Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final

Match Programme

2002

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Liz Howard

Bonfires w1II surely Slj ttu nlsht. wMther It is In the Cathedral Town Or Kic~ villagc In 'tt}e ~w of S~evenamoo . ~Sal>fle.lds

IMt v.6r1 the Dan Bn:en (up In 1974, wt dle Muillna· horJC '1111;0 , "'1m the title for the first ~ Is ", ~r ~ atilt ent iIfld experution fo ng !WI! 91!ilUeml- I games ~kIs Contest their third consecu~ I

T~ 'W'ClC bitterly disappointed last year as they felt tf'Ietffiey did oot do themselves JUSticE on day. ThIS year there is no hype; they have

osrrn ~tJy, imprOVIng with c~:serne the rmrnil thc~~dGer 'Redser"O

Grltdy was the turning point ~inst Cionoutty. last Sund4y loughmore led for most of the game, yet Sarsfle!ds did not buckle unckr hUge pres!.Ure. That WM II signifi<;-"1t factor as was the ~rformance In the last ten minutes of Stephf:n MIJ:son, Tony Ruth, Gary Mef'l"laSh iIOd L.ar Cornett. Short the injured Johnny Enright it was Ironic thet his replacement ~monn Walsh scored thru 9<»15. A rewl!fdlng UJIIy tOf any forward.

MUllinahone ousted cMmplons Toomevara by II single point, a la te "65" saw the imrMCulate Paul Kelly convert It crowned" wonderful display for Paul MOving to midfield late In me SlIme he showed steel and ~ as he set up the attack. Toomcv~' Bervry Dunne was ' c!e&llins up" at wins back until JoM Leahy II'IOVf:d out to curtlJiI him. John caught and distributed SOIM great b611 Pat Croke, who is ~vlns a great year, showed all the lovely skill ~ saw wtKn he was a minor. Centre back Edward 0 Brien has played solidly during the

championship as has Paul CUl'ToIIfl, Eddie Carey and KyVaugMn.

What will be the outCOlTlC? Can Eamonn Walsh repeat his feats of last Sund!y? (an the fIJIl back line close down the elusive Eoin Kelly lind the e!<perienced, if not fully fit, John Leahy? SIIrsflelds lire very focused. They know that Mullinahone will probably start as favourites. That tllkes all the pres­sure from them. Muilinahone were oveljoyed to bellI Toomevllra, but thIIt Is of no "'1111,1( unless they win todlly. It Is II case of "keePlns the heads" and concentrabns· Brian 0 Meara has been rel4tiYely quiet of I4te as has Carrkk IMn (onor Nfi9an. Both lire due II big SlIme. Both tellnlS play lin IIttractive, skilful, open game. Lady luck will swf¥t the out­come. Tllke your pick lIS to which Side she will favour.

The minor SlIme sees CafTlck DIIvIns and MOney· SiIII In action. The Davlns I'wIve II physiaIlly strong side, while MoneyglJII lire )'OlJ""ISCr and IlShler. It will prob.1b1y COITIC down 10 whichever SIde uses the WIde-open spaces of Semple Stadium best.

We IICknowIedge the Kilruane fv'tc Donaghs piIIy. ers who woo the county final twenty five years ago oIIfld went on to retain the chllmpionshlp In 1978 and '79 .The TIpperaIY SlIIrfAMer Hotel sponsor these jubilee .,......ards, a lovely recognition of the pillyers of the PlISt. WelcOlTlC to all the U12 hurlers who play In the Ground Hurling Uhibltion same, WelcOlTlC 10 aD the TlPPtrllry Credit Unions person­nel, both Mullil"l!lhone and Thurles Credit Unions .we associated with the the c.ounty

ChllmplonshiP5C.' "~I.);;;;i~ I~" "",,, ~id",~ Enjoy the ....

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&d row Billy H/rttS, P«it~15 DousIl<Jf!, g,l/ Whyte, ~ Troy, Se"n Ry"n, P6dr"'9 Whyte, .Joe Tre8CY, PhiliP Byr~. MICMdBDsrn. Ger~ ~~. ~~ Frontrow JafflKJre. ~~. SrI6lDe/¥Jr;. GcMOtt'll,IIort T~. ~ ~ Sl~M6ht!r. PhtI F.rnns. oIbbct &m! M .. , ~ fromf)ICrat ~ 'MI)1e

fit lanaid:

Sub Goolie: John King

(16) Podroig Doughon

(11) Darragh Hayes

(8) Darreo Wiyte

(19) Stel'he~ MQh~r

(20) PhU Fonning

(21) Robert BUlns

III RORY TIERNEY

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RUAIRI MEAGHER SEAN RYAN BRIAN DELANEY

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GER MOTEN BILL WHYTE PAJO TROY

1'1 MICHAEL BERGIN

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GER KIRWAN PHILIP BYRNE EOGHAN RYAN

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BILLY HAYES JOE TREACY THOMAS DEVEREUX

ROGHNOIRi - Denis Dwyer ((oOlh), (onor Troy (Troiner). Ger Molen,

Pol Bergin, Eugene Ryan

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111 131 I') MIKEY CRONIN MICHAEL RYAN PHILLY CRONIN

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RICHIE M'GRATH GERRY ROBINSON

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ALAN REDMOND PAUl CORDY BENNY AHERNE

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LUKE FORAN MARTON WALSH DEAN GATES

ROGHNOfRi - Thomas Foron ((oochl, Poul Tobin ITroiner), Gerry McGroth, John Robinson, Poddy W,I,h.

