Inside: Allianz Cumann na mBunscol News l Photos/Stories Galore In Limerick GAA Youth Magazine Winter 2018 Volume 23 Number 1 €3.00 association with mrbinman.com www.thegreenandwhite.com The Long Wait is Over! Limerick Win Greatest Ever All Ireland Hurling Championship 4-in-a-row for Doon CBS Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol National Awards Raheenagh NS/Ashford NS Publication are County Champions of the Year Limerick Ladies 2018 Win All Ireland Junior Football Final The Green & White Winter 2018 Winter 2018 Issue Number 67 Winter 2018 Volume 23 Number 1 Follow us on Twitter @LimerickGAAzine The Throw In or maybe a Primary Game selection. These players are since this For twenty two years, quick to credit the coaches, teachers and mentors who magazine was first published, we have longed to encouraged and guided them. Some, like Noel Liston and compile an issue of ‘The Green and White’ when Ger Power, are no longer with us, but in every parish, Limerick have been crowned as All-Ireland champions. school and club, there are men and women who played In 1996, Limerick came close. In 2007, Limerick were their part in bringing this dream to reality. brave in defeat but Kilkenny won decisively. Now, in In this issue, we celebrate Limerick’s All-Ireland 2018, the McCarthy Cup is in Limerick’s possession success. We also celebrate the boys and girls who played and John Kiely’s young team has won what many would in their school jersey in Allianz Cumann na mBunscol argue was the greatest hurling Championship ever. competitions. Doon CBS won the Limerick Leader Cup for It took eight games, there were bumps and twists on the fourth year in a row. A team from Raheenagh NS/ the road but Declan Hannon and his team, aided by Ashford NS gained a hard-fought victory in the Green a backroom staff of expertise and efficiency, kept their and White Shield. This year, Limerick played four games heads and their self-belief to guide the ship home. in the Munster Hurling Championship and one in football. There are so many moments that we will remember A Limerick team lined out in the Munster GAA Primary forever: Barry Murphy’s batted goal v Tipperary, Nickie Game on each of those days. Be assured that some of the Quaid’s save as Seamus Harnedy looked set to score boys and girls featured in these pages will bring glory to and dash Limerick’s hopes, Kyle Hayes’ points in adver- Limerick in years to come. Every generation brings new sity against Cork and Galway, Dan Morrissey’s defiance stars and fresh hope. You, the readers of The Green and against Kilkenny, Cian Lynch’s goal against Cork...the White, are the future of Limerick GAA. list is endless. Analysts will ask ‘What was different A second All Ireland title came to Limerick when the about 2018?’ Limerick has had good teams ladies football team defeated Louth in Croke Park and outstanding hurlers in the past. We in the Junior final. Our photographer was there have always had players of bravery and to record the action on a day when dreams honesty. In 2018, Limerick had a team of came true for this talented group of players. bottomless courage, total honesty, mental We also look back at players from the strength and determination allied to skil- past. Leonard Enright won three All Star ful players in every position on the field awards as a sterling defender in the number with replacements who could come off the three jersey for Limerick but never gained the bench and change the course of a game. elusive Celtic Cross. In August, he was induct- We cannot measure the contribution of ed into the Hall of Fame in Croke Park, joining John Kiely and his team of coaches, selectors, another Limerick legend in Eamon Cregan. medical staff, physios, kitmen and so many others As ever, we are indebted to a great number of who worked tirelessly to try to improve Limerick’s perfor- people for their generous help. Like John Kiely’s players and mances in every aspect of the game. The spirit they engen- backroom team, our contributors-including the likes of James dered endeared the team to a travelling army of Limerick Lundon and Seamus McElligott of Sports Action Photography supporters who have been starved of success for decades. - do what they do because they love our games. And it came to pass that Declan Hannon raised the McCarthy Cup aloft on August 19th and years of Luimneach abú, frustration, heartbreak and disappointment were washed Ciarán Crowe & Joe Lyons away in a flood of elation, relief and utter joy. Victory Joint Editors was achieved in dramatic, nail biting circumstances and no Limerick follower will ever forget