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50 years of Gaelic games in Irish primary schools - 'Caoga Bliain ag Fás', the official history of Cumann na mBunscol
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50 years in the making, 3 years in the writing ... 'Cumann na mBunscol: 50 Bliain ag Fás' is now on sale in selected shops nationwide.
Online sales:
Direct link (hardback)
Direct link (paperback)
#50BlianAgF
ás
@OMahonysBooks
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What a gr8 photo! A few short years ago, following a famous victory in the Munster Club C.ship, Ciarán Carey & Pat Earls (
@patrickswellgaa
Manager & Selector last Sunday) are congratulated by Cian Lynch & Barry Carey (winners of Co. C.ship medals, on Sunday) Rotha mór an tsaoil!
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When Cian Lynch was named Hurler of the Year last weekend, we meant Tweet this fantastic photo again ...
so, better late than never, we hope!
(Left to right: Cian Lynch, Barry Carey, Pat Earls & Ciarán Carey)
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We'll done to whoever put this together. 👍👍
Excellent! 😁
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While the presentation of the Mick Mackey Cup was going ahead at the other side of the field, these lads, Kyle, Tom, Barry and Cathal left the celebrations to join the injured Peter Casey. A team of friends.
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCumannnamBunscolWeek24
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So sad to hear that our great friend Eamonn 'Ned' Rea passed away today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
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OLLIE COFFEY coached in Limerick primary schools for more than 20 years. Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh & all the pupils he coached benefited hugely from his excellent work.
Go raibh míle maith agat, Ollie, guímid gach rath ort!
*Photo: a G&W Magazine feature from earlier this year*
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What a mighty version of Caledonia that would be!
🇳🇬🏴🇳🇬
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THANKS NOEL
We would like to thank
@LimerickCLG
Games Manager Noel Hartigan for EVERYTHING he has done to support Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh over the years. We also send Noel our VERY BEST WISHES as he takes up his new position at Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh.
Ard fhear!👍🇳🇬
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What a haul!
Hope they're ours for keeps!
#LuimneachAb
ú - Munster, All-Ireland & World champions!
**Fenway Classic cup (World Cup of Hurling 😄), National Hurling League trophy, Munster Championship Cup, Liam McCarthy (All-Ireland) Cup & Munster Minor Hurling Cup**
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A young Gearóid Hegarty with his father Ger at the Mackey Cup. Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh is so proud of all the players who have progressed from their school teams to All-Ireland glory
@MilfordNS82
@IrishTimesSport
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Peter Casey's first outing in a Limerick jersey was when he lined out for Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh in
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game in 2010 in
@PaircUiCha0imh
. Nickie Quaid played that day too...as wing back on the
@LimerickCLG
senior team!!
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The páistí in
@brureens
must be proud as punch to see their teacher David Reidy put in a matchwinning performance today. He shot the lights (and Galway!) out.
@DromAthGaa
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Congratulations to the Limerick senior footballers who qualifiedbfornthe Munster final in Semple Stadium tonight, where they defeated Tipperary by 2-10 0-10.
#LuimneachAb
ú
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🇳🇬we're goinG UP! ⬆️
Congrats to Limerick Senior Football team -players & management- who secured promotion to Div. 3 today, following their 1-16 to 1-14 victory over Sligo!
#Promotion
!
#Champs
!
#LuimneachAb
ú!
(Photo: McGrath Cup Champs - Jan. 2020
@LITgaelicground
-
@SeanRyanT
)
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Cian Lynch & Aaron Gillane with Munster Minor Hurling Cup, in 2014.
#Limerick
#Hurling
#LuimneachAb
ú
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Very best wishes to TOM CONDON who announced his retirement from intercounty hurling today. Tom has given FANTASTIC service to Limerick senior hurling teams since 2009. Thank you,
@TCondon4
, for your passion for the cause, your dedication and ALL the unforgettable memories!👍🇳🇬👍
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From captain of West Limerick in
@AllianzIreland
Cumann na mBunscol Mackey Cup to Munster and All-Ireland glory with
@LimerickCLG
, Declan Hannon has been a leader supreme. The entire county is behind Declan & the team today
@cnambnaisiunta
@AdareGAA
@ClubLmkDub
@Club_LimerickNY
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Public Safety Notice (for the rest of Ireland!)
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Band of Brothers - Team of Friends
While the presentation of the Mick Mackey Cup was going ahead at the other side of the field, Kyle, Tom, David, Barry and Cathal left the celebrations to join the injured Peter Casey.