Fir lonoid:

(16) Aidan Hitchins

{I 7) Nigel O'Sullivan

(18) Ge, (rowe

(1 9) Marlin OU99on

(20) William O'Dwyer

(21) Michael Prendergast

County Youth Committee S Inc~ thr: start of the: yur the (CUlty

Youth Committee Ms been WClI'1ons hard to CMVe 1I niche for it:se:1f

With II df:diclIu:d committee of six It Ms run the Ground Hurling Tournament throughout the summer in which 90% of clubs In Tipperary took part. It will also organise: the primary schools table ~z v.hich will Cl.Jirrhte wtth the (CUlty FiMi on 13th December in Par\!; Avenue Hotel

Now It also Intends to run lin IT c~tltlon throughout the primary schools In Tipperary In conjunction with the Tipperary Institute (TlI:BOI). We hope to launch thrs competrtion ., carty December

The dMo of the ()t..;sion FnIIIs lire fixed (Of eart,o March and the County Final fixed for late Mbrch

i Munster vice ern-111M" Sean and With his end

help from Croke Park we ~ed it further and enlisted the help of Tip. perlWY Institute College to...mom we arc most gratdul

We hope that all schools In the COUtlty wW /lVII11 of this opportunity to paruJke in this competition. Schools Will be receiving more Information In the next couple of weeks and of cou~ lIny

company de"lIng WIth IT materkll lind who wish to be invotvf;d in sponsorship should contact any committee member and they WIll be more than helpful.

The committee Me fM<k up 11$ follows: John Hally, County Youth Officer; Nicholas MOloney, South Youth Officer; J( Ryan, County Bord ntI

nOs. Andy Q'GorTT"Ian, Mid Youth OffICer; LiIIm Hosan, North Youth Officer; Daniel Connery, West Youth Officer.

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TIpperary Youth Committee

Referee: Paddy Russell

LINESMEN: John Ryan (Stand-by RefereeJ,Johnny McDonnell

FOURTH OFFICIAL: Michael Cahill

Referee: Willie Clohessy

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Under-12 Ground Hurling Exhibition Game TIPPERARY STARS PREMIER BOYS

AediWhite RedlGreen 1. I.iam Byrne 10. Cian Hennessy 1. Bnan Kelly 10. Stephen Murray

""-' ~ """"'" BaDmgarry -2, KewI O'Gorman. capt 11 . !..Jam Cunrull\11am 2. Rtchard HaMigan 11 David Butler Ourlas Og Killsheelanll<.ilcasn Killenaule Dromlnch

3. DaVId Fairbrother 12. David Leahy 3 Matthew Collins 12. Philip Ryan J.K Brackens 80herlahan DuaUa Silvermines Toomevara

4. Peler Ryan 13. Parae Kelly 4 Darren Prendergasl 13, Alan Hannigan -- -""" 51 Pats Drangan Shamoo ""os 5 Bnan O-Meara 14 Ciaran McCauley 5 _ .... "" 14 Ross Momssey

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Gary Mernagh Sarsfields Captain

Sersflelds (eptein Gery Mernegh MS been e reel leeder on and off the field for the Blues this yeer. H{lving rMde his WilY into

the senior side e few years {lgo Gery quickly estebli$hed himself end has developed Into e very relieble defender with plenty of Skllt to rMtch his speed and anticipation.

In fllCt, It's e tribute to his team rMtes that II hurler of Gery's calibfe should be confined to corner b4K:k whep such II natUl'lIl hurler could perhaps be ckployed outfield.

GlIry 15 a man who eets (lnd sleeps hurling. A cooch by profession, Gary hils been exten· sively Involved In cooching in Dublin where he. works and lives and is not IIfrllid to bring new idells to the training fields in Thuries either. ¥lin)' of his training methods have been used over the illst number of weeks.,d months by SlIrsfields ¥Id GlIry Is mw{ly$ re~ lind willing to try out the routines with the pl<Jyers.

It's a real sign of Grey's commitment and determination to succeed to say that he recovered from a very serious Mnd illury to play hurling lIga;n. Gary extensively damaged his left hand lit work some yeM'S ego lind is forced to weer protectiVe strllpplng ellch and every time he goes out to hurl or plllY foot­bill!. At the time, It looked as though Gery's ClIreer would be cut prerMturely short, but true to form, he took the injury on the chirl lind rllllied lIglIirI to make a wonderful recovery.

On the field Gery Memegh is e serious rMn who cuts e reel desh. Off the field he is {I reel ch{lrlKter end one of the [{Ids who is elw{ly$ winding others up. Never short of e word or two, Gery Is quick witted {lnd ever willing to join irI the creic.

For him to lift the [){In Breen today would be: e huge pel"SOl"lalllChieve~nt. It would be e massive lift to Thurles SlIrsfidds; e huge boost to hurling in Thurles; end e dre{lm come

true for Gery MerTWIgh end his femily.

Gery is 11 nephew of Jo h n ' Hotpoint'

Heyes, of TIpperery beckroom teem f{lme.

GrOWing up in Thurle:s in ~ 1960's( we were often reminded of the grec:tt hurling tradition OU( town

possessed. we learned I ~ the C.B.S, that the G.A.A. was founded just down the street, but the boost that fasdl)ll ted me was when I heard that, over the year's, hurler.; from the: parish of ThurJe.s t'lad won over one hundred Al l-Ireland Senior hurting med8ls.

So I ded ded to take oS cI~r look li t this claim to one hundred medals. I d id­n' t Include hurlers from other clubs, who were part of the Thurles Inter-county selection In the early years. However, I did include Thurles players who were substitutes on the various teams, I alsO indudeahur1ers from the first A11·lreland Championship (1887) who played., the gM'M!:s up to the final but who, due to 6 cfrsagreement, didn't play in the final.

He(e's what J found:-2001 Eddie Enright, Lar Corbe~ 1971 Jimmy Doyle, Paul Byrne , 1965 Tony WaU, Jimmy Doyle, Sean

Mcloughlin, Paddy Doyle. 1964 Tony Wall, Mic¥el MUrp I Jimmy

Doyle, Seen Mcloughlin,. 1962 Tony Wall, Jimmy Do('k: Seen

Mcloughlin, Michael MUrphy. 1961 Tony Well, Jimmy DoYI~ Seen

Mcloughlin. 1958 Mickey Byrne, Tony Wall, Jimmy

Doyle , larry Keane, Ray Reidy, Noel Murphy, Martin 'Mushe' foAaher.

