Inside: Allianz Cumann na mBunscol News l Photos/Stories Galore In association Limerick GAA Youth Magazine Summer 2016 Volume 20 Number 3 €3.00 with mrbinman.com Mackey Cup Goes to South Limerick! West are Best in Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Neville Cup! National Awards Publication Jedward of the Year Connections! www.thegreenandwhite.com US PL PUZZLES, COMPETITIONS AND MORE... The Green & White Summer 2016 Summer 2016 Issue Number 60 Summer 2016 Volume 20 Number 3 Follow us on Twitter @LimerickGAAzine Another school year is almost at an end and, as usual, This issue it has been jam-packed with action on the playing fields. 2 The Throw In This is also the final issue of the 20th year of the Green and 3 News White. As we look ahead to the future, a glance through the pages of this magazine reveals how far Gaelic Games in 4 Cumann na mBunscol News our primary schools have come. Every week of the school 5 Mary O Callaghan Interview year sees boys and girls involved in activities promoted by 6 INTO Mini 7s 18 Cumann na mBunscol. In these pages, we report on the 8 The Neville Cup Mackey and Neville Cups, the Primary Game, indoor hurling 9 Cillian Fahy Interview and camogie and the INTO Mini Sevens. The ‘Mini Sevens’ 10 Mackey Cup 2016 provide a pathway from the schoolyard all the way to Croke 12 2016 Munster Championship Launch Park. The primary school is where boys and girls learn the 14 skills of Gaelic Games and the players who feature in these Bob McConkey pages will carry the hopes of Limerick followers in years 15 1957 Olo Cup Feature to come. 16 Focus on South Limerick In this issue, we meet some of the young stars 17 Serendipity carrying Limerick’s hopes in 2016, including Mary O 18 Jedward Connections Callaghan, Cillian Fahy, Barry O Connell and Tom Morrissey 20 City Scene and we find out what inspires them and what they do to stay 22 The G&W on Hols on top of their game. 24 East Limerick News Throughout the summer, we’ll be keeping a close eye on the continuing renaissance of Limerick camogie under John 26 Around the Grounds Tuohy. We’ll be watching John Kiely’s charges who are full of 28 Looking West high hopes as they defend their All Ireland under 21 hurling 30 The Lundon Eye crown. We hope to have lots of good news of Limerick teams 32 Prize Crossword -at all levels- to report on in the next issue of The Green 33 Cartoon Corner and White! 34 Puzzle Page As ever, the Green and White is a team effort and 35 In Off the Post our thanks to the people who send us photos and news, 36 The Back Door especially James Lundon, Tom Aherne, Carole Cleary, Aidan Ryan, Denis O Connor, Brian O Seaghdha, Caroline McGrath, George Hatchell, Conor Wyse, Brother Dormer, John Tuohy and Seamus McElligott. Luimneach abú, Ciarán Crowe & Joe Lyons Joint Editors 5 Editors: Joe Lyons and Ciarán Crowe Design: ConsidineDesign.com Printing: Cube Printing Sales: 5,200 per issue Distribution: Noel Hartigan 087 958 1568 Secretary: Mabel Mullane (061) 355057 Asst. Secretary: Gerry Bennis Editorial Address: Patrickswell NS, Co. Limerick E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @LimerickGAAzine Website: www.thegreenandwhite.com Front cover photo by Seamus McElligott 2 The Green & White Summer 2016 +++News+++News+++News+++ The Mulkerns from 18 Lisnagry NS pictured after the county finals of the INTO Mini Cian Lynch Bord Sevens Gais U21 Hurling ambassador A Family Affair Lisnagry NS enjoyed a rare double when they won both the boys and girls football titles at the county finals of the INTO Mini Sevens. To top that, there was a unique treble as three members of the Mulkern family featured on the winning teams. Ciara and Aoife starred on the girls football team while their brother Patrick was a member of the boys team. The Mulkern triplets are all in Sixth Class in Lisnagry NS. Introducing Bainisteoir One - A Great New App! Bainisteoir One’s Edno Cooley explains: “We want children to start and Limerick Schools Well keep playing Gaelic games. This app contains videos of the basics for a new generation of hurlers and footballers. Represented at INTO We believe that children who practise sport at home with parents will improve all of their skills. This will help them enjoy the sport and team activity. From the club’s perspective, increased skill Congress levels will lead to greater numbers attending training and During the recent Easter Holidays, Wexford hosted matches. A child who is good at sport will want to keep playing.” INTO Congress 2016. Cumann na mBunscol Náisiúnta’s display stand at Congress proved to Links: be a big hit with delegates. Limerick schools were https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polaris. extremely well represented in this display. Here bainisteoir&hl=en are two of the (many Limerick-themed) posters that https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/bainisteoir1/ featured prominently in the Cumann na mBunscol id1111080580?mt=8 presentation ... 