They’re a year older, a year stronger - Tipperary begin search for new hurling faces
Liam Sheedy started his look at younger players in their squad on Saturday against Limerick. By Fintan O Toole Monday 10 May 2021, 6:00 AM Mon 6:00 AM 6,435 Views 6 Comments
Tipperary s Brian McGrath and Limerick s Seamus Flanagan.
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IT WAS 168 days since Liam Sheedy had last taken his Tipperary team into action.
Saturday was a return to the scene of their 2020 exit, nudged aside in a thriller against Galway last November.
The Gaelic Grounds was a familiar setting in that sense but perhaps it was another previous game at the Limerick venue that Sheedy was paying closer attention to.
“Adult gag grouper live in nearshore waters from coastal North Carolina south to Brazil and as well as in the Gulf of Mexico. Red grouper can be found as far north as Massachusetts to southeastern Brazil, (including) the eastern Gulf of Mexico,” said Barry Nash, seafood technology and marketing specialist with North Carolina Sea Grant.
Nash said red grouper have an average life span of 30 years and can be as long as 49 inches, while gag grouper can reach 58 inches in length. Red grouper weigh an average of 51 pounds while gag grouper can get as big as 81 pounds, he said.
Gag grouper have a long, compressed body and 11 to 14 rays in its anal fin. Their coloration varies widely and changes with the size and age of the fish. Large gag are dark brownish-gray on top, and paler to white on the bottom. Gag also have traces of dark, wavy markings on their sides. Smaller gag are a lot lighter in coloring, and have numerous dark brown, or charcoal, kiss-like marks along their sid
); It s never nice being told you re a sub - Tipp star on challenges, Limerick ties and his best position
We caught up with two-time All-Ireland winner Michael Breen ahead of the 2021 season. By Kevin O Brien Wednesday 17 Feb 2021, 6:35 AM Feb 17th 2021, 6:35 AM 15,677 Views 0 Comments
FROM THE OUTSIDE looking in, a championship that saw Tipperary relinquish their All-Ireland crown wasn’t a successful one, yet Michael Breen took quiet satisfaction from his own individual campaign. Tipperary s Michael Breen. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO
Team honours always supersede personal gongs, but it says a lot about the midfielder’s character that he was nominated for an All-Star after a season that began with him sitting among the substitutes for the Premier’s Munster opener against Limerick.
Pandemic forces former Limerick TD to miss first All-Ireland finals in 54 years
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FORMER Limerick TD Eddie Wade has not missed an All-Ireland hurling or football final since the mid-1960s – until this year.
The Drombanna man believes he is in a minority of one, having witnessed every hurling final in person, from Tipperary’s win over Kilkenny in 1964, to the Premier County’s victory over the same opposition last year.
On top of this, he has been at Croke Park for every football decider from Galway’s win over Meath in 1966, to Dublin completing their historic five-in-a-row last season.