Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final Match Programme 1984 • / T earn and Official PASS CI~r an Lae • I z;:~ : Ceannais lomana iobraid Arann muir 1.45 i.n. Na Ciocamaigh v Roscn~ Reiteoir: Martin O'Grady, Moyne-Templetuohy Sinsear 3.00 i.n. Lothra-Doire v Ma Choirce-Buirlos Leith Reiteoir: John Moloney, Galtee Rovers Amhran na bhFiann Sinn-ne Fianna F~il Ata Ie gheall 39 Eirinn, Bufenn d,k slua Thar tuinn do rainig chugainn Fe mh6id bheith saor, Sean-tir ;if sinnsear feasta N{ fagtar te'n tianin na te'n trail. Anocht a theim sa bhearna baoil le gean ar Ghaedhil chun bais n6 saoil l e guna screach Ie lamhach na bpi lear, Soo libh canaidh Amhnin na bhFiainn. MUSIC 101 loday'sgame is being provided by Ihe Sean Treacy Pipe Band, Mayear key Borris. 3 what I consider to be a very solid foundation. Teachtaireacht At minor level Knockavilla Kickhams will be hoping to record their first victory in this grade over many time champions Roscrea. Likewise at senior level the on gCathaoirleach blue and white clad hurlers from Lorrha and Dorrha will have as their aim a resting place for the Dan Breen Cup Side the Shannon's bank_ What better ncentive could the boys from May­ trkey-Borris find, than that the achieve· ments of 1934 would be once more I mbliain com6radh an ch6id tii se de repeated in this historic year. Rath De phribhhHd 898m ar son Coiste Condae, ar na h·imreoirf. Uilte a chur r6mhaibh go h~i r do ns Cluichi Ceannais lomanaiochta. Gabhaim bUj'ochas leis ns foirni a ghlac pairt sna com6rtaisj go dt( $eO 3guS leis ns daoine a chabhraigh leo. Ta suit a9am go mbeidh cluichi brea M(cheal 0 Freag haile, Cathaoirleach sportuil againn agus go mbainfidh 9ach cinne idir 6g is aesta taitneamh as an Iii is curna ce hiad oa buath6iri. Buiochas 6n Eagarth6ir Despite its long and proud record in Today's C"r Oifigiuil is produced by staging Gaelic games and in particular Thurles Sarsfields Communications hurling games, the year nineteen eighty Committee and distributed by the pupils four must surely stand out as thee most of T hurles C.B.S. The co-operation important milestone, so far, in the received from Tipperary Divisional Board history of Semple Stadium. Following Secretaries- Tom O'Hara, Gerry Ring, the official opening by His Grace, Most Michael O'Meara and Paddy Maher is Rev. Dr Thomas Morris, in May of this greatly appreciated. The help so willingly the Centenary Year of the Gaelic Athletic given by representatives of today's Association, we are left with some fond participating clubs, particularly J. J. and lasting memories that can never be Kennedy, Seamus O'Doherty, Jimmy effaced. Fogarty and Seamus King was mag­ Just six short weeks after this cere· nificent. Advertising was organised by mony, Thurles played host as it has Jimmy Duggan, while Bro. M. Keane often done in the past, for yet another looked after sales. Munster Hurling Final. While Cork's Beir Bua, experience sent us to our respective homesteads regretting that our cherished dreams for this special year had come to an end, yet who in that crowd of k~oll~ fifty thousand plus will ever forget those MiChelli a Feargha"l1 Liam 0 Oo nnchu, Programme Editor gallant heroes who gladened our hearts on that sweltering J uly day. Surely a final to compare with those great epics of the past. Ever since Semple Stadium was chosen as the venue for this years All-Ireland Hurling Finals, a wave of enthusiasm that was both infectious and ever·in­ creasing was everywhere to be found. The pre-match interest that was aroused not alone in our own country but in many foreign and distant lands was unbelievable. Thurles was the place where everybody wanted to be on that first Sunday in September. The un­ doubted success of the event and every­ thing connected with it is now happily enshrined in history's pages_ In more appreciative terms than our mere words might appear to convey we say to one and all, a simple but sincere thank you. Today as we approach the hundredth birthday in a tew short weeks of this great Association of ours, let us mark this great occasion WIth a county fmal that will be true in evelY sense 01 Tipperary's great name. When we look at the respective records of the par­ Programme Edl/or Ll8m 0 Oonnchu pICtured ticipating teams at both minor and hllrt w"h Padd'l Pnor a' ,ht 1984 MunslIlr senior level, such a hope is based on Sentor Hurling s/tm,·fmul. Cover pho'o- Ra'l McMlfl1tJ'. Sporufile 4 ClUICHi CHEANNAIS IOMANA THIDBRAIO ARANN Kickhams Minor Hurling West champions 1984 