Inside: Allianz Cumann na mBunscol News l Photos/Stories Galore Summer 2015 Volume 19 Number 3 €3.00 Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol www.thegreenandwhite.com National Awards Publication of the Year 2015 Neville Cup Goes South for First Victory for East Time! Limerick in Limerick v Clare 2015 Mackey Cup “I grew up in a sports-mad house” -Gearóid Hegarty US PL Puzzles, Competitions and more... The Green & White Summer 2015 Summer 2015 Issue Number 57 Summer 2015 Volume 19 Number 3 Follow us on Twitter @LimerickGAAzine The Throw In This issue Another school year has almost come to an 2 The Throw In end. And what a busy year it has been! In the short time 3 News since issue 56 was published, so much has happened. The 4 Cumann na mBunscol News Green and White won another Best National Publication 5 Meet Gearóid Hegarty award. Limerick hurlers have a win over Clare under their 6 Mackey Cup belt. John Bruadair’s footballers are taking their chances in the qualifiers but they can only be encouraged by their display 8 Youth GAA Statistics against Clare. Limerick minor hurlers are looking forward to 9 David Reidy a date with Cork in the Gaelic Grounds on July 1st. 10 Neville Cup Things have been hectic in the world of Allianz 12 INTO Mini 7s Cumann na mBunscol. East Limerick regained the Mackey 14 Handball: Team Ireland 14 Cup. South Limerick made history by winning the Eithne 15 Meet David Reidy Neville Cup. The INTO Mini Sevens have been completed 16 Celtic Cowboys and six Limerick boys and girls are going to appear in Croke 17 Park on Big Match Day in August or September. Tola’s Website Twenty two boys and girls from schools 18 Limerick Senior Hurlers throughout Limerick have worn their county colours in the 19 Limerick Senior Footballers Shannon Airport Munster GAA Primary Game already this 20 East & West Schools year and another day out beckons when Tipperary come to 22 City & South Schools Páirc na nGael on June 21st. 24 The Class of 2005: Mackey Cup Memories In this issue, we meet Gearóid Hegarty, rising star of 25 Around the Grounds Limerick football and David Reidy a name to watch out for 26 The Lundon Eye on the hurling scene. Eoghan McNamara, free-scoring goalkeeper from Doon, is captain of the Limerick minor 28 Indoor Hurling hurling team this year. A former pupil of Doon CBS put 29 Results Page Eoghan on the spot recently! 30 G&W on Hols And, of course, all your favourite features are here 31 G&W Gallery also. This issue is jam-packed with fun, puzzles, photos, 33 Cartoon Corner the Lundon Eye and so much more. There is a long summer 34 Fun & Puzzles ahead. Let’s hope it is one to remember for followers of all 35 In Off the Post Limerick teams. 36 The Back Door The editors are very grateful to Limerick County Board P.R.O. Eamon Phelan for his kind assistance during the compilation of this issue of the magazine. Thanks also to Conor Wyse Photography, Wanda Dwane, Br. J.L. Dormer, Liam Dillon, Declan Bromell, Máiréad Hayden, Carlos Morata, Marie Millane and all local Allianz Cumann na 9 mBunscol secretaries and P.R.O.s for all their help. Editors: Joe Lyons and Ciarán Crowe Design: ConsidineDesign.com Printing: Cube Printing Luimneach abú, Sales: 5,200 per issue Distribution: Gerry Bennis (061) 325077 and Noel Hartigan 087 958 1568 Ciarán Crowe & Joe Lyons Secretary: Mabel Mullane (061) 355057 Joint Editors Editorial Address: Patrickswell NS, Co. Limerick E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @LimerickGAAzine www.thegreenandwhite.com Front cover photo: Action from 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Limerick v Clare. By Conor Wyse. www.conorwyse.ie 2 The Green & White Summer 2015 +++News+++News+++News+++ Busy Day for Michael Damian McCrory, Damian McCrory, who was then a pupil in Croom NS, played on the Primary Game football team in 2002 v Kerry in Páirc na nGael. The previous November, Damian captained Croom NS to victory in the Damian McCrory County Football Shield. A bright future was predicted for Damian in Gaelic Football but he had other ideas. Fourteen years on, Damian is a mainstay of the Burton Albion team who won promotion to League One of the Football League. Damian previously played for Plymouth Argyle. Michael Cuddihy Limerick Primary Game footballer, Michael Cuddihy had 14 a busy day on Tuesday, May 12th. Michael, a pupil in Pallaskenry NS, received his Confirmation that morning in Pallaskenry. After having his photos taken, off he went to North Campus in the University of Limerick where he swapped Limerick Primary Game team v Kerry 