3 The Green & White Summer 2016 CUMANN NA MBUNSCOL Cumann na mBunscol News Cumann na mBunscol Limerick boy plays in the Best Publication Primary Game…. The Green and White was among the prizewinners once For Cork! again in the Best Publication category at the Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Awards in Ballincollig, Co. Cork. It is the dream of every Joint Editor Ciarán Crowe accepted the award from sports-mad boy or girl to play Eimear Conroy of Cornmarket Financial Services and in the county colours on Big Bernadette Ryan, Cathaoirleach of Cumann na mBunscol. Seán Canning Match day. For Seán Canning, a young hurler from Effin in Co.Limerick, that dream came Recent true when he lined out in the Primary Game in Semple Results Stadium on May 22nd... Mackey Cup in the red and white of Cork! Winners: South Limerick Seán, who is a relation of Neville Cup Joe Canning of Galway, is a Winners: West Limerick pupil of Charleville CBS. That Indoor Camogie school plays in the North Cork City winners: Monaleen NS Cumann na mBunscol East winners: Lisnagry NS Limerick group at Cornmarket competitions and Seán was Cumann na mBunscol Awards South winners: Kilmallock NS selected to represent the Rebel West winners: Ballingarry NS County in the Primary Game Indoor Hurling East winners: Doon CBS v Tipperary. With Galway Brother Dormer City winners: Milford NS connections, a Cork jersey in West winners: Gaelscoil his locker and playing for a Brother James Dormer’s term as Uachtarán of Cumann O Dóghair (NCW) Limerick club, Seán has plenty na mBunscol came to an end at the National A.G.M. South winners: Knockainey NS in March. Brother Dormer has been a member of an of chances of supporting a Coiste Náisiunta for the past ten years. Bernadette winning team! Ryan (Cathaoirleach) made a presentation to Brother Dormer to mark the end of his term of office. From Mackey to Minor! Fin Hourigan, then a pupil in Killinure NS, captained East Limerick to victory in the 2011 Mackey Cup. Five years on, Fin is a member of the Limerick minor hurling team. The Mackey Cup is the first rung on the representative ladder for so many young players. Milford NS, City representatives at the County Indoor Hurling Finals Tournament Brother James Dormer presents the Cappagh NS enjoyed the Indoor 2011 Mackey Cup to East captain Hurling in West Limerick Fin Hourigan 4 The Green & White Summer 2016 Cumann na mBunscol News G&WFile Mary O Callaghan An interview with one of the rising stars of Limerick Camogie G&W: What are your earliest GAA memories? Mary: I remember being at a Limerick match in the Gaelic Grounds when I was very young - maybe four or five. I just remember the atmosphere was electric. When I started playing camogie, my Dad was our first coach at under 5’s and under 6’s. He was also coach to the Bruff Junior team. When I was eleven or twelve, I used to go to all the matches and I was allowed to fill in if they were short of players. I have a very early memory of playing in Lisnagry National Mary O Callaghan in School too. I don’t even know what the competition was but we won! It was action v Kilkenny brilliant. I couldn’t have been happier! G&W: Did you play on teams with the boys? Mary: Ah yeah. I did a few times when I was at school . G&W: What players did you admire when you were young? Mary: Growing up in Bruff, I admired Declan Reale and Mike Reale. G&W: Is there one particular skill you practise? Mary: My dream would be to put a sideline cut over the bar. Girls get two points for that! G&W: Is there anything different that the Limerick camogie team are doing this year? Mary: We have Declan Nash and he’s really excellent. We had him for ten weeks at the start of the year and he has stayed on. He does strength and conditioning. At the start of the year, we did one strength and conditioning session per week with Declan, one session of hurling, one on our own and a match at the weekend. Now we do two sessions per week with Declan, two of skills on our own and a match at the weekend. G&W: Any player to watch for the future? Mary: Hollie McKeogh from my own club, Bruff.