1951 Mickey Byrne, Tommy Doyle, Con-nie Keane.

1950 Mickey Byrne, Tommy Doyle, Tommy Ryan.

1949 Mickey Byrne, Tommy Doyle, ..

SlKSfields Duo: lm C~tt & Eddie EnrfSh after IltSt year's AN-Ire/and VICtory

Tommy; Ryan. 19 5 John ~her, Ger Comally, Mtd<

Murphy, TOIMlY Doylt:, Eddie G~e­son, Hent:y Gouldsboro (Army), John Dellthunty, Jack Dwyer, Tommy Ryen, John Ryan Gerry Do~e, Mickey Bymc.

1937 Jim lapis¥I, Tommy Butler, Ge:r Comally, John M!lher"JOI1'lJl'Y DoYle (Thur1es KickM_ms), De15 'Bunny'

rphy, Geny DOyIel D8n Mackey, Paddy Maher (W).

,930 John Joe Callanan, Jimmy Q'Lough­lin, John Maher; Jim U1nigan, Mick Ryan, Jimmy Harney, Mick foAaher, Tommy Butler, .rack Stapleton.

1925 William QUinn. 1920 John Joe Callanan (with Dublin,

Feughs selection). 1916 Tom Owan, Hugh Shelly (Boherla­

han selection ). 1908 Tom Semp le, Tom Kerwick, Jack

Mockler, James wHawk~ O'Brien, Hugh Shelly, Tom Kenna, Paddy Brolan, Martin O'Brien, Jack Mooney, Joe Mcl oughney, Antho­ny Carew, Paddy Bur1<.e, Mickey Ryan (Mac).

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1011 of 100 Medats,! 1906 Tom Semple, Jack Mockler, James

-Hawk" O'Brien, Hugh Shelly, Tom Kenna, Jer Hayes, Paddy Brolan, Tom Kerwick, Martin O'Brien, Jack Mooney, Joe McLoughney, Michael Gleeson, John Cahill, Rody Berkery, Paddy Burke.

1900 Tom Semple (TwO-Mile-Borris selection).

CLUE 'R6CO'Rf) _ Doyle: :61 19Si1. 1961, 1962, 196-4, 1965, 1971 '-vWol (S! 19S8, 1961. 1962. 196( 1965 1orMrr!loyle ()llm, 1945. 1949, I'S{). 1951 Mrlrta-".w iS1194S. 1949, 1950,1951,1958

three 111 A 'RON '0IlVIlY ~ 00;1 N.O.ey Byrne · 1949, 19SO, 1951

A/o(1 Stfccl'((ftf! T'lWi!V [Iay'c I" r I, , P,~~" (,e", . 10"'1 I , l"'~ I ~

"Father IX SOH Oeris J.IoheI {U 1887 .. . .... Jd!nNdw1930 MKhleI Ger:tson 1906 ........... .... ........ __ .Etie Ger:tson 1945 lienvllortia 1937 .•.. ............ .. ............ JiJrny DoyIa 1958

Geny DoyIa 1937 ....... ...................... . ........ PtQly DoyIa 1965 Mkby Brma 194L. .. ............. _ .... _ .... II .,Ptd Byrm 1911

Ptrltt.¥dlet (w) 1937 ................... .NaM '1iwW'.Yd'IIf 1958

~ Ndler 1861 ..•...•.•....................•.....•...... Mick. Mdler 1930

lin S.tro 1861 .......... _ .. _ .. ___ .... ..bd: ~tro 1930

Succe!:!:{itt Enrfher-; ""'" '" "'" ... 1958, 196\; '""'" '" "'" ... 1937; MdIoeIIIII NoeI.Yu!iri 1964, 1958; 1lIr; l1li (o:rie

teme 1958, 1951; DeliS l1li HOO IiIdlW (U 1887; om l1li JOO Ndler 1887; 10m l1li Wew Ndler \881

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1887 Jim Stapleton, Denis Maher (l),

Edward Murphy, Denis Maher, Mar­tin McNamara, M.atty Maher (M), Tom Bourke, Con Callanan, I'Aatty

Maher (l), Pat Ryan, Tom fvl.aher, Andrew Maher, Jim Sullivan, Jer Dwter, Dick Butler, Ned Maher, Jack Maher, Ned flanagan, Stephen Pur­cell, Jack Bannon, Dan Davern, Con Ryan.

So, there it is, well over one hundred All-Ireland Senior Hurling medals from the parish. A proud tradition and a chal­lenge to the young hurlers of today to emulate the past. Now I've told you my story, the record Is true, Of Sarsfields of Thurles - those wearing the blue, Sure none can compare for fame or renown With the fine hurling men of the Cathedral town.

liam 6 Donnchu (These lists of players etc. may not be

complete. Please contact me jf you can supply extra details).

C.J. Kickhams MULLINAHONE

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12) 13) 14) D. Mo(Eodhoidh P. 6 Corrain M. Mo(Coilleolo

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PAT CROKE BRIAN O'MEARA CONOR ARRIGAN (13) (14) (15)

E. 6 Ceolloigh S. 6 Loo(ho N. 6 Loo(ho EOIN KELLY JOHN LEAHY NOEL LEAHY

ROGHNOIRi - John Leohy Imonager), Sean O'Regan (lrainerl, Mi(hael Scan, Sean O'Meara, Sean 8ren, Jill Snell (physiol, John Gilmon (do(tor) .

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C. 6 Ceoruill CIARAN CARROLL

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TOMMY MAHER

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BRENDAN CARROLL

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III s. 6 Leothlobhoir JOHN LAWLOR

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STEPHEN MASON E. Mocionnro(htoigh EDDIE ENRIGHT

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TOMMY COLLINS CATHAL MciNTYRE TONY RUTH

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ROGHHOIRi - Paddy Doyle (Manager), Paddy McCormack (Trainer), Tom Barry, Denis Moher, Br Dothi Fitzgerald.

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IN 1988 when Mullinahone folk travelled to Cion mel for the South Tipperary junior hurl­ing final nobody could have realised what lay ahead In the coming years.

