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NUI Galway, 2005
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Mary Immaculate College, 2003
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St Rynaghs CC, Banagher, 1999

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Rathcabbin NS, 1994

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• My Footballing Retirement - it's a bit sarcastic, just how i like it

  IN ALL FAIRNESS - 10 May
  
  MacDonaghs continue to shine
  
  Before many of you turned to this page to read by weekly ramblings, you may have noticed the name, Shane Brophy (Lorrha) on the team sheet for Thomas MacDonaghs in their county senior football championship match with Arravale Rovers on Monday.
  
  I must now confirm to you that indeed it was I that made by senior club championship debut.
  
  I made my way to Holycross on a glorious Monday afternoon to report on the game but ultimately it was I who was reported on.
  
  A lot of people believed in the beginning that putting together a divisional football side would be easy in the North as you have the pick of nine clubs. It looks that simple on paper but it is anything but, particularly with the new system for the senior hurling championship with the club players having more games at this time of the year than ever before.
  
  To that end, it was always going to be touch and go whether fifteen players would be available for the game and if a team could not fielded, they would haven been thrown out of the championship.
  
  It is understandable that a players’ first loyalty is to their club and that makes Thomas MacDonaghs achievements over the last year even more incredible.
  
  The fourteen, eventually fifteen players that turned out in Holycross played for MacDonaghs because they love the game and provides them with the best outlet to play the game in the county outside of the senior inter-county panel.
  
  The players didn’t have to give up their day off to come and play football, they chose to and they were rewarded with another impressive victory.
  
  It must also not be forgotten that David Buckley, Diarmaid Cahill, Liam England and Stephen Murphy all played sixty minutes for their clubs the day before.
  
  The Thomas MacDonaghs panel is also not short on talent with quite a number of the panel having adorned the blue and gold jersey at one time or another. George Hannigan and Philip Austin are currently part of the senior inter-county squad while Liam England also lined out for Tipp earlier this year. Stephen Murphy was a used substitute when Tipperary won the Tommy Murphy Cup in 2005.
  
  When I arrived, they had that horrible number, fourteen players and I remember the words of Joe Hannigan ringing in my ears from last week telling me to bring my gear just in case.
  
  Our course, I didn’t bring my gear as I had not trained in over two weeks with a back injury but it was very hard to let them down in the predicament they were in.
  
  So in the same weekend that Lorrha and most of my club mates mate their senior debuts, so did I and it got even better, not because we won but also because I made a contribution, and a scoring one at that.
  
  While I will take a lot of the credit for that score myself (it was a peach, you should have seen it), I did tell Diarmaid Cahill that I would mention his boots as having played a huge part in the score (but unfortunately the boots did not get the player of the week).
  
  It must have been something in those boots that made me decide, with my back to goal, to kick the ball back over my head and to the astonishment of the myself, let alone the 29 natural footballers on the field, the ball looped high over the bar.
  
  At the age of 26, that was the first time I ever scored in a competitive football match after playing most of my football in goals, and wouldn’t you know it came in the top grade of football in the county.
  
  Sadly, this story does not have a happy ending as I must inform you that I am announcing by retirement from senior club championship football, and before the calls and emails flood in asking me to change my mind ahead of this weekends game with Ardfinnan, the answer is no and I am sure you all understand why, plus my back is letting me know in no uncertain terms as I write this.
  
  Honestly, I must say it is a long time since I got such enjoyment out of playing a game. Maybe it was the fact that I was

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• Thomas MacDonaghs v Arravale Rovers

  County Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round
  
  North combo ease into first round
  
  Thomas MacDonaghs 1-12 Arravale Rovers 1-5
  
  Report by Jerry Ring at Holycross
  
  The North Tipperary combination, Thomas MacDonaghs advanced to meet Ardfinnan in the first round of the County Senior Football Championship after a deserved victory over last years Intermediate Football champions Arravale Rovers in sunny Holycross on Monday afternoon.
  
  This Thomas MacDonaghs outfit has pedigree, they accounted for Loughmore/Castleiney in the championship last year. They also had at least six players who have worn the blue and gold on football teams.
  
  Indeed it was this nucleus of players who gave the leadership to win this game. Arravale Rovers are a young side and contributed to the spectacle but even they will admit that they squandered possession too often, and failed to take important gilt-edge scoring chances.
  
  The Combo had wind advantage in the first half and laid siege to the Rovers goals. Stephen Murphy popped over the first point and Shane Brophy had the second after six minutes. Stephen Quinn spurned two goal chances for the Rovers before George Hannigan put brother Alan through for their third point after fifteen minutes.
  
  The combo also kicked six wides during this first quarter. The Rovers opened their account with a Mikie O’Dwyer point after sixteen minutes following good work by Brian Jones, Timmy Dalton and Paul Ryan. However the excellent Philip Austin pointed the Combo further ahead and then set up Stephen Murphy for their fifth point after twenty minutes.
  
  Philip Donnellan who was having a quiet game then fired over his sides sixth point. Then Brian Jones, one of the best fielders on view, won a kickout, soloed and set up Mikie O’Dwyer who placed Brian Glasheen for a goal after twenty three minutes. Two minutes later when Niall Cahalan blocked a goal shot from Glasheen and Ken Hayes sent the rebound over the bar to leave the minimum between the sides. Philip Austin pointed before the break to give the combo a two point interval lead; 0-7 to 1-2.
  
  In the second half Arravale Rovers were wind assisted but persevered with the short game and the strategy of trying to walk the ball into the Thomas McDonaghs net failed. Timmy Dalton put Paul Ryan through for an early point and again Brian Glasheen failed with the goals at his mercy.
  
