I wouldnāt be a huge follower of club in Tipp, but the championship genuinely does seem box office. For all our harping on about the Limerick one, what you really want is variety yesr on year. You get that in abundance with Tipp.
Kilruane breaking a drought yesterday, Kiladangan did the same 2 years ago, the magic of L/C last year in dual. And then the other magic of Borris Ileigh in 2019. Itās incredible, so hard to predict and all the finals have been tight affairs
Sars won the four-in-a-row in 2017. Five different winners in the five years since (three of them north Tipp clubs).
We donāt have any outstanding club team that will dominate the club Championship (as can be seen by poor progression usually in Munster series) but youāve at least half a dozen teams each year in with a shot.
Kilruane a classy club.
Canāt imagine how hard it was for those young lads to get back hurling after what they saw on the pitch.
A simple mention of the young man in the speech would do grandly enough.
Iām afraid you just donāt get it fella.
Some lads want anything to be outraged about. Theyāll probably be pissed off if Tipp donāt use the number 5 jersey next season.
Tradition and heritage really are so important in sport.
Kilruane hadnāt been in a County Final in 37 years before last week yet went out and performed to their maximum. Same again yesterday when they were inspired and played above themselves probably.
Kildangan on the other hand froze in 2016 in their first final, underperformed in 2019 and again yesterday had a bit of a collapse.
The one they won in 2020, there was no one at it which probably helped them and even at that they were very lucky to come out on the right side of it.
If Kildangan had won a County Championship āagainst the headā in 2013 when they were very young and unexposed they could have won several, but as the years go by its hard to see them winning too many more.
Seems like thereās been a fair bit of tragedy in the Kilruane camp in recent times to go with what happened that night against Clonoulty. Saw an interview with Bill O Meara after the match who spoke very emotionally but very well. Nice to see a club get over a famine too.
The goalkeeper lost his younger brother last year as well.
Was he in with a chance of winning the marathon?
Iām pretty sure thereās no measure of OTT for this sort of thing
The Tipperary senior hurling championship is box office.
What is the significance of Kil-a-dangan over Kil-dangan? What sensitivities are involved?
To the best of my recall, the club formally resolved on Kiladangan a few years ago, no?
Iām not sure and Iām not all that bothered. I just always called them Kildangan but now that you say it i think their Twitter is Kiladangan these days.
I wouldnāt get too hung up on those things and focus more on the hurling and soap opera that surrounds it.
I will say this about Kilruane McDonaghs, the hurling will have been a great distraction these past few weeks. All things being equal, that probably comes to an end next weekend.
The following few weeks are going to be especially tough for them all. The nights are long, the evenings bereft of hurling and such distractions. Itās then that itāll really hit home in many ways. God help the family and friends of Dillon during this time.
Is it something to differentiate them from Kildangan in Kildare or I thought I heard it was something innocuous enough like that.
Is there a village of Kiladangan or is it all just based around Puckaun?
@peddlerscross what was George Hanniganās involvement?
There was a great bit of Radio last night on Tipp MWR between Local Media titan Stevie OāDonnell and the West PRO Cc @Declan_Moffat
They were chatting away about Lorrhaās win and the West PRO was saying like how Lorrha had a strong management team this year with Ken Hogan as manager and Brian Carroll of Offaly as coach. Good solid men etc.
Then at the very end as an absolute afterthought he goes āYer man Brophy was involved as wellā 
Iād say Brophy would be seething.
Ah I missed it. Would normally tune in. No love lost there I can tell you
Kildangan have 3 villages - Puckaun, Ballycommon and Dromineer. They come right into Nenagh town too so have a big pick.
They have also done really well out of former Shannon Rovers players settling in Kildangan parish. At least 4 of yesterdays team would be of Shannon Rovers stock.
I dont know Hanniganās exact role but heās married to Kildangan stock and i presume he was keeping the show on the road early in the year when Coach Egan was in Wexford and Sean Treacy was coaching Clare. He would stand at far side of the pitch micāed up.