2002 with Conor Murray fourth from right back row & his Confirmation clothes for the Limerick City jersey. Michael Damian 4th from left in front lined out in the Mackey Cup as the City team advanced to the final where they lost narrowly to East Limerick. A day to remember! Primary Game 2015 The Primary Game gives hundreds of primary school pupils from all over Munster their first opportunity to play for their Rugby Star, Seán county. The fact that youngsters get to wear their county colours in front of thousands of excited supporters on big Scanlon’s GAA Roots match days in Munster’s finest venues is undoubtedly the Question (via Twitter, from @dbulfin): @LimerickGAAzine Did icing on the cake. Memories made on Primary Game days Seán Scanlon from Mungret play Sarsfield &/or Mackey Cup last a lifetime. Generous sponsorship is required to run for Limerick City? I think he was born in 1988. He is currently the games. Shannon Airport and Munster GAA Council making a living as a full back with @RotherhamRugby. Seán was cannot be commended highly enough for their support one of Rotherham’s brightest’s stars this year as his side made it for the series. Without their financial backing and the all the way to the #premiershipplayoffs but lost out to Bristol. voluntary work of teams of dedicated Cumann na mBunscol Answer (G&W): We can confirm that Seán Scanlon played in teachers in Munster’s 6 counties, the Primary Game could the Sarsfield Cup for Limerick City in 2001. He also played for not continue. Limerick (football) in the Primary Game (v Kerry, in Killarney P.S. See Page 36 for more about the 2015 Primary Game series. a few short weeks later, on the same day the hugely talented David Moran made his first intercounty appearance for Kerry). Clare’s John Conlon and Limerick’s Paul Browne at the launch of the 2015 Primary Game in Shannon Airport Sean Scanlon 3 The Green & White Summer 2015 Cumann na mBunscol News Cumann na mBunscol Primary Game Notes Playing in the Primary Game On the Now an established member the Limerick gear on the of the county senior hurling morning of the match team, Declan Hannon first meant so much to me. Web played for Limerick in the I tried it on about a Log onto the Blog section Primary Game. At the time, hundred times before of our website to see lots, Declan was a star performer getting to the pitch! for Scoil Naomh Iosaf, Adare lots more Limerick Allianz I am still good friends in the Cumann na mBunscol Cumann na mBunscol with some of the lads leagues. He was also the team photos and action who played on that driving force behind his shots. You’ll find all the same Limerick Primary divisional side, West Limerick latest Limerick primary Game team as me, in the Mackey Cup. schools GAA news there against Cork. The likes As an 11 or 12 year old, of Willie Griffin, Seanie too! To link up with our the only dream I had was to O Brien and Mikey website, point your browser to: play in the Gaelic Grounds in Ryan, all of whom Declan Hannon captained front of a big crowd. Having have gone on to play West Limerick to win the thegreenandwhite.com watched my heroes grace the with Limerick at Mackey Cup in 2005 field so many times, I longed underage and senior for the day I might get the level. The Primary Game gave Then to chance to do the same. Luckily us all a chance to play on see the likes of Mark Foley, for me I got the opportunity to the big field, on a summer’s Niall Moran and Andrew do so in the Primary Game. day, in front of nearly 40,000 O’ Shaughnessy play in It’s a day I will never forget. people. Thinking back, the the senior game afterwards I can still remember the memory that stands out most made the day all the better. excitement in the house before for me is running onto the Unfortunately that day had to setting off for the Gaelic field for the first time. It was a come to an end, but for some Grounds. It was the best day great feeling and one I wished it may have been only be the of my life. To be given all to have again and again. beginning... Tim Crowley RIP Limerick GAA, Ardagh and Cumann na mBunscol lost one of their most loyal servants when Tim Crowley, former Principal of St Molua’s NS in Ardagh passed away on May 1st. Tim taught in Scoil Naomh Iósaf, Adare for five years before joining the staff of St Molua’s NS in Diarmuid O Connor, 1978. Tim became Principal Ardagh is immeasurable. Tim Chairman of West Limerick in 1996 and taught in his was held in high regard by Cumann na mBunscol home village until his generations of young with the late Tim Crowley, retirement in 2013.