This coming Saturday 12th April is an important date for our club and wider community as we will officially open the astro turf and ball wall facility in the club grounds in Puckane.

As part of the clubs 20 year anniversary of claiming the All Ireland Intermediate Hurling title, we will have our victorious All Ireland winning panel from 2005 opening the astro and ball wall. The official opening will commence at 5.00 pm sharp so it would be great to see a big crowd down there early for the celebrations. There will be a reception with food for all in the hall afterwards - It promises to be a great day and all are welcome to attend

The Seniors next game in the league will take place this Friday 11th April in Puckane (please note change of venue) at 7.30 pm when they take on JK Brackens.

The Junior 'A' hurlers commenced their North League campaign last Tuesday 1st April against Nenagh Eire Og in Puckane with the sides sharing the spoils with the match ending in a draw - Kiladangan 1-16 Nenagh Eire Og 2-13. Eire Og held a 2-7 to 0-8 half time lead after hitting a purple patch late in the first half, scoring 1-5 without reply. However Kiladangan started the second half well with a Ruairi Gleeson goal finished into the top corner helping to reduce the Eire Og lead. Eire Og held a three point lead going into the last ten minutes of the game but points from Neil Cahalan (2) and Bryan McLoughney earned a draw for Kiladangan. Full teams, scores and score tracker available on KiladanganGAA.com. The lads next game will take place on Saturday 19th April at 6.00 pm in Puckane against Ballinahinch.

The Under 17 hurlers took on Ballina last Monday 7th in Ballina in the second round of the County League with no result at time of going to print. Their next game takes place this coming Monday 14th at 7.00 pm away to Borrisokane in the Division 4 of the County Football League.

Well done to the Under 15s who commenced their North 'B' Football Championship last Thursday with a 3-11 to 2-7 victory over Silvermines in Dolla. Their next game will take place on Thursday 12th April at 7.00 pm at home to Portroe.

Well done to the Under 13s who commenced their North 'B' Football Championship last Tuesday with a 2-11 to 2-3 victory over Burgess in Kilcolman. Their next game will take place on Tuesday 15th April at home to Lorrha Rovers.

Hard luck to Barry Hogan, Willie Connors and Billy Seymour and the Tipperary Senior Hurlers who lost out to Cork last  Sunday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the League Final. Their next game will be in the first round of the Munster Championship on Sunday 20th April at home to Limerick.

Last week was a great week for our schools with the Under 11 Hurling teams both winning their North Cumann na mBunscol blitzes.

On Tuesday, Carrig NS won Roinn B and progress to the County Final whilst on Wednesday, Kiladangan NS won Roinn D and now progress to the County Semi Final.

Well done to both teams and their mentors.

Congratulations to Tom Byrne and Tadhg O'Brien, who played with the North Tipperary Under 14 team that won the Peadar Cummins Hurling 'B' Final last Saturday with victories over West Tipp & Mid Tipp in Cappawhite.

Date for the diary - Kiladangan GAA Club will host a Tipperary GAA Easter Camp this year from Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th April. Online booking is now open.

Full details and booking through the following link: tipperary.gaa.ie/tipperary-gaa-easter-camp

Kiladangan GAA & Camogie Clubs have joined together to run the nursery for 2025 - it will be open to boys aged between 3-5 and girls aged between 3-6.

A launch morning will take place this coming Saturday 12th April at 10.00 am in the complex - all are welcome to attend.

The North CCC will hold the North Hurling Championship Draws on Wednesday 9th April