Summer 2011 Volume 15, Number 3 €3.00 www.thegreenandwhite.com Camánabú! Could it be for You? Neville & Mackey Cup Double for East Schools Come ‘round to Rounders! Page 18 INTO/ Cumann na mBunscol National Awards Publication of the Plus Gareth Heagney, Donal Lynch, Year Declan Hannon, Liam O’Neill & all your Favourite Features The Green & White Summer 2011 Summer 2011 Issue Number 45 Summer 2011 Volume 15 Number 3 The Throw In It’s summer! Hopefully, the wet and windy weather of May 2011 This issue will soon be a distant memory and the rest of the summer will 2 The Throw In be at least as fine as it was in April, when you were reading the last issue of The Green and White Magazine! 3 General News 4 Cumann na mBunscol Shaughs 5 Declan Hannon Fact-file We celebrate the incredible career of Limerick hurler, Andrew 6 Neville Cup Report O’Shaughnessy who has recently announced his retirement from 8 Andrew O’Shaughnessy, the inter-county scene. Andrew has featured regularly in the pages Limerick Superstar 8 of this magazine since his primary school days when he led Scoil Mocheallóg and South Limerick divisional teams to success 10 The Celtic Image Shield after success. Shaughs’ phenominal hurling skills, along with his 11 Me & My Medal with Gareth Heagney disciplined, dignified and modest personality will be missed 12 Q&A with Liam O’Neill, GAA President-Elect hugely by all players, mentors and followers of the Limerick 13 Introducing Camánabú senior hurling team. We wish him well in this year’s Senior Hurling 14 Mackey Cup Report County Championship in the colours of his beloved Kilmallock. 16 Senior Hurlers in Words & Pictures Questions & Answers 17 The Lundon Eye In this issue you will get to know Limerick’s Declan Hannon and 18 Come ‘Round to Rounders Tommy O’Brien, Waterford’s Shane O’Sullivan and incoming 20 Donal Lynch-- in his own words GAA President, Liam O’Neill a little better. There are also words 22 Recent Results 18 of encouragement and advice for young readers from Limerick 23 City Schools hurlers including Kevin Downes and Pat Tobin. 24 West Schools Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Competitions 26 South Schools We also focus on the Celtic Image Shield, won in some style by 27 East Schools the girls of Monaleen N.S., and the 2011 Neville and Mackey 28 Miscellany Cup ‘double’ for East Limerick in inter-divisional camogie 29 Shane O’Sullivan, Waterford Hurler and hurling. The INTO Mini Sevens competitions also feature. 30 Harty Cup Picture Parade Try Something New 31 G&W Gallery Read our feature on Camánabú. It’s a variation on a hurling 32 Prize Crossword theme that might just get non-hurlers swinging a camán. Will 33 Cartoon Corner you be the the one to introduce this just-for-fun game to Limerick? 34 Puzzle Page And then there’s rounders, an official GAA game that’s exciting, 35 In Off the Post enjoyable and suitable for players of all ages and abilities. There are no rounders clubs in the County. All you need to know about the rules of rounders—(and even starting a club!)—is now available on-line. The details await you within. 20 Editors: Joe Lyons and Ciarán Crowe And Finally... Design: ConsidineDesign.com Our thanks to all who have helped us compile this issue, Printing: KPS Colour Print including: Laura Ryan, John English, Donal Lynch, Jonathan Sales: 5,200 per issue Dervan, Barry O’Halloran, Carmel Power, Gareth Heagney, Distribution: Gerry Bennis (061) 325077 Secretary: Mabel Mullane (061) 355057 Shane O’Neill, Joe Hannon, Margaret Bernard, James Lundon, Aidan Ryan, Ger Downes, David Bulfin, Keith Wiseman and Editorial Address: Niall Moran. Patrickswell NS, Co. Limerick E-mail: [email protected] Luimneach abú, Tel: 086 8113284 www.thegreenandwhite.com Ciarán Crowe & Joe Lyons Front cover photograph: Our thanks to Keith Wiseman for the Joint Editors photograph of former Cumann na mBunscol star, Michael Andrews, captain of the 2011 Féile na nGael County Champions, Na Piarsaigh 2 Summer 2011 The Green & White News+++News+++News+++ Fired Up Lifting the Treaty Cul4Kidz Offer! of every young player with The Irish Independent Newsletters Copies of the next issue has launched FIRED UP, top player interviews. They Top marks to Aidan of Cúl4Kidz, along published in association also aim to help young Ryan and Ger Downes with a copy of The Irish with the GAA Games players learn more about for their excellent work Times, can be ordered by Development Committee, coaching, diet, refereeing, on the Lifting The Treaty primary schools just just an exciting 32-page fitness, injury, GAA Games Newsletters. Since March 50 cent per copy. 