Photo: G&W Magazine
@gaelicplayers
@LimerickCLG
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Peter Casey first wore the Limerick jersey in the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game in 2010. Since then, he has provided many magical memories and has been an inspiration to all young players. Everybody in Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh wishes Peter a speedy recovery.
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Tom McGarry, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam,
a gentleman and a legend of Limerick sport. R.I.P.
Our sincere condolences to his family and wide circle of friends.
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A legend has retired! Liam Dillon (looking on proudly as Kevin Downes
@Cube_irish
receives a trophy from
@gardainfo
) retired from
@CTKBNS
, Caherdavin this week. He was a teacher for more than 45 years & a great servant of
@cnambnaisiunta
- inc. PRO & Registrar of the City Board
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Limerick are Munster CHAMPIONS for the third time in a row!
Wow! Wow! Wow!
😁🇳🇬😁🇳🇬😁🇳🇬
L.A.Z.A.R.U.S!!!!!!!!
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BREAKING...
This is the LIMERICK TEAM that has been named for the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
#LuimneachAb
ú!
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What a player!
& WHAT a pleasure it has been following Shane's career from his
@cnambnaisiunta
days with
@CTKBNS
& Limerick all the way to his All-Ireland successes with club & county.
Féíle Skills champ! All-Star! Architect of so many crucial scores!
CONGRATS &THANKS
@dowlerznap
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Best wishes to the Limerick hurling team on Sunday!
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John Kiely says there's a performance in this Limerick team better than anything seen so far this year and everyone's working really hard to get that performance out on Sunday week.
#InJohnWeTrust
#LuimneachAb
ú
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Two Limerick goalscorers from last Sunday, Pat Ryan and Cian Lynch, in
@cnambnaisiunta
action in Fermoy in 2007. Wearing Munster colours for halftime match during a Railway Cup game
@LimerickCLG
@dunbleiscecbs
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Limerick Primary Game star to captain British & Irish Lions!
HEARTIEST congratulations to Conor Murray!
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCNMB50
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Sincere thanks to Diarmaid Byrnes for presenting the Olo Cup & the winners medals today. Diarmaid told the players that the three medals he treasures above ALL others are: his All-Ireland medal, his County Championship medal ... & the Olo Cup medal he won in 2006.
@PatrickswellNS
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Declan Hannon collected the Allianz Hurling League trophy today. Fourteen years ago, he was the proud captain of West Limerick, winners of the 2005 Mackey Cup. The 2019 Mackey Cup takes place on Wednesday May 8th.
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCnmb
@MunGAABunscol
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These boys enjoyed their day in the sun (between the showers!) in the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game v Cork in
@PaircUiCha0imh
yesterday. Watch out for them in
@LimerickCLG
teams of the future
@sciathnascol
@BallybrownNS
@ncwgaa_og
@mungretgaa
@AdareGAA
@drombroadfordga
@NapGAA
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Shocks!
#LaochraGael
Andrew has been a
#Legend
since his Cumann na mBunscol days, including the day he captained South Limerick to victory in the Mackey Cup in 1997...
@SportTG4
@TG4TV
@GAA_BEO
@nemetontv
@andrewshaughs
@KilmallockGAA
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunGAABunscol
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Richie English was Under 21 Player of the Year in 2015, following Limerick's victory. Today, Richie has added an All-Star award and multiple senior All-Ireland medals to his collection. Richie is very active in Cumann na mBunscol as a teacher in
@oolanatsch
@cnambnaisiunta
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Best wishes for a happy, peaceful, successful 2019 ... to everybody!
Thanks for all the support for 'The Green & White Magazine' & 'At Last' in 2018.
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunGAABunscol
@LimerickCLG
@SportingLK
@ilovelimerick
@LimkLeaderSport
#AtLast
#GreenAndWhite
#LuimneachAb
ú
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All-Ireland Final day at
@CrokePark
, a day that stirs up magnificent memories for
@LimerickCLG
fans everywhere. It's also a day that sharpens our focus on making more of these memories in the future - while we feel a strong tinge of sadness at not being there today.
#LuimneachAb
ú
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One of the very many happy images from a VERY special day in the history of Limerick hurling - the day Limerick won Munster minor & senior hurling titles on the exact same day.