  Darren Killackey pointed for the Combo and Fergal O’Reilly soloed upfield placed Brian Jones who shot wide. Nothing was going right for Arravale Rovers. Philip Austin added two points and Mikie O’Dwyer replied with a point at the end of the third quarter. leaving three points between the sides, 0-10 to 1-4.
  
  O’Dwyer had the final score for Arravale Rovers with seven minutes remaining. The combo finished the stronger with further points from Philip Austin and Pat O’Meara and a goal from Darren Killackey to leave his side worthy 1-12 to 1-5 winners at the final whistle.
  
  Man of the Match: Philip Austin (Borrisokane)
  Scorers: Thomas MacDonaghs: Philip Austin 0-5, 4 frees; Darren Killackey 1-1; Stephen Murphy 0-2; Shane Brophy, Alan Hannigan, Pat O’Meara, Philip Donnellan 0-1 each.
  Arravale Rovers: Mikie O’Dwyer 0-3; Brian Glasheen 1-0; Ken Hayes, Paul Ryan 0-1 each.
  
  Thomas McDonaghs: Niall Cahalan (Shannon Rovers); Gordon Harding (Borrisokane), David Buckley (Inane Rovers), Paddy Donnellan (Shannon Rovers); Liam England (Inane Rovers), Ciaran Garvey (Shannon Rovers), Diarmuid Cahill (Kilruane MacDonaghs); George Hannigan (Shannon Rovers), Philip Donnellan (Shannon Rovers); Darren Killackey (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Pat O’Meara (Shannon Rovers), Philip Austin (Borrisokane); Alan Hannigan (Shannon Rovers),Stephen Murphy (Kilruane MacDonagh), Shane Brophy (Lorrha). Subs: Aaron Ryan (Inane Rovers) for S Brophy (20); Shane Brophy for D Cahill (40 inj).
  
  Arravale Rovers: Mark Lowry;Niall Sheehan, Andy Lacey,Fergal O’Reilly;Phillip Ryan, Ken Hayes,

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• Liveline; The day i became the story

  MK: Michael Keating
  DO'R: Damien O'Reilly
  SB: Shane Brophy
  
  Note how Babs challenges Brophy to produce the tape, which Shane did in the paper. Challenging Brophy's credibility - Brophy hit back in some style in the Nenagh Guardian. Babs, please close the door on your way out.....
  
  Liveline - Monday, August 20……….
  
  MK: “I’m just here to correct one thing. That young lad Shane Brophy…why he should deny me at this stage because I gave him more interviews on a one-to-one basis over the last two years and you ask him the question does he know me? He certainly knows me better than I know you (Damien O’Reilly) and I know you well enough Damien. Why he (Brophy) should say that, at this stage, it’s just another credibility factor in his life as far as I’m concerned.
  
  SB: Excuse me, I know Babs only through work, I don’t know him personally. You (O’Reilly) asked me if I know him personally. I know you (Keating) through work….I don’t know anything about you other than what you do for Tipperary hurling.
  
  DO’R: But Babs, if you were walking down the street, you’d know each other….
  
  MK: Of course we would…
  
  SB: I know what he looks like and he knows what I look like….
  
  DO’R: Sure, that’s the point I was trying to make earlier….
  
  MK: I’d know the little fairy voice so I would….
  
  DO’R: But Babs, you’re very annoyed at the media in Tipperary…
  
  MK: (Interjects)….I’m annoyed with fellas like him, and other reporters in Tipperary Damien because we had a meeting with the press, because I know what it’s like to be put down by the press when I was in Tipperary before. And the dirt that they came out with. I was accused, myself and my wife and my family, of taking up seats on the bus going to the match the last day and I wasn’t even on the bus because I had to take my car to Croke Park to go to a wedding. Like, the kind of dirt that has come out in the last fortnight from fellas like Shane and a few more reporters in Tipperary and they know them well. And they’ve done no service to Tipperary hurling whatsoever. And at all stages, Damien, when I met the press, including that young lad, when I first came back, they were always invited to come into training if they wanted to see for themselves what was going on in Tipperary….And to be fair to Noel Dundon and Michael (Dundon), they’re the only ones who accepted the offer. And they have the cheek to write about what’s happening in training and what’s happening in Tipperary hurling…
  
  SB: I was never invited to training Babs…
  
  MK: At the meeting in Thurles, the editors of all the papers were there, the sports editors, and they sat down and they were treated for a meal by the county board and everyone was invited in training, I made that quite clear.
  
  SB: I can’t remember that….
  
  MK: You have a very fancy memory for remembering. You don’t remember guys that play badly within the clubs either when you’re reporting.
  
  DO’R: Babs, how do you feel, you lost to Wexford and that was obviously a disappointment, firstly to yourself and the players and obviously supporters as well, when you pick up the paper and you read criticism that maybe you picked the wrong team or this fella should have played or that fella, do you accept that based on the match, a person giving their opinion?
  
  MK: Look, I’m too long around Damien and I accept everything because Shane Brophy never came out with anything on the Thursday prior to the match on why we should play or what team we should play. All these fellas are great with the advantage of hindsight. In Tipperary Damien, I can honestly say that I rely not alone on my two selectors, the county chairman…I have very good advisors who have four or five All-Ireland medals and for the Tipperary public to have to put up with Shane Brophy and Jackie Cahill and JJ Kennedy, and a few more in Tipperary, for their advice and if you asked them to shorten a hurley they�

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