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Tipperary will play Limerick in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League at Semple Stadium at 2.30pm on Sunday next, February 6. Ardan O Riain (New Stand) only will be open for the game.

Admission will be €10 for adults, €5 for OAPs and students and free for under 16s. Programmes will be €1. All prices are reduced for this year’s league. We wish the team and management well for a successful campaign.

CAPTAINS OF SENIOR HURLING AND FOOTBALL TEAMS The Tipperary Senior Hurling team management have nominated Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone) as Captain and Conor O’Mahony (Newport) as Vice Captain of the Tipperary Senior Hurling team for 2011. The Tipperary Senior Football team management have nominated Barry Grogan (Aherlow) as Captain of the Senior Football team for 2011. We wish Eoin, Conor and Barry every success in their roles and hope they will lead Tipperary to success in both codes during the league and championship seasons.

nals if time requires. 3) The number of teams that compete for the Dan Breen Cup will be capped at 32. 4) The 8 losing teams from round one play the quarter finals of the Seamus O Riain Cup on an open draw system with extra time to apply. 5) Winners of the quarter finals of the Seamus O Riain Cup play semi finals on an open draw system, with the winners playing the final and extra time applying in both cases. 6) Relegation will apply if necessary to keep the number of senior clubs at 32 and will be organised as follows: the 4 losing teams from the quarter finals of the Seamus O Riain Cup play on an open draw knockout system, with extra time not required except for a replay, and the loser of the last game drops down to the Intermediate grade for the following year. 7) If teams voluntarily regrade, therefore keeping the number of senior teams in any given year at 32 or under, then compulsory relegation will not apply.

The County Board can accept amalgamations to bring the number of senior teams in any given year to a maximum of 32 if required. 8) No Division will be allowed to go below 4 senior teams as a result of compulsory relegation.

COUNTY UNDER 21 HURLING FINAL COUNTY SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP The January County Board meeting adopted a changed format for the County Senior Hurling championship after 3 different proposals to change the 2010 system were discussed in detail. The following system was adopted: Round 1: 16 Teams that did not reach Divisional Semi Finals (Open Draw). Round 2: 8 Winners from Round 1, Plus 8 Divisional Semi Final Runners Up (Open Draw with Divisional Semi Final Runners Up kept apart). Round 3: 8 Winners from Round 2 (Open Draw).

Round 4: 4 Winners from Round 3 Plus 4 Divisional Final Runners Up (Open Draw with Divisional Final Runners up kept apart). Round 5 - Quarter Finals: 4 Winners from Round 4 Plus 4 Divisional Winners (Open Draw with Divisional Winners kept apart). Round 6 - Semi Finals: Winners of Round 5 (Open Draw). Round 7: County Final. The following will also apply: 1) Repeat pairings to be avoided if possible, up to and including Quarter Finals. 2) Extra time to be played in all rounds up to and including Quarter Finals and in Semi Fi-

Congratulations to Kilruane MacDonaghs on their victory over Thurles Sarsfields in the County Under 21 A hurling final 2010 which was played at Dolla on Sunday January 23. It was MacDonaghs 7th title in all and 3rd in 5 years which suggests a bright future at senior for the club. Well done to both teams for an excellent game, to referee Fergal Horgan and his officials for a job well done and to the Silvermines club for having the pitch in excellent condition and their top class stewarding arrangements.

COUNTY HURLING LEAGUES All clubs have been issued entry forms for the County Hurling Leagues which will commence in March. Closing date for entries is Friday, February 18.

GAA Vetting Census Day The National Children’s Office at Croke Park has chosen Monday January 31 2011 as the GAA Vetting Census Day. Clubs are requested to check who, as of

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Tipperary GAA Scene (continued) that date, within the club working with underage teams has been vetted or has submitted a Garda Vetting Application Form. As a means of assisting clubs in identifying who has submitted a Garda Vetting form each club has been circulated with a list of members, received from the National Children’s Office, who have submitted a vetting application form to the GAA. Since June 2009 the GAA has made considerable progress in the vetting of persons who work on behalf of the GAA with children (under 18 years) and vulnerable adults. In Tipperary there has been an excellent response to the process by clubs, referees, etc as we continue to integrate good child welfare procedures and practices in our work with underage teams in the GAA. Garda Vetting of persons working with children within the GAA is mandatory and failing to do this by clubs or individuals is a breach of GAA procedures. Clubs having completed this census will be required to identify if they have personnel not vetted working with children and young persons in the club. This information must be forwarded to Jim Lynch, County Vetting Co-Ordinator at 086-8443285 by February 21 2011. The County Board will then forward the information to the National Children’s Office, Croke Park.