the roar that went Editors: Joe Lyons and Ciarán Crowe up when Tom Condon grabbed Joe Canning’s long-range Design: ConsidineDesign.com effort from the sky before laying the sliotar off to Printing: Cube Printing Tom Morrissey. Sales: 5,200 per issue Distribution: Noel Hartigan 087 958 1568 So many people contributed to Limerick’s success that Secretary: Mabel Mullane (061) 355057 it would be impossible to name them all. A trawl through Editorial Address: 37 College Gate, Summerville Ave, SCR, back issues of ‘The Green and White’ will turn up photos Limerick E-mail: [email protected] of Tom Morrissey, Shane Dowling, Peter Casey, Gearóid Twitter: @LimerickGAAzine Hegarty, Cian Lynch, Pat Ryan, Declan Hannon and Website: www.thegreenandwhite.com so many others in the colours of their school, Division Front cover photo: Seamus McElligott, Sports Action Photography 2 The Green & White Winter 2018 G&W News This issue 2 The Throw In 3 News 4 Cumann na mBunscol News 5 Declan Hannon 6 Sarsfield Cup 8 Mayor’s Cup 9 Huge Win for Limerick Ladies! 10 INTO Mini 7s Official Limerick Merchandise 12 The G&W Shield The official Limerick hurling team photograph featuring more than sixty of the people 14 The G&W on Holidays! most directly involved in Limerick’s All Ireland victory in 2018, a DVD compiled by Liam 16 Photos of Champions Aherne which includes lots of behind-the-scenes footage of a famous day in the history 17 Path to Glory of Limerick GAA - August 19th, 2018 - and the 18-L-Liam car number plate are 18 Champions: In their own available to buy now. For further details, contact Limerick GAA at 061 335516. Words (1) Treaty Triumph! is a 168-page paperback book endorsed by the Limerick County 20 Limerick Team Photo Board. It is available in shops now. Treaty Triumph! is a book of photographs by Ray 22 Champions: In their own McManus and his excellent Sportsfile photographers. All the photographs were taken Words (2) before, during and after Limerick’s senior hurling championship matches in 2018. 24 All Ireland Picture Parade The O’Neill sportswear company has produced new Limerick jerseys to celebrate Limerick’s All Ireland victory. The jerseys are on sale in local sports stores or can be 25 A Look Back at 1973 ordered on-line from www.oneills.com 26 City Schools A hardback book focusing on the story of how Limerick brought Liam McCarthy 28 East Schools home after a long, long 45-year wait and featuring interviews with the 36 players who 30 The Lundon Eye were at the centre of that story will be on sale from December 1st. The working title for 32 West Schools the book is At Last! The book is being compiled by the editors of The Green and White 34 South Schools Magazine and will be published by Limerick GAA. All profits after printing and design 35 G&W Photo Gallery costs have been met will go to Limerick GAA and the Limerick Players Fund. 36 Prize Crossword The A4-format, 200-page (approx.) book will retail at €20. 37 Cartoon Corner It will be something Limerick fans will 38 Puzzle Page treasure for years to come. 39 In Off the Post Make sure you put it on your 40 The Back Door Christmas List! Hall of Fame Recognition for Leonard Enright Leonard Enright, has been inducted into the GAA Hall of Fame in Croke Park. The popular Patrickswell hurler enjoyed a lengthy inter- county career with Limerick throughout the 70s and 80s when he established himself as one of the finest full backs of his generation. He won Munster titles in 1980 and 1981 and League titles in 1984 and 1985. At a time of fierce competition for this position, he was the All-Star full-back in 1980, 1981 and 1983, and he was later synonymous with the development of Gaelic Games in Mary Immaculate College. 3 The Green & White Winter 2018 CUMANN NA MBUNSCOL Cumann na mBunscol News Cumann na mBunscol Cumann na mBunscol honours long serving teachers When schools reopened for the new school year, some familiar faces were missing. A number of long serving teachers who had been very involved in promoting Gaelic Games in schools over the past 30 years had retired from service. Dalach Carey (Scoil JFK) was a former Rúnaí of both East Limerick Cumann na mBunscol and the County Primary Schools Br Dormer, Jonathan Dervan and Paul Kennedy at the AGM of Committee as well as being involved in the Primary Game for Allianz Cumann na mBunscol in East Limerick many years. Jimmy Woulfe (Bruree NS) was a former officer of Cumann na mBunscol in South Limerick. Under Jimmy’s leadership, Cumann na mBunscol - Bruree NS won every honour available and the school was one of the most active in the county on the playing fields.