Newtownshandrum V's Dunloy - Preview
That special brew
THERE are some cups made with a special brew. Two of them were handed over in Croke Park yesterday
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Newtown's strong points carry the day
THE Dunloy players, management and supporters were surely thankful of the improvements to the M1 motorway to hasten their journey home last night
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Newtown plan a few more chapters
NOT the end of a journey, but the beginning. Most clubs, especially a club the size of Newtownshandrum, would be happy to have won their first All-Ireland club hurling title
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Cork's Evening Echo
All Ireland Club Final Previews by
John Horgan Read on...
John Fenton Read on...
John Redington Read on...
Gerald McCarthy Read on...
Veteran Dan still living the dream
ANYONE who saw the current Newtownshandrum side in its infancy in the early 1990’s
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King doubtful for final
JOHN PAUL KING is a major doubt for Newtownshandrum’s All-Ireland club hurling final appearance against Dunloy at Croke Park tomorrow.
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Audio Highlights
Listen to audio highlight of Newtownshandrum V's O'Loughlin Gaels 1st match staring the one and only Simon Morrissey
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Dunloy dilemma for Mulcahy
The countdown to Wednesday’s All-Ireland club hurling final progresses apace for Newtownshandrum and Dunloy. Read on...
From Humble ash trees do great hurlers grow
Ben arrived first. Benjamin O'Connor, the eldest of Bernie and Kathleen O'Connor's brood of seven boys and three girls. Jerry, as in Jeremiah, materialised 10 minutes later. Read on...
Baron Bernie the empire builder
There's an abiding memory of Newtownshandrum's historic breakthrough in the Cork County SHC of 2001. Read on...
Village gripped by Croker fever
The village of Newtownshandrum has never quite seen anything like it before. Read on...
Village ready to move en masse to Croker
Neighbouring parishes have watched Newtownshandrum in awe down through the years. Read on...
The honour of being captain
Paddy Ryan talks to the rock around which this team revolves. Read on...
Chairman Christy Morrissey believes in Newtown's champions.
Paddy Ryan talks to Chairman of Newtown, Christy Morrissey. Read on...
Club can crown a century of achievement
Newtownshandrum, long a formidable force in hurling, now faces its biggest ever challenge. Read on...
Facts on Newtown
150 people are involved with the local GAA club. Read on...
Where it all began
Newtown were always to the fore where hurling was concerned.
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Never Ending Story
Here in Newtown the buzz is truly massive and growing in waves. Read on...
Mannix College sends it's Best Wishes
Over the years the college has had many Newtown students pass through its door. Read on...
A Big Day for the Little Village
St. Patrick's Day 2004 will mean an early start, followed by a mass exodus by car, bus or train to Dublin. Read on...
These children know the value of sport
Two things emerged from a visit with the children of Michael Harrington's 5th and 6th class boys and girls last week. Read on...
Cork side has what it takes
Hurling is the only game in town for the inhabitants of Dunloy and its environs. Read on...
Small village dream is about to be realised
For any club reaching an All Ireland final is a major milestone. Read on...
Ben Picks up 96/103fm award
BEN O’Connor’s outstanding contribution to Newtown’s cause over the two games with Kilkenny’s O’Loughlin Gaels
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The chance of a lifetime
ALTHOUGH he felt the disappointment as much as anyone at the time
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Croke Park
Croke Park is the largest stadium in Ireland and the fourth largest stadium in
Europe.
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Final will come down to focus
SOUTH meets North in the AIB Club Hurling final, from one end of the country to the other.
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AIB Provincial Player awards
Dunloy’s Darren Quinn and Newtownshandrum and Cork ace Ben O’Connor may go head to head against each other
in Croke Park on March 17th.
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Despite euphoria Morrissey is still wary
of the Dunloy challenge
At the conclusion, delighted Newtownshandrum supporters streamed on to Semple Stadium pitch to salute their heroes who had brought glory to the parish. Read on...
Newtown gears up for St. Patricks Day date with destiny
Newtownshandrum parish is gearing up for a St. Patrick's Day celebration to beat all celebrations. Read on...