TIPPERARY CLUBS DRAW The February draw will be held on this Friday night February 4 at The Venue, Dundrum House Hotel . On the night we will again be giving away 2 cars along with cash prizes, a holiday, and a lotto jackpot of €5,000. Some lucky Club will be the recipient of a new set of jerseys by the end of the night. Please come along and support the Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw.

TIPPERARY SUPPORTERS CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2011 Adult Membership in 2011 will cost €30 (unchanged since 2005). Each Adult Membership Card will be accompanied by a Tipperary Car/Window Sticker and a gift of a dvd with the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final of 2010 and highlights of the All-Ireland Under 21 Final. Adult Members will be entered in Ticket Draws for five pairs of stand tickets before each of Tipperary’s Munster and All-Ireland championship games. They will also be entered in a Draw for an All-Ireland Hurling Weekend stay at the Four Star Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Dublin (match tickets included). Also members can access a discount scheme and will receive regular updates by email and text on team news, match reports and events.

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ANNERVILLE SPORTS AWARDS The 46th presentation by Bulmers Ltd of the Annerville Awards (1965 to 2010) took place on Saturday night January 29 at the Minella Hotel, Clonmel. Among the 14 Sports award winners were 5 from the GAA family. The Sean Lyons Sports Executive Award was won by the 2010 Tipperary Senior Hurling Management team. Lar Corbett of Thurles Sarsfields won the hurling award. Clonmel High School received the football award in recognition of one of the greatest days in their proud sporting history when they won their first All-Ireland Gaelic Football Championship at Portarlington last April, beating St. Attracta's from Tubbercurry in the All-Ireland Colleges Senior B Football Final. The Burgess / Duharra senior team, which won the county final for the first time after a titanic struggle against Toomevara, received the camogie award. Fergal Collins from the Ballina club in North Tipperary won the handball award having once again enjoyed a very successful year, winning both the 40 x 20 and 60 x 30 U-21 All-Ireland Singles titles. Clonmel High School. Well done to all the award winners on their great achievements.

SCÓR Congratulations to Loughmore Castleiney’s Tráth na gCeisteanna team which won the Musnter Final of Scór na nÓg at Cappoquin last Sunday. Hard luck to the other Tipperary participants who all performed well: Rince Foirne – Newcastle; Amhranaíocht Aonair – Sinead Grant, Newcastle; Ceol Uirlise – J.K.Brackens; and Bailéad Ghrupa – Upperchurch Drombane. Loughmore Castleiney will now participate in the All Ireland finals in Castlebar on Saturday, February 19 at 3pm.

TIPPERARY GAA SCENE Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. If you wish to include any item of interest in future articles, please contact the County Public Relations Officer Ger Ryan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail at pro.tipperary@gaa.ie on or before 3:00pm on Monday. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site at http://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news in Tipperary GAA circles.

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Letters to the Editor Send your letters to info@tipptatler.com or post to Tipp Tatler, Curraghgraigue, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary Dear Editor I would like to respond to an article in the Tatler last month, entitled “From Boston Bridge to Pheasant Island on Christmas Day”. Congratulations to the author for putting pen to paper, on the journey of the river Suir, from its infancy on the Devil’s Bit Mountain to its merging with the great Atlantic Ocean. The author recalls names and places along the river Suir in Thurles such as, The Cart Road, The Furry Hills (The Furzes), The Bishops, The Gudgeon Hole and The Odgrie etc, which are probably just a shallow memory in the minds of Thurles people today.

The author mentions the Odgrie (the correct spelling is Oseiry), from my research this area was located where Pheasant Island is today. The Oseiry was covered in Reed Spires (Water Reeds) which were used for Thatching roofs in the old days. The article has opened up the floodgates of my memory in reliving my childhood along with hundreds of others from the locality and other areas of the town, who spent many a day exploring the mysteries of the river Suir down by the Well Lane in Thurles.