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(Limerick GAA Coaching young Gaelic Games For order forms and Games section). enthusiasts. contact: [email protected] To subscribe to the Fired Up takes LTT mailing list just email underage Gaelic the editors at: games to the next [email protected] level and tackles everything from Colleges GAA right up to U-21 games and news–and everything in between. The writers hope to put fire in the belly We Say... The Lynches of Termonfeckin There’s a small patch of and her Limerick-loving We wish a full and speedy recovery to John Galvin, a real life Co. Louth that’s green and siblings. Our photo, taken superhero of Limerick football. Sadly, John’s recent knee injury white! And living there is in 2001, shows the Lynch is a serious one and has ruled him out of action until next year. a family passionate about family outside Croke Well done to the Limerick minor hurlers who defeated Cork Limerick hurling. To find Park before the Limerick in the 2011 Munster Championship. Best of luck in the semi final out more turn to Page v Wexford All-Ireland ... and beyond! 20 where you can read quarter final— The Mayor’s Cup organised by the City Schools Board and Evanna and the Holy Grail, l. to r. Evanna (known, Pat Culhane is a brilliant idea! It pits the Olo Cup champions an absolutely fascinating nowadays, to millions against the Underdogs for the honour of being Top Dogs in the article by Donal Lynch of movie fans all over City Division. The Underdogs side comprises of City players (a native of Murroe, Co. the world as Luna who have not played in the Mackey Cup, many of them from schools with no natural attachment to a GAA club. Last year, the Limerick, now living in Lovegood), Bridget Underdogs defeated Olo & Leader Cup champions Scoil JFK to Co. Louth), who also just Ryan, Murroe (cousin), win the cup. happens to be the proud Marguerite (mother), father of Evanna Lynch Mairéad (sister), Patrick (of Harry Potter fame) (brother) and Emily (sister). 3 The Green & White Summer 2011 Cumann na mBunscol News Launch of Irish Daily Star Primary Go Games The 2011 Irish Daily Star The young players Primary Go Games were who participated launched recently by Liam in the launch of O’Neill, the Laois man who the 2011 Irish Daily Star Primary will take over as President of Go Games the G.A.A. in 2012. Séamus Hickey, who played in the Pictured here Primary Game in 2000, are some of the was a special guest at the teachers who event which was held at attended the Cumann na Ballykisteen, Co. Tipperary. mBunscol Approximately 400 Luimnigh AGM boys and girls from the 6 counties of Munster will be given the opportunity to play in the 2011 series. There are the children. As the object of some changes in arrangements the games is participation, no for this year’s Primary Go scoreboard will be in operation Games. Both boys and girls during the matches. matches will be played at half Top Limerick players such time during the senior game as Andrew O’Shaughnessy, (all Munster Championship Séamus Hickey and Johnny hurling and football matches, McCarthy all have fond excluding replays) so as to memories of playing in the ensure maximum exposure for Primary Game. Seamus Hickey’s Primary Game Memories G&W: ‘Seamus, you played in the Primary Game in 2000, what are your memories of it?’ Seamus Hickey: It was 2000, in Kilmallock, at the end of May, beginning of June. Playing Cork in football... G&W: Were you happy to be picked? SH: Ah, It was massive. I was so excited. The privilege of representing Limerick at any grade… It was the start of my dream to play for Limerick. G&W: Do you still have the jersey? SH: I do. I do indeed. I have it put away so that it can be framed in later life. G&W: Have you any memory of the match itself? Limerick star Seamus SH: I do. I scored a point from a free. It was from the 21 yard line. Hickey at the Launch of It was a great experience.