The junior final was won the same way, and the CJ Kickhams bandwagon had begun to roll. Later that winter U-21 'B' South and County hurling and football dou­ble was won.

1989 was a great year for the premier county, but a better one for the boys from Kickhams town.

After winning South U-21 'A' and Junior hurling titles, we went on to win County honours in both, beatinbg Declan final, only to narrowly faU to Ryan's (lonoulty in the U-21 and Clonoulty. We have also been defeat-Nicky English's Lattin Cullen in the ed in county finals in minor hurling junior decider. U-21 hurling In recent years.

A South intermediate football Is our luck about to change? title was also brought back to the Today we are back in a senior hurl-'little village'. ing final hoping to bridge a 35 year

A certain John Leahy had nine gap since Dan Breen came to the

championship medals the same year'I"J~~;~,;SoUth . The MulJinahone bandwagon Back to back South intermediate continues to roll. Perhaps the fairy· hurling titles were won in 1990 and tale is only beginning!! 1991, so we progressed to senior hurling in 1992.

In our eleven years, hurling senior we have annexed five South titles (93, 95, 97, 99, 2002).

In 1997 we reached the county senior

MullifMhone first fielded a ~nior hurling team In 1992. Tht!lr complete record In Tipperary Senior HurlinS Championship games to diJte is;

'99' OF Holycross 1-2; Mullinahone 2-6

199. OF CasheI1-19; Muilinallone 1-7

'99' OF Nenagh 2-16; Mulli~honc 3-9

1997 OF Muilinahone 1-20; Knockavilla 0-15

SF Mullinahone 1-20, Holycross 3·11

Final Clonoulty 0-17; Mullinahonc ' ·12 ,999 OF Mullinahone 2·20; loughmore 2·8

SF Nen/lsh 4-18; Mulli~hone 1·10

' 00' OF Cappawhi te 2-15; Muilinahone 1-13 .... OF Mullinahone 3-17; Roserea 0-9

SF Mullinahone 1-15; Toomev/lra 1-14

Final Mullinahonc v Thurles Sarsfields

- PLAYER PROFILE -Paul Curran (Mullinahone)

Today the curtllin comes doYm on yet another intriguing county ~~ .... senior hurling ctulrnplonship

campaign, In II yellr In which all four division,,] finllis have produced new winners, Ironically Its ooly Mulllna-hone's second ever jjillll~l.: oppt:llfllnce in II final. los­ing In 1997 to Cionoulty­Rossmore was II bitter pill to swallow but now they've returned In Ilnticl­patlon of recording a unique achievement From a first Junior title in 1989, today tlw: U Kickham club find themselves one hour away from a seni()( equivalent after 13 years of effort and heartache , Mulli­nlIhone rn.ve amassed five senior divi­sional t itles, their first in 1993. Tr.witionally II foot~lIlng stronghold, in 1987 John Leahy lit

minOt" level broke the mould In becoming the first ever Mullinahone representative to grace the inter-county swge. Since then, Paul Curran has become one 01 eight others to follow In his footsteps. In the 1997 county final loss, Paul was the second youngest on the panel, stili active In Sord M NOS games while ensuring an invaluable learning experience in the senior squad ses­sions. In the same yellr the south division won its first ever Munster U-16 title defeating south lim­erick in the decider with Pllul hllving performed heroics lit left half back. Later In the yellr Tip­perary claimed the NeMgh Co-op toumtlment. Another triumph for the yooog Mullioahone defender At ScoiI Ruain, KiIIenaUe hurting came easy to the Kilvemnon Illd. A ("l'IOn FIUgerald winners medalllSllinst NeMgh in 1997 was first to come.

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that SlIme season. In Paul's fiMI year, the school collected the Munster

VoclltiOlllJI school's title defeat­ing Coochford College (ork

only to haVe their AlI-lreWlcl ambitions cut short <'J9IIinst Athervy 'IS at the semi­tiMI stage. The Tipperary minors regained provin­cial honours In 1999 lit Semple Stadium after II two year lapse. Pllui operating at full -bllCk gllve commendable per­

fOffMoces throughout. A strongly built, well

focused lind equally com­mitted individulll, Pllul who

won't turn twenty one for another two weeks Is second in II

family of five. Eldest brother Niall, a former county minO( Is Eddie (arey's midfield

partner while seventeen yellr old Alan Is the Illtest panel member.

Presently in his fiMI year studying manufactur­Ing engifleering lit Waterford IT, he has added II FiUgibbon Cup medal to his hIIndsome collec­tion defu.ting UCD in 2000. PIIOI exceeded all expectations pillying full-bIIck in his fresher sea­son. He Is also the holder of two U-21 lind three Senior divisional medals but victory todlly would overshadow all that. In early 2001, he was one of five MulliMhone club men Included In the senior squ<KI. Despite not securing a champion­ship place he did feature llSalnst Laois, Cork and Galway in the 20011ellSue campaign. After end­less nights training and diligent hurting practice an All-irelllnd medal was equally rewllrding for his III1-round contribution. Losing consecutive U-21 Munster finals to limerick Inflicted wounds that were slow to heal. Paul at centre-back lind

In 1998 representing Sceil Ruain, Pllul made full-back respectively viewed these results as the county vocationlll schools hurting lind football potential low points. Thankfully for him under teams winning the All Irelllnd Senior '8' football John Lellhy lind the coaching skills of Sean O'Re-title for good measure. He also captained the U-17 san this year could end triomplwttty for the!J'l!erl inter-divisioMl football champs agalost North Ttpp and red. Its now or never MuIIir'IcYIone!

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Four final defeats in the decade between them 1TIfy Wf IMt "you have to 10K one to win one"/

Well H thty do, pk<JH don't repeM it to 1M /MIl at 17'u1es s.wsfieJds tX Mu/litwhone. 8etwun tIKm thq "'- been on /he md of four COI/IIty liM

ddeah in 1M I6st d«~.

HttItMr paM/ will want to Mid to llId! tdI~ tod,ly.