Those young and young at heart enjoyed many a summer on the banks of the river Suir.

For many a decade access was gained to the banks of the Suir through the opening of the “Well Lane” situated beside Sweeney’s Bakery on Mitchel Street. At the end of this lane there is a well which locals used for its natural spring water.

Happy Days down the 'Bottoms' on the river Suir (at the back of the The Well today still retains the cool spring water, which has quenched the Bishops) circa 1960 thirst of many a weary traveller and explorer that frequent its majestic sur- out for a town’s park, an amenity area roundings. From my research which is for the benefit of all the town and its still ongoing, I have learned that the well citizens. If we just stop and think for a was known as “Toberskeheen” or moment, and look beyond the concrete Before you buy a gate “Tobarskeheen”, (the well of the small structures and steel gates of our town, visit black thorn bush) dating back to the which hides an abundant of wonderful natural resources that could benefit both STANDISH SAWMILLS early 1800s.

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Nenagh Eire Og Camogie Club Notes.

The A.G.M was held last Thursday in the Nenagh Eire Og complex. It was a well attended affair and the new committee (pictured above) was formed for the coming year. Chairperson Pat Sheridan, Vice Chairperson Denise Morris, Secretary Elizabeth Duggan, Treasurer Liam McGrath, P.R.O s Séamie Morris, Enda O Sullivan, Welfare Officers Mark Hasset, Cora Collins, Louise Ryan, Paul Kennedy, Mairead Long, Mary Ryan Mulqueen, Enda Costello, Tom McAuliffe, with one other

to be decided at a later date. The club has grown from strength to strength and it cost €13,000 to run last year making fundraising one of the priorities for the new committee.

Training resumes for u14s u16s u18s and Junior Bs next weekend all players will be notified by text in the next week. If anyone is interested in joining any of these teams please email nenagheireog@gmail.com or contact any of the committee members. We would be delighted to welcome new members to the club.

Mid-Tipp Hillwalkers Mid-Tipp Hillwalkers group took part on a recent caving expedition to the Burren area of County Clare.

However, it’s strictly above ground all the way, for the groups big even – the 15th annual Kerry Charity Challenge which takes place in the Kenmare Bay Hotel on April 15/16/17. It offers a choice of walks ranging from a fully guided ascent of Carrauntoohil, for those wishing to climb our highest mountain for the first time, to wilderness and easier nature walks to suit all fitness levels

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In a statement issued this week Nenagh the fantastic facilities that we have in Mayor Seamie Morris gave details of our town. Christy Cooney, Uachtarain Cumann Luathcleas Gael, has already his Sports Tourism Project. been a worth recipient. The benefits of “In my capacity as Mayor of Nenagh, I these facilities to our local organisations have decided to increase the sports are very important, for without these tourism grants which I successfully facilities we could not bring groups and initiated last year. The potential that teams to our town.

Tipperary has as a tourist attraction has not been realised by the relevant state As Mayor, I am also going to sponsor a bodies and has been poorly served by football tournament for the unemployed the inability to include North Tipperary this year. Each competition will have a in any Midwest strategy, beyond mere set of jerseys sponsored by the Mayor lip service. for the winners and each jersey will What we need in North Tipperary is to have a “visitnenagh.com” logo. This coordinate all the tourist providers, website, which I set up in my capacity along with our sporting sector as Mayor, will help any business offerproviders, and encourage them to entice ing tourism products to advertise their people to the area.

