with Lorrha registering their first score of the second half after eighteen minutes of play.On twenty-one minutes Lorrha had the game level but Eire Og pushed on got the vital goal through Sean Healy and Shane Maher tagged on two more points approching full time. Lorrha reduced it to three going into injury time but Eire Og held on for the three point win and a place in the quarter final.

Teams and Scorers:
Willie Bolger, Michael Hynes, Stevie Ryan, Brian Fitzgibbon, Kevin Gubbins, Mark Flannery, Sean Geaney, Niall Madden, Billy Heffernan(0-1,f), Paddy Harrington(0-2), Shane Maher (0-3), Sean Healy(1-5, 2f), Joe Geaney, David Cleary, (0-2), Mark Grace (0-2)
Sub: Daryl McCormack for Harrington

Seamus O Rian - R1 - Nenagh Eire Og 4-31 Golden Kilfeacle 2-4 - Drombane Friday 30th July 2010

An onslaught led by Tipp U21 shooting star Michael Heffernan and the clinical finishing of Kevin Tucker was instrumental in helping Nenagh Éire Óg crush a hapless Golden-Kilfeacle in this one-sided Seamus O’Riain Cup opening round tie in Drombane on Friday evening.

Nenagh Éire Óg, looking to make their way back into the county championship whilst picking up some silverware on the way demolished a Golden-Kilfeacle side that was always playing catch-up.

The 2009 North Tipp champions that reached the quarter-final of the Dan Breen Cup last year led 2-16 to 1-3 at the break, never looked in trouble adding another 2-14 in the second half. Golden-Kilfeacle, although first to score in each half, struggled and the gulf in class was evident from the fourth minute onwards when Nenagh registered their opening score.

Golden who were in disarray as they struggled to field a team minutes before the throw-in got off to the ideal start with Brendan Moloney splitting the post after two minutes but once Nenagh Éire Óg bounced back with a well taken free by Richie Flannery from the middle of the park after four minutes there was only going to be only the one outcome.

That score was the pickme-up that Nenagh needed as the North Tipp side opened up an eight point lead. Kevin Tucker back after a three month lay-off and taking over set-piece duty added a point from a free and another from play and these were followed by ones from Paddy Murphy and Eddie Tucker before Michael Heffernan, who didn’t show any sign of fatigue following his outstanding performance for the Tipp U21 Munster winners 48 hours earlier, added a point and then raised the green flag when he crashed home a superb angled shot from 20 metres.

Golden responded with points from Kevin McCarthy and Damien Fogarty but the West Tipp outfit were being outplayed by a Nenagh side that went 2-10 to 0-3 clear with fifteen minutes gone. Kevin Tucker added a point from play before Richie Flannery with a free from his own 45 metre line sailed between the posts. Flannery was instrumental in Nenagh’s second goal as another free from the same spot a minute later dropped short but Michael Heffernan was quickest to react to fire home. Kevin Tucker added a free before scoring another point from a very acute angle.

Richie Flannery was busy in front of his own goal doing well to block Kevin McCarthy’s goal bound shot but the ball rebounded into the path of the inrushing Michael Harding who rattled the back of the net to make it 2-10 to 1-3 in favour of Nenagh going into the last ten minutes of the half.

From then until half-time a dominant Nenagh side clocked up further points from Pierce Morris, John Slattery, Michael Heffernan with a brace, Paul Ryan and Eddie Tucker to lead by 2-16 to 1-3 at the halfway stage.

Golden were again first off the mark on the resumption with a Kevin McCarthy free, but Nenagh replied with a well struck point from midfield by Tipp U21 star Paddy Murphy.

Seven minutes into the half it looked like Golden might make a comeback when Michael Harding added his second goal when his free from 20 metres caught Nenagh napping as the sliotar rattled the back of the net, but it only proved to be just a token of resistance being the West Tipp side’s last score.

From that stage onwards there was just one team in this game as Nenagh piled on the scores. Hugh Flannery got his name on the scoreboard with a free followed by a point from the halfway line. Kevin Tucker added two frees and another from play before Eddie Tucker and Michael Heffernan with a brace put Nenagh 2-25 to 2-4 ahead as the three-quarter stage was reached.

Kevin Tucker, John Slattery and Hugh Moloney tagged on points to put Nenagh 2-28 to 2-4 ahead with five minutes left. By that stage Golden had given up the ghost as a clinical Nenagh side that showed no mercy continued to stream forward looking for further scores. Substitute Eoin Slattery announced his arrival, dispatching the sliotar to the net and followed that up with a point with three minutes still to play.

Paul Ryan added Nenagh’s fourth goal, finishing a Kevin Tucker pass to the net before Tucker capped an excellent performance adding the final nail in the West Tipp side’s coffin scoring a point from play to give the North Tipp side a very impressive 4-30 to 2-4 victory.

The final outcome was never in doubt with Nenagh Éire Óg outplaying their opponents with craftiness, superior stick work and capable picking off scores from every area of the pitch. Richie Flannery at the heart of the defence swept up everything that came his way and he was ably assisted by Hugh Flannery and Brian

Dillon. Hugh Maloney was pulling the strings in midfield with Paddy Murphy and Paul Ryan supplying the ammunition for Michael Heffernan and Eddie Tucker. However, it was the welcome return of Kevin Tucker, sorely missed during the North Championship campaign that added the gloss to this display.
Team and Scorers:
Michael McNamara, Daire Quinn, Richie Flannery(0-2,2f), John Brennan, Hugh Flannery(0-1), Noel Maloney, Brian Dillon, Hugh Maloney(0-2), Pearse Morris(0-1), Michael Heffernan(2-5), Paddy Murphy(0-3), Paul Ryan(1-1), John Slattery(0-2), Eddie Tucker(0-4), Kevin Tucker (0-9,5f)

Subs: Alan Kelly for Quinn, Eoghan Slattery(1-1) for E Tucker, Brian Maxwell for H Flannery. Mark Tuite for Heffernan

JAHC: Eire Og 2-11 Burgess 1-14 - Dolla Saturday 24th July 2010

Eire Og made a great comeback to get a draw against Burgess in Round 4 of this years Junior ‘A championship played in Dolla last Saturday afternoon.

Burgess made a great start and raced into a three points lead inside the first three minutes. Sean Geaney opened Eire Og's account with a well taken point in the forth minute. Burgess pushed on and scored a goal and two points to lead by seven points after ten minutes of play. Eire Og just about kept in sight through a Billy Heffernan 65 and a Sean Healy free. As the half time interval approached both teams were finding it hard to get scores with no score in the final eight minutes of the half, but Burgess had a eight point advantage to lead 1-9 to 0-4 at half time.

Eire Og who were playing with the slight breeze after half time registered the first score of the 2nd half through Niall Madden. Burgess then struck three points without reply to go ten ahead. Eire Og started to hurl after this and dominated the next ten minutes to score 1-4 without reply, the goal coming from the Burgess corner back deflecting the ball into his own net. Burgess responded with a point before Eire Og goalie Willie Bolger made a great save on 23 minutes to keep Eire Og in the game. Eire Og pushed on and two Heffernan frees and a goal by David Cleary put Eire Og in the lead coming up to end of normal time Burgess had the last say and leveled the game with a late free to leave the full time score Eire Og 2-11 to Burgess 1-14.


Teams and Scorers: Willie Bolger, Michael Hynes, Stevie Ryan, Brian Fitzbibbon, Kevin Gubbins, Mark Flannery, Eddie Darcy, Niall Madden(0-3), Billy Heffernan(0-3,2f and 1 65), Paddy Harrington(0-1), Sean Healy(0-3, 1f), Sean Geaney (0-1), Joe Geaney, David Cleary, (1-0), Michael Walsh.
Sub: Daryl McCormack for Walsh

 

North U21 1/4 Final Dolla - Monday 19th July 2010 : Nenagh Eire Og 3-14 Burgess 1-11

The U21 team made it through to the North semi final after a nine point win over Burgess on Monday evening last in Dolla. Eire Og led from start to finish in this tie and the foundations for the win were laid in the first half with three goals. Michael Heffernan led the way for Eire Og and the wing forward finished the game with a tally of 2-9.

Eire Og got a dream start when Michael Heffernan soloed through the Burgess defence to score the first goal for the winners in the first minute. Heffernan added another two points after before Burgess got on the score sheet thanks to a free after ten minutes. Eohan Slattery and Heffernan (free) added two more points before Paddy Murphy gave Heffernan a lovely handpass and he ran through the middle again to blast the ball in to the top corner of the Burgess net. Burgess kept themselves in the game with a couple of frees but Eire Og hit for a third goal in the 28th minute when a long run from Pearse Morris found David Cleary who made no mistake with the finish. Burgess finished the half with two more frees to leave the half time score Eire Og 3-5 Burgess 0-6.

Both teams traded scores early in second half and on ten minutes, a high ball decieved Eire Og keeper Willie Bolger for a Burgess goal. This goal to cut the lead to just four points. Heffernan (2) Paddy Muphy, Sean Healy responded with points to settle Eire Og again. Murphy added two more points in between two Burgess scores in the last five minutes to run out comfortable winners on a scoreline of 3-14 to 1-11.

Team and Scorers:
Willie Bolger, Sean Geaney, Daire Quinn, Michael Hynes, Billy Heffernan, Mark Flannery, Niall Madden, Pearse Morris, Sean Healy(0-1), Mark Tuite, Paddy Murphy(0-3), Michael Heffernan(2-9, 4f), Joe Geaney, David Cleary(1-0), Eoghan Slattery (0-1)
Subs: Donncha Heffernan for Hynes.

 

Minor Hurling Championship Round 1: Eire Og Nenagh 1-13 Borris-Ileigh 2-10

Our minor hurlers opened their championship campaign with a well deserved draw against Borris-Ileigh on Wednesday evening last. After a slow start by both teams, Eire Og opened the scoring through a Mark Tuite free after four minutes. This was soon cancelled out by a goal from Borris. Eire Og responded well and drew level with points by Kevin Kennedy and Paul Slattery. Eire Og pushed on from there and a long delivery from goalie Kevin Flynn was collected by Paul Slattery who fed Kevin Kennedy who scored an Eire Og goal. The goal was quickly followed by points from Tuite and Joe Geaney. Both teams traded scores up towards half time with Eire Og ahead by four points thanks to hard hard throughout the field and a great save by Flynn in the Eire Og goals.
Half time score Eire Og 1-7 Borris 1-3.

Eire Og were playing into the breeze in the 2nd half and opening the scoring through a Sean Geaney 65. Borris then came back and got the margin back to two points after ten minutes of play. Another Geaney 65 and a point by sub Barry Heffernan gave the initiative back to Eire Og once again. Again Borris never gave up and got a second goal on the midway point of the half and the momentum swung in Borris' favour again. A big turning point came on 27 minutes when a Borris penalty was saved on the Eire Og line, As we approached 30 minutes, Borris pointed a free to level the game. After five minutes oif injury time, Borris took the lead (for 1st time) with a 65 but Eire Og just about had enough time to grab a draw through sub Darragh Walsh and the referee blew the whistle for full time.

Team and Scorers: Kevin Flynn, Donnacha Heffernan, Kevin Gubbins, Oisin McGlynn, Eddie Darcy, Daire Quinn, Sean Geaney(0-2) 2 65, Daryl McCormack, Joe Geaney (0-01), Adam Gratton, Mark Higginbottom(0-1), Mark Tuite(0-3) 1 free , Paul Slattery(0-2), Kevin Kennedy(1-1), Niall Kennedy.
Subs: Barry Heffernan(0-02), for McCormack, Darragh Walsh(0-01) for Higginbottom

North Tipperary Junior ‘C’ Hurling League Final

Eire Og Nenagh 1-14 Borris-Ileigh 2-13

Burgess needed extra time to see off a spirited Nenagh side and land the inaugural North Junior ‘C’ league on Friday evening. In a scrappy opening period it was Nenagh who eventually seized the initiative to open a three point lead. Kieran Duffy was the first to raise the white flag on ten minutes and this was followed by a Niall Madden free and an excellent point from Joe Geaney after collecting a John Donnellen cut. Slowly Burgess began to settle and though they were solid in defence their forwards struggled to find their range. On twenty minutes Declan O’Dwyer pounced on Leonard Ryan’s error and pointed before wing back John O’Dwyer added a free and a 65 to tie the game. Nenagh substitute Shane O’Carroll, who replaced the injured Liam O’Gorman, won the following puck out and pointed well from distance but the lively John O’Dwyer cancelled this out with a superb effort for Burgess after he won his tussle with John Donnellan.
In a game this tight goals were always going to be telling and it was Burgess who struck first. Declan O’Dwyer’s sideline cut was gathered by Colm O’Brien who slipped it to Kevin O’Flaherty and despite huge pressure he managed to boot the ball past Kevin Flynn in the Nenagh goals. Fergal MacDonnell added a point to extend the Burgess advantage but John Donnellen did cut the half time deficit to just three after good play from Shane O’Carroll. Nenagh set about their task without fuss in the early stages of the second half and their best period of play saw midfielders Niall Madden and Kieran Duffy hit good points.

Burgess surrendered the momentum and indeed only scored three times in the entire second half. The first was a fine individual effort from full forward Liam O’Donoghue and minutes later persistent pressure from Kevin O’Flaherty set up Fergal MacDonnell to point and restore their three point advantage. Another Niall Madden free cut the lead before Nenagh got a goal that they surely thought could win them the game. A speculative ball that seemed to be trailing harmlessly wide was brilliantly retrieved by substitute Sean Brennan and the waiting John Donnellen fired it past Burgess goalie Brian Sherlock. Two more points from Nenagh’s Shane O’Carroll and Niall Madden opened up a three point lead as the game ticked into injury time but there was still life in a shell shocked Burgess. Kevin O’Flaherty gathered possession and he cut in along the endline before passing to Liam O’Donoghue and he rescued his side with a low finish to send the match to extra time.

