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Members Achievements

Donnacha Cleary  was selected on the Irish team to play at Octagonal Matches from 24th to 27th January 2024 at Costa Ballena Golf Club in Cádiz, Spain. Others on the squad were Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), Jack Hearn – (Tramore Golf Club), Sean Keeling (Roganstown Golf Club) Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club) and David Shiel (Enniscrone Golf Club) they were coached by Michael Collins and Stephen Hood and captained by Niall Mac Sweeney from Athenry Golf Club.

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Irish Boys’ team for the Fairhaven Trophies at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lythan Saint Annes, UK that took place from Friday 28th April to Sunday 30th April 2023 the others on the squad were Adam Buchanan (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Sean Cooper (Enniscorthy Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club) and Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint Golf Club) they were coached by Johnny Foster and managed by Brenda Craig.

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Munster Interprovincial Championship team at Moyvalley Golf Club from Tuesday 29th August to Thursday 31st August 2023.
Other members of the team were Jordan Boles (Charleville Golf Club), Conor Hickey (Dooks Golf Club), Darragh Flynn (Carton House Golf Club), Mark Gazi & Darren O’Sullivan (Tralee Golf Club), Alex King (Faithlegg Golf Club), David Reddan (Nenagh Golf Club).
They were Captained by Juan Fitzgerald (Limerick Golf Club) and Managed by Shane Horgan (Monkstown Golf Club).

Donnacha Cleary  was selected on the Irish Boys’ Under 18 team for the Home Internationals from 8th to the10th August 2023 at Lindrick Golf Club the others on the team were Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Sean Keeling (Roganstown Golf Club), Jack Murphy and James Walsh (Douglas Golf Club) and Gavin Tiernan (Co. Louth Golf Club) they were coached by Stephen Hood and captained by Peter English from Limerick Golf Club.

Young Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Munster Under-18 Interprovincial Team played at Ballykisteen Golf Club on 21st and 22nd August 2023.
The other members of the team were John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Sean Deasy, Jack Murphy & James Walsh (Douglas Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club) and Lucas Lyons (Limerick Golf Club).
They were Captained by Liam Troy (Thurles Golf Club) and John Fennessy (Clonmel Golf Club).

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Irish U-18 High performance panel for 2023/2024, the others on the panel were Sean Keeling and Mark Cadden (Roganstown Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Finlay Eager (Royal Belfast Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Evan Monaghan (Tullamore Golf Club), Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club), Gordon Sillett (Ballykisteen Golf Club) and Charlie Smyth (Slieve Russell Golf Club).   

The Boy's of Tipperary Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland deciders of the Boy's Foursomes at Ballina Golf Club on 23rd August 2022.
They met Carrickfergus Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final and lost out by 2-matches to nil.
First on the tee was Niall O’Shea with Ronan O’Connor who went down by 4 and 3 against James Walsh With Trevor Morrison.
They were followed by Donnacha Cleary with Paddy Kennedy Jnr. Who lost their match against Josh Millar with Oliver McNamara by 1-hole.

The Ladies of Tipperary Golf Club won the Challenge cup with a victory against East Cork Golf Club in Bandon Golf Club on Sunday 14th August 2022.
The Ladies of Tipperary Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Quarter-Final of the Challenge Cup at Slieve Russell Golf Club on Friday 9th September 2022 and won their match against Fintona Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches.
First on the tee was Mary Devlin who won her match by 5 and 3 against Carmel Colgan, she was followed by Sandra Russell who had a 3 and 1 win against Dympna Franey, next on the tee was Barbara Leahy who lost her match by 4 and 3 against Bernie McCillen, in the penultimate match Patricia O’Connell lost her match against Patricia McNabb by 3 and 2, in the bottom and deciding match Ann Mooney who by 1-hole against Rosemary O’Hanlon.
They played the Ladies from Headfort Golf Club the following day and lost out to the Kells Club by 3-matches to 2-matches.Mary Devlin led them out again and lost her match by 2 and 1 against Mary Farrelly, she was followed by Sandra Russell who had a similar result against Mary Bowler, next on the tee was Barbara Leahy who had a very convincing 6 and 5 Elaine Duffy, in the penultimate match Patricia O’Connell lost her match by 2-holes against Ellen Castles and in the bottom match Ann Moony won her match by 5 and 4 against Regina Tevlin.                                            
The Boys' of Tipperary Golf Club won the East Munster Final of the Junior Foursomes when they beat Monkstown Golf Club at Muskerry by 4-holes on 7th August 2022

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Irish Boys’ Under-16 team for the Quadrangular Tournament at  Pyle & Kenfig, just north of Porthcawl, in Wales from12th to 14th April 2022, the other members on the squad were John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Evan Monaghan (Tullamore Golf Club) and Charlie Smyth (Slieve Russell Golf Club) they were coached by Paul Kiely and captained by Liam Troy from Thurles Golf Club.