Nenagh Town products on this website for a year for Council has led the way in promoting free. It will also have a description of sports tourism with our sports tourism the town and its local amenities. grants last year. All the sports clubs and organisations in Nenagh are great In May, as part of the European Year ambassadors for the town with touring of the Volunteer, I will run a “night of groups, who always leave with a heroes” which will honour great Nenagh community activists and their positive image of the locality. families for their dedication to our My Mayor’s project this year will take town. Aiden Ryan of Nenagh A.F.C., sports tourism to a new level. Over the Jack Kennedy of Nenagh Eire Og, Milast year, I have made contact with lo Gleeson of Nenagh Ormond R.F.C., teams from all over the world and have Brendan Tracey for his dedication to always asked them if they would be photography and a special award will interested in coming to Nenagh. On St go to Mike Burns who has five all IrePatricks Day 2011, the first group of land medals and is one of Nenagh Eire people are coming all the way from Og’s greatest sons. I look forward to Kansas, to play Nenagh Ormond in an your support for these projects which will be a small token gesture from me Under 19 rugby game. as Mayor of the town I love, but more Next Friday I will give a civic reception importantly a town that deserves our to John Delaney, Chief Executive of the dedication to it. I also look forward to F.A.I., in recognition of his fantastic the new county manager’s tourism work in promoting soccer at the project which I hope will include grassroots level. This civic reception is sports tourism grants. I thank Nenagh part of a wider project by Nenagh Town Town Council also for its unswerving Council in thanking the associations for support for these projects.”

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There are formal steps that a counsellor can propose to an abusive client to empower them to halt their abusive behaviours. This is proposed by Beverley Engel in relation to emotional abuse, but it can be applied to other types of abuse.

Engel and Connie Fourré outline 7 steps which have much in common: 1.

Admit to yourself that you are emotionally abusive, acknowledge the damage you’ve done, and take responsibility for it. This is difficult because it will make you ashamed, and make you guilty that you have caused pain to others. Apologising will ease the guilt, but easing the shame is more difficult, because you will feel exposed, and your carefully built self image will be swept away. But, feeling shame that you have hurt your partner is good shame, and it is also necessary to remind yourself of the good things you do in the relationship.

Being totally consumed with shame, however, will not help either you or your partner.

2.

Understand why you abuse. It may be necessary to explore your childhood for abuse. Very often people who were abused as teenagers take their anger out on their partners. This is particularly true of men who were neglected by their mother. Look at the characteristics of abusers and see if you have any of them (some of these include a strong desire to remain in control, a tendency to blame others for your own problems, difficulty empathising with others, a tendency to be jealous and possessive, and a tendency to be emotionally needy). Remember that you can do something about all of these symptoms, because they are either learned or spring from a feeling of insecurity or self-esteem, which can be traced to your childhood.

3.

Understand your pattern and work on your unfinished business from the past. To do this you must acknowledge that you have been abused/neglected by your parents and have learned abusive behaviours from one or both of them. This is difficult to do partly because you may not want to blame your parents, or you may not wish to confront the buried feelings of anger towards your parent(s) that you are now directing at your partner. Then you must access your sadness for the abused child that you were, an even more difficult thing to do. In the safety of your counsellor’s room confront your abusers through the unsendable letter, and make a safe place for you to vent your anger (perhaps through artwork). If you can, try to reach a place of forgiveness of your parents. This is the greatest healer of all. Learning a bit about your parents’ background will help you in trying to forgive them.

By Jim O’Shea

4.

This is the most important step for your own and your partner’s healing.

Admit to your partner that you have been emotionally abusive, and accept full responsibility for it. This extremely difficult step will stop you, the abuser, from minimising or denying what you have done. Your partner needs this admission for her wellbeing. This also involves recognising boundaries and respecting your partner’s boundaries. Connie Fourré also suggests that making amends involves admitting their abusive past by admitting it to key people, such as their children, close friends, and perhaps people who understand abuse. This step makes it more likely that the abuse will never commence again. Part of this is to avoid victim talk. Honesty is the only policy in confronting abuse.

5.

Apologise to your partner or victim, and work on developing empathy for her and for others. In doing this you must develop empathy for her by putting yourself in her shoes and imagining what it must have been like for her. Perhaps ask her about the effects of your abuse on her. The apology should consist of sincere regret, accepting full responsibility, and a promise never to repeat the abusive behaviour and to take steps to eradicate it. It is also helpful never to indulge in vengeful and unjustified criticism of the victim or other people this will help you to break the pattern of vindictive actions and words that has become part of your abusive behaviour. (continued in next issue) Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor from Furze, Thurles.

Ph.087-8211009 www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies. Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is published by Veritas. The royalties from this book will go the the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin

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