The first period of extra time was hotly contested but it was Burgess who regained their composure and were slightly more efficient in front of goals. Fergal MacDonnell, Liam O’Donoghue, Colm O’Brien and substitute Paudie MacDonnell all added impressive points whereas Nenagh struggled by comparison. They had to rely on two Niall Madden frees and a scrappy effort from Eamon Hodgins to trail by just a point at the interval
Burgess dominated the second period of extra time as Nenagh faded. Full forward Liam O’Donogue converted their possession with two excellent points whereas the most Nenagh could reply with was a terrific first time pointed effort from the resilient Niall Madden.

Man of the Match: Liam O’Donoghue (Burgess)

Scorers: Burgess: Liam O’Donoghue 1-4; Declan O Dwyer 1-1; Fergal MacDonnell 0-3; John O Dwyer 0-3, 1 free, 1 65; Colm O’Brien, Paudie MacDonnell 0-1 each.
Nenagh: Niall Madden 0-7, 6 frees; John Donnellan 1-1; Kieran Duffy, Shane O Carroll, Joe Geaney 0-2 each.

Burgess: Brian Sherlock; David Seymour, Kevin Cooney, Sean Flynn; Thomas Walsh, Brian Tucker, John O’Dwyer; John Byrne, Mick Dunne; Declan O’Dwyer, Fergal MacDonnell, Kevin O’Flaherty; Daniel Ryan, Liam O’Donoghue, Colm O’Brien.
SUBS: Paudie MacDonnell for O Flaherty; Paul Seymour for Ryan; Tony Hogan for O’Brien
Nenagh Eire Og: Kevin Flynn; Michael Hynes, Leonard Ryan, Kevin Gubbins; Paddy Flynn, Brian Fitzgibbon, Eddie Darcy; Niall Madden, Kieran Duffy; John Donnellan, Liam O’Gorman, Michael Walsh; Eamon Hodgins, David Sherlock, Joe Geaney.
SUBS: Shane O’Carroll for O’Gorman; Daryl MacCormack for Walsh; Tony O’Gara for Flynn; Sean Brennan for Hodgins.
Referee: Michael Murphy (Toomevara).

Report by Kieran Mullarkey (Nenagh Guardian)

 

JAHC Round 2: Nenagh Eire Og 0-20 Templederry 0-3

The junior A team made it two wins from two in this years championship following a comprehensive win over Templederry on Sunday afternoon. Eire Og opted to play against the breeze in the first half and the foundations for this win were laid in the first half going in at half time leading by 0-10 to 0-3.

Great credit goes to the defence as they held Templederry scoreless for the whole second half while another ten points were scored in the second half period.

Team and Scores:

Willie Bolger(0-1 free), Sean Geaney, Stevie Ryan, Kevin Gubbins, Shane O Carroll,Mark Flannery, Eddie Darcy, Niall Madden(0-1), Billy Heffernan(0-2), David Cleary(0-2), Shane Maher(0-3), Sean Healy(0-9)5 frees, Joe Geaney(0-1), Sean Brennan, Cian Tucker.

Sub: Daryl McCormack(0-1) for Brennan

JAHC Round 1: Nenagh Eire Og 1-14 Kildangan 1-11

Eire Og made a winning start to this years Junior A championship win a three point win over Kildangan on Tuesday evening in Dolla. Eire Og started off very brightly and and the first score came courtesy of Sean Healy in the first minute. After six minutes of play, Eire Og were awarded a penalty and Shane Maher blasted to the Kildangan net to lead 1-1 to no score. Eire Og pushed on and scored three more points through David Cleary (2) and Joe Geaney. Kildangan finally got on the scoreboard on the half way point with a goal and point from their full forward in the space of two minutes to bring them back into the game. The young Eire Og side responded well with three points with reply from Healy, Maher and Cian Tucker. For the final six minutes of the half Kildangan got on top and got three points without reply and a great goal chance saved by goalie Willie Bolger.
The half time score read Eire Og 1-8 Kildangan 1-5.

Kildangan started the second half brightly and scores two points in the opening three minutes but were soon cancelled out by two Sean Healy frees for Eire Og. Kildangan got on top again and were level by the fourteenth minute at 1-10 each. The turning point in the game came soon after when a Kildangan player recieved a second yellow card and was sent off. Eire Og tagged on three more points along with another fine save from Bolger to hold out for a deserved three point win.

Teams and Scorers: Willie Bolger, Michael Hynes, Stevie Ryan, Kevin Gubbins, Sean Geaney, Mark Flannery(0-1), Eddie Darcy, Niall Madden, Shane O Carroll, David Cleary(0-2), Shane Maher(1-3)1-0 pen, Sean Healy(0-6) 4 frees, Joe Geaney(0-1), Sean Brennan, Cian Tucker(0-1)

North SHC Round 4: Nenagh Eire Og 1-11 Kilruane 2-14

Nenagh Éire Óg finally lost their grip on the Frank McGrath Cup on Friday evening as Kilruane MacDonaghs confirmed their place in the quarter final with a deserved win. The victors came into the game under pressure knowing a defeat would put them in jeopardy of making an early exit and for the first fifteen minutes, they played second fiddle to a sharp and hungry Nenagh side. However, Kilruane hung onto Nenagh’s coat tails and a goal from a 21-yard free from Seamus Hennessy on the cusp of half time ensured they were level at the break.

It took Nenagh a full sixteen minutes to score in the second half when John Slattery found the range but by then they had fallen six-points adrift as Kilruane confidently strode clear with Ray McLoughney and Seamus Hennessy outstanding.

The latter came into the game having sustained a broken toe on his left leg in training with Tipperary the previous Tuesday. So heavily was he limping as he left the dressing room you’d wonder how he would last six minutes let alone sixty. Hennessy was relocated to full forward and while the injury visibly hampered him, he still ended the game with 1-4 as he won his crucial duel with Ritchie Flannery who started at full back as Nenagh tried their third different player in the troublesome position in four games.

As much as Hennessy influenced the game, the platform for Kilruane’s success was laid in defence where Ray McLoughney stepped in for Hennessy at centre back and proceeded to have an outstanding game and set the tone for the game by striding forward for the opening point inside thirty seconds.

He was aided in defence by Pat Williams, Stephen Murphy and Gavin McAvinchey who were much more forceful as a full back line after being shredded by Kildangan five days previous and when they were breached, goalkeeper David Reddan was in outstanding form, making three super saves in the first half, including a double stop from Michael Heffernan.


It was another disappointing defeat for Nenagh, considering they set the pace for most of the first half and should have had a healthy lead at half time when they only went in level. Defensively, Ritchie Flannery did shore up the full back position but struggled to deal with the power of Seamus Hennessy. He was missed from the half back line as the forwards missed his crisp early deliveries.

Making his first start, Dáire Quinn did well in defence while Pearse Morris and Hugh Maloney got through a lot of work in midfield while in the forward line, Paddy Murphy was their only major threat.

Despite Kilruane making the better start with points from Ray McLoughney and Seamus Hennessy, Nenagh were the better side for much of the opening quarter and quickly hit back to go two points ahead with Ritchie Flannery converting two long range frees with Michael Heffernan and Paddy Murphy adding the remainder.

Hurling with greater intensity, Nenagh should have been further ahead but lead by just one point after twenty minutes when Michael McNamara came to their rescue making a smothering stop to deny Seamus Hennessy.

A minute later, his opposite number was called into action as Michael Heffernan bore down on goal but David Reddan showed great reflexes to deny the Tipp senior panellist on two occasions before conceding a 65, which Ritchie Flannery converted.

Seamus Hennessy ventured out to wing to score a cracking point but with two minutes to go to half time, they still trailed by two points when Brian O’Meara was fouled on the 21-yard line. Back chat from a Nenagh player saw the ball moved to the front of the goal and Hennessy needed no second invitation to go for a three-pointer as he gave Kilruane the lead.

However it was shortlived as David Reddan made another super save to deny Brian Dillon at the expense of a point as the sides went in level at half time, 1-6 to 0-9.

Ritchie Flannery’s radar was off early in the second half as Nenagh failed to add to their tally as Kilruane took advantage to score six points without reply from Hennessy, McLoughney (4, 3 frees) and Brian O’Meara before John Slattery found the range in the 46th minute. Nenagh’s hopes of making the quarter finals were finally dashed four minutes later as Ritchie Flannery was dispossessed as Darren Killackey nipped into kick to the net at the second attempt to stretch the lead out to eight points.

For the remaining minutes, Nenagh laid siege to the Kilruane goal and forced three 21-yard frees from where they did manage a goal from Michael Heffernan but it was ultimately too little too late.

North SH Championship - 5th June 2010 - Nenagh Eire Og 0-24 Portroe 4-9

Nenagh Éire Óg secured their first win of this year’s championship but were left sweating in the closing minutes of Saturday evenings encounter in Toomevara. At times Éire Óg looked to be cruising to an easy victory and picked off some delightful points but Portroe, renowned for their attitude and character just wouldn’t give up. Goals normally win games and Port could have had three more but for the agility of Michael McNamara between the posts.
Ritchie Flannery turned back the years with a magnificent performance at wing back while Hugh was not far behind on the other wing. Hugh Maloney dominated midfield while up front Michael Heffernan turned in his best hour of the championship to date.
Éire Óg welcomed back Eddie Tucker from injury and both he and Johnny Slattery used their guile to good effect in front of goal.
For Portroe, Darren Gleeson kept a clean sheet and even managed to pull down a couple of certain points. The defence worked hard to keep the lively Nenagh forwards at bay and Justin Conroy did his best at midfield. Veteran Dinny Hogan was once again the inspirational figure at centre forward and contributed to most of Portroe’s scores. Éire Óg failed to combat the aerial threat posed by Hogan and Michael Sheedy and John Sheedy also put in a decent hour at the edge of the square.
Éire Óg made the livelier start and raced into a three point lead after only seven minutes through Michael Heffernan, Hugh Maloney and Johnny Slattery. Port registered their first score in the 12th minute when Mark Gennery combined with John Ryan and John Sheedy for a nice point. John Ryan gave Port an unexpected lead a minute later in blasting home the first goal.
Paddy Murphy and Heffernan (2) exchanged points with Michael Sheedy, Darren Gleeson and John Sheedy. With ten minutes to go Éire Óg moved up a gear and scored six points without reply through Johnny Slattery, Eddie Tucker and two each from Michael Heffernan and Paul Ryan while Portroe’s Michael Sheedy missed a glorious goal chance in the same period leaving the half time score at 0-13 to 1-4. On the resumption Éire Óg opened the scoring with a Ritchie Flannery free but from the resultant puck out Michael Sheedy rose highest, turned and drove past the helpless McNamara for a goal.
In the very next play John Sheedy was unceremoniously brought to the ground on route towards goal. Darren Gleeson made the familiar trek from the goals and, although he struck the penalty with his usual power, McNamara dived to his right to make a fine save. The chance to reduce the deficit to the minimum was lost and Éire Óg quickly regained control with three unanswered points.
In the 37th minute, referee Michael Cahill was left with no option but to issue red cards to Paul Ryan (Nenagh Éire Óg) and Charlie Wilford (Portroe) who had engaged in a brief wrestling match.
A Michael Sheedy point in the 38th minute was quickly followed by four unanswered Éire Óg scores. John Sheedy had two frees to give Port some respite and McNamara made two vital saves from Michael Sheedy.
With four minutes left on the clock and supporters heading for the exits, Sheedy struck Portroe’s third goal to leave seven points between the teams. David Gleeson added a point and when Dinny Hogan caught a Darren Gleeson free and scrambled the ball to the net to reduce the gap to three, the crowd wondered if an upset was on the cards. It wasn’t to be however and, although Port pressed hard in injury time, Éire Óg held on for a deserved victory.


Team and Scorers:
M McNamara, E Fitzgbbon, B Maxwell, J Brennan, H Flannery, N Maloney, R Flannery(0-2),1 free, H Maloney(0-3), P Morris, M Heffernan, (0-9),6 frees P Murphy(0-2), P Ryan(0-2), M Tuite, J Slattery(0-2), E Tucker(0-2)
Subs: D O Meara(0-1) for Tuite, A Kelly for Fitzgibbon, E Slattery(0-1) for O Meara, W Bolger for McNamara.

 

Co SHL played on Sun the 16th May in Clonoulty

Clonoulty Rossmore 2.16 Nenagh Eire Og 0.14

Clonoulty Rossmore had 8 points to spare over Nenagh Eire Og round 5 of the county senior league played in Clonoulty on Sunday afternoon last. Played in sunny conditions, Eire Og opened the scoring with two points by Johnny Slattery in as many minutes but Clonoulty responded with the first goal of the game after a high ball decieved the Eire Og goalie to put Clonoulty ahead inside three minutes. The first half was evenly contested and Clonoulty went in at the break four points up on a scoreline of 1-7 to 0-6.

Both sided traded scores after the restart until the mid way point when Clonoulty scored their second goal courtesy of Timmy Hamersley. This opened up a nine point lead and the game was effectively over as a contest at this stage. Eire Og finished with a couple of late frees from sub David Hackett and the final time score read Clonoulty 2-16 Eire Og 0-14.