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Irish Underage Team to play in the European Young Masters at Linna, Finland on 21st to 23rd July 2022 the others on the squad were Olivia Costello (Roscommon Golf Club), Marina Joyce Moreno (Club de Golf Llavaneras) and Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club) they were coached by Michelle Carroll and captained by Liam Troy from Thurles Golf Club.

Donnacha Cleary was selected on the Irish Underage Team to play in the McGregor Trophy at Sherwood Forest, England from 12th to the 14th July 2022 the others on the squad were Sean Cooper (Enniscorthy Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Evan Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint Golf Club) and Sean Reddy (Douglas Golf Club) they were managed by Peter Waddell from Knock Golf Club and captained by Captain: Liam Troy from Thurles Golf Club.

Tipperary Golf Club won their regional Final in the Irish Mixed Foursomes and qualify for the All-Ireland Series at Strandhill Golf Club, Co. Sligo from Thursday 30th September to Saturday 2nd October 2021.
They met Achill Island Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals on Thursday 30th September and won their match by 4-matches to 1-match.
They were led out by Thomas O’Donovan with Renagh Murphy who won their match against Michael Scanlon with Sheila Roughton-Smith by 2 and 1, they were followed by Jamie Keaty with Yvonne Ryan-Daly who had a 4 and 3 win against Leo Smith with Anne Kane, the following two matches of Tony O’Sullivan with Ann English against Paul Fitzgerald with Karen Lyons and Jim McGlynn with Mary Whelan against Gerry and Julie Hassett were both halved when called-in and in the bottom match Paul Ryan with Joanne Collins had the most comfortable of wins against Noel English with Jackie Kennedy when they recorded a 7 and 6 win.
Having accounted for Achill Island by 4-matches to 1-match on the Thursday they met Doneraile Golf Club the following and lost their match by 4-matches to 1-match.They were led out by Sean Long with Siobhan  Fitzpatrick who lost their match by 2 and 1 Hugh Nolan with Noreen Roche, they were followed by Thomas O’Donovan with Renagh Murphy who halved their match against James O’Mahony with Aoibheann Daly, next up was Jamie Keaty with Yvonne Ryan-Daly who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Eddie Roche with Rachel Kelleher, in the penultimate match Darren Roche with Marie Kelleher lost their match against Jim McGlynn with Mary Whelan by 2 and 1 and the bottom match of Pat Ryan with Joanne Collins against David Finn with Ellen Walsh was halved when called-in.

The Ladies of Tipperary Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland deciders of the Junior Cup at Limerick Golf Club on Friday 17th September 2021 by winning their Munster Regional Finals and were drawn against Galway Bay Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals, they lost their match by 3-matche to 2-matches.
First on the tee was Yvonne Daly who won her match by 3 and 2 against Emma Morrow, she was followed by Annetta Boland who lost her match against Katie Coleman by 3 and 2, Kathleen Morrissey lost by 2 and 1 against Helen O’Flaherty, in the penultimate match Orla O’Donoghue had a similar result against Mandy Cosgrave and in the bottom match Mary Whelan had a very convincing 6 and 5 win against Fiona Caulfield.

Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Ann English and Renagh Murphy have won the 2021 Munster Cup at Ballyneety Golf Club on 25th August.

Donnacha Cleary was selected to represent Munster on the Boys’ Under-16 Interprovincial Team at Mount Wolseley Hotel and Golf Resort on October 9th and 10th October 2021, the others on the squad were Eoghan Cassidy (Kinsale Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Lucas Lyons (Limerick Golf Club) and Christopher Buckley and Paddy Quill (Cork Golf Club) they were managed by Liam Troy from Thurles Golf Club and captained by Jim Lyne from Glengarriff Golf Club.

2005 Lady Captain Joe Kinahan and her Captain’s Prize winner Anne Crotty qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Galway pair of Deirdre Corcoran and Raymonde Standun.

Marian Riordan was selected on the Munster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004. Marian was selected on the Munster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from August 7-9 2002. She played at The Island Golf Club on the 8th to the 10th August 2001.Marion was a reserve for The Irish Girls International Team in 1998.

