On Saturday afternoon last, our under 21 footballers had a good win over Knockmealdown Gaels in the South Tipp Under 21 B Football Quarter final. The game was played in Davin Park, Carrick on Suir. The Gaels were a combination team from the Ballylooby, Fr. Sheehys and Newcastle Clubs. Before we lose the run of ourselves, it should be remembered that the Gaels only came back into the competition through the second chance round in which they defeated Clonmel Og. In the first round, they had lost heavily to Ballyporeen who are still strong. In the quarter final next weekend, Bally will meet St. Patrick's whom we ourselves defeated in round one. On Saturday we showed a small number of changes from the side that won in round one. Some of these were enforced. We played well enough but made the task difficult for ourselves by shooting a large number of wides and missing quite a number of frees. A second goal towards the end of the game settled the supporters nerves as we ran out 2-8 to 0-10 winners.
We are now in the semi-final. With us are Killenaule who had a walk over the weekend and Ballingarry who had a narrow 3-3 to 0-11 win over Carrick Swan in a quarter final played in Mullinahone. Ballingarry who were not at full strength seemed to have used up an amount of luck in this game.
The fourth quarter-final will be played in Ardfinnan on Sunday morning next between Ballyporeen and St. Patrick's. I presume the semi-final draw will take place after the game.
Our team has plenty of potential to do well especially if a much quicker supply of the ball was sent in to the forwards some of whom are both speedy and accurate.
We lined out on Saturday – Michael Lonergan, Keith Mullally, Ciaran O' Shea, Brian Treacy, Alan Walsh, Joseph O'Meara, Chris Horan, Sean Curran, Eddie Phelan, Thomas Collins, Kevin Walzer, Niall O'Brien, Garry Cronin, Richie Morrissey, Nigel O'Brien. Subs used: Eoin Fennelly and Cathal Horan. Credit to the team manager Declan McNamara and his selectors. Hopefully the team can advance a few more steps.
Fur and Feather Land:
In one of the National daily papers for many years, there was a cartoon strip called "Curly Wee" who lived with his friends in Fur and Feather Land. It now looks as if Fur and Feather Land may be coming to Mullinahone on Sunday mornings. On Sunday morning week March 14th, a bring and buy poultry sale has been arranged to take place in the Car Park of the local GAA grounds. Further sales are to take place on the first Sunday of each month from 8.30am to 1.30pm. Eggs and birds of all types are welcome. Small animals, rabbits, guinea pigs etc. are also welcome. Sellers must bring their own cages and boxes. For more details, contact Eddie Lanigan at 087 6528040.
A fowl market in Mullinahone is not new. A couple of years ago, a Market Rights Day was held in the village streets. The connection between the local GAA and a Mullinahone Fowl Market could be almost 100 years old.
The following is a verse sometimes added to "The Mullinahone Fifteen".
"Going home through Grangemockler they frightened all the cows and scattered Mrs. Freaney's hens going in by Nine Mile House/
They whistled at Mickey Denny saying try and keep her going/
For we must attend a fowl market in a place called Mullinahone".
Whether the verse is authentic or belongs to another local ballad such as "Micky Sheas Motor Car", I'm not sure but Sunday March 14th won't be the first fowl market in Mullinahone. Again, more details from Eddie Lanigan at 087 6528040.
Fancy Dress and Sponsored Silence:
Poulacapple N.S. held a Fancy Dress and Sponsored Silence (5th and 6th Classes) on behalf of the Haven Charity in aid of the Haiti Appeal. A sum of E735 was raised. A big thank you to all on behalf of the pupils and the school staff comes from Ellen Carrigan S.N.A. (See photos).
Local Lotto Draw
The last February draw took place on February 22nd. The winning numbers drawn were: (1, 2, 19, 15). There was no jackpot winner, but we did have three winners of the Match 3 prize of E150. Congratulations to Willie Walsh, Mary O'Sullivan and Mary Gunn. Next Jackpot draw will be on Monday March 8th, when the jackpot could be worth E2,500. However, if you are not in you wont win.
Parish News:
For the duration of Lent, there will be devotions in St. Michael's Church each Sunday evening at 7pm. Last Mass in Mullinahone on Sunday last was part of the celebrations of Sr. Emily Maher, who has been 60 years in religion. Sr. Emily is a sister of Betty Reilly, Carrick Road whom she visits on a regular basis. We congratulate Sr. Emily on her 60 years of service. First Confession will take place in St. Michael's Church on Friday night March 12th at 7.30pm. Next Sunday preparation for First Communion will continue at the 11.30am Mass on March 7th.
The deaths have taken place of Jack Doyle, formerly of Ballyduggan who was interred in Borris, Co. Carlow and of Ms. Nellie O'Connell, late of Fethard Street who died in England and whose remains were interred in Mullinahone. Nellie was the daughter of Alice and Charlie O'Connell and the last of the five girls and two boys in that family.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Friday night March 5th 8pm Anniversary Denis Foley, Parkmore,
Sat. March 6th 8pm Anniversary Mansel Brett, Poulacapple West
Sunday March 7th .30am Anniversary Mary and Hugh Madden, Fethard Street,
11.30am Anniversary Kitty and Jack Bradshaw, Ballinacloghy.