Best for Eire Og were Eoin Fitzgibbon, Brian Maxwell and Johnny Slattery

Teams and Scores:
Micael McNamara, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Brian Maxwell, John Brennan, Hugh Flannery, Noel Maloney, Richie Flannery, Brian Dillon, Pearse Morris, David Cleary, Shane Maher, Declan O Meara(0-1), Eoghan Slattery(0-1), Johnny Slattery(0-3), Mark Tuite(0-3,2 frees).
Subs: Daire Quinn for Dillon, David Hackett (0-6, 4 frees) for Cleary, Sean Geaney for Tuite, Mark Flannery for Noel Maloney, Alan Kelly for R Flannery,

Co SHL played on Friday the 23rd of April in Nenagh

Nenagh Eire Og 0-13 - 1-15 Upperchurch Drombane

Eire Og lost their 100% record in this years Co league following a five point loss to Upperchurch on Friday evening last in McDonagh Park. Upperchurch opened the scoring with a point from play after two minutes. Eire Og replied with two points from play through Shane Maher and Declan O Meara and by the tenth minute Upperchurch had it back level at two points apiece. Both sided traded scores from then on until half time but some poor shooting by Upperchurch left them behind at the break on a score line of 9-5 to Eire Og.
After the break, Eire Og opened a five point lead through a Kevin Tucker free. From there on, Upperchurch took over and scored 1-5 without reply including the goal after after fifteen minutes to put them three points ahead. Eire Og were finding it hard to get scores throughout the second half and by full time Upperchurch were ahead by five points and were full value for their win. Final Score Upperchurch 1-15 0-13 Nenagh Eire Og.
Nenagh were best served by Sean Healy, Eoin Fitzgibbon and Kevin Tucker who was accurate from placed balls.

Scorers: K Tucker 0-7 (all frees), S Maher 0-2, D O Meara, Paul Ryan, E Slattery and M Tuite all 0-1 each

Team: Sean Healy, Alan Kelly, John Flannery, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Brian Maxwell, Mark Flannery, Hugh Flannery, Paul Ryan, Brian Dillon, Kevin Tucker, Shane Maher, Declan O Meara, Eoghan Slattery, Paddy Murphy, Mark Tuite.
Subs: Daire Quinn for Ryan, Sean Geaney for Kelly, Cliff Maloney for O Meara, David Ryan for Maxwell.

Co SHL played on Sunday 18th of April in Nenagh

Nenagh Eire Og 3.17 - 1.20 Thurles Sarsfields

Nenagh Eire Og maintained their 100% record in this years county league thanks to a three point win over Thurles Sarsfields on Sunday evening last in Nenagh. Played in perfect conditions, Eire Og opened the scoring through a Richie Flannery 65 but was quickly cancelled out by a Thurles free in the second minute. Eire Og pushed ahead and scored the first goal courtesy of Johnny Slattery on eight minutes to put Eire Og ahead by four points.A second goal by Nenagh after the thirteenth minute by Kevin Tucker opened up a seven point lead for the north men. Sarsfields got back into the game after this goal and were only down four points at the break as the scoreboard read 2-10 to 0-12.

Sarsfields made a wonderful start to second half and by the eleventh minute they were ahead bythree points in which the hit 1-5 to Eire Og's point in that spell. Again both sided traded scores in a well contested game. In the final ten minutes Sarsfields failed to score and Eire Og grabbing 1-3 thanks to a second goal from Johnny Slattery and points from Kevin Tucker, Tommy Heffernan and Mark Flannery. Sarsfields brought goalie Bill Mc Cormack up for a 21 yard free but was saved on the goal line and Eire Og held on for a three point win. Final Score Nenagh Eire Og 3-17 to1-20 forThurles Sarsfields.

Best for Nenagh were Richie Flannery in the Neagh defence and Johnny Slattery took his two goals well.

Scorers: J Slattery 2-0, K Tucker 1-4 (2 frees), R Flannery 0-3 (2 65, 1free), B Dillon 0-2, D O Meara, P Murphy, P Ryan, E Slattery, T Heffernan, B Maxwell, M Flannery, D Hackett all 0-1 each.

Team: Michael McNamara, Alan Kelly, John Flannery, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Richie Flannery, Brian Maxwell, Hugh Flannery, Paul Ryan, Brian Dillon, Kevin Tucker, Paddy Murphy, Declan O Meara,David Hackett, Johnny Slattery, Eoghan Slattery

Subs: Sean Geaney for Fitzgibbon, Mark Flannery for Dillon, Tommy Heffernan for Hackett, Shane Maher for O Meara, David Cleary for E Slattery

 

Co SHL played on Friday of 2nd of April in the Ragg

Nenagh Eire Og 3.20 - 0.15 Drom Inch

Nenagh Eire Og recorded a 2nd successive victory in this years county league with a comprehensive win over Drom-Inch in the Ragg on Friday evening last. This game was slow to take off and finally Drom got the first score of the game after six minutes but Eire Og had a quick reply through a Kevin Tucker free. Johnny Slattery made a good run who passed off to Brian Quinn who goaled for Nenagh in the 8th minute, Both team traded scores until a long delivery by Noel Maloney was flicked to the net by Johnny Slattery to lead by six points after twenty minutes. Nenagh pushed on with scores from Richie Flannery (2), Paul Ryan, Johnny Slattery and Declan O Meara. This left the half time score at Nenagh Eire Og 2.10 to Drom-Inch 0.07.

As the sun came out for the 2nd half, Eire Og continued where they left off in the first half with a goal from Paddy Harrington after a great run from Hugh Maloney. For the rest of the half, both teams traded pointed with the pick of the scores coming from Johnny Slattery over the shoulder mid way through the 2nd half. Drom finished up the scoring in injury time with a point from play.
Final score Nenagh Eire Og 3.20 - 0.15 Drom Inch.
Best for Nenagh Eire Og were Richie Flannery,Hugh Maloney and Johnny Slattery.

Scores for Eire Og: Kevin Tucker 0-6 (4 frees), Johnny Slattery 1-3, Richie Flannery 0-5 (1 free,1 65), Paul Ryan 0-3, Paddy Harrington, Brian Quinn 1-0 each, Hugh Maloney, Declan O Meara, David Hackett 0-1 each


Team:Michael McNamara, Alan Kelly, John Flannery, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Richie Flannery, Noel Maloney, David Ryan, Paul Ryan, Hugh Maloney, Kevin Tucker, Declan O Meara, David Hackett, Brian Quinn, Johnny Slattery, Paddy Harrington

 

Co SHL played on Sunday 28th of March in Nenagh

Nenagh Éire Óg 1-16 Borris-Ileigh 1-12

Borris-Ileigh opened the scoring at MacDonagh Park scoring but soon after Nenagh found their range and led 0-5 to 0-2 after 13 minutes thanks to points from Kevin Tucker (2) and Paddy Murphy (2) and a long range effort by Paul Ryan. Borris hit next with a goal from David O'Connor to level the scoring. Good work by Cliff Maloney set up David Cleary for a Nenagh goal which propelled them to a half time lead of 7 points, 1-10 to 1-3. Borris made a great start to 2nd half with the first two scores but Nenagh replied with two points from Kevin Tucker, 1 from play and the other a free. Borris continued to fight back and had good scores from Aidan Cowan, Mark Bourke and Declan Maher. However a total of 14 wides would prove their undoing and the home side ran out deserving 4 point winners. Nenagh's full back line played well all through the game and Kevin Tucker and Paddy Murphy were best in the forwards.

Teams and scorers:
Nenagh Éire Óg: Michael McNamara; Alan Kelly, John Flannery, Eoin Fitzgibbon; Richie Flannery, Noel Maloney; Hugh Flannery; Paul Ryan (0-1), Declan O Meara; Kevin Tucker (0-8, 0-5 frees), Eddie Tucker (0-1), Paddy Murphy (0-2); David Hackett, David Cleary (1-3), Cliff Maloney (0-1).

Subs used: Sean Healy for Hackett.

 

U21 Championship vs Kilruane in Toomevara 27th March.
Nenagh 2.14 Kilruane 1.18
Our U21s played the 1st round of the U21 championship on Saturday last in Toomevara. Condtions were good for hurling with a slight breeze blowing into the scoreboard end of the ground.
Early exchanges were tough and close with both teams getting some good scores. A big turning point in the game came on 7 minutes when referee issued two reds cards to Nenaghs Pearse Morris and Kilruane’s Justin Cahill. This seemed to ignite Nenagh as the raced into an 0.08-0.04 lead after 25 minutes thanks to points from Michael and Tommy Heffernan, Paddy Murphy and Sean Healy. On 28 min, Nenagh went up 6 points thanks to a well taken goal from Micheal Heffernan who was playing well at centre forward for Nenagh. Nenagh went in ah half time with a 7 point lead with the scoreboard reading 1.10 to 7 points.
Kilruane made the perfect start to the 2nd half with three points from Brian O Meara (2 frees). Another major turning point came in the game when captain Micheal Heffernan received a second yellow card which reduced Nenagh to thirteen players for the remainder of the game. After fifty one minutes of play, Nenagh were seven points ahead thanks to a well taken goal by David Cleary and points from Tommy Heffernan and a brilliant save from Willie Bolger in the Nenagh goals. From there on, Kilruane clawed their way back into the game and went one point ahead in injury time. Nenagh tried very hard to get the equaliser but didn’t happen for us.
Team and scorers: W Bolger, S Geaney, S Maher, M Hynes, B Heffernan, M Flannery, D Quinn, P Morris, M Tuite, D Cleary(1.1), M Heffernan(1.5, 3 frees), S Healy(0.2), T Heffernan(0.4, 1 free, 1 65), P Murphy(0.2), Cliff Maloney.
Subs: E Slattery for M Tuite

 

Sat-26 Sep 09 Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final

Thurles Sarsfields 1-18 Nenagh Eire Og 0-18

Round-up - Thurles Sarsfields scored 1-13 in the second half to secure victory over Nenagh at Semple Stadium on Saturday. Nenagh led by 7 points (0-9 to 0-2) after 25 minutes and by 5 points at the interval. However, Sarsfields were a different team in the second half and drew level by the 42nd minute. The decisive score came midway through the second half when Denis Maher scored the only goal of the game and despite Nenagh reducing the lead to just a point in the final minute, Sarsfields got two late points to ensure victory. The second half was quite a good game of open hurling after a tame enough first half.

Full-time score - Nenagh Eire Og 0-18 Thurles Sarsfields 1-18

61st minute - Pa Bourke scores a good point from play to put Sarsfields three points ahead - Nenagh Eire Og 0-18 Thurles Sarsfields 1-18

60th minute - Alan Kennedy scores a good point from play for Sarsfields - it's up to the referee now in terms of additional time - Nenagh Eire Og 0-18 Thurles Sarsfields 1-17

58th minute - Kevin Tucker points a free for Nenagh - can they draw level? - Nenagh Eire Og 0-18 Thurles Sarsfields 1-16

57th minute - Michael Gleeson scores a point from play for Sarsfields - Nenagh Eire Og 0-17 Thurles Sarsfields 1-16

57th minute - Eddie Tucker scores a point from play for Nenagh - Nenagh Eire Og 0-17 Thurles Sarsfields 1-15

56th minute - Pa Bourke points a free for Sarsfields to stem the tide - Nenagh Eire Og 0-16 Thurles Sarsfields 1-15

54th minute - Michael Heffernan with another point from play - just one point in it now with five minutes to play - Nenagh Eire Og 0-16 Thurles Sarsfields 1-14

53rd minute - Michael Heffernan scores a point from play - his fifth and there are just two points in it - Nenagh Eire Og 0-15 Thurles Sarsfields 1-14

51st minute - Pa Bourke hits a scoreable free wide from 45 metres out in front of the goal.

50th minute - Kevin Tucker points a free for Nenagh - Nenagh Eire Og 0-14 Thurles Sarsfields 1-14

49th minute - Richie Ruth scores a point from play for Sarsfields - Nenagh Eire Og 0-13 Thurles Sarsfields 1-14

48th minute - Richie Flannery points a free from his own 65 metre line - Nenagh's first score in 15 minute - Nenagh Eire Og 0-13 Thurles Sarsfields 1-13

47th minute - Alan Kennedy scores a point from play for Sarsfields to put them 4 points up - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 1-13

46th minute - Lar Corbett amazingly hits a goal shot wide after a great pass from Richie Ruth - that would have been game over.

45th minute - Denis Maher scores a goal for Thurles Sarsfields to put them in front - all Thurles since the start of the second half - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 1-12

42nd minute - Pa Bourke points a free from his own 65 metre line and the sides are level - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-12

41st minute - Richie Ruth scores a point from play and now its all Sarsfields - can they level proceedings? Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-11

39th minute - Kevin Tucker and Liam Cahill receive yellow cards

38th minute - Pa Bourke points a free for Sarsfields after Lar Corbett is fouled following a good solo run - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-10

37th minute - Lar Corbett with a nice catch and score from 65 metre - just 3 points in it now - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-9

33rd minute - Shane Ryan scores a point from play for Sarsfields - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-8

33rd minute - Kevin Tucker points a free for Nenagh - Nenagh Eire Og 0-12 Thurles Sarsfields 0-7

32nd minute - Pa Bourke scores a point from play for Sarsfields - Nenagh Eire Og 0-11 Thurles Sarsfields 0-7

32nd minute - Patrick Murphy scores a point from play for Nenagh - Nenagh Eire Og 0-11 Thurles Sarsfields 0-6

31st minute - Richie Ruth scores a point from play after 7 second of the second half - Nenagh Eire Og 0-10 Thurles Sarsfields 0-6

Half-time round-up - Nenagh Eire Og lead by 0-10 to 0-5 at the interval after dominating the first half for long periods.  Nenagh led by 0-9 to 0-2 after 25 minutes but Sarsfields finished the half strong to leave just 5 points in it at the interval. Both sides have missed chances but Nenagh are getting their scores a bit easier thus far. Five points is nothing in hurling though so if Sarsfields can improve for the second half, it could go either way.

