Club Matters

For the first episode we visit my club, Silvermines GAA in Co. Tipperary. I talk to Ronan Sherlock, a current player and we chat about the club and his own playing career. We also discuss club hurling in Tipp, including championship structures and he picks his all time 'Mines 7 a side team.

We headed back to Tipperary for this episode and spoke to Timmy Hammersley from Clonoulty-Rossmore. Timmy hurls for the club's seniors and was part of the Tipp panel that won an All Ireland in 2010. We talk about his club and the development of their underage set up as well as the efforts they've gone to, to develop their grounds. Timmy also speaks about being part of an inter county set up, but as well as that, he talks at length about the self development that came with being let go from the Tipperary panel, and how that shaped him. He has many passions and sitting down and speaking to him about these was a great experience for us. We know you'll really enjoy this episode.

For this episode we sat down with Clare Cooke from Naomh Barróg CLG on Dublin's Northside. Established in 1974, Naomh Barróg caters for both codes in the men's and ladies' game. Clare plays with the club's ladies football team and she is also heavily involved in coaching their juveniles. She has been involved with the footballers for a long time and we discuss many things about Naomh Barróg in the episode as well as the growth of the ladies game at all levels. A great chat with Clare and it was great to hear her about dedication to the development of her club both on and off the pitch.

Tullaroan Intermediate hurlers won county, Leinster and All Ireland titles in 2019/2020 and for this episode we spoke to two of their players, Martin Walsh and Mark Walsh. Both of the lads contributed hugely to those wins and helped them return to the senior ranks. A really great chat and plenty is discussed about their club in this episode including the All Ireland win and there's also mention of Hail Marys and cows wandering around the roads of Kilkenny!

For this episode we visit Emyvale GAA club in Co. Monaghan and speak to Greg Devlin, a current player with their men's team, There's plenty of football discussed in the episode and Greg fills us in on fixtures and plenty of other goings on in the club scene in Co. Monaghan also.