They won the Munster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1992, the team was John O'Donoghue, Gerald Pierce, Pat Mitchel, Ailbe Hanley, W. F. O'Dwyer, Edward Lonergan and Pat Donovan Jnr. they were, managed by Garrett Pierce and Patrick J. McMahon.

They won it previously in 1959 and 1958 when the team was P. Hennessy, C. Foley, D. Mackey, G. Pierce and P. J. McMahon.

The Ladies won the I.L.G.U. Intermediate League in 1988 the team was Breda Doherty, Angela Kilmartin, Nonne Daly, Ena Gleeson, Paula Mahony and Rita Daly. They won it again in 1994, this time the team was Paula Mahony, Lillian Kilmartin, Kathleen O'Dwyer, Ena Gleeson and Ann Galagher.

Prior to 2001:

They were I.L.G.U. Munster Cup Winners in 1989 and the team was Angela Kilmartin, Josephine and Charlotte Crowe.

On Sunday, 24th September 2000, Tipperary revived "The Green Rabbit" challenge between Donabate and themselves when after 47 laps, the "Rabbit" was taken out of the store and it was decided to revive this fun competition between 20 players from each club.

John P. Butler won the Rank Xorox-Irish Times National Club Golfer of the Year in 1986.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Pat Murray represented Ireland as a Senior International from 1995 to2010 playing 42-times won 14-matches halved seven and lost 21-matches accumulating 35-points. He represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1994 to 2009 playing 69-times won 29-matches halved eight and lost 32-matches accumulating 66-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1990 to 1992 playing 15-times won 7-matches halved two and lost 6-matches accumulating 16-points;

Arthur Pierce played the Walker Cup at Hoylake in 1983, he represented Ireland as a Senior International from 1976 to 1988 playing 99-times won 43-matches halved twelve and lost 44-match accumulating 98-points. He represented Ireland at Senior (55+) from 2006 to 2010 playing 11-times won 6-matches halved one and lost 4-matches accumulating 13-points. He represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1974 to 1991 playing 75-times won 42-matches halved two and lost 31-matches accumulating 86-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level in 1973;

J. O’Donoghue represented Ireland at Senior (55+) from 2003 to 2004 playing 9-times won 6-matches halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 13-points;

M. Pierce represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level in 1979 playing 3-times won 0-matches halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 1-point;

Liam White played Walker Cup in 1991;

Marion Riordan was selected on the ILGU Senior B squad in November 2000 and she was on the Ladies Senior Munster team, which played in the Interprovincial Championship at Portstewart G.C., from the 9th to the 11th August, 2000;

History of Tipperary

Instituted 1896 affiliated 1906

The "Golfing Annual" 1896-97 gives 25th January 1896 as the foundation date of the club. The first President was Lt.-Gen. Dunham-Massy, the Captain was T. E. Willington and there were sixty members. "the course of nine-holes , is very hilly and there are plenty of natural hazards. On account of the grass, the course is more a winter than a summer green. Tipperary Station is distant half a mile."

The East Yorkshire Regiment was stationed in the local military barracks during 1898 and 1899. The onset of the Boer War had a drastic effect on the club. The "Irish Golfer" reported on the 21^st March 1900. "The Tipperary club is so depleted through its members having gone to the front that there is great difficulty in keeping up, even the name. The GUI has made the club an honorary member of the union so long as its members are fighting for their country."

What the Club tells us:

Founded in 1896 Tipperary Golf Club is one of the oldest clubs in Ireland. Originally located just outside the town in the Tipperary Hills the Club next moved to Crogue, then to Garnacanty before settling in its present location in Rathanny in 1939.

From very small beginnings Tipperary Golf Club has grown in stature and numbers and in 1994 the course was extended to 18 holes. Facilities have been continually upgraded and a beautifully refurbished clubhouse was opened in May, 2001.

Over the years Tipperary Golf Club has produced some very fine golfers. Thomas F. Ryan set the ball rolling when he won the South of Ireland Championship in 1936. The Club's most famous amateur, Arthur Pierse, has won 4 major championships, represented Ireland on over 100 occasions, played on Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trohy Teams, and was 5 times best amateur at the Irish Open.

Of more recent vintage Pat Murray, Marion Riordan and Sarah Crowe have won International Caps whilst John O'Donoghue renowned as a great hurling goalkeeper, won Senior International Caps in 2003 and 2004.

What a great achievement for a small country club!