BlICk (I. fO d : Andrew 0'0""'1"", Jamtm, HOtpfl, Fnmk Alley, Seamus Furlong, Pi/I Farr~/. Tom Butfer. Dan Ryan, FranC/I Buck!,y. Joe ~hlll. Seamus O'Owyttr. Rober! Hanly, From ". fa r.J : Mlch/Je/Browne. Sean AileI'. Johnny Butler. O. J. Burl",., Johnny Doherty (capO, Dermot KHting, Walter Carroll, Pierce Butler, Joe F8ffflll. Paddy Fitzgerald, years the juveniles have been the main source of success. They are at present Knockavilla-Donaskeigh the dominant force in the West division and made a major breakthrough last year when the u·12 hurlers brought the first juvenile county crown to the parish after Kickhams Club a memorable three match struggle with Toomevara. As if to stress that football was the original game favoured in the MINOR FINALISTS 1984 parish the juniors of the club brought a county title to the West with a great A Short History of the Club victory over Burgess in 1981 and just a few weeks past the u-14 side captured 1886. according to Ganon Fogarty. formation of a Dundrum club once the 1984 countY rural football crown was the year in which clubs were first again. However this was quickly resolved with a fine win over Moyne!Temple­ formed separately in both Knockavilla and in 1935 the twin parishes of Knocka ­ touhy. and Donaskeigh. Activity in the parish villa and Donaskeigh united, adopted The club has supplied many notable in early G.A.A. times centred mainly on the name of the 19th century writer players to Tipperary teams in different football and significantly the first maior and patriot Charles Kickham and With grades and two club men possess All title to come to the parish was in 1926 the exception of a br ief period in the Ireland senior hurling medals; Paddy when a Dundrum selection won the Mid forties have been together since. Furlong who was a substitute in the junior football championship. On the playing field the Kickham '49 triumph and Donal O'Brien who was It was in Dundrum that the West club has an unequalled record in the custodian in '61 and '62. division Board was founded in 1930 division. Minor hurling successes in the Today the Kickham club seeks its and the parish supplied its first chairman Mid forties led to the start of the club's first ever county minor title. and treasurer in the persons of Knovka­ most memorable years when in the villa's Willie O'Dwyer (S) and Donas· fifteen year period from 1946 to 1960 keigh's Willie O'Dwyer, N.T. Since then Kickhams captured an incredible twelve West Tipp senior hurling titles. Kid.ham, (·tub Orncers 1984 the parish has had an involvement With Clmirman' l·..amonn Ihown the Board unmatched by any other, Since then the club has had to depend Vicc ("haiJlllan' John Keane, at times supplying all three of the main on olher grades for success. In 1967 Tommy Kelly. officers. the Kickham club took its first ever SeCfdary: I'audi~ Slattery rootball Secretary. Tommy l.andl'f' In the early thinies the Knockavilla county crown when the u·21 hurlers hea\llrCr liefry (,,,,hill end of the parish split briefly With the defeated Toomevara. In more recent P.R.O L:,"1Onn Ihown 5 tj ,ttt.-;11 CLUIC H! CHEANNAI S IOMANA \ ~1uRlas884-19 64 T HI OB RA IO ARANN Meet the Minor Hurlers The present Kickham minor squad first came to prominence in the u-,2 championship of 1978 when they annexed the West title for the first time in the club's history. A unique achieve­ ment was to follow in 1979 for most of the panel when they captured the Christian Brothers' primary schools County title for Knockavilla N.T. having entered the competition for the first time. As a result four of the side were chosen on the Co. Tipperary primary schools team that year. These successes were followed by similar successes in the u·14 and u·16 grades, being narrowly defeated in the latter county final by Eire 09 Nenagh after a hectic clash in 1982. The squad has maintained its form by winning the West title in the minor grade in this the Centenary year of the association, and today contests the club's first county minor final since they were defeated by Loughmore/ Castleiney in 1979. There are many links between the team of 1979 and the present panel, mainly through family representation. However the most notable link is the fact that today's captain, Johnny Doherty, is a brother of the then captain, Liam. Kic;/(hlms M. H. clIPltlin, Johnny Doh,,-ty Most of the panel have won honours flJCtliv«i rhtl D'Dwytlr Cup from WtlSt with the local Post·Primary schools­ 8 0lJrd Chtllrman, Brtlndan Ryan, aftar Cashel C.B.S., Casher Voc.