 

Sun 13 -Sep-09 Watch Centre Junior "A" Hurling Championship Final
Nenagh Éire Óg (3-14) Vs Toomevara (0-17) in Cloughjordan

Team 1. Willie Bolger 2. Stephen Ryan 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Brian Fitzgibbon 5. David Ryan 6. Mark Flannery 7. Billy Heffernan 8. Michael Hackett(0-01) 9. Brian Maxwell 10. Declan O'Meara 11. Chris Bonnar 12. Mark Grace (0-01) 13. Sean Healy (1-03)14. John Kennedy (1-03) 15. David Hackett (1-06)16. David Cleary on for Chris Bonnar 17. Kevin Kennedy 18. Robbie Tomlinson 19. Eoin Slattery 20. Christy McLoughlin 21. Brian Duffy

The Junior (A) Capped off a fine run in this years North Tipp Junior Championship with a victory last Sunday evening over old rivals Toomevara to add to the League Title won earlier. Nenagh have had an excellent run this year and will be hoping to keep it going in the County Championship. The game was an open but close game with both teams taking some really good scores in the first half.

Sean Healy opened the scoring with a well taken point and added a second not long after. Sean had an excellent first 30 minutes as did John Kennedy and David Hackett with John bagging 1-03 and David striking 0-03. Our back six looked strong and assured throughout the game with David Ryan and the the never say die Stevie Ryan who cleared a mountain of ball, Mark Flannery Billy Heffernan and Brian Fitzgibbon holding their line well and Lenny Ryan sweeping up at Full back .
Half Time Nenagh Eire Og 1-10 Toomevara 0-13

The second half was a real struggle as the teams fought to gain the upper hand and swing the tie in their favour. The decisive moment of the game came when Willie Bulger was forced to make a brilliant double save, the second a save made with no thought for his own safety and an open goal at mercy. This spurred Nenagh on and finally broke Toom's spirit with David Hackett capitalising and scoring a fine Goal as did Sean Healy to top off a fine indivdual performance. We ran out eventual winners by 6 points Nenagh.

Well done to Liam Heffernan and his backroom team .

Thur 03-Sep-09 Ger Gavin Minor "A" Hurling Championship - Semi finals
Nenagh Éire Óg (4-15) Vs Toomevara (3-15) in Cloughjordan @ 6:30 PM;

Team : 1. Kevin Flynn 2. Donnacha Heffernan 3. Sean Geany 4. Kevin Gubbins 5. Eddie Darcy 6. Billy Heffernan(0-02 x65's) 7. Joe Geany 8. Darragh Quinn(0-01) 9. Darragh Walsh 10. Mark Tuite(2-01) 11. Tommy Heffernan(1-07) 12. Kevin Kennedy(0-03 1x free) 13. Cliff Moloney(0-01) 14. David Cleary(1-0) 15. David Hickey 16. O Mc Glynn 17 K O'Gorman 18. John Minogue 19 Niall Kennedy 20 Pierce O'Brien 21 Paul Slattery 22 Daryl McCormack .

Nenagh kept up a fine year for the club by qualifying for the North Minor Final by defeating Toomevara on Thursday evening in Cloughjordan by a single goal. The saying a game of two halves is often overused but it describes this game to a tee. Nenagh exploded out of the blocks and went 1-01 up in the first 6 minutes with an opening point from Darragh Quinn followed up by a brilliant ground stroke that rocketed past the toom keeper. Nenagh kept up the pressure all through the half with some excellent inter paly between the forwards from good ball supplied from the half back line and this good play was rewarded with two very well taken goals from Mark Tuite the first from a very tight angle and the second a scuffed ground ball the trickled past the keeper but they all count. Tommy Heffernan added another fine goal with Billy Heffernan striking two 65's and Kevin Kennedy topped an excellent half with two points of his own. Half Time score 4-07 to 0-06 . Now if you Think Toomevara were dead in the water think again they came out after the break like a team possessed and fought with all there heart to pull back the deficite and they ripped into the score line with passion. Toom hit us for three goals and 9 points in the second half as we just could not get to grips with the flood of ball coming from the middle of the field our back six had to fight for there lives and were feeling the strain . having said that of the 8 points we did score in the second half 6 came from play and these just kept our noses in front but it has to be said Toom gave us a fright and could well have snapped the win very easily. It was not to be as we finished the game on a score line of 4-15 to 3-15 . Man of the Match in my view comes down to Sean Geany for hid first half display and David Cleary for his display and leadership on the field with David just edging it.

Senior Hurlers win North Final....more

Tue 28-Jul-09 - Walshs Nenagh Under-21 "A" Hurling Championship - Quarter Final
Nenagh Éire Óg(0-16) Vs Kilruane MacDonaghs (1-18)in Puckane @ 7:30 PM

Nenagh Eire Og were defeated by a stronger Kilruane side on Tuesday Evening last in Puckane.We put up a fight but we could not take that extra step despite some good performances around the field. Man of the match from Nenagh point of view was Michael Heffernan who kept us in the game with a personal tally of 10 points. We conceded a soft goal just before half time which seemed to set us back on our heels , but the lads had the right attitude and kept battling away. Some of our big names who were involved with the seniors the Sunday previous were understandably out of sorts and did not feature as much as they could have and the loss of Paddy Murphy to injury from the same game was also a huge loss. All that being said our second half performance did improve immensely and we out scored Kilruane 8 points to 7 and pressured them all the way. We just could not get the run we were looking for as Kilruane defended stoutly. Thanks to Eddie Tucker and his management team for their efforts over the course of the season and despite this result we have great potential for the future . Final Score Nenagh Eire Og (0-16) Kilruane (1-18)

Team 1 Willie Bolger 2 Brian Maxwell 3 Shane Maher(0-01 pen) 4 Michael Hynes 5 Billy Heffernan (0-02 frees)6 Mark Flannery 7 Nial Madden 8 Pearce Morris 9 Shane O'Carroll 10 Sean Healy 11 Michael Heffernan (0-10 3 frees)12 Mark Grace (0-01)13 Cliff Moloney 14 Eoin Slattery 15 Tommy Heffernan (0-02)16 Darragh Quinn on for S. O'Carroll 17 David Hickey on for Mark Grace

Sun 26 Jul 09
Hibernian Inn Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final
Nenagh Eire Og (1-16) V Borris -lleigh ( 0-08 )

Nenagh booked a place in the North Final last Sunday evening with an 11 point victory over Borris-lleigh. Congratulations to Sean Treacy and his team on reaching the Final. Nenagh took to the field at 7.45pm for the late throw in and in what was a workmanlike performance were in control from the starting whistle. Our six defenders were very solid and made life very difficult for Borris-lliegh to create scores. The only clear cut shot on goal was a roaster from John keane that Mickey Mac deflected over the bar with a fine save. Eoin Fitzgibbon, Hugh Moloney and John Brennan were outstanding in the full back line. Our Half Backs were also extremely solid and Richie Flannery is invaluable with his long range free taking as he proved with three more points struck from inside his own 65yard line. In the middle of the field Treacy handed Pearse Morris his Senior Debut and he grasped his opportunity with both hands with a soild display as had his partner Brian Dillon . Our Half Forward line bagged the lions share of the scores with 1-08 of the 1-16 final tally coming from the half forwards. Michael Heffernans goal being the pick of these as the goal was struck with conviction to the back of Jody Harkins Net. The full forward line worked feverishly all through with Tommy Heffernan showing and battling well for his two first half points. The only thing to take the gloss off this fine victory was a leg injury suffered by Paddy Murphy which resulted in him having to be stretchered off he field and we wish him a speedy recovery . Well done to all Involved and we can now concentrate on preparations for the North Final where we will be meeting neighbours Portroe .

Team :

1 Michael McNamara 2 Eoin Fitzgibbon 3 Hugh Moloney 4 John Brennan 5 Hugh Flannery 6 Noel Moloney 7 Richie Flannery(0-03 frees) 8 Pearse Morris (0-02) 9 Brian Dillon 10 Kevin Tucker (0-04 3 frees)11 Eddie Tucker(0-02) 12 Michael Heffernan (1-02 ) 13 Cliff Moloney(0-01) 14 Paddy Murphy 15 Tommy Heffernan(0-02 ) 16 John Slattery on for Paddy Murphy 17 John Flannery on for Brian Dillon 18 Paul Ryan on for Tommy Heffernan

Sat 04-Jul-09 - Watch Centre Junior "C" Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg (2-23)Vs Ballina (0-06) in Portroe

The Junior (C) team took to the field in Portroe last Sat evening in their opening fixture of the Championship and recorded a convincing victory over Ballina. Following on from his performance in the minor game on Thursday evening David Hickey again came home with a Tally of 1-03 from this game and also showing well on the night were Niall Madden, Martin Donnelan also Eoin Slattery. There is great interest in this team and the performances on the field matched the interest. Nenagh are well on the way in the Junior (C) Championship with this result and should be in the final shake up well done to all and Keep up the great work.

Team 1 C.McLoughlin 2 D.Minogue 3 S.Connelly 4 M.Hynes(0-01) 5 P.Burke 6 N.Madden (0-05 3 frees )7 P.Flynn 8 S.O'Carrol 9 M.Ryan(0-01) 10 N.Tomlinson (0-03)11 C.Kirwin 12 Cian.Morris 13 E.Slattery(1-07) 14 S.Brennan 15 D.Hickey (1-03) 16 M.Donnlan(0-03) on for S. Brennan 17 D. Lillis on for D.Minogue 18 Ciaran.Morris on for D.Hickey 19 S.Ryan on for N.Tomlinson 20 P.Egan on for M.Ryan 21 D.Sherlock 22. K.O'Donoghue 23 J.Minogue .

Thu 02-Jul-09 - Ger Gavin Minor "A" Hurling Championship - Group 1 Round 1
Nenagh Éire Óg (3-17) Vs Templederry Kenyons (1-11) in Templederry

Nenagh Eire Og Minors continued the clubs overall excellent start to the season with a well earned win over Templederry last Thursday evening. A fine all round Team performance with stand out displays from David Hickey and Sean Geany to name just two and also to show well was Joe Geaney Darragh Walsh, Daragh Quinn and Mark Tuite . The first half of this game was a close affair as both teams were sounding each other out with Templederry who started with their two County Minors, Stapleton and Murray who played with the county the previous evening. They were with out doubt going to feel the effects of that game but it didn't show in the first phase of this game as they stood out but we in turn had a couple of players who shone out, David Hickey could not put a foot wrong as a personal first half tally of 1-02 showed he was on form , Tommy Heffernan also caused the Templederry defence problems with 4 points . Darragh Walsh was also very effective and the half time score was Nenagh Eire Og 1-09 toTemplederry 0-09. Nenagh had the advantage, finishing the half stronger . Nenagh drove home their advantage in the second half with an early goal from the impressive Darragh Walsh and this seemed to take the wind out of the sails of Templederry as Nenagh started to put the pressure on with Tommy Heffernan and Billy Heffernan taking advantage of Templederry's indiscipline adding 5 points from frees. David Hickey also added 3 well taken points topping of his individual inspired performanc . Tommy Heffernan added to Templederry's woe's from a penalty as Mark Tuite was fouled when bearing down on goal. Tommy striking a rocket that deflected off the underside of the cross bar to nestle in the back of the net . Templederry added a consolation goal nearing the end but were well defeated at this stage . Final Tally Nenagh 3-17 Templederry 1-11, - Man of the Match David Hickey .

Team : 1 K.Flynn 2 D.Heffernan 3 S.Maher 4 K.Gubbins 5 S.Geany 6 B.Heffernan (0-03 frees)7 J.Geany 8 D.Quinn 9 E.Darcy 10 M.Tuite 11 T.Heffernan (1-08 1 penalty 4 points frees) 12 D.Walsh (1-01)13 C.Molloney(0-01) 14 D.Cleary(0-01) 15 D.Hickey (1-05)16 K.Kennedy on for D.Walsh 17 O'McGlynn on for J.Geany 18 C,Gleeson 19 J.Minogue 20 P.O'Brien 21 P.Slattery 22 S.Nagle 23 N.Kennedy

SH Championship - Round 4 - Sunday 7th June 2009 Cloughjordan
Nenagh Eire Og 1-16 v Toomevara 0-18

Nenagh Eire Og gained a place in the semi-finals when they grabbed an important victory over close rivals Toomevara in a hot affair at Tomas MacDonagh Park last Sunday. Paddy Murphy’s goal eight minutes into the game proved the difference for Nenagh whose four point lead with ten minutes to go almost slipped from their grasp and in the end they needed a resolute defence to help them hold out for their first victory over the Greyhounds in years.

But for all of the good hurling – and there was a quiet a bit – the game was ruined by some unsavoury incidents in which ten yellow cards and two red were issued by referee John Ryan. Referee John Ryan lost his patience ten minutes into the second half, sending Francis Devaney, Toomevara and Brian Dillon, Nenagh, to the line but things took a turn for the worst when Nenagh keeper, Michal McNamara was injured in an incident involving some off-field intervention. The Nenagh net minder had to leave the field with a blood injury and was replaced temporarily by Willie Bulger. Thankfully the remainder of the game was free of any more un-necessary stuff as Nenagh needed all their wit to keep their grip on the scoreboard.

The winners can be very happy with their victory with the younger members standing the test with Michael Heffernan, Paddy Murphy and seventeen year old Tommy Heffernan leading the way. The current Tipp minor scored four very good points from play. Murphy scored the important goal before taking charge of the pivotal position in midfield after starting on the edge of the square. Elsewhere Michael Heffernan caused Toomevara plenty headaches on the left wing area well supported by Kevin and Eddie Tucker. Brian Dillon had his moments at midfield with Richie Flannery well on top at half back as Noel Moloney and Hugh Flannery stood the test on the half line. Placing Hugh Moloney at full back – in place of exam tied Shane Maher – was a master stroke with John Brennan adding assurance at corner back as he replaced Alan Kelly who was on holiday.

Spare a thought for Toome who produced some wonderful scores. Tipp stars, John O’Brien and Willie Ryan fired an accumalative total of seven points from play. Paddy O’Brien picked up two when he came on after forty minutes while Ken Dunne stroked nine from frees with two from his own half. Benny Dunne added another impressive outing at number six with David Kennedy, David Young and Paul McGrath getting in their usual amount of work.