Newtownshandrum V's O'Loughlin Gaels
Replay - 21st February 2004
Newtown V O'Loughlin Gaels Photos
More exclusive action shots taken by Dan Geary at the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final.
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Exclusive Match Photos
View exclusive action shots taken by Dan Geary at the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final Replay between Newtownshandrum and O'Loughlin Gaels.
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Newtown V O'Loughlin Gaels Action Photos
Action photos take by John McIlwaine at the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final Replay.
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Newtown V O'Loughlin Gaels Photos
More exclusive action shots taken by Dan Geary at the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final.
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Croke Park next stop for Senior Hurlers
It's probably 'Roy Of The Rovers' stuff to many people but on Saturday last a glorious chapter was written into the history of Newtown GAA. Read on...
Newtown make no mistake this time
The game didn't have the intensity and heart-stopping excitement of the previous Sunday's encounter.Read on...
Honest endeavor enough for Newtownshandrum
Honest endeavor enough for Newtownshandrum as O’Loughlin’s run out of ideas.
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Gaels hit by twin force Club
The AIB-sponsored All-Ireland Club Hurling final at Croke Park on St Patrick's Day will be a Cork-Antrim affair.
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Cork's No. 1 Evening Echo
The stuff that dreams are made of as Newtownshandrum took another giant
stride in their quest to become club hurling champions of Ireland.
Evening Echo Report 1...
Newtown looking ahead to the final
Bedlam on the field, bedlam off it as Newtown supporters put their plans
in place for the Paddy’s day trip to the capital.
Evening Echo Report 2...
Newtownshandrum reach first All-Ireland final
For the first time, Newtownshandrum have booked a place in the final of the AIB All-Ireland Club SHC
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Newtown have the final say
Powerful last quarter by Cork champions Newtownshandrum carried them through to the All-Ireland Club senior hurling final
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Newtown set sail against the wind
IT was tougher, tighter and didn't have the pretty hurling of the drawn game
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Ben O'Connor tames Gaels
IT didn't reach the intoxicating heights of the drawn match six days earlier but we had a good hour's hurling all the same - and no arguments over the result.
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O’Connor plunges knife into Gaels
AS A SPECTACLE it was inferior to last Sunday’s epic but its only deficiencies were in comparison. For tension and gut-spilling passion it stood on its own.
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Cork's Evening Echo
Big match Preview from John Horgan
Newtown and Gaels have done homework... now for fireworks
FOUR days on from the drawn game, both Newtownshandrum and O’Loughlin Gaels will have gone over the tapes
of last Sunday’s All-Ireland club hurling semi-final in Thurles in the most
minute detail. Read on...
Comerford injury doubt for Gaels in club replay showdown
O'LOUGHLIN Gaels midfielder Jimmy Comerford remains a serious doubt for Saturday's
All-Ireland hurling club championship semi-final replayRead on...
Newtownshandrum V's O'Loughlin Gaels - 15th February 2004
Exclusive Match Photos
View exclusive action shots from the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final between Newtownshandrum and O'Loughlin Gaels . View...
Newtown ire over referee
Patsy Morrissey of Newtown today labelled referee Seamus Roche's performance as 'a disgrace'. Read on...
Cunningham and Nolan admit to making sideline mistakes
ON the field there was a marked contrast in styles between Newtownshandrum and
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O'Connor rescues Newtown ambitions
Cork star Ben O'Connor rescued the All-Ireland Club ambitions of Munster champions Newtownshandrum.Read on...
Ben strikes right on time
A THRILLER in Thurles, an AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi
final in which all the flowery pre-match predictions were fulfilled.Read on...
Video Highlights, All-Ireland Semi-Final
Match highlights of the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final, Newtownshandrum V O'Loughlin Gaels are now available.
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Floodlights for the GAA pitch
Floodlights for the new GAA pitch in Newtownshandrum are due to be switched on this week! View Photos...