#LuimneachAb
ú
@LKUnderageHurl
@LimerickCLG
@SportingLK
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Heartiest congratulations to Hurler of the Year Aaron Gillane!
WHAT a player, WHAT a year, & WHAT a great achievement for Aaron personally, for his family, his club, & his FORMER primary school Patrickswell NS - which now has THREE Hurlers of the Year among its past pupils!🐐🐐🐐
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A special Richie Bennis goal from the 1974 Munster final (video clip edited & produced by the youngest admin on the Cuimhnigh ar Luimneach page on FB, Ryan McNamara, who also chose the very appropriate song on the soundtrack - well done Ryan!)
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How cool is this! 💚🤍
Credit for this image goes to: Eamonn Baggott & Re:Story Limerick
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HURLER OF THE YEAR!
**Heartiest congratulations to Cian Lynch**
#CianLynch
#Limerick
#Hurling
@LimerickCLG
@ClubLmkDub
@patrickswellgaa
@CityGaa
@SportingLK
@MattOCall
@JeromeSport
@LiamOBr12173
@ScribblyRook
@PwC
#AllStars
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Peter Casey played in a Limerick City/West Limerick combined team v Kilkenny in 2009 and lined out in the Primary Game v Cork in 2010 while a pupil in
@CTKBNS
Caherdavin. Peter has fought his way back to fitness after serious injury. Best of luck to him & Limerick on Sunday
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Great news coming from Letterkenny tonight.. Kilmallock NS have won the national award for Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
@ScoilMocheallog
@LimerickCLG
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We are SO PROUD of this group of players, most of whom it's been our privilege to know since they played in the Limerick Cumann na mBunscol leagues not all that many years ago!
Congratulations also to the brilliant management team led by
@JohnKielyGalb
#LuimneachAb
ú! 🇳🇬💚🤍🇳🇬
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All-Ireland champion!
Colin Ryan being presented with the Poc Fada winner's trophy by GAA Uachtarán, Larry McCarthy.
CONGRATULATIONS COLIN
@Colinmalachy10
!
Sponsor Martin Donnelly. Photo for G&W by DO'C.
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Young Shane Dowling proudly displays the Peadar Ahearne Trophy*. (*Shane won the national Féile na nGael Skills award when Kilkenny hosted Féile in 2007.)
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Days like these...
[Photos supplied by
@SeanRyanT
]
#PeckerDunne
on the Ennis Road,
@LimerickCLG
&
@TipperaryGAA
fans on their way to
@LITgaelicground
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A happy 70th birthday this weekend to Br Dormer who has given a lifetime of distinguished service to Cumann na mBunscol in Wexford,
@CnamB_Waterford
& especially
@LimerickCLG
. Go maire sé an chéad.
@AllianzIreland
@MunsterGAA
@cnambnaisiunta
@LismoreGAA
@DonalORegan1
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Gearóid Hegarty in his
@MilfordNS82
tracksuit at the Mackey Cup with his dad Ger. Another boy who came up through
@AllianzIreland
Cumann namBunscol with his primary school
@StPatsGAALimk
@KeithDugganIT
@sportsdes
@JeromeSport
@MunsterGAA
@Live95Limerick
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Best wishes from everybody in Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh to John Kiely and his team in tomorrow's All-Ireland final. These are truly golden days to be enjoyed and treasured
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"I sat down for a chat with John at the start of the year... he didn't want to hear the word 'retiring' mentioned by any of us... He just wanted to know if we were 100% committed and once we gave the nod he was happy with that" - Tom Condon
#HandOfTom
!
@TCondon4
@KnockaderryGAA
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Even with a broken wand, he's still a magician
Never mind the fact that he scored while on his knees…….. is he also using a hurl that’s broke in two 😯🤯
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The Limerick Primary Game hurling team has arrived in Cork ... and the lads can't wait for their match against Cork at Pairc Uí Chaoimh! Throw-in is at 4.37 pm, approx.
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Teachers like Deirdre Tomlinson do wonderful work to promote healthy lifestyles in primary schools throughout Ireland by giving children their first taste of Gaelic games.
@cnambnaisiunta
50 Bliain ag Fás
@cnambcarlow
@AllianzIreland
@gaaleinster
@Carlow_GAA
@bennekerryns
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John Doyle on the positive impact a committed teacher can have on a young person's life...
This and lots, lots more in '50 Bliain ag Fás' which will be launched in
@CrokePark
by Mr Brian Cody later this week.
Online orders open now...