The game was thirty seconds old when play was held up as two players wrestled to the ground. After consultation with the umpires, the first yellow card was issued. When peace was restored and Ken Dunne had the opening score with a free. Two points by Michael Heffernan and Tommy Heffernan gave Nenagh the lead with the latter arising after a well placed delivery from Noel Moloney on four minutes. Francis Devaney put Ken Dunne through to level but Nenagh responded immediately to grab a goal. It came after Michael Heffernan won Michael McNamara’s puckout. The wing forward went on a short run before supplying the supporting Paddy Murphy who riffled the ball past Sean Delaney. Toome hit back with three great scores, the first two from John O’Brien with Willie Ryan grabbing the third to level maters on ten minutes. Hugh Flannery replied with a long distance effort and Kevin Tucker added a free when Cliff Moloney was fouled by Paul McGrath. John O’ Briens influence on the game meant a switch by Richie Flannery which was to prove beneficial. Meanwhile Willie Ryan narrowed the gap for Toome after fifteen minutes. Two Kevin Tucker frees gave Nenagh some breathing space and the lead might have being greater had Tommy Heffernan not being denied by Paul McGrath’s vigilance. A sixty-five accrued with Kevin Tucker making it 1-7 to 0-6 after 20 minutes. The remaining ten minutes saw Toome up the pace, striking four unanswered points two frees from Ken Dunne with John O Brien firing his third after Michael McNamara made a good save from Ken Dunne. Seconds later, Dunne scored another free with Willie Ryan putting Toome ahead with a minute to the break. Nenagh introduced Johnny Slattery to full forward allowing Paddy Murphy to midfield and meantime, Nenagh drew level thanks to a Kevin Tucker free. After both sides missing some chances in the early minutes of the second half, Nenagh fired over four quick points with two from Tommy Heffernan from play allied by two Kevin Tucker frees. Meanwhile the play was disrupted once more with further yellow cards issued before referee decided enough was enough when Devaney and Dillon walked. This led to the alleged off the ball incident which saw the Nenagh keeper needing assistance with a blood injury. He was temporarily replaced by Willie Bulger. When play resumed the O’Brien brothers combined two good scores. Eddie Tucker replied for Nenagh but his score was met by a Ken Dunne free from well inside his own half. Tommy Heffernan won the resulting puckout and scored. Ken Dunne replied with another free, this time from his own forty-five. Played ebbed and flowed for the next seven minutes with Nenagh spoiling too many chances. Ken Dunne’s twenty metre angle free kept Toome in touch and Paddy O’Brien’s fine score from the right wing left the minimum between the teams as the game slipped into added time. Kevin Tucker’s 63rd minute score gave Nenagh the look of a winner before they conceded one more Ken Dunne free. By then Nenagh had entered the winner’s podium for a deserved win.

Man of the match Tommy Heffernan, Nenagh Eire Og.

SCORERS: Nenagh- K Tucker 0-8 (5f, 1=65); T Heffernan 0-4; P Murphy 1-0; E Tucker 0-2; H Flannery and M Heffernan 0-1 each.
Toomevara- K Dunne 0-9 (8f); J O Brien 0-4; W Ryan 0-3; P O’Brien 0-2.

NENAGH EIRE OG: Michael McNamara; Eoin Fitzgibbon, Hugh Maloney; John Brennan; Richie Flannery, Noel Moloney, Hugh Flannery; Brian Dillon, John Flannery; Michael Heffernan, Eddie Tucker, Kevin Tucker; Cliff Moloney, Paddy Murphy, Tommy Heffernan..

Subs: Johnnie Slattery for J Flannery (29m); Paul Ryan for C Moloney (57m).

TOOMEVARA: Sean Delaney; Paddy Tuohy, David Young, Paul McGrath; Joey McLoughney, Benny Dunne, David Kennedy; Ken Dunne, Terry Dunne; Ciaran Brislane, Francis Devaney, John O’Brien; Willie Ryan, Eoin Brislane, Michael Bevans.

Subs: John Delaney for E Brislane [inj] (20m); Paddy O’Brien for C Brislane (40m), Jimmy Duignan for Delaney (40m); Andrew Ryan for McLoughney (40m); Brian McCormack for Bevans (50m).

Referee: John Ryan (Cashel).
By Freelance - Liam Hogan

Junior (A) League Final
Friday 29th May 7.30pm Toomevara
Nenagh Eire Og 2-11 v Roscrea 2-08

Team : 1 Willie Bolger 2. Eoin Fitzgibbon 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Brian Fitzgibbon 5. Billy Heffernan 6. John Flannery 7. Brian Maxwell 8. Pearse Morris 9. Michael Hackett 10. David Hackett ( 0-05 ) 11. Chris Bonner 12. Sean Healy ( 1-01 )13. Cliff Molloney ( 0-03 ) 14. John Kennedy ( 1-01 )15. Tommy Heffernan ( 0-01 )

The first and hopefully not the last Hurling Silverware arrived in the club on Friday evening after what was a thrilling league final against our near urban rivals Roscrea. Having lost to Roscrea in the league stages Nenagh were well aware of the task that was ahead of them. A tough hard encounter ensued. Roscrea started the slower and we took some good scores amd a fine point from the sticky Cliff Moloney got us underway followed up by a well taken point from John Kennedy. With 15 minutes gone John Kennedy pounced on a ball to expertly flick to the back of the Roscrea net giving us a 3 point lead . The goal seemed to spur on Roscrea as they started to pile on the pressure on our back line, peppering the full back line with shots on goal and eventually this had to tell and Roscrea scored two goals in the space of five minutes to put us under pressure. We tacked on two more points before half time one from Sean Healy and a free taken by David Hackett ,Half Time score Nenagh 1-05 , Roscrea 2-04 .

The second half was a different story as Nenagh showed a steel about them as the sought to fight from two point defacit and only allowed Roscrea to gain 4 points although they were guilty of hitting 6 wide's. They helped us to gain the victory as their indiscipline counted against them in the end as David Hackett converted two frees and a 65 and Cliff Moloney scored two well manufactured points from play brfore Sean Healy scored the winning goal as we put pressure on the Roscrea back line . After a fine League Campaign which saw only one defeat to Roscrea earlier, Nenagh topped off the League with a well fought win to bring home the League Final. Well done to management and the squad on this win and best wishes for the Championship.

Junior (A) Championship
Sunday 24th May 6.30pm Portroe
Nenagh Eire Og 3-22 v Ballina 1-09

Team
1 Willie Bolger 2. Ciaran Duffy 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Brian Fitzgibbon 5. Billy Heffernan ( 0-03 1 free 2 x 65 )6. Stevie Ryan 7. David Ryan 8. Pearse Morris ( 0-01 )9. Brian Maxwell ( 0-02 1x 65 ) 10. Michael Hackett (0-01) 11. Chris Bonner ( 0-02 1 x free ) 12. Declan O'Meara 13. David Hackett (1-04 1 free )14. John Kennedy ( 0-02 )15. Sean Healy ( 0-03)16. Kevin Kennedy ( 0-01 ) on for Pearse Morris 17. Cian Tucker ( 2-00 ) on for John Kennedy 8. Pearse Morris on for Declan O'Meara( 0-03 ) 14. John Kennedy on for Sean Healy

Nenagh got off to a flying start in the Championship with a comprehensive win over Ballina on Sunday Evening in Portroe. After conceding an early goal this acted as a wake up call and Nenagh started to take there scores at will with direct play out of defence , with fine performances from John Kennedy and Chris Bonner who linked up well and set up scores for the forward lines. With 1-10 coming from play we were very accurate and consistent with the ball we were supplying . Our backs stood strong as well with good performances from Brian Fitzgibbon and Lenny Ryan. Stevie Ryan and Billy Heffernan were also well up for this game , Half Time score Nenagh Eire Og 1-13 , Ballina 1-03 . The second half proved no better for Ballina as Nenagh drove home there advantage and took full control of the game as we drove forward and took our scores well , we made a raft of changes in the second half as Liam Heffernan amd his selectors took the opportunity to try new things. Kevin Kennedy scored a fine point shortly after his introduction as did Cian Tucker who Bagged two well struck goals to end any chance of a revival from Ballina . Final Score Nenagh Eire Og 3-22 , Ballina 1-09.

 

Junior (A) League Semi Final (Second Replay)
Tuesday 19th May 7.30pm Templederry
Nenagh Eire Og 1-08 v Kildangan 0-09

Team :

1 Willie Bolger 2 Eoin Fitzgibbon 3 Lenny Ryan 4 Alan Kelly 5 Billy Heffernan 6 Stevie Ryan 7 Mark Flannery 8 Brian Maxwell 9 John Flannery (0-02 1x65)10 Michael Hackett 11 John Kennedy (0-01)12 Pearse Morris 13 Tommy Heffernan(0-01) 14 David Hackett (0-02 1xfree)15 Cliff Moloney (1-01)16 Sean Healy (0-01)on for Mark Flannery 17 Kevin Kennedy on for Ml Hackett 18 David Cleary on for J Kennedy


The long saga between these two teams finally was resolved with Nenagh coming out the right side of a low scoring encounter putting us through to the League Final against Roscrea , The night was a wet and miserable and the pitch conditions were just ok to play this game as it had seen a lot of rain but the conditions were there to be mastered by both teams , The weather was always going to play a big part in the game and both teams found it difficult to take there scores but once again Cliff Moloney proved to be the difference with a well taken goal to but some light between the sides , Willie Boulger in Goal was secure and calm dealing with anything that came his direction in the first half and the back 6 were also very solid limiting Kildangan to 5 points in the first Half , Half time Score Nenagh 1-05 Kildangan 0-05, with a lot at stake the second half was a battle all the way as neither team wanted to loose after putting so much into the three games and as such the defensive side of hurling was on show as both teams were intent on stopping the opposition for edging away , Stevie Ryan John Flannery and Eoin Fitzgibbon were solid and cleared there lines well and Tommy Heffernan fought his corner for every ball , and the one opportunity Kildangan did get close to scoring the important goal was cleared off the line by the excellent Willie Boulger , we only managed to add three more points to the half time tally of 1-05 to make the final score 1-08 but this proved to be enough as kildangan themselves could only add 4 more points to see them finish at the final whistle on 0-09 thus putting Nenagh through by two points all that separated Nenagh and Kildangan after a total of 220 minutes and change , some exciting hurling over the three games but there has to be a winner and Nenagh scarped home to reach the League Final .

North Tipperary Hibernian Inn Senior Hurling Championship
Sun 10th May
Nenagh Éire Óg 2-17 Vs Borris-lleigh 2-12 in Toomevara 7:00 PM;

Team:

1. Michael Mc Namara 2 Eoin Fitzgibbon 3 Shane Maher 4 Alan Kelly 5 Hugh Flannery 6 Noel Moloney 7 Richie Flannery 8 Brian Dillon (0-01)9 John Flannery 10 Kevin Tucker (0-10 7frees)11 Eddie Tucker (0-01)12 Michael Heffernan (1-03)13 Cliff Moloney 14 Paddy Murphy(0-01) 15 John Slattery(0-01) 16 Tommy Heffernan on For Johnny Slattery 17 Paul Ryan on for John Flannery .

Nenagh Eire Og achieved their second success in this years Championship with a win over Borris-lleigh , this game was always going to be a close encounter and so it proved to be , Nenagh for the first ten Minutes showed that they were up for this game with two early points From Michael Heffernan and two more added by John Slattery and the ever youthful Kevin Tucker ,at this point Borris roared into life and threw everything at Nenagh and put immense pressure on the Eire Og defence forcing Michael McNamara into two outstanding saves before defensive mix up's allowed Borris in for us to concede Two goals which changed the complexion of the score board going in at half time Nenagh 1-07 to Borris-lleigh 2-08 , Going in at the break four points down Nenagh would have a fight on there hands as would be expected ,with the wind and the fall of the hill a determined Nenagh Eire Og team came out after the break with a sense of purpose , Michael Heffernan gave us the ideal start with a fine individual goal immediately pulling three points back and with Michael Macnamara's giant puck outs hitting the far 21 yard line Nenagh were putting pressure on the Borris defensive line , and with Eddie Tucker and his brother Kevin rolling back the years with excellent displays on the half forward line and Cliff Moloney in the corner causing Havoc Nenagh never lifted the foot as they stormed into a 5 point winning lead , what was a fine Team performance standing out were Michael McNamara , Alan Kelly , Eoin Fitzgibbon , Eddie and Kevin Tucker and Cliff Moloney . well done on a fine performance our first in the Championship over Borris-lleigh since 2001 .

Tuesday 12th May
Junior Hurling League Semi Final - Nenagh Éire Óg 2-14 Vs Kildangan 0-20
in Dolla @ 7:15 PM; Went to Extra Time .(AGAIN)

Team :
1 Willie Boulger 2. Stevie Ryan 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Eoin Fitzgibbon 5. Alan Kelly 6. Mark Flannery 7. Billy Heffernan 8. Brian Maxwell (0-01)9. John Flannery (0-01)10. Pearse Morris(1-0) 11. David Hackett (0-09 6 frees)12. Sean Healy 13. Cliff Moloney (1-03)14. Michael Hackett 15. Tommy Heffernan 16. David Cleary on for Sean Healy

This game was a level above the first game in intensity and endeavour from both teams, and the standard of hurling was quiet good . Kildangan are proving to be a Tough Nut to crack and another ding dong battle was on the cards and so it was , we started well with Frees flowing our way in the first half and David Hackett making the most of the opportunities , and what could be remembered as one of the goals of the season from Cliff Moloney who struck and overhead shot as everyone thought it was going wide he converted it taking all be surprise cliff also added a point to his tally , Half time score 1-07 to Nenagh Kildangan 0-09 , The second Half swung Kildangans direction as we conceded a big Number of frees putting us under pressure to hold them but fortunately they did not convert the majority of these and a goal from Pearse Morris kept us afloat , Stevie Ryan also came into his own with a fine hard working performance which saw him return to form after an illness , we finished the send half again un able to be separated from Kildangan on an score line of 2-10 Nenagh to 0-16 Kildangan ,the two periods of extra time were unexciting with both teams exchanging 2 points each in both of the periods , thus sending us to a third meeting which will be again an interesting battle .