Club of the Year Award
Newtown GAA club officers travelled to Croke Park in Dublin last Monday (2nd Feb) to take part in the AIB Club of the Year Awards... More
GAA & Camogie Social
A marvellous night was had at the GAA/Camogie social last Friday night at the Devon Inn. A packed hotel room saw many faces from the past... Read on
Newtown get early new years bonus
Newtownshandrum picked up their first award of the year when they were named
AIB Cork Club of the Year 2003.
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Newtown’s high hopes for title retention
THE likelihood is that Newtownshandrum and Blackrock will head the
ante-post betting on the 2004 permanent tsb county senior hurling championship.
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Jury's award for O'Connor
Newtownshandrum's Ben O'Connor was presented with the Jury's Hotel Sports Award for November.
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2004 Championship draw
Newtown will play CIT in the 1st round of the 2004 TSB Senior Hurling championship.
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Newtown on the block
Location and style have isolated the hurlers of
Newtownshandrum but they continue to nurture their little miracle.
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Shining light of 'total hurling'
ON Thursday night a new set of floodlights invaded the darkness over Newtownshandrum. Locals,
celebrating progress, basked in the glow.Read on...
Loughlins, Newtown are geared for battle
THOUGH only the middle of February, tomorrow’s meeting of O’Loughlin Gaels and Newtownshandrum, Leinster champions against Munster’s best is whetting the appetite of hurling folk just about anywhere.Read on...
O'Connor fit for semi-final
BEN O'CONNOR has been passed fit to play for Newtownshandrum. Read on...
Cork's Evening Echo
Big match Preview from Gerald McCarthy
Big match Preview from John Horgan
Managing to create controlled hurling
The emergence of Newtownshandrum as the new force in Cork
hurling hasn't been without its complications. Read on...
Cork club find a new Ger Cunningham
WHEN a coach called Ger Cunningham guides a Cork team to a first
Munster club hurling title in 16 years there's only one conclusion
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Recall for Newtown stalwarts
Ben O’Connor will start despite injury limiting his training to date.
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Newtown, Loughlins hit by injuries.
Ben named Munster Player of the year.
Both Newtownshandrum and O’Loughlin Gaels have injury worries ahead
of next Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final in Semple Stadium. Read on...
Style Wars
Newtownshandrum's unique possession game has counties watching and wondering: is this the way forward for hurling? Read on...
Injured duo a big concern
With just over a week to go to the big game, Newtown have major concerns
over injuries to Ben O'Connor and Donal Mulcahy.
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Gaels will be our biggest challenge, says Ger
It's just as well Ger Cunningham is an easy-going chap.
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Newtownshandrum V's Fr. Murphy's - 6th December 2004
Newtown earn their break
All’s well that ends well was the reaction of Newtownshandrum manager Patsy Morrissey to
this weekend’s All-Ireland club hurling quarter-final win over London’s Fr Murphy’s, in Ruislip.
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'Drum roll past Murphy's
MUNSTER hurling champions Newtownshandrum turned on the style in the second half to overcome Fr
Murphy's of London
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Gulf in standards remains a problem
After holding their own in the first half, and only a point in arrears at the interval, London titleholders Fr Murphy's were unable to display the same level of commitment in the second period.
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McCarthy’s swipe at London travel plans
Newtownshandrum captain John McCarthy is used to leaving the comfort of the scratcher at an hour when most of us are just turning over for the second sleep.
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’The praying has been done, now it’s time for the playing’
“The praying has been done, now it’s time for the playing.” Those were the words of a parish priest in a small Co Cork village which is set to become devoid of human life tomorrow, as the majority of its inhabitants jet out to London in the hope of seeing even further history being created.
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We haven’t a prayer, says Fr Murphy’s boss
Jim Howlin is under no illusions about the task facing his club tomorrow in Ruislip.
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Directions to Ruislip
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Munster Club of the Year
Newtown voted "Munster club of the year"
More great news, Newtown has been voted "Munster Club of the year" by the Munster GAA Council.
This award will be presented to the club at a function next Thursday in the South Court
Hotel in Limerick.
Newtownshandrum V's Patrickswell - 30th November 2003
Audio Clips from the Munster Final
Audio Clips from the Munster Final, Newtownshandrum V Patrickswell are now available.
