Iām fairly sure the main pitch is the only pitch that is capable of holding an adult game. By far the best surface in the county at this time of year
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Whatever - I suppose āback-to-back years in the Provincial Championshipsā
Definitely, both are just smaller training pitches.
The back pitch at cappamore was in excellent condition last Sunday. A credit to the club.
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no issue whatsoeverā¦
Yes he is.
Sadly, yes.
One of the best weāll ever have.
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Can hardly be talked around? It wouldnāt be a huge distance to travel for training
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He works in Dublin full time. Lives in toomevara with a young family.
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Some addition to Toomevara.
Theyāve done well in the transfer window in recent years without it going above the radar.
Heās some amount of hurling done for his age. nearly 13 seasons done with the club at adult level.
Done some amount of underage hurling for Limerick too. Had just turned 17 Iād say when making his 21s debut v cork in the Munster semi final in 2011 I think it was.
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You are correct.
Great soccer player too I believe as a young lad. His grandfather was a great character and serious hurler way back when, for Doon.
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He was a tidy soccer player.
Got very close to an Irish under 14 or 16s team I canāt recall which.
When he was 13 he played murro boher three times in about ten days. 14s, 16s and minor. The minors were very stuck to field a team.
He ran riot in the 14s and 16s and was the difference in the minor game.
In came an objection presuming he was overage for the under 14s and it turned he was actually ineligible for the minors. Not sure if the game was forfeited but it was around that time they got really strict on playing above your age grade.
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Centre back for tipp sorted for a few years at least.
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Young lads are not allowed to become too good now as 13/14 year olds.
Back then youād have lads capable of scoring 4-09 in an u14 game and it was normal.
OāConnell transferred to Ard Scoil in later years as I dont remember him playing at u14 for them. Jamie Shanahan from Clare was the main man at that age group and he was absolutely unbelievable.
I dont think they make them like that anymore.
He went into ard scoil after junior cert.
I wonder what the rule was back then? If you turned 16 or 17 you could play adult hurling I think even in the middle of the year?
Iām nearly sure Barry made his kildimo debut v glenroe in a knock out game but Iām not a 100 percent.
You could play Adult in your first year out of U16. It didnt matter when your 17th birthday was.
Noel McGrath won a Munster Club with Loughmore before his 17th birthday.
However that U17 rule only came in around 2006 i think.
Before that it was complete wild west stuff with 14/15 year olds playing Senior. Eoin Kelly came on in the 1997 Tipp Senior Final as 15 year old. I think renowned poster @glenshane won an Ulster Club Football medal as a mere 15 year old the same year.
Joe Canning played in 2004 for Portumna I think as an U16.
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Ya I could be wrong but Iām 85 percent sure it was 1/4 final when Barry made his debut v glenroe marking Mike o Brien Iād say.
I had it in my head he only became eligible mid way through the season but my memory be playing tricks on me.