Fri 1st May
Junior Hurling League Semi Final - Nenagh Éire Óg 2-15 Vs Kildangan 1-18
in Dolla @ 7:15 PM; Went to Extra Time .

Team :
1 Willie Boulger 2. Eoin Fitzgibbon 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Brian Maxwell 5. Alan Kelly 6. Mark Flannery (1-00)7. Billy Heffernan 8. Michael Hackett 9. John Flannery(1-01) 10. Mark Grace 11. David Hackett (0-08 frees)12. Sean Healy (0-03)13. Cliff Moloney (0-01) 14. John Kennedy 15. Tommy Heffernan(0-01) 16. David Cleary (0-01) on for J.Kennedy 17. Kevin Kennedy on for M.Grace 18. Cian Tucker on for Tommy Heffernan 19. Eddie Darcy on for Cliff Moloney (Tommy Heffernan and Cliff Moloney both returned for Extra Time) .

Nenagh Eire Og played out a tough hard and a nerve racking Draw with Kildangan on Friday evening last in the League Semi-Final ,Both Teams showing great determination and effort to try and win through to the Final, The first half was a very close affair with points being traded between both teams but it has to be said that Nenagh were Guilty of not taking advantage of there strong attacking options striking 8 wides which could have made the difference in the end , as Kildangan were more economical with there efforts and taking 6 points in the first half which was littered with frees , half time Eire or were up by a point 0-07 to 0-06 ,
The second half was a carbon copy of the first with nothing between both sides both teams doggedly fighting there corner and yet no team willing to lie down , and the tension getting higher and this showed with the free count escalating 17 in 30 minutes making it a very stop start affair ,Nenagh added 2-04 to there tally and Kildangan added 1-08 making the score 2-11 to 1-14 at the final whistle sending the game into two periods of ten minutes which at the end we cloud still not be separated , when the whistle went to end this battle both teams were locked together on 21 points each 2-15 to 1-18 . leaving us to Replay on Tuesday 12th May .

Sat 25-Apr-09 North Tipperary Senior Championship
Senior Hurling - Nenagh Éire Óg 3-17 Vs Moneygall 2-11
in Cloughjordan @ 5.30 PM;

Nenagh Eire og opened this years senior championship with a 9 point win over Moneygall and with it banishing the memory of the 2008 season which saw us winless in the championship. Sean Treacy fielded a mixture of youth and experience which brought a freshness to the team. With names like Shane Maher at full back and Cliff Moloney & Tommy Heffernan in the two corner forward positions you could have mistaken the team to be our u21 outfit but these lads were surrounded by experience to guide them through the 60 minute. The welcome return from injury of Hugh Moloney helped to anchor the defence and the two Tucker Brothers on the half forward line were there to feed the two young eger corner forwards. Tommy Heffernan opened his senior debut with a well worked goal as he proved to be a thorn in the Moneygall defence side all evening as did Cliff Moloney who opened his senior account with a fine point, These scores added to scorers from Kevin Tucker 0-03 (2 frees ), Michael Heffernan (0-03) and an excellent line ball pointed by Noel A long range free by Richie Flannery saw us reach the half time whistle 1-09 to 0-07, a 5 point advantage to build on in the second half .
The second half proved a very tough affair as scores were slow in coming and Moneygall got back in the Hunt with a early goal pegging us back to two points. This seemed the spur on a fresh and fit Nenagh side who did not panic and kept the eye on the game and worked hard to rebuild their lead. Brian Dillon in the middle of the field worked tirelessly to bring Nenagh forward as did the whole Nenagh defence - Shane Maher , Eoin Fitzgibbon and John Brennan all making solid long reaching clearances opening up opportunities for the forwards, one of which Cliff Moloney pounced on and dispatched with ease to the back of the Monegall net. Kevin Tucker added 4 frees to his tally and 1 from play. Paddy Murphy who showed very well at full forward also picked up two more points and Michael Heffernan added another point from play to the score line for Nenagh. Johnny Slattery and Paul Ryan were both introduced and not long after being sprung from the bench a hungry Johnny Slattery pounced on a loose ball in the Moneygall defence to seal the win for Nenagh. Well done to all and we hope this is the first step on a long road as the focus moves to Borris-lleigh in two weeks time.

Sun 19-Apr-09
Junior (a) hurling league- Nenagh Éire Óg 0-10 Vs Roscrea 1-09
in Nenagh @ 7:00 PM;

Eire Og were narrowly defeated by Roscrea in a very tight and tough game which saw Roscrea run out with a two point Victory ,This was the last game for both teams in the league series and we both had a 100% record going into this encounter and as per form there was nothing to choose between each side during the first half as we traded points Tommy Heffernan striking Three from Play as did Sean Healy as he picked up one and Michael Heffarnan struck a free sending the sides in at half time 0-05 each ,
The second half was a carbon copy of the first with neither team able to stamp their authority on the game and both teams had to dig out every extra score. Billy Heffarnan showed well in this half and added Three points to the Nenagh tally (2 frees ) and Tommy Heffernan and Michael Hackett added a point each Michaels coming from a free , But the old phrase "Goals win games " was to prove again correct as Roscrea struck late on to seal there win and keep their 100% record in the league , both teams are through to the Semi Final stage of the league and i'm sure that this result will not affect our ability to make a strong challenge for the title . The game was marred by an freak injury to Pearse Morris which saw him stretchered off half way through the first half , the injury resulting in the player requiring Stitches , we wish Pearse a speedy recovery.

Sat 18 - Apr-09
U21 Football - Nenagh Éire Óg 2-07 Vs Loughmore/Castleiney 4-15
in Templederry @ 6:30 PM;

Our U21 Footballers crashed out of the county championship at the semi final stage on Saturday evening , to a strong Loughmore/Castleiney team ,Loughmore will be a strong opposition to any team as we could never get to grips with the passing game they undoubtedly are very skilled at , running at us from deep we struggled to keep up and bar two pointed frees from Michael O'Gorman and a point from play from Paddy Murphy we trailed by 6 points at half time on a score line of 0-03 to 1-06. The second half was to offer no relief as Loughmore pressed home their superiority in the footballing stakes and added 3 more goals and 9 points , having made their mark loughmore eased of the throttle and Nenagh started to find some gaps to exploit at the back and Paddy Murphy scored a well worked Goal , more pressure from Nenagh yielded 4 extra points and Michael O'Gorman rifled home a 21yard free to the back of the net to put a better complexion on the final tally . Best of luck to Loughmore/Castleiney in the Final , The club would like to thank Christy Mcloughlin and his management team of Lenny Ryan and Kevin Flannery and the whole U21 Squad for there efforts which saw us bring home the North Title to the club , hopefully setting a trend for the season .

Mon 13-Apr-09
Junior hurling - Nenagh Éire Óg Vs Lorrha/Dorrha
in Lorrha @ 3:00 PM;

Nenagh 2-19 Lorrha/Dorrha 0-04

1. Willie Boulger 2. Stevie Ryan 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Eoin Fitzgibbon 5. Alan Kelly 6. Mark Flannery 7. Billy Heffernan 8. John Flannery 9. Pierce Morris 10. Sean Healy 1. David Hackett 12. Michael Hackett 13. Cliff Moloney 14. Cian ucker 15. Tomy Heffernan 16. Chris Bonner on for Sean Healy 17. Eddie Darcy on for Alan Kelly 18. Paddy Harrington on for Cliff Moloney 19. Christy McLouglin On for Willie Boulger .

Nenagh Eire Og came away from Lorrha on Bank Holiday Monday with a devastatingly Clinical first Half display to blow away a lacklustre Lorrha Junior Side , all six of the forwards got on the score board in the first 30 minutes of this game and showed they can worry any defensive outfit that will be put their way, Cliff Moloney led his marker on a merry dance around the forward line and came up with a personal Tally of 2-01 in the first half , as did Tommy Heffernan who put 0-04 points on the tally , Sean Healy , Cian Tucker and David Hackett all struck 2 points each and Michael Hackett added three more points ( 1 from a free ) to this huge first half tally of 2-14 to Lorrha's 0-01. The second half was a quieter affair which Nenagh add just 5 more points to their total ,Michael Hackett put another 0-03 points to his own and Nenagh's score and Tommy Haffernan and David Hackett added a point extra a piece to it , but we still showed our battling qualities in defence as Lorrha threw everything at us to try and put a better complexion on the score line but only managed to add 3 points to a poor performance . Final Score Nenagh Eire Og 2-19 , Lorrha / Dorrha 0-04

Sat 11-Apr-09
County Senior Hurling League - Nenagh Éire Óg Vs Holycross/Ballycahill
in Borrisoleigh @ 6:00 PM;

Eire Og Team
1. Michael McNamara 2. Stephen Ryan 3. John Brennan 4. Eoin Fitzgibbon 5. Noel Moloney 6. Richie Flannery 7. Hugh Flannery 8. John Flannery 9. Brian Dillon 10.Kevin Tucker 11. John Slattery 12. Paddy Murphy 13. Paul Ryan 14. Eddie Tucker 15. Michael Heffernan 16. Alan Kelly on for S.Ryan 17. Cliff Moloney on for E.Tucker 18.Tommy.Heffernan on for P.Ryan 19.D.O'Meara 20. M.Flannery 21. S.Maher 22. B.Heffernan 23. P.Morris 24. C.Tucker 25. S.Healy 26. W.Boulger

Half Time
Nenagh Eire Og 0-09 HolyCross 0-09
Full Time
Nenagh Eire Og 0-15 HolyCross 1-14

Scorers
Paul Ryan 0-01
Michael Heffernan 0-02
Brian Dillon 0-01
Kevin Tucker 0-10 (8 frees)
John Flannery 0-01

Nenagh ended their involvement in the County Senior League on Saturday evening loosing out to Holycross in a closely fought encounter. On a what was a very poor surface both teams were struggling to find their feet which did not lend itself to a great game , Noel Moloney along with Brian Dillon and Richie Flannery were the best for a Nenagh side who failed to play to their potential . it what was always a closely fought encounter Nenagh could not get to grips with the conditions and this was reflected in the number of wides that were struck for all areas of the pitch 15 in total which makes this defeat all the more bitter , but having said that this result is sure to spur the team and management on to getting the most out of the potential that is within this team .

Thurs 09-Apr-09
Junior A - Nenagh Éire Óg Vs Kilruane MacDonaghs
in Nenagh @ 6:30 PM; Ref: Stephen Egan

Nenagh Eire Og 0-25
Kilruane 1-13

Team 1. Willie Boulger 2. Stevie Ryan 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Brian Maxwell 5. Eoin Fitzgibbon 6. Mark Flannery 7.Alan Kelly 8. Pierce Morris 9. John Flannery 10. Michael Hackett 11. David Hackett 12. Sean Healy 13. Cliff Moloney 14. Paddy Harrington 15. Tommy Heffernan 16. Chris Bonner 17. Conor Kirwin 18. Eddie Darcy 19. Niall Madden 20. Christy McLoughlin ,

Nenagh recorded another fine performance against old rivals Kilruane on Thursday evening last . Nenagh ran out with an impressive 9 point victory and with 25 points in total racked up , this shows that this was a complete team performance. Sean Healy recorded a personal tally of 0-05 points after a fine performance .

Senior County League - Sun 5th April 2009 Nenagh Eire Og 1-21 V Portroe 2-10 : 11.00am Nenagh

We met Portroe in Nenagh for an early throw in at 11.00am Sunday morning it was Over all good Team Performance with Kevin Tucker well on the mark with his free taking as was Richie Flannery who hit two long range frees ,John Slattery went very well again at centre forward and it was his ground stroke that put Declan O'Meara throught to score his well taken goal in the second half , and Paul Ryan was effective when moved to the wing , and Shane Maher was solid in the full back position. Portroe are as always a strong dogged side and made a fight of this game and we probably did not do ourselves justice but still ran out with an 8 point win .

Eire Og Team
1 Willie Boulger 2. John Brennan 3.Shane Maher 4. Eoin Fitzgibbon 5. Hugh Flannery 6. Richie Flannery 7. Billy Heffernan 8. Brian Dillon 9. John Flannery 10. Mark Grace 11. John Slattery 12. Kevin Tucker 13. Paul Ryan 14. Declan O'Meara 15. Tommy Heffernan 16.Alan Kelly on for Billy Heffernan 17. Brian Maxwell on for Hugh Flannery 18. David Hackett on for Mark Grace (Injured) 19. Pierce Morris on for David Hackett (injured) 20. Stephen Ryan on for Shane Maher 21 Michael McNamara 22. Cian Tucker 23. Mark Flannery.