May they rest in peace.
Irish Wheelchair Association:
The Tipperary branch of the above would like to thank the people of Mullinahone for their generosity at the recent church gate collection. The sum of E720 was raised. Thanks also to the collectors who gave of their time to help with the collection.
September Look back:
Mullinahone GAA Juvenile Club thanked the people for making their Annual Under 12 Tournament a great success.
Notice was given that the Slievenamon Tractor Run was to take place on September 12th. Kate O'Connell N.T. was wished luck on her transfer to County Galway from Kilvemnon N.S. Simon McGowan, Kilvemnon completed the Gale Force Triathlon in Westport, Co. Mayo on behalf of the Richie Quirke Support Fund. St. Patricia Byrne, Lismolin celebrated 60 years in religion while First Choice Fuels opened in the village. The month concluded with the exit of our senior hurlers from the county championship in Semple Stadium at the hands of Upperchurch.
Pray for the Sinners:
The Fionn Mac Cumhaill Players present "Pray for the Sinners", a play in two acts by Paul Maher over the coming weeks. The play is directed by Anne Williamson. It is a moving story which is at all times, hilariously funny. Joey Ryan is a young man of 22 living in 1986 Ireland, as Christianity is about to come under some changes. It's a long time from his parents days when women prayed for holy purity and men for the conversion of Russia. Joey is a little bewildered by all around him and is of an age when he is sexually and mentally frustrated and now the moving statues has put him thinking that he is going mad. The Watergate, Kilkenny, March 10th – 056 7761674, The Abbymill, Fethard March 12th, - 087 2544229 and the Source, Thurles on March 13th – 0504 90204. Book early to see host of local talent in top class surroundings.
Date: 24/02/2010
From: Tom Hayes T.D.
South Tipperary T.D. last night spoke in the Dáil about ongoing problems with water supply in the Mullinahone, Fethard, Cloneen and Drangan areas with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
"The Council have applied for emergency funding of €8 million to fund mains replacement in the Mullinahone-Fethard area. In the past ten years during the summer months, but also the winter, the area suffers desperate water shortages. The locals have lobbied the local authority and it has been raised at council meetings. People who are paying water rates, many of whom are in rural areas, are extremely frustrated with the service. The council is now under fierce pressure to carry out remedial works but cannot do so unless the Department sanctions €8 million to replace the pipes.
"When a new round of funding is announced, which I expect shortly, the Mullinahone area must be given particular attention. I request the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to sanction the money on behalf of the people of Mullinahone. This is an urgent request."
In reply to Tom Hayes T.D., the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government highlighted that prevention of leaks and water mains replacement were very much a priority for the new Water Services Investment Programme, and that Councils were requested to target those most important projects for prioritisation. The Minister confirmed that his Department has received proposals for water mains replacement for Mullinahone, Fethard Town, Killenaule, Cloneen and Drangan. He has confirmed that the Council will be contacted in the very near future about these projects. An announcement is expected in coming weeks.
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ENDS
For further information, please contact Tom Hayes, T.D. on (087) 8105016 or Sarah O'Connor, Parliamentary Assistant to Tom Hayes on (087) 2225995.
Last year, the GAA in general celebrated 125 years of its foundation. This year 2010, the spotlight shifts to the clubs of the GAA. Among the clubs founded in 1885 was Mullinahone. As a result, this year Mullinahone GAA Club completes 125 years of membership of the Gaelic Athletic Association. This is an extremely long period of time. The only organisation which has a longer history in the parish of Mullinahone than the GAA is the Catholic Church. The history of our club can be divided neatly into five chapters. First, we have the 25 years from 1885 to 1910. This was the time from 3 years after the death of C.J. Kickham. All through the Land War which came to an end (or truce) in 1909. It was the generation which saw the tenant farmers of the area become the owners of their farms.
It was the time when Mullinahone Co-Op (the present sponsors of the Club) was founded and also the time 1899 when the first County Council was elected in South Tipperary. The first GAA team in Mullinahone was a football team in Ballycullen. It was 1908 before the first Mullinahone footballer lined out for Tipp.
This was (Black) Bill Vaughan. Tradition has it that, in those days, the famous “Dyke Rourke” was good enough but could not be persuaded to play for the County. Perhaps, in those years, the land question kept Mullinahone eyes off “the big ball”. The next quarter century was a turbulent one in Ireland and also in Mullinahone.
Nationalism and the fight for freedom flared up. The War of Independence and the Civil War took place. Right in the middle of everything was “Bloody Sunday” in Croke Park and Mullinahone’s huge part in same. County football titles and All Ireland medals were won. It was the golden age of Mullinahone football. The third 25 years 1935 – 1960 were tough years in the parish, but the club struggled on. The infant Irish State struggled into the Economic War. World War II came and went and then the club was hit hard by the emigration of the 1950s. We kept going but the club’s golden football age was fast fading. A chance to purchase the club’s own football field was lost for want some say of j50. For personal memories of this 25 years, two of your best bets are John Vaughan and Tony Nolan. The fourth era was from 1960 to 1985. The era began with a blaze of glory for Tipperary hurling just before the “Famine” set in.