, 99tToomevilfa 1).12, TIuks Satsfltldsl~ (after f repMy) TlXlI!leVilfli went into the re:pWj With an incrU5l!:d con­

IIcknce in their ability and they expresstd tNt confidenc:l!: In e IOOCh IITIpI"CIYed display. Yet Sarstitlds hGd /I point to spert lit the i1ttN'" i1 II scorelint of 1-4 to 0-6, their goal e fortuitous one by (orJlit Mllher from II melee in the tent d the ~I. In the second half Toomevarl.l's ~rI· 0fIty became mort p!"OOOlJlCtd but they wert never ~ ID puR out of the daogtr lone chidly due to f teraclous dtknce by the ThUr1es bacldine, t$p(dalty Michlltl M&'Icr, Seamus O'SOOI and Seamus Mllher (RIP), ootil he I'Itftd With ¥l injt.fy. In I~ many ~d tNt perfor· tnlnce of the veteran. Michael Mllher, deservt:d thr: Man 0I1t1e Match award,

But there wtn s!e~ing pe.~es at the other end II the field also and as the 9MK wore on we saw some

deferdng by [)ecian O'Me«a, Gease: Friend and

''0. of ,"";. Match, Philip SNoIIhan, who was just ~N the ,. leading contmder from the opposite side. The

