A microscopic look at the setting up of the national school system, and a summary of how people’s lives changed over almost one and a half centuries, A History of Cloneyharp National School 1837-1979 is a window into the past. Con Ryan and Tom Carroll have succeeded in bringing back to life, vividly, a time gone but not forgotten.

Nenagh Éire Óg qualified for their first Tipperary SHC final since 2006 after a convincing semi-final replay win over Kildangan at Semple Stadium yesterday (1-17 to 0-12).

Former Tipperary boss Declan Ryan admitted yesterday his side should have changed tactics 10 minutes into the second half of the All-Ireland hurling semi-final debacle against Kilkenny.

Lar and Fabio.

TIPPERARY star Lar Corbett stunned the hurling world last night by announcing his inter-county hurlingretirement.

A THURLES man told me last week he knew three different lads from around the town who are going out with former Miss Irelands. A relatively unscientific metric, sure, but more proof, as if any were needed, that confidence is currently coursing through Tipp veins.

“A GOOD ould workout,” was the verdict of new Tipperary manager Declan Ryan after yesterday’s one-point loss to WIT in this Waterford Crystal Tournament preliminary-round match, a game that doubled as the 2011 season opener for the All-Ireland champions.

IT IS all quiet on the adult inter-county hurling scene this weekend as the nation prepares for the mother of all battles when Kilkenny and Tipperary face off in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final.

Gardaí have today released the name of a man killed in a three-car crash in Co Tipperary.

BY JULY of 2001, five-year--old Edel Ryan had made a few introductory visits to Ballagh National School in Tipperary, preparing herself for the big day in September when she would join the ranks of the junior infants.

SEVENTY minutes old, and already the championship coffers are swelling. Tipperary and Limerick will rejoin their fight for the right to meet Clare in the Munster hurling semi final next Saturday.

FATAL road accidents hit a horrifying new record over the weekend. In the blackest weekend ever on Irish roads, a catalogue of nine separate accidents claimed 10 lives.

Gardaí have released the names of five people who lost their lives on Irish roads yesterday.