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Munster Club Final Photos
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Munster title already in the past as Newtown turn their eyes to London
THE BONFIRES were blazing again in Newtown on Sunday night.
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Newtown in a different class!
Teenager James Bowles scores 2-4 as North Cork men end 16 year Rebel famine in Munster club hurling championship.
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Munster Final Video Highlights
Match highlights of the Munster Club Final, Newtown v Patrickswell are now available.
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See What the Cork Evening Echo has to say ...
Read 3 separate reports of Sunday's big game courtesy of the Cork's No. 1 local paper "The Evening
Echo".
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Champs 'can go all the way'
LIMERICK star Gary Kirby, who played his last game for Patrickswell yesterday, is convinced newly
crowned Munster champions Newtownshandrum have the ability to capture All-Ireland honours.
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Newtown a class apart
MARVELLOUS, magnificent or superb take your pick of the superlatives and you've only started to
describe the achievement of Newtownshandrum in winning their first AIB Munster club SHC.
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Bowles makes a major impact
For Newtownshandrum yesterday's victory in Thurles was very big. By far the biggest day in the
long history of the North Cork club.
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Rebels trip light fantastic
A triumph for lightness of touch in Semple Stadium where Newtownshandrum claimed Cork's first
Munster club senior hurling title in 16 years.
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Since when are the 'Well underdogs?
READY to rock, ready to roll. So go the bulletins from Patrickswell of Limerick and Newtownshandrum of Cork ahead of tomorrow’s AIB Munster club SHC final clash in Thurles.
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Cork champions move in on target ...
For Newtownshandrum the Munster hurling final in Thurles is already a step into new
territory
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See What the Cork Evening Echo has to say ...
Read 2 seperate previews of Sunday big game courtesy of the Cork's No. 1 local paper "The Evening Echo".
Preview 1...
Preview 2...
Kirby fancies a few more trips to the 'Well
BACK to the well once too often that's what many people thought of Gary
Kirby's decision to give it another season with Patrickswell this year.
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Newtownshandrum can restore Cork’s hurling pride !
WHEN Midleton beat Cappawhite of Tipperary in the 1987
Munster club championship final, Newtownshandrum's hurlers
were plying their trade in the intermediate grade.
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Newtown score with top website
I have written before that there are some good hurling websites on the Internet but this is by far the best I have seen.
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D-Night for McCarthy ...
Tonight is D-night for Newtownshandrum captain John McCarthy, as he bids
to lead out his club in Sunday’s Munster final against Patrickswell.
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Gerdy wants hungry Newtown to make history
Apart from the result, it’s probably the first question asked after the senior county
final of any serious hurling or football county - did anyone new stand out?
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Team Captain only 50/50 ...
Team Captain John McCarthy has at best a 50/50 chance of playing in Sundays
Munster Club Final.
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Newtownshandrum V's Toomevara - 9th November 2003
Newtown's reserve too strong to be denied
Two clubs who felt they'd a right to reach the Munster hurling final
this year went to the vote in Thurles on November 9th.
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Small in size but .....
Newtown might be a small place but what they lack in numbers is made up for by commitment and spirit.
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Munster Club Semi-Final Photos
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'Drum on a Roll...
Newtownshandrym 0-15 Toomevara 1-09
O'Connor brothers fire Cork club into first final.
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Cunningham lauds defence and O’Connor...
NEWTOWNSHANDRUM can thank their magnificent defence and the exquisite long-range
shooting of midfielder Jerry O’Connor for qualifying for the Munster Club SHC
final at the second time of asking.Read on...
Newtown grind down wasteful Toomevara...
A TENSE finish to this Munster Club SHC semi-final in Thurles yesterday saw
Cork champions Newtownshandrum holding out against Tipperary representatives
Toomevara for a win they just about deserved.
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Toomevara with point to prove ...
Toomevara are still seeking to prove themselves beyond the Tipperary border.
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Newtown rocked by injuries ...
With Five days to go to one of the biggest games in the history of the club,
Three players are currently sidelined with long term injuries.
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