the TOOfIIeV«a defence C¥1 be seen in the

... "'~ S"" •• ,' .,~" ... ~,"" haN, a mere two IMt ten minJtes saw trojao dfon:s on both the verdict .rod the exdtement Wo!S iltenst

~~~=~~_~ only a puck of a ball betwten the Ttu1es Sarsfields 1-6. - Jodi Grace, Pat M0.jler, Rory

I O'Mearil (ClJpt), GeOl'jt Friend, Ded.YI

~;':~;::;;~' p& King, Tony Oelar"oey, TOIlIll)' ~ I.iam Nolan, Torrmy Carroll. Subs-

Flahr:rty, Ke'oin Mc<0ITI'I0Kk for Corroll. """" '"", Kenneth MC~", John Ryan, Jirrmy

Kevin De~, Owen {lXIdihy.

Selectors - Fr MictlaeJ casey, Jm McDontIId, fr,n. Ryan. Cooch- P.J. Whelan,

Th!.rIes 5drsfie1ds - Pat Mc<OfIMCk, ~J MMler, Toomy Maher, Michael Sparrow, Jim MOloney, SeanIs O'SheIl, 5eMnus.v8ier (RIP), John Dorney, l.Iam ~, EMton walshe (Capt), BrendoID Cor'roII, COI'lf'k MM1er, M!!lxice Mc<ClrIMCk, Pmy Maher, ~ aum. Subs­Clive l-imTolhan for Moloney, GraMm O'Connor for W,,~ she, MlcNeI I-iarvMM for S. Maher. Also: ~ltran (MoB, lM ilMrett, Tony (OIMIl, Nldt Rossiter, PJ, Kavaoagh, Tony O'Mear'4, John Kennedy, Ktvi1 (t.mrnir'6. Selectors - Tom Barry (coach), Denis /.Wler, l.Iam 6 Oo!YlchU.

1997 Cloooulty.JIossmore ()'17, Mutlioahone 1-12 The COlXlty Iini!I on Novtmber 2 was lX'Iiquf: in" 1llX!l'

ber 01 ways. Never before hold there been /I south-wtst contest at this Itvel. It wItS MuniMhonl!;'s first tint to appear and it brought to twelve the number d appear­onces by south te!1f115 in CotXlty senior fnIIIs. It W4S thirty

~ sIlct /I south ttM'l woo the fiO/ll. MulliMhone were slight f<1VOUites on the basis d Ihr:Ir <ispIays in the qtW.

ler - Mel semi·finaIs and (loooulty·Rossmore's fortuitous WHl. OIotr 17,00') attended, the biggest I'llXTJber at II

COIXlty liM! sh:e ttw: fifties, On /I I11U'ky cby in gf'ea!>Y cOl'lditiM;, there WIIS no

IIppn:ciable WInd to illerfere with the !jiI'l'Ie. The sides Vitre Itvel on six occasions in the first half but by tMlf.time (Ionoutty·Rossmore were i1 front by ten pcWll:s to S(v.!n, the difference between the sides rdlecttd In Ihr: number d wicks, thee to the West, ninE: to the South. The West men relTo!lined in front IA1til Brian O'MMfa's goal ~t the sides levtl and there W<lS all to ~ for h thr: "rial ten minutes. Bomy Kemedy SoJVe CIooouIty·RossnJo(e a two point cushion dwing tfliS pe:Ood and witfl MIout !lYee minutes to go, MJlliMhooe SOl a thirty yard free. Leahy blasted for goal but. it W<lS saved. He SOl" second chance and it CMIe off thr: post, ~ the advantage to CIonouIty·Rossmore and..;ctory by 0-11 to '·12.

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2000 Toomevar .. 2-10, Thurle$ 5ar$fields 0-11 All atter'ldance of 8,500 at Se~ S~ on Octo­

ber 15 were treated to .. same ....nich left lar short of elqXctMions. Toome~M" operw:d !he scomg with a point bltt Thur1ts hod a great dwtce of a goal fl !he sev­enttl minute. Three mlrutes iIIter JoIvl O'Brien scored a go/II for l oomevara from a pass from his brottw, P~. At the end of !he first QlW\er Toomevara Wfle IJhe.)d by 1·3 to 0-2, They continutd to dominate !he second quMter iIOd were in fronl by 1.IJ to 0-2 after twenty·two minutes Sar5tie1ds wtre doing a lot of attacking but get­tinS I'lOI'ttrere ag.!Iinst a ~!b Toorne~Ma defence, espe­cially !he inner line of George Frmd, Ray Ilris0:w: and Brendan Dunne. However, in !he rtmalnlflS minutes they CMle more ~o the game, scorns three points 10 one from Toomeyara, to leave !he half·time score 1·7 to 0-5.

The score did oot adequately reflect Toomevara's superiority. They were playing !he better hurling. making !he more effectiVe moves, They were very good at touch­It1s !he ball lJW~ from !heir opponents, ad'IaocinS it twenty or third yards With deft touches, when !hey couldn't get in a full stroke. Overall, !hey were !he more skillful combinIIbon.

Whertas !he first half was incident free, !he second half saw 00 less than three playf:rs get red cards.

Whereas !he gMr.t: was niggling n spots, !he sending­off offences were isolated incidents,

Sarslields did oot continUe their reYival1n !he second half, .IotIr1 O'Briefl almost hod a Toomevara SOIII in the third minute but was foiled by an IIlert {i/lran Carroll. Three minutes iIIter O'Brien scored on his second chance to put Toomevara 2·7 to 0-6 in front. The next ten min­utes were scrappy as three piayf:rs got !heir marching orders. SMstieIds CMle more Into !he same and began to M at the Toomev"rll backs. Wrth five miNJtes to 90 they had reduced !he delkit to four points. Try lIS they might they couldn't get the goal they required. During these final mnutes p~ O'Brien scored a point to give Toomevllrll!heir 2·10 to 0-11 victory.

Toomevar", Justin Cottrell, George Frend, Ray Ms· illne, Brendan Oume, Philip SlwIehan, Tony Delaney, Brlan Otif, Terry Dunne (captain), P-'Clrllig Hackett, Ken Ounne, Kevin Coovnins, P~ O'Brien, MM1r. Bevans, Tommy Oume, John O'Brien. SUb: MIchael O'Me¥a for Kevin Curnmirls.

1hurles 5«s/ie/d$: Cwan (,,1T0I1, 8rian O'Gractt, Torrrny Maher, Gary Mernagh, Pat Treacy, Seamus O'Shea, Catha! Mcintyre, Brendan CalToIl (captain), Tom Ryan, L.vry Cor­bett, Eddie Enright, Matthew O'Dowd, Ger O'Gractt, Jo/vvly ErvIsht. (omle Maher. Sobs, Stephen Mason for Connie Maher, Tony Ruth for Matty O'Dowd.

Man of the Match Award: John O'Brien (loorneYMa). Referee: WIllie Sarrett (Ardfinnan).

2001 Toomevara 1-22, Thurles Sarsfields 1·13 It was a repeat of the previous year's, when Ttu1es

S¥sfields hod frozen on the dI!y. II was hoped the expe. rience woukl stand to them iIOd their peliormance l.p to the final appeared to suggest they wtre playing with a

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confidence that woukl stand to !hem ag.!IlfISt Toomeyara Up to the interval they seemed on lIIf'Set for !heir first vic­tory since 197". The majority r:i the fine crowd r:i over 12,CXX> specllltors seemed to be on their side. The score stood at 0-8 to 0-7 in li!YOUI' of TQOI'I1eVara, who had enjoyed the ~tage r:i the breele in the first half