It was a glorious era in which Mullinahone didn’t have an active role. The club struggled along. It wasn’t a great time for winning, but we did in the 1960s and 1970s supply a number of local players to Tipperary minor, under 21 and even senior football teams. Society changed in the 1960s with the advent of television. The horizons of the youth of the parish were broadened and this caused problems for the club which may have taken time to come to terms with. A bright spot in the darkness was the winning of a County Junior football title in 1973.
This team may not have been the greatest ever footballers, but it did give more administrators to the Club than any other team to my knowledge.
We celebrated our own centenary in 1985, when the present club chairman was manager of a junior hurling team which won a South Tipp Junior hurling title. The following year 1986, saw us win our first underage hurling title. The great change had begun. We have much to be proud of in the last 25 years. The early days of the hurling revolution took our minds off the gloomy economic days of the late 1980s and 1990s. It is fitting that this last 25 years should end with our own Eoin Kelly, the captain of Tipperary’s senior hurlers and his county’s leading championship scorer of all time. There is much for Mullinahone to celebrate this year. It is good to see the club trying to involve as many parishioners as possible as members for the club has always been part of the parish fabric and a source of parish pride. C.J. Kickhams GAA Club Mullinahone is both Irish and local. It has great tradition and history behind it. What better reason does one need to become a member in this very special year!
When the weather softens
The Knocknagow Retired Social People’s Club is preparing to swing back into action again shortly. The club which meets every second week closed for its Winter break after its Christmas Party in early December. Now that Spring is in the air, the club is about to re-open. This will be in early March though we haven’t a date as yet. Watch these notes and the parish newsletter for further information. No doubt, the weather will be a little bit softer by then.
Local Lotto
The last draw took place on Monday February 15. The numbers drawn were: (10, 17, 19, 27). There was no jackpot winner but we did have three winners who shared the Match 3 prize of j150. Congratulations to Frank Holden, Deirdre, Aine, Eimear and Billy Carroll. Well done to all. Next draw will be on Monday March 1 when the jackpot could be worth j2,350. However, to win, you must first be in.
Devotions will include Stations of the Cross and Benediction.
Parish Newsletter
Devotions will include Stations of the Cross and Benediction.
All organisations and families are asked to keep the following dates free towards the end of Lent:
Sunday, March 28, Penitential Service, Thursday April 1, Holy Thursday, Friday April 2 Good Friday and Saturday April 3, Easter Vigil.
Congratulations and best wishes to Patrick Crowe, Kickham Place and Orla Hickey, Cashel who were married recently.
Condolences to the family of Danny Brett, Modeshill, whose unexpected death took place and condolences also to Michael Kenny, Ballyvoneen on the death of his brother Eamon Kenny, Ballingarry.
Anniversary Masses next weekend
Saturday February 27, 8pm, Anniversary Liam Hogan, Briarsfield
Sunday February 28, Michael White, Clonlaghy, his sister Catherine White
The income from the weekly envelopes and standing orders support the work of the Church at home and abroad. Last year diocesan administration and diocesan needs received j5,040, education of priests received j794, Peters Pence received j1,155, Propagation of the faith j1,371, Holy Places in Jerusalem j1,000, Trocaire j5,000, Kenya and other Third World needs j9,941, Forthcoming Eucharistic Congress j1,000. Boxes of envelopes for the coming year are available for collection in the Church. The New Year begins in March.
Thank You
Thank you from the South Tipperary Branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association to all those who subscribed to their churchgate collection last weekend. Thanks also to the volunteers who manned the collection points. Buiochas daoibh go leir.
Mullinahone GAA Club:
Juvenile Club.
At our meeting last Friday night Chairman Johnny Kennedy presented Rita Curran and Eddie McCarthy with some crystal in appreciation of their work with the juvenile club over the years. Rita served as treasurer while Eddie served as secretary. All juvenile players must be registered before March 31. Registration nights will be held on Wednesday, March 3 and Thursday 4 between 7-00 and 9-00pm in the sports complex to facilitate parents. All existing parents and players as well as newcomers are welcome.
Gym Membership.
All members from 2009 will be contacted over the next two weeks with a view to renewing their membership. You can renew by contacting me Jackie Bolger on 086-8341843.
Club Membership.
Club membership is now due from all players and can be paid to Eddie McCarthy. Membership is also welcomed from the general public. You will be issued with a special 125 club membership card marking our 125 year.
Tipp and Kilkenny.
Many of our members travelled to Thurles last Saturday night to see new captain Eoin Kelly lead Tipp onto the field. However heavy snowfall caused the game to be postponed. All was not lost as one man in the parish goaled on the night. While crossing the field local legend Mick Mullaly from Lismolin took a hurley and ball and realised a lifetime ambition to score a goal in Semple Stadium. He said he burst the net.
However local witness Paddy Power said the ball was an inch over the line.
U21B Football
Our footballers will play their second game in the championship this Saturday against Knockmealdown Gaels. Check papers for times and venue.
There will be Devotions in St. Michaels’ Church every Sunday evening at 7pm during Lent.
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