Half Time Score Nenagh Eire Og 0-11 Portroe 1-05
Full Time Score Nenagh Eire Og 1-21 Portroe 2-10

Scorers : First Half Second Half Total
Richie Flannery 0-02 (0-01 free) 0-01 (0-01 free) 0-03 (0-02 frees)
Kevin Tucker 0-04 (0-04 free) 0-07 (0-06 free) 0-11 (0-10 frees)
John Flannery 0-02 0-00 0-02
Tommy Heffernan 0-02 0-01 0-03
Mark Grace 0-01 0-00 0-01
Brian Dillon 0-00 0-01 0-01
Declan O'Meara 0-00 1-00 1-00

U21 North Tipp Football Final : Nenagh Eire Og 2-08 v Burgess 1-03 Sat 4th April 2009 7.00pm Puckane

Nenagh Eire Og won their first and hopefully not their only silverware of the year on Saturday evening Against a fancied Burgess Team , Burgess hit us early with a goal as it took us a little time to settle into the game but we pegged back that score when points were scored by Sean Healy and Mark Grace to settle us and Cliff Moloney as only he can popped up with the goal this put us into or stride and Michael O'Gorman scored a free to send us in at half time on a score line of Nenagh Eire Og 1-03 , Burgess 1-00 . After the break it was clear that Nenagh would have to fight for every ball to keep burgess out and the whole team got down to this task to a man we Hassled and harried every time a burgess player had the ball and forced burgess into making the mistakes Michael O'Gorman and Paddy Murphy were beginning to Winn the Mid field Battle and O'Gorman scored three points in this half two from Frees to push us forward Burgess only added tree points half as we pressured every ball and as a result David Cleary forced a mistake in the burgess back line to win a ball which he dispatched to the back of the net Pierce Morris and Sean Healy tacked on two more points to finish the Burgess Challenge , Thomas Martin collected the cup from Rocky McGrath making it a memorable birthday Celebration for him personally , Congratulations to the full Panel and to Christy Mcloughlin , Lenny Ryan and Kevin Flannery on a job well done.

Eire Og Team

1. Aron Savage 2. Patrick Flynn 3. Brian Maxwell 4. Conor Fahy 5. Michael Hynes 6. Mark Flannery 7. Pierce Morris 8. Paddy Murphy 9. Michael O'Gorman 10. William Boulger 11. Sean Healy 12. Mark Grace 13. Cliff Moloney 14. David Cleary 15. Thomas Martin 16. Niall Madden on for Thomas Martin 17. Eddie Darcy 18 . Brian Duffy 19. David Minogue on for Sean Healy 20. Danny Ryan on for Cliff Moloney

Junior (A) League Borris-lleigh 2-13 v Nenagh Eire Og 3-17 Wed 1st April 2009 7.30 pm Borris-lleigh

We got off to a great start in the Junior (A) league with a fine win over rivals Borris-lleigh on Wednesday evening last , with a high standard of Hurling on display from both teams for this early stage of the season credit has to be given to both teams for the performance , John Flannery in the middle of the park put in a fine performance with a personal tally of 1-04 hitting three points from the middle of the park and collecting a long range goal from a free after a goalkeeping error , Pierce Morris also in the middle of the park had a fine performance and he also scored a fine goal giving him a personal score of 1-01 , David Cleary was introduced after half time and made the difference in the forwards as he struck for goal and fininshed with a score of 1-01 , Cliff Moloney was again a needle in the side of the Borris-lleigh backs as he was all over the place and causing a nuisence to the backs palying a vital part in two of the goals , Lenny Ryan at full back was very solid as was his two corner back partners , a good start to the league which we can build on .

Eire Og Team
1. Willie Boulger 2. Brian Maxwell 3. Lenny Ryan 4. Kieran Duffy 5. Eoin Fitzgibbon 6. Mark Flannery 7. Stevie Ryan 8. John Flannery 9. Pierce Morris 10. Michael Hackett 11. David Hackett 12. Mark Grace 13. Cliff Moloney 14. Cian Tucker 15. Tommy Heffernan 16. David Cleary on for Cian Tucker

Senior County League - Sunday 29th March in Littleton 2.30pm

Moycarkey-Borris 1-12 v Nenagh Eire Og 1-15

A minute's silence was respectfully observed before our County Senior League game against Moycarkey-Borris in memory of Patricia Tucker , The afternoon was bitterly cold and windy not lending itself to a great game of hurling , as proved to be correct in the first 20 minutes of the afternoon with Moycarkey Peppering our goals with shots on goal and our back line had to scramble on several occasions to keep Moycarkey out , Michael McNamara was busy man and made two very important blocks which kept us afloat in the half but there was a glimmer of light to come out of the half with a brilliant sideline cut from Tommy Heffernan and Mark Grace continued his previous evenings form in the U21 championship with another fine half of hurling as did Michael Heffernan who put 7 points on the board 5 of which were frees taken in a strong gusting wind , John Flannery topped off a fine first half with a fine point. Half Time Score ; Moycarkey Borris 0-07 , Nenagh Eire Og 0-11
The second half was another tough affair and Moycarkey were proving to be a tough nut to crack , John Slattery came into his own in this half and took some fine ball out of the air to turn and cause havoc in the Moycarkey defence and was rewarded with a well taken goal , scorers were proving to be hard to come by and Moycarkey were pushing forward and the pressure eventually told as Moycarkey scored a vital goal , counting down the clock we battled well to hold out until a penalty was conceded and the nerves were beginning to frey but the resulting penalty was stopped on the line by John Brennan and cleared down the field and this ended the Moycarkey challenge , Final Score Moycarkey 1-12 Nenagh Eire Og 1-15.

Eire Og Team
1. Michael McNamara 2. Eoin Fitzgibon 3. John Brennan 4. Alan Kelly 5. Brian Dillon 6. Shane Maher 7. Richie Flannery 8. Paddy Murphy 9. John Flannery 10. Mark Grace 11. John Slattery 12. Michael Heffernan 13 . Paul Ryan 14. Declan O'Meara 15. Tommy Heffernan 16. Billy Heffernan on for Shane Maher 17 . Paddy Harrington 18 . Mark Flannery 19. Pierce Morris 20 . Noel Moloney 21. Hugh Moloney 22. Hugh Flannery .

Scorers

Tommy Heffernan 0-01(sideline cut)
Michael Heffernan 0-10 (8 frees )
John Flannery 0-01
Paul Ryan 0-02
Declan O'Meara 0-01
John Slattery 1-00

Saturday 28th March 2009 - Dolla - First Round U21 Championship Versus Borris-lleigh

Nenagh Eire Og 1-11 Borris-lleigh 0-10

We started our Championship off in the right note with a win over Borris-lleigh on Saturday evening in Dolla ,both teams found it difficult to come to terms with the game in the first half , and it was clear that it was the first competitive game of the year as we provided a very lack lustre performance , Having said that good performances from Mark Grace and Michael Heffernan was very accurate and assured with his free taking , our full back line had a very solid half as we finished the half on four points each .
The Second half proved to be a different game as both teams seem to have shook of the cob webs of the winter and game sprang into life with two opening points from corner forward Tommy Heffernan ,a goal was always going to decide this game and shortly after his introduction David Cleary popped up to score it after a mistake in the Borris-lleigh back line , Mark Grace continued his good performance and added two more points to the one he scored in the first half ,Borris-lleigh piled on the pressure in the last 10 minutes and willie Boulger pulled off a fine save to keep them at bay and a goal line clearance from Brain Maxwell saved us again Michael Heffernan tacked on two further Frees to ease the Nerves and we finally ended our 6 year wait for a first round win in the under 21 Championship.

Team :1. Willie Boulger 2. Michael Hynes 3. Shane Maher 4. Brian Maxwell 5. Niall Madden 6. Mark Flannery 7. Billy Heffernan 8. Pierce Morris 9. Michael Heffernan 10. Mark Grace 11. Paddy Murphy 12. Eoin Slattery 13. Cliff Moloney 14. Cian Tucker 15. Tommy Heffernan 16. Kevin Kennedy on for Eoin Slattery 17. David Cleary on for Cian Tucker 18. Eddie Darcy on for Niall Madden 19. Sean Healy 20. John Minogue 21. Paddy Flynn 22. Michael Finn.

Scorers :
Michael Heffernan 0-06 (5 frees)
Mark Grace 0-03
Tommy Heffernan 0-02
David Cleary 1-00

 

Senior County league - Nenagh Eire Og 0-15 JK Brackens 1-09 - Sunday 15th Mar 2009

The senior team recorded recorded a 0-15 to 1-09 victory over JK Brackens in the first round of the County league.

Nenagh Eire Og Team

1. Willie Boulger, 2. Alan Kelly 3. John Brennan 4. Hugh Flannery 5. Eoin Fitzgibbon 6. Richie Flannery 7 . Mark Flannery 8. Pierce Morris 9. John Flannery 10. Paddy Murphy 11. Joh Slattery 12. Eddie Tucker 13. Kevin Tucker 14. Declan O'Meara 15. Mark Grace. Subs : David Hackett on for Declan O'Meara , Michael Hackett on for Eddie Tucker (injured) , Billy Heffernan on for Hugh Flannery (injured) , Shane Maher , Paddy Harrington , Cian Tucker ,Noel Moloney , Stevie Ryan ,Brian Dillon , Michael McNamara .

Half Time Score Nenagh Eire Og 0-07 , J.K.Brackens 0-06
Full Time Score Nenagh Eire Og 0-15 ,J.K.Brackens 1-09

Scorers : Kevin Tucker 0-10 (0-07 frees
Richie Flannery 0-01 (65)
Paddy Murphy 0-03
Michael Hackett 0-01

Our next match is on Sunday 29th April against Moycarkey Borris.

County (A) Minor Final - Nenagh Eire Og 5-10 Upperchurch Drombane  1-10 - Sunday 2nd Nov 2008

After the disappointment of last years loss in the Final and the loss of Tommy Heffernan to injury Nenagh Eire Og went into this encounter with Upperchurch/Drumbane determined not to let lightning strike twice. So it was that Nenagh produced the performance of the season to capture the county minor honours. From one to fifteen they worked hard to produce a clinical performance. Shane Maher commanded his full back position with authority and gave a masterful display, Mark Flannery at centre back was also commanding and Billy Heffernan at No 8 was a tower of strength plucking ball out of the air with ease and supplying excellent ball to our forwards who made full use of it with David Cleary at full forward scoring a personal tally of 3-02. Cliff Moloney in the corner went unmatched as he caused havoc in the Upperchurch/Drumbane defence, the pick of his scores was a point in the first half from an impossible angle, credit to the umpires for seeing it !!! Other names that stood out were Eddie Darcy and Sean Geany in defence who gave assured displays despite their young age and Eoin Slattery was also assured and worked hard at every opportunity that came his way. The Final scoreline showed the dominance of the Nenagh Performance Nenagh Eire Og 5-10 - Upperchurch/Drumbane 1-10 ...click here for more

Congratulations and thanks to Manger: Tony Slattery , Selectors: PJ Maxwell , Tommy Murray Trainer: Ritchie Flannery and Coach : Hugh Moloney. Their hard work and commitment to the team showed in a fine team performance.

County semi -final - Minor Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 2-09 v Clonoulty Rossmore 2-07 Sept 19th 2008

Nenagh recorded a thrilling victory over Clonoulty on Sunday afternoon in the Ragg in somewhat difficult conditions. In this tight encounter it was always going to be tense and closely fought to achieve the goal of reaching the final and the conditions played their part. Playing against the wind in the first half Nenagh initially were struggling to find there mark but Cliff Moloney got us off to a start with a fine point after some hard work and this settled us. We kept pressure on as the Backs worked hard to keep Clonoulty at bay only conceding 4 points in the first 30 min, Mark Flannery standing out in a fine no 6 performance. At Half time we went in 1-05 to 0-04 up after David Cleary scored a fine individual gaol.
Clonoulty came out in the second half with renewed ambition and threw all they had at us. Nenagh however rose to the  challenge and kept Clonoulty on the back foot with a goal from Mark Flannery that dropped in to the top right corner of the net direct from a 65. Clonoulty pegged us back to within a point with a scrambled goal with two minutes left , but a fine point from Paddy Murphy put us two points up to cap a fine captains performance. On the final Whistle the Score Line was 2-09 to 2-07 and Nenagh are in the County Final for the second year running . Some fine performances on the day came from Mark Flannery , Billy Heffernan , Cliff Moloney , and Paddy Murphy But the whole team deserve credit on the manner of the victory a fine team performance .

North Final - Minor Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 2-14 v Kildangan 0-13 - Sept 13th Sept 2008

Nenagh and Kildangan are no strangers to each other at this grade having met down through the seasons and having some thrilling encounters, with Kiladangan coming out winners two years ago at u16, so Nenagh knew they had a battle on their hands in this game.

And so it proved to be the case a ding dong first half was the order of the day as both teams trading points in a tough close encounter Kevin Kennedy opened our account with a fine point , followed with points from David Cleary and two more from Tommy Heffernan , A captains part was played by Paddy Murphy with a point on 12 min and Kevin Kennedy struck the final point of an injury delayed half as the half was about to close Nenagh earned a penalty with six minutes of injury time played at the end of the first half , Shane Maher stepped up from his full back position to drill a shot to the back of the kiladangan net . Sending Nenagh in at half time 1-06 to 0-08 up by one.

The second half was all set for a thriller but with five minutes played the turning point in the game came with the sending off of kildangan  No.9 James Holland for a foul on Eoin Slattery, Eoin Slattery then went on to score a goal and a point in the next 5 min to put Nenagh on the way to a fine well earned Victory running out 2-14 to 0-13.

Team: W.Boulger. S. Geany. S. Maher (1-00) pen. B. Duffy , E. Darcy , M. Flannery , N.Madden , K.Kennedy (0-02) , B.Heffernan , E. Slattery (1-01) P.Murphy (0-03) , T.Heffernan (0-03) , C.Molloney (0-02) , D.Cleary ( 0-03) , M. Tuite . Subs: Pa.Flynn on for M.Tuite , K . Flynn, K.O’Gorman, J. Minogue, D.Hickey, D. Quinn on for N. Madden, J.Geany on for B.Duffy

Minor Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 2-13 v Borrisileigh 2-11 - Sept 8th Sept 2008

We played The North Minor Semi Final against Borriseligh and ran out with a fine well earned Victory on a score line of 2-13 to 2-11. Borrislleigh went in at half time six points in front having converted two fine goal chances, with Nenagh struggling to find their feet in the first half we needed to settle and find the form that had got us to this point . Half time score Borris 2-07 Nenagh 0-07. We came out in the second half with a renewed vigour and hunger for the game Cliff Moloney started the fight back with a well taken point and that was followed quickly with a fine goal from Paddy Murphy bringing us right back into the game. David Cleary then bagged a goal and a point in quick succession to put in the driving seat. These were followed with points from Cliff Moloney and another point from David Cleary to keep us in front and when the final whistle blew we had won by two points to put us into the Final which will take place on Saturday 13th Sept at 4.00pm in Cloughjordan.
Team : W.Boulger , Sean Geany , Mark Flannery , Patrick Flynn , Brain Duffy , Billy Heffernen (0-02), Niall Madden , Edward Darcy , Paddy Murphy(1-01) , Eoin Slattery , David Cleary(1-02) , Tommy Heffernen(0-03) , Cliff Moloney(0-04) , Shane Maher (0-01), Joe Geany . Subs : Kevin Flynn , Kevin O’Gorman , John Minogue , Kevin Kennedy , Mark Tuite , David Hickey , Kevin Gubbins , Adrian Brennan .