However, IrIY conjecture of Sarsfields' chances wasn't Ions becoming lrrelevant. Within ten minutes the post­mortems were being prepared. Whereas 1111 the Toomevar" side contributed to Sars/ields' demise, the contribution r:i John O'Blien has to be smg!ed out Unable to get going in !he first ha~, haYing two wides to his credit, he suddenly unleashed a peliormance cYId was II lethal weapon &glJinst which the challengers had 00 answer. He basged '·5 from play and was a telTor to the opposing backs anytime he SOl the 1»11. Six other iQOl'l1eVllrll players scored and this was prol»bly !he main difference between the sides. No less than 1-8 of Sarsfields' scores c;,me from plGced 1»115. Only six poIflts

of Toomevar,,'s rruch bigger SCOI'e C6ITle from !he same source. Loos before the final....nist!e sounded, the same was over and the crowd wtre Ieavins.

The frustration that Sarstields felt was rtftected Ul the play. Long before the end the team had lost "II their structure. The skill levels, the speed and the passing movtO'lents they had revealed with such brilliance /lS"lnst Cappawhite were I'lOI'ttrert to be seen. In contrast Toomevar" were everywl'M!:re. Wherever a blIli broke there WrJi" Toom man to collect Md cleM. /Vrf Sarstle lds forward who sot possession was halTied and hassled by two or even ttvee opponents and WrJi never given an opportunity to express himself. For Sarstields it was a bit­ter end to a championship, ....ncn promised so much. For Toome~ara, it was an Incredible peliorrroance and one is left amazed at how hungry, committed, determined and focused a team v.ith so ITIM1)' victories lI"Ider its belt can be. One has to wish !hem well in the dub championship.

Teams: TOOo'l'JeVdf,,-Justln (ottrell (capt.); George frend; Rory BrisIar.e; Brendan Ounne; Bryan 0utI'; Tony DeIlJney (0-1); Philip Shanahan, Terry Dunne (O-~); £00 BrIsIaoe; Paul McGrath (0-1); TaMs Ounne (0-", one free, one sideline); Ken Dume (0-7, five frees); M. Bevans (0-1); John O'BrIen (1-5); Ken Hall, Subs: F. Delar.ey lor Hal~ p.,aaig H.Dett (0-1) for Deillney; Torrrny (arroIl for' foln ... "'.

r1Turles 5«!;11e1ds - (wan (arroll, Brian O'Grady; Seamus O'Shea; Gary Memagh; JoM Lawlor; Eddie Enright; Bren· dan CalToIl (0·1); Stephefl MaSon; Catha) Mcintyre; Matthew Oowd (0-2); .io/Yvly Enright (1·9, 1-8 from frees); Lar Corbett; Get O'Grady; Pat Lawlor; Tony Ruth (0-1). SUbs: Tom Ryan for MIlSOn; E/Irnon Walsh for Pat Lawlor, Trevor O'Dwyer for Ryan, Toomy Coilns for Mcintyre ,

Referee: Seamus Roche (Kilsheelan) Man of the Match: John O'Brien Attendance: 12, HO.

JO}JJ\J lE)\}J'f - the ultimate hurler

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football and Hurling by MlIrtin Bf'eheny and 0eM1 Keenan, was published In

2001 . It contains profiles of 42 cootefll)Ofar)' hurlers of John Leahy. John is not Included.

let's jog the collectiVe memories of Martin lind DonaL look at the videos of the '91 Munster Final replay; the '91 All -Ireland; the '93 Munster Final; the '94 league Final; the 2000 Munster Championship games against Wliterford and Clare ... just for starters! Consider John's role In guiding Muliinahone Into their first County Final In 1997, only to lose by 2 points.

See the eulogies that have Been written about Leahy after numerous blg games. Recall DiMrkJid Flyrr')'s piece i1 The £x4frW'Ier when he stated that if he were selecting a team of the best contemporary hurlers, John Leahy would be the first player he would pick.

15 years great service surely deserves recognition. In the words of hiS former mantlger Babs Ketlting, John is tI "tremen­dous pltlyer with great courage tlnd

strength, who did everything for the team". Has there ever been tI louder ovation to greet a player, thtln when Leahy was intro­duced against (Itlre in 2oo1?

In Mullinahone, where football was king, Leaky has inspired tlnd tutOf'ed a fine crop of players In BriM O'Metirtl, the (urrans, the Kellys, Eddie (tirey, Pat (roke, etc. When John eventually retires he will be happy in the knowledge that Muilinahone is tI powerhouse In Tlpp hurling.

During the 80's, 9O's,tlnd now Into the new century, he htls enthrtilled and delighted speCttltors with his charismatic displays. Picture for tI moment the hand going skywtlrds to ctltch the dropping ball, the frisson of excitement as he bursts through the opposition, tlnd the skilful long-striking which produced so many wonderful SCOf'es.

John has produced tllegtlC)' tlnd litany of performances which will tllwtlys endure in the memory of those privileged to have witnessed such prodigious skill tlnd talent.

Jim Fogarty, tI T!pper,yy man, 1m" Kllkenny.

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Ger Bums Eamonn O'Shea Dinny Cahill, Captain 1977 Liam O'Shea, Captain 1979 John Cahill Jim Reddan Michael Cahill Phil Reddan len Gllynor Seamus Hennessey End" Hogan Michllel Hogan Joe Hudson (deceased) Sean Hyland Seamus (Mackey) Keogh Jim Moloughney Denis O'Meara Jim O'Meara Sean Q'Meera

KilrwM M6C~!1hs 1911-1979 tltam

John Quinlan Michael Quinlan Philip Quinlan Tony Sheppard Mackey Waters Denis Whelan GerWilliams Gilbert Williams Jim Williams, Captain 1978 Paddy Williams

&tc:k row (I to r); Selector, Billy O 'Meitfit (RIP), PM:kty Wi/lIMns, End.! Hogdn, /Jam O'SMa, (Capt 1979), Tony Shepptlfd, Denis O'Me"''', 5t'dIl H;/dnd, 5t'dfflUS (MlJckey) Keosh, Sedll O'Me.".". F,ont row: Jim Williams, (Capt. 1978), Jim Redcidn, Jim O 'Me.".", Len G"ynor, Dinny C"hlll (Capt 1977), 5t'"mus Hennessy, Gilbert Willidms.

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Dr CmL:c, the CorL.·bom. Archbl-.hop of Ca.>JlC1 and Eml)'. ml~hl !'ICIer h:lIC been the fir<;1 "alI'OI1 (If the GAA.

When MI<.:hacl Cu..ock bqlan [0 lay [1130\ for the foontialion of the Gachr Alhleti..: AV'Qcianon. he saw the need roc Wf'Il'Orl frum leader-. (Jf Church and Slate. Ill' original ,hoi.:~ was Dr Patrick Duggan. the B;~hop of Clonferl

When he \la .. approached. he "'''\ \CICI1I)'oQllC )car-. of age, in miller pour lIcalth lind had already offered hi, rc'lgnalion to the Pnpc. He d~hncd the r<:tlue" nnd adli-.ed Ihal Dr Croke. ",. fine Gael. young vigonJu, :11'<.1 CncI'jl.Clll· ... "ould he :I good cooice III patron of the new body. And 'o(). ell'>l":!;.

