Allianz League
Well done to Craig Morgan and the Tipperary team on their victory over Wexford in Rd 2 of the Allianz League.
Membership
Membership is now due and can be paid on our app ClubSpot. The fees are as follows: Family Membership to include Tipperary Draw and Lotto €250; Non-Playing Adult to include Tipperary Draw & Lotto €200; Adult Player to include Gym & Lotto €165: Adult Player & Lotto €100; U18 €50; and Non-Playing Adult €50.
Lotto
The jackpot has climbed to €7,200. Tickets are available from the usual outlets, or you can play on ClubSpot. Thanks for your continued support.
Bingo
The weekly Bingo session continues on Saturday night in the Fr. O’Meara Centre, Kilruane at 8.00pm with the Jackpot standing at €1,000.
Win a House
The grand prize is a fully furnished home in Bregawn, Cashel, valued at €350,000. Alternatively, the winner can choose a cash prize of €300,000. Tickets are priced at €100 and are available from Sinéad Gaynor 0879901826 and Gilbert Williams 0872176452. €30 from each ticket we sell will be retained by the club.
Referee Recruitment
Tipperary GAA is currently seeking applications from interested individuals to participate in the upcoming Referee Foundation Course in 2025 to address the future refereeing needs within the Premier County. Please contact any club officer or Philip Kelly (Chairman Tipperary Referees) 0872863683 if you are interested.
Susan O’Brien RIP
The late Susan O’Brien (née Kennedy), Ballygibbon and formerly Clashabreda, Newtown, was involved with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club for fifty years. She joined the committee in the mid-1970s and has been a constant presence in the club since then. Susan served during six decades, under eleven chairmen, ten secretaries and seven treasurers. She was one of the first women to serve on the club committee Practical and pragmatic, she proved herself to be a very active and very effective committee member in her own quiet, unassuming way. She was never one to seek the limelight and did her utmost to avoid the spotlight. Susan was dependable and reliable. During her long tenure of service, few could equal her attendance record at meetings. In all kinds of weather, Susan answered the call.
As a fundraiser, Susan had few peers. She always sold her quota of tickets and usually exceeded her quota. Since the launch of the Tipperary Draw in 1988 and our Club Lotto in 1996, Susan has been one of our top promoters. She was in her element during our successful Sales of Work. Susan traipsed the streets of Nenagh to secure items for the stalls or the Wheel of Fortune from traders of every description.
Susan has been involved with Kilruane Bingo since the first number was called in the Fr. O’Meara Centre. Along with Des Gaynor, Sean Melia and a small but dedicated group of volunteers, the Bingo was kept afloat when many sessions went under. In 2024, Susan was elected Vice-President of the Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA & Camogie Club. It was honour she didn’t expect, she richly deserved, and she greatly appreciated.
As a mark of respect, the Saturday night Bingo session in Kilruane was cancelled. and the Tricolour flew at half-mast in MacDonagh Park. Club members formed a guard of honour at the funeral, and her coffin was draped in the MacDonaghs colours.
Sympathy is extended to her husband Michael, her son Alan, her daughters Aoife and Sinéad, the O’Brien and Kennedy families. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dilís.
Michael Elebert RIP
