Senior
The first round of the North championship against Borrris-Ileigh is scheduled for Sunday, 9th July, with time and venue to be confirmed.
Junior
Borris-Ileigh also provide the opposition in the first round of this championship this Friday, 30th June, in Roscrea at 7.30pm. We wish a speedy recovery to Eanna Hogan, who was injured in a recent challenge game.
U19
The hurling championship begins this Wednesday, 28th June, with an away trip to Dolla to take on Silvermines at 7.00pm.
U15
We had mixed fortunes in the opening rounds of the championship. We had to give second best to Toomevara in St. Michael’s Park and came out the wrong side of a 5-19 to 4-8 scoreline.
Team: Dara Gaynor, Conor McGrath, Jack Cleary, Shay Óg Kennedy, James Gould, Hugo Healy, Stasic Setikas, Cormac Kennedy (1-3, 0-2 frees), Gerard O’Looney, Charlie Kennedy (0-2 frees), Tommy O’Meara (1-0), Paraic Nevin (1-0), Tom Campbell, Tommy Gaynor, Andrew Austin (1-3). Subs: Emmet Dwyer, Arman Khan Wahid, Oisín Carroll, Riain Haverty.
MacDonaghs bounced back with a 7-17 to 1-15 home victory over Kiladangan in the second round. The Magpies were always in control and had a commanding 3-14 to 0-6 interval lead. Even when we lost a man overboard early in the second half, the result was never in doubt against a Kiladangan side that kept plugging away until the end.
Team: Dara Gaynor, James Gould, Tommy Gaynor, Conor McGrath, Jack Cleary, Cormac Kennedy (1-3, 0-2 frees), Stasik Setikas, Hugo Healy (0-2), Tommy O’Meara (3-3), Charlie Kennedy (1-5, 0-3 frees), Paraic Nevin, Gerard O’Looney (0-1), Shay Óg Kennedy (2-0), Andrew Austin (0-2), Emmet Dwyer. Subs: Tom Campbell, Arman Khan Wahid, Oisín Carroll (0-1).
Photo - Eoin Campbell/JustMultimedia
U13
On this Friday, 30th June, both our teams play Newport in Lacken Park. MacDonaghs Bán take the field at 7.00pm with MacDonaghs Dubh in action at 8.00pm. Last Sunday, MacDonaghs Bán played Seir Kieran’s/Drumcullen and MacDonaghs Dubh took on Carrig Riverstown in two very enjoyable challenge matches in Ballingarry. Thanks to Knockshegowna for facilitating the games.
U9
This panel of players headed to Dolla on Saturday morning to participate in a Blitz with Silvermines and Templederry. Thanks to Silvermines for hosting.
U7
On Saturday morning, we hosted a Blitz with Moneygall and Shannon Rovers participating. thanks to our visitors for travelling.
Friends of MacDonaghs
“Friends of MacDonaghs” is aimed at enabling supporters to contribute to the ongoing success and development of our club and teams. We have devised a number of options, silver, gold, diamond and platinum, all aimed at making the initiative accessible to businesses and individuals across our community and further afield. One of the key features of this new initiative is that we will, as a club and as a community, be backing ourselves. Our jerseys and all club gear will be re-branded with the ‘friendsofmacdonaghs.ie’ logo, and with our new club motto ‘’One Club, One Community’’. For further details, log in to friendsofmacdonaghs.ie, email friendsofmacdonaghs@gmail.com or call 0868145467. To date, we have had a very positive response to this initiative. Every individual and business supporting this initiative will have pride of place on our “Friends of MacDonaghs” wall adjacent to the entrance gate to the pitch.
Website
We have relaunched our club website ‘’Kilruane.com’,’ which will play a pivotal role in the future. ‘Kilruane.com’ will host the details of all of our ‘‘Friends’’ and include links to their business details, websites etc. Our ClubSpot App, launched in January 2023, will show the details and links to all of our ‘’Friends’’.
Tipperary Draw
The New Draw has been launched. There is a total prize fund of €600,000 with 10 car prizes, 20 Lotto jackpots plus 10 extra weekly draws. Thanks to all who joined the last Draw and we look forward to your continued support.
Bingo
The weekly Bingo session continues on Saturday night in the Fr. O’Meara Centre, Kilruane at 8.00pm. The jackpot now stands at €1,400.
Lotto
The jackpot next week will be €2,900. Tickets are available from the usual outlets, or you can play on Club Spot. Thanks for your continued support.