@KildareGAA
@KfmSport
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Hero of 1973 the ageless Eamon Rea is looking forward to
@MunsterGAA
final v
@TipperaryGAA
on July 18th.
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Great News!
Limerick Co. Board has approved a Senior Hurling Management Team consisting of:
John Kiely, Paul Kinnerk, Alan Cunningham, Aonghus O’Brien and Donal O’Grady, for a further two-year term.
#LuimneachAb
ú! 🇳🇬👏🇳🇬
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A day to remember for these boys and girls, wearing their county's jersey in
@fitzgeraldstad
on Munster Final day. Thanks to our hosts in Cumann na mBunscol Chiarraí for making us so welcome
@CumannNa
@MunGAABunscol
@MunsterGAA
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Limerick Hurling - ONES TO WATCH !
Best of luck to all the boys who have been selected to play in this year's Mackey Cup.
(Neville Park, Rathkeale, Tuesday March 14th).
#Allianz
Cumann na m Bunscol
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Noel Hartigan is known to everybody involved in
@AllianzIreland
Cumann na mBunscol in Limerick, as a coach and as Games Manager with
@LimerickCLG
. He also plays a vital role in coordinating distribution of the Green & White.
@SouthLibertiesG
@MunsterGAA
@MunGAABunscol
@GaaEast
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Best wishes from everybody in Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh to David Reidy, teacher in Bruree NS, on his nomination for an All Star award
@brureens
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCNMB
@DromAthlaccaGAA
@PwC
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunGAABunscol
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All-Ireland countdown has begun. Where better to start than with Nickie Quaid on his first appearance for Limerick in the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game in 2001? Thanks to Sportsfile for the two action shots
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunGAABunscol
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCNMB
@LimerickCLG
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The
@AllianzIreland
Cumann na mBunscol City football championship was won by
@MilfordNS82
in 1997. Captain Paul Kinnerk accepts the trophy
@JohnKielyGalb
@LmkFootballers
@LimkLeaderSport
@sportsdes
@IrishTimesSport
@MunsterGAA
@monaleengaa
@LITgaelicground
@RTEsport
@offtheball
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Luimneach Abú. These 22 girls will line out for Limerick in the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game in this year's Munster Championship.
@BallybrownNS
@lisnagryns
@AhaneCamogie
@PatrickswellNS
@MilfordNS82
@LimCamogie
@ahane_s
@MunsterCamogie
@ScoilMocheallog
@oolanatsch
@brureens
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Limerick, with John Kiely at the helm and Diarmaid Byrnes as captain, won the 2015 Under 21 All-Ireland title. No fewer than 8 Limerick players were named on the Team of the Year. Some youthful faces in this photo
@cianlynch1996
@RichieEnglish
@TomMorrissey96
@GlenroeGAA
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Limerick Hurlers - G&W Profile No. 23
*Paddy Kelly, Kilmallock GAA Club*
Profiling a
#Kilmallock
legend who was a veritable scoring machine for club and county throughout the '70s & 80s.
#LuimneachAb
ú
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Mackey Cup (hurling) and Neville Cup (camogie) semi-finals will take place in Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale tomorrow, Tuesday (29/03/22), starting at 12.30.
Here are the Mackey Cup panels...
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WHAT a positive message from
@MunsterGAA
!!!
Limerick &
@TippCumanNamBun
boys & girls sharing centre stage with the cream of inter-county senior hurling on the biggest day of the year on the Munster Hurling calendar ... & it's ALL about shaking hands, & giving & getting
#Respect
.
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A never to be forgotten day V Clare in 1996. First year of
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game. 3 future intercounty players in front row alone & Gareth Heagney who won All-Ireland club medals with
@portumnagaa
.
@GlenbrohaneN
@frcaseysgaa
@caherlinegaa
@NapGAA
@DoonGaaClub
@KilmallockGAA
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GAA Hall of Fame Inductee: LEONARD ENRIGHT
**Championship & NHL Stats**
@patrickswellgaa
@MICLimerick
@LimerickCouncil
Check out "20/20 Vision: Hurling & Limerick" for lots more facts like these. Available online from
@OMahonysBooks
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Sincere congratulations to Ger Downes who graduated from UL. A great friend of
@AllianzIreland
Cumann na mBunscol through the years in his role as a GDA. Behind every man is a good woman.Sara is the highly efficient Rúnaí of West Limerick Primary Schools Board.
