Munster Final Weekend in Thurles July 10th - 12th

Munster Senior Hurling Final-Weekend July 10^th-12^th

125^th Anniversary Celebrations in Thurles

Friday July 10^th

7.00pm::Civic Reception: For Comhairle na Mumhan at Tipperary Inst Thurles.

8.30pm: Historical Presentation : in Tipperary Institute(Open to the public).

Saturday July 11^th

11.00am: Under 12 Hurling Blitz: in Dr. Morris Park with teams from all Munster Co.

11.00am: Munster Long Puck Final: in Thurles Racecourse.

7.30pm: Special GAA mass in Thurles Cathedral

8.30pm: Munster final ‘Night at the Dogs’: in Thurles Greyhound Track

(Half price admission to patrons wearing their county GAA jersey.)

8.30pm: Open air entertainment in Liberty Square:

Including launch of new Tipperary GAA 12 Track CD featuring the winning GAA Supporter’s Song ‘The Mighty Blue and Gold’.

9.00pm: Arrival of torch in Liberty Square, carried in Symbolic Relay as follows:

12.00noon: Leaving Cusacks GAA Carron, and carried through clubs in Co.Clare.

3.00pm: Hand over at Na Piarsaigh and carried thro’ Limk City by Limk Clubs.

6.00pm: Hand over to Tipp at Finnegans and carried by Tipp clubs to Thurles.

Sunday July 12th

10.00am : Guinness Gig-Rig: in Liberty Square.

12.30pm: Entertainment by Artane Boys Band: in Liberty Square.

Semple Stadium

2.00pm: Munster Minor Hurling Final

2.30pm (Half Time): Cumann Na mBunscoil Primary Games.

3.15: Arrival of Torch from Michael Cusack’s GAA Club in Co. Clare.

Torch will be carried by Tipperary hurling legend Jimmy Doyle into the Stadium and presented to the Chairman of Munster Co. who in turn will light torches carried by the chairman of each Munster County.

4.00pm: Munster Senior Hurling Final

4.40pm (Half Time): Presentation of Munster Senior Hurling final captains.

5.30pm: Presentation of cup to Munster Senior Hurling Champions?????

“Come along and celebrate this Historical Munster Final week-end in Thurles Town where it all started 125 years ago”.

Beidh Míle Fáilte Romhat!

Tipperary face off Clare challenge.

Having beaten Clare in Limerick on 21st June, 2009, Tipperary senior hurlers are now through to the Munster Final when they meet Waterford in Semple Stadium, Thurles on Sunday 12th July, 2009. Tipperary scored 3.18 while Clare scored 1.22.
The 'Man of the March' was Noel McGrath.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary's senior hurlers return to Pairc na nGael, Limerick on Sunday next, 21st June, when they take on Clare in the 2009 provincial semi-final. We wish the Tipperary players and the management team every good luck on the day.

New Mayor for Thurles

At their inaugural meeting on Monday, 15th June, 2009 Thurles Town Councillors elected Evelyn Nevin of the Lowry Team as Mayor and Gerard O'Brien, Fianna Fail as Deputy Mayor. We wish them, together with their Council colleagues every good wish and we look forward to their positive input for Thurles for the term ahead.

New Councillors for Thurles Electoral area

Congratulations to the following who have been elected to the Thurles Electoral Area of Tipperary North County Council: Billy Clancy, Seamus Hanafin, John Kennedy, Micheal Lowry and Jim Ryan and we look forward to working with them as a team for the good of Thurles.

New Councillors for Thurles Town

Congratulations to the newly elected Councillors for Thurles Town Council....Michael Cleary, David Doran, Michael Grogan, Johnny Kenehan, John Kennedy, Evelyn Nevin, Gerard O'Brien, Noel O'Dwyer and Jim Ryan. We look forward to working with them as a team for the good of Thurles.

Colette Fitzpatrick of TV3 gets married

Colette Fitzpatrick of TV3 fame, a native of Holycross, Thurles, and a contributor to the shopping section of our web site recently married Niall McDermott, a Director with TV3. We wish Colette and Niall every good wish for the future.

Tipperary outshine Rebel challenge

The sun shone on the homeside in Thurles last Sunday as Tipperary held off a rousing Rebel challenge in the Munster hurling championship quarter final. The blazing heat was matched by a frantic pace from the first whistle to the last as more than 35,000 spectators witnessed a nip and tuck encounter in which Liam Sheedy's men managed to come out on top. Thurles had the honour of having four men on the panel for Sunday's game. They were Padraic Maher, Lar Corbett, Michael Cahill and Pa Bourke. In the earlier game Thurles were also represented by having Connie Maher manage the Tipperary intermediate team in their loss to Cork. Well done to all those involve. They all did Thurles Sarsfields and Thurles Town proud.