came to 'fhur1c .. and the reI' "hi,wry. Dr Croke W:I' a fine I:hoice and he \001.: hl~ new

po>l -.erion,ly_ Soon uf1cr fcc.:i\lng the reqUCq he wrotc a long leUer c\plmnm!! II Ity he ,upported the GAA, u c.Iocumcnl Ihm <,C) comprehenlilcly m(l(k the

caloC for the GAA thalli hal e\er 'HlI.:C ~ regarded a~ lhe CharteT or Maoife'lI) of lhe A,'>OCialion.

From hI' earlie'l youlh Thoma.' William Cro~e ~hoo~ed him;clf a lo\'er of all Ihmg' ]lish, lie CJlcclled In \port. e'pecially h,mdb.::lll ..... hich he played mlO adull hfe. When he ~a~ fir.lprcsu:k:ol of St. Colman'~ College. h:mlO). he ilia, m'trumeolll] in the erectiOil of til 0 Iwndball aile), 01 the oollege.

Born 10 182J al Ca.\llccor he ~a~ edocaled Iocall) until hi: w:L' \i\l«O. ~hen hi: ~cm 10 the hilh CoI~e in Pali\ a, a ,tudent for I~..e pnc,thood for ~;~ year.. AfI('rv.anh Ile \I('nt 10 the- Iri,h College m Rome. wllert he wa, l>rdalned In 1847. l":ll('r Ih(' ,amc )'car lie \lao; a\larded a ])()(:t\1I' (If ])1\11111) degree and returned 10 Ireland to a leadllng I"IO't III SI I'atrid(" Cullege. CarloY. wid. a ) car latt:r. PmIC ... o«of [)ogmatlC Thoology 10 the IIi'h Collegc hri<',

I h~ pastoral Ilun;,try ;n the Cloync [)iocc'-C began in 1849lUld C('ntIIlIlC(j until 1870. with the Cllccpllon of thc year. 1858-1870. when he WII~ fiN pre-.dem of 51. Colm3n.' (ollelle. l ie \1;1' oroamed I1 I~ho]l of Auc~lund in 11\70 and appointed Archbi,hup of Ca,he] an(j h mly in 1117:1. where he rcnminc(j urn II hI' death in 1902.

Dr Croke \la' u cOlnrnandlng figure. phy-.cally af)(! imclkclUally. a national figure u, \lelill" a leader of the l ri~h hiernn:hy. lie \la\ tl) the- fort m he-Ipmg

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nalional "lruggle for laod reform. In one 'pcech in ]1l'iO he used the language of the future Sinn I'ein: "We lI1u<;t not n,!lter our-.cI\'C' that we Call ,uceced In thl' or any other natimml 'tru]!gle. unk" WI.' pilleI.' the hopes of our delivcfllOec in our-el\'e, alone"

When he ga\e hi.\ ,uppon to MIchael ])a~1II and the leader-, of the Laoo League. lie re'>Cr.cu hi" "pecial prai-.e for CS Parnell. and publicly (k:daredc " I belie\e Mr Pamcl110 Ix: one of the greatc,t bc:ne­foctON oflhc In.h peoplc, He ha' bwught a n~tion (If slaves to ~Ilme the pan lI00 beanng uoo I;tnguagc offrecll1cn"

Anodler a-'tX"-1 of the iildi"duaJ "''3..' 111' I;Cnen1'.lty. Endowed with COI1,idcntble family nlean'. An:hb ... hop Croke "''a!. a ready af)(! c.\(epllonally genc:roo\ bcfl(" factor to a mullipllCllY of dc<.Cf\lng 1I~. naliOilal and chantable cauSC\. The poor. lhe C\ ICted. (hunch buildirtj;. arJd OO;cr.ing n:JJOII:lI ~ \lU'e all f~ bc:fI('flCian~ of hi, C'lraordinary gellClU'lty.

Dr Croke Wlb abo a tn:mcridoo<. \lroer. A prolifIC: lcner \llitn. he peppcrc(j the pa]ler. I.f the day II uh comment aoo opinion on a ~ide r:mge of tuplC" III' helped the infant GAA either lIuh j;enc:mu~ grant, or by hi .. o ..... n (ll'e~nce at GAA \]lorl\ l1lCClln8' Of'

m;lIehe-.. He W3~ in demand a\ n pubhc \pea~cr. lie performe(j the I>pen;ng ccrcnmnic' I)f II huge number of oc\lchurches. He had a dc-.cr.(.'(! rl'putlilion for pastur,., and lI(jrnil1lstrJti\'c ablhty.

He wa~:I lruly ouht:ln(jiog figure in Ihe Ireland I>f hi- day and lie TCmained loU right up to the cnd uf hi, life. maintaining th:lt he would "!l'bour a, tile caroc,t a(j~ocate of nalional hbeny 311 thc world Oler: :1 fricn(j of every rightcou, cau'>C and tllC ~~orn enemy of oppre~siOil and t),r;mlly" 11e ~a ... Indeed. a great I Ii~hOlan. a greal an:hbl\oop and tile perfeci dl()lce a, fir.t patron of tile Gaelic AthletiC A~\oOCiallon,

Wen Deny Gowan back In 1969 put for­ward the innovative Idea of having ~ socllli /lctMties run by GIlA during

wYlter months, !tit motIOn WII5 pssse:d ill C~. Sc6r was born and Competitions started In 1970m.

We Mel IMny wonderful nights of music sons MId dance In the Intervening years But with so many fidel actMt/f:S now ongoing In all catc­sones, club comrMtees find it hard to cope WIth 1111 the pressures, so at present Sc6f Is losing out In some ~rishes.

At our recent AGM Doole SMnahan leas CatMolrleach, representing Con Hogan, assured lIS thlIt Con Mel Oonif: wi support OU" ~ for Sc6r 11 eYtIY Wlrf possible. l.ik~ Billy Barrett South Chairman, Who informed us that Sc6r In the South lost" very committed secretary Eileen Boland, due to personal commitments. Sill:: will ~ hard to repl6ce

Gerry Ring from West, "stalwart In Sc6r in the: earty years, will do hIS utmost to revive interest egaln in hrs dMsIon. So now sentle~n /Ictior'rs speale: louder than words, hopefully we may now look forward to more clubs partlciPl'ting In the years IIhlMd.

thf:y wt:nt on to win lin A1Hreland last yellr (200112002 season) Shannon R~rs, dom'IiInt few )'eMS, carne to Ndcront:y few thf; North RMI Their represent;,t/Ve Siot>Il6n Weafer In thf; Solo Sons competition ~nt on to win the AII·lre~nd In Killarney In April.

We had a very enjoyable celebratory party In Elsie Hogan"s hostelry, Ballinderry, In September - delayed because Sk::JbhMl ~nt on tour With lord of the D.!nce In Germany.

She was returning for a second term in earty October, a lovely rxrsonality, a good ambas­sadress for our Irish culture In EUfC>pe. We wish SIobh6n much luck In her career.

You don't have to be an athlete to represent your parish - perhaps you play music, sins. daoce Of recite. \l:lhlle winning a competition is a bonus, it Is the participation that Is Important. Perhaps we have a Louise MorrIssey, Domnic Kir­wan or Eamon McCann, who started their careers In Sc6r, hiding out in thf; parish and only need encouragement from some Sc6r official to come forward

Sc6r Thiobraid Nann are lucky to have a very committed cathaolrleach, Johnny Deillney, lind ruMI, Mary MUrphy, who intend to make sure Sc6r will rerMln /In Influential part of thf; GM CIIlendllr In county TIpper/IfY.

We hilve h&d clubs over the years competing In County Finals regularly, but ~r winning, eg. Newcastle Set, eventually their luck turned, "00

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