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You must focus on yourself. You can spend all the time talking about the opposition & forget to turn up on the day yourself
Our priority will be ourselves, getting ourselves right mentally & physically. We have our plan for the day and we'll take it from there
Billy Lee, 23/5/22
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Munster Championship is only 17 days away. These 22 boys are smiling because they have been chosen for the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game. The Field of Dreams awaits
@LimerickCLG
@ahane_s
@BallybrownNS
@Crecora_NS
@MurroeBoher
@ahane_limerick
@CrecoraGAA
@patrickswellgaa
@MonaleenNS
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Twenty one years ago, in 2001, the goalkeeper on the Limerick team in
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game in
@PaircUiCha0imh
was Nickie Quaid from Effin NS
@LimkLeaderSport
@SportingLimeri1
@offtheball
@MunGAABunscol
@MunsterGAA
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The Limerick lads who played in the
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game met up with
@MartyM_RTE
in Semple Stadium yesterday.
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Today's Limerick Primary Game team are in great spirits and looking forward to their
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game game against Clare in Cusack Park later this afternoon.
#LuimneachAbu
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Shane Dowling is back!
SUPER news to hear that Shane is back playing again after a few very tough years.
1st championship match in 3 years - & he scores 1-2 ... from goals, inc. last-gasp winning goal in Na Piarsaigh's
@NapGAA
1-19 to 1-18 win over Feohanagh in Limerick IHC!!!
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Great news from Kilkenny! The G&W has won the 2018 Best National Publication Award!!! Thanks to all our readers, players and mentors for all your support!!!
#LuimneachAbu
@LimerickCLG
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The 100 top 6th Class footballers (boys) in Limerick!
There was a great standard of football on display in the Sarsfield Cup matches at Mick Neville Park today. The future of football in Limerick is bright! Well done to all involved.
[
#Allianz
Cumann na mBunscol Condae Luimní]
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Former Kildimo NS pupil and member of Limerick Primary Game team of 2010 Kyle Hayes was the scorer of the equalising point for
@LimerickCLG
tonight
@LimkLeaderSport
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Another Allianz Cumann na mBunscol season is getting under way.
Sometimes, one thing leads to another... but it's the taking part that's always the most important thing!
#LuimneachAb
ú
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCnamB
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunGAABunscol
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In 1996, the year before the 'back door' was introduced, Limerick defeated All-Ireland champions Clare in the
@MunsterGAA
semi final. Ciarán Carey scored an unforgettable winning point. Read all about this score, and much more, in issue 73 of The Green & White
@Limerick_Leader
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New season dawns as Limerick hurlers head for Páirc Ui Rinn tomorrow to take on the Rebels. Everybody in
@AllianzIreland
Cumann na mBunscol Luimnigh sends our best wishes to John Kiely and his team
@LimerickCLG
@GAA_BEO
@cnambnaisiunta
@sciathnascol
@ClubLmkDub
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Even 'extra time' could not separate
@Patrickswellns
&
@MungretNS
in this year's drawn Olo Shield final. The two schools agreed to share the Shield for the next 12 months.
A great decision - well done to all concerned!
@patrickswellgaa
@mungretgaa
@AllianzIreland
#AllianzCnamB
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Limerick stars Niamh Ryan and Richie English - who also just happen to be two of the most popular teachers in the county - were on hand to help launch the 2019
@MunsterGAA
Primary Game at Áras na Mumhan this week.
Míle buíochas from
@MunGAABunscol
&
@cnambnaisiunta
!
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We're BEYOND delighted with Limerick's fantastic win in today's All-Ireland Final. Heartiest congratulations to each & every one of the MAGNIFICENT players, their families, our FANTASTIC management team & all the club/school/college mentors who played a part along the way
#CHAMPS
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Limerick are the big winners at the Cumann na mBunscol National Awards in the Anner Hotel Thurles tonight. Three First Place finishes for: Kilbehenny NS, Herbertstown NS and The Green & White Magazine!!! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
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A great servant of
@LimerickCLG
Limerick hurler Paul Browne confirms his inter-county retirement after 11 years
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Almost 20 years ago, Limerick hurlers Pat, William & Kevin Tobin returned to Killinure NS, where they had great days in Cumann na mBunscol games. They were greeted by the late Johnny Bartley, mentor to generations of young
@MurroeBoher
hurlers.
@AllianzIreland
#AlllianzCnmB
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