Under 21 Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 3-17 v Borrisileigh 1-11 - Sunday 24th August 2008

We played our final game in the group on Sunday evening 24th. Although we were already knocked out of the Championship we fielded a youth full looking side against Borrisleigh and ran out convincing winners ,giving a much need boost to the club for the future. There were fine performances all over the field. Brian Maxwell stood out as did Billy Heffernan and David Cleary who scored 2 goals and a Man Of the Match Performance from Cliff Moloney topped of this fine performance. Liam Heffernan and his selectors would like to thank the panel for their effort over the season and wish all the players the best for the future.

Minor Hurling  - Nenagh Eire Og 1-16 v Templederry 1-07 - Tues Aug 19th 2008

Our Minor Team were in action Last Tuesday night against a strong Templederry side, We ran out with a convincing victory on a score line of 1-16 to 1-07 , this was a whole team performance as we looked strong from back to front with , some fine displays from Paddy Flynn , Kevin Kennedy , Eddie Darcy , Mark Tuite , Paddy Murphy and a Fine display From Joe Geany at top of the Right with a personal score of 1-02 , And The Man of the Match performance came from No.6 Billy Heffernan , with a great defensive performance. This result puts us into the semi final stage .

Junior B Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 0-07 Templederry 1-11 Fri 8th Aug 2008

Our junior (b) team were in action last Friday Evening and unfortunately they came out the wrong side of a 1.11 to 0.07 score line, We entered this game with a number of injuries and players missing due to other commitments. But we felt confident that we could come out of this encounter with a result unfortunately this proved not to be the case. The game was hard fought as we kept point for point with Templederry and went in at the break only two points in arrears 0.07 to 0.05, After the break we battled hard to keep in touch but Templederry kept us at bay and we were beginning to struggle as we were unable to convert good
ball reaching the forwards , D.Quinn was introduced and we rallied with two good points from him but
Templederry got the all important goal to end our challenge. Paul Henry and his selectors Donnie O'Brien and Paul Kennedy would like to thank the Junior (b) Panel for the effort put in during the season .

Junior A Hurling - Nenagh 2-11 V Toomevara 2-17 - Sunday 28th July 2008

Nenagh Eire Og v Toomevara 11.30am Dolla Our juniors were in action last Sunday week and unfortunately they came out the wrong side of a 2.11 to 2.17 score line, We went in at half time having conceded two soft goals leaving the score line 0.08 to 2.06 which put us under pressure to turn the game around, We put up a determined effort in the second half to try and pull this game out of the bag a man of the match performance from Pearse Morris who finished with a tally of 2.02 dragged us back into the game but Toom finished the stronger and pulled away too win by 6 points.
Team : W.Boulger , B.Fitzgibbon , E.Fitzgibbon , M.Hynes , S.O`Carroll , B.Heffernan , N.Madden , P.Morris (2-02), J.Donnellan (0-02), M.Grace , C.Kirwin , S.Healy (0-03), D.Cleary , R.Ryan (0-03)frees, E.Slattery (0-01). Sub : P.Flynn on for R.Ryan.

Junior A Hurling - Nenagh 1-11 V Roscrea 1-10 - Thur 17th July 2008

Our Junior team travelled to Moneygall, for their championship encounter with Roscrea , this was a very close run game as we recorded our first win in this years championship , a spirited performance that saw the whole team overcome a bad start 0-4 down early fought back to lead 0-8 to 0-5 at half time we went on to hold the lead with Nenagh running out one point winners at the full time whistle 1-11 to 1-10 , score of the game a floating ball was dispatched from the middle of the field and was met expertly with an overhead pull from Robert Ryan to land the ball in the back of the Roscrea Net ,This may prove to turn out Contender for Goal of the season. Man of the Match performance from John Donnellan pushed closely by Billy Heffernan.

Team : W. Boulger , B.Fitzgibbon , E. Fitzgibbon , Ml.Hynes , S.O’Carroll ,B.Heffernan (0-3), N.Madden , P.Morris (0-1) , J.Donnellan , M.Grace , C.Brennan (0-1) , S.Healy ( 0-3), R.Ryan (1-02) , C.Kirwin (0-1), D.Cleary , Subs: P.Flynn on for C.Kirwin

Minor Hurling - Nenagh 1-10 V Kilruane 2-17 - Wed 16th July 2008

Our Minor’s were in action last Wednesday eve in the championship we encountered a very dogged and strong Kilruane outfit , there was nothing between the teams at half time going in at the break with Kilruane holding a one point advantage on a score line of 1.07 to 1.08 .  After the break the second half proved to be forgettable for a disappointing Nenagh Team adding just 3 more points to their 1.07 tally at Halftime , Kilruane stretched their lead and finally ran out winners on this occasion on a final score line of 1.10 to 2.17 . Nenagh will be sure to learn from this defeat and no doubt will still have a big say in this year’s championship.

Team: K .Flynn, S .Geany, S .Maher, P .Flynn, B. Duffy, M .Flannery, N. Madden, B. Heffernan , E .Darcy , W .Boulger , P . Murphy, M .Tuite, C. Moloney, D .Cleary, A. Brennan, Subs: K. Galvin, J. Geany, D. Quinn, K .O`Gorman, J .Minogue, D. Hickey, K. Kennedy, Pearse O’Brien, T. Heffernan (injured), O .Slattery

Junior A Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 0-09 , Kilruane 1-09 - Sun 29th June 2008

Our Junior A team were in action Last Sunday Evening against Kilruane in Puckane , In a hard fought encounter we unfortunately came out on the wrong side of 3 point loss, in a low scoring game every score was going to be vital and as the saying goes “Goals win games” ands so this proved to be the case, There were some fine performances in the shape of Billy Heffernan at wing back and John Donnlan at number 9 just to mention two.
Team , Willie Boulger , Brian Fitzgibbon , Conor Kirwin , Michael Hynes , Niall Madden , Eoin Fitzgibbon , Billy Heffernan (0-3)from frees, Shane O’Carroll , John Donnlan (0-2) , David Cleary (0-2), Conor Brennan, Sean Healy , Mark Grace , Robert Ryan (0-2) 1 free , Pierse Morris.
Subs: Cian Tucker on for M.Grace , Paddy Flynn.

Junior B Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 1-09 Ballina 1-14 Fri 20th June 2008

Our Junior (B) team were in action on Friday evening last in Kilcolman , we faced Ballina in the first round of the championship , we were unfortunately defeated on the night but showed signs that there are better things to come form this team , with good displays from individuals like Cliff Moloney and Brian Maxwell , Eire Og 1-09 , Ballina 1-14 ,
Team : Christy McLaughlin , Shane Connolly , Lenny Ryan , Brian Duffy , John Kelly , Frank McGrath , Declan Bailey , Brian Maxwell (0-2) 1.65 1.free , Ciaran Duffy , Cliff Moloney (1-02) 1.free , Tom O’Gara (0-2) , Eamonn Hodgins , Noel Tomlinson , Liam O’Gara (0-1) , Mike Ryan , Subs : David Minogue , Paul Lillis , Tomas O’Brien (0-02) on for E.Hodgins , John O’Gorman on for N.Tomlinson , Enda O’Sullivan on for F.McGrath , Mark O’Dwyer , Peter Egan on for L.O’Gara , Derek Lillis , Paul Burke , Paddy Harrington on for M.Ryan

Senior Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 0-16 Roscrea 4-09 - Sat 14th June 2008

Full match report .... click here

The Senior Championship season came to a disappointing end in Toomevara Saturday evening when we bowed out of this year's Tipperary senior hurling championship just days after new Waterford manager, Davy Fitzgerald was relieved of his management duties at the club. Fitzgerald's unremarkable reign at Nenagh saw the Blues suffer earlier defeats to both Borris-Ileigh and Toomevara leaving Nenagh with a must win clash against Roscrea on Saturday evening in Toomevara. With former inter-county Tipperary hurler and Eire Og clubman, John Heffernan drafted in to replace Fitzgerald just last Wednesday, Nenagh faced an uphill battle going into the encounter and were also without Hugh Maloney, Brian Dillon and Declan O'Meara who were all ruled out through injury.

After a difficult week Eire og went into this encounter with a sense of determination and pride in the club, but unfortunately we just did not get out of the blocks at all in the first half. With 9 minutes gone we were 1-1 down to no score and struggling to find our way. A goal chance was saved from Paul Ryan on 10 min and our first score did not register until a free converted by Kevin Tucker after 11minutes. Roscrea continued to pile on the pressure with a second goal from Tommy Fitzgerald on the 14minute mark, and another goal from Mark Ryan on 25 minutes made life very difficult for us. Kevin Tucker kept us in touch with three more points from frees points from Ritchie Flannery, Paul Ryan and Eddie Tucker took us in at half time 0-7 to 3-06 down.

Eire og returned after the break a different team and started to eat into Roscrea’s lead early on with a point from Michael Heffernan, further points from Kevin Tucker’s free(s) and Hugh Flannery, Paul Ryan from play kept the score board ticking in our favour. The game was being played at a fast and furious tempo with Eire Og piling on the pressure and Roscrea at this juncture had only registered 2 points in the second half. With 22min gone Eddie Tucker’s point brought us to within 3 points of Roscrea. An excellent save form a Michael Haffernan strike resulted in a 65 converted by Kevin Tucker to bring us to within 2 points, but a controversial goal from John Carroll right at the death sealed it for Roscrea .

Team; Michael McNamara , Stephen Ryan , John Brennan , Alan Kelly , Hugh Flannery (0-1) , Richie Flannery (0-1) , Noel Moloney , John Flannery , Michael Hackett , Paul Ryan (0-2) , Eddie Tucker (0-2) , Paddy Murphy , Michael Heffernan (0-1) , Kevin Tucker (0-9) 8 from frees , David Hackett , Subs John Kennedy , Conor Kirwan ,Shane Maher .

Senior Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 2-12  Toomevara 2-13 - Sat 10th May 2008

Nenagh Eire Og slipped to their second successive North SHC defeat to Toomevara on Saturday evening in Cloughjordan. Having already succumbed to Borris-Ileigh, Nenagh badly needed a win over the ‘Greyhounds’, and we got a tonic start with Paul Ryan’s goal after just 15 seconds. Nenagh led 1-3 to 0-1 after just nine minutes, but as the opening half unfolded became dependant on Kevin Tucker’s accurate free-taking, and bagged only two points from play. Toomevara cut the deficit to four points by the 18th minute, with Ken Dunne and John Delaney on target, before Delaney slipped the Nenagh cover on 22 minutes to rattle the net. The goal spurred Toomevara and Willie Ryan brought the sides level in the 26th minute before Francis Devaney and Ryan (free) ensured Toome led, by 1-7 to 1-5 at the interval. Michael Heffernan brought Nenagh to within one early in the second half before Ken Dunne scored Toomes second goal in the 43rd minute. Nenagh drew level the 53rd minute when Michael Heffernan pulled first time on James McGrath’s batted clearance. Nenagh then edged ahead with Kevin Tucker’s eighth free before Ken Dunne converted after Brian Dillon was harshly penalised for over-carrying. The momentum was with now with Toome though and despite the best efforts of Stephen Ryan, John Brennan and Hugh Maloney in particular, two late points from Ken Dunne and Francis Devaney ensured that Toomevara held on for a 2-13 to 2-12 victory. Nenagh must now watch and wait for the next five weeks before their next encounter and must secure wins over Roscrea and Lorrha and hope results go our way to avoid being consigned to the inaugural County B championship.

Senior Hurling - Nenagh Eire Og 0-9  Borrisoleigh 0-16 - Sun 4th May 2008

The first round match of the league stages of the North senior championship took place on Sunday 4th May 2008 when we faced Borriosleigh in Dolla. A close opening half saw Borrisoleigh lead by two points at the interval, 0-8 to 0-6, but following the restart a 29-man melee led to referee Johnny McDonnell flashing four yellow cards. Borrisoleigh went on to dominate with points from John Keane, Mark Bourke and Patrick Stapleton ensuring they ran our seven point winners in the end.. Our next match is against Toomevara on Saturday evening next May 10th at 7:00pm in Cloughjordan. Nenaghs scorers were Kevin Tucker 6 pts, Hugh Flannery, Paul Ryan, Michael Heffernan 1 pt each.

Tipperary 3-21 Limerick 1-12
Munster and All-Ireland minor champions Tipperary started their 2008 campaign off to an impressive 3-21 to 1-12 victory over Limerick in Semple Stadium on Thursday. Nenagh Eire Og star, Paddy Murphy contributed handsomely to the victory with 2 well taken points. Paddy is hoping to secure a 2nd All Ireland minor with Tipperary this year and will line out with the Senior team against Borrisoleigh at the weekend.

Well done to Nenagh Vocational School on their great win in the All Ireland final against Kanturk last weekend. The team was captained by Nenagh Eire Og's Pearse Morris and included also Michael Heffernan and Tommy Heffernan.

Tommy Heffernan also picked up a Munster title at the weekend when he captained the North Tipperay U16 team to victory over Waterford. Mark Tuite was also on the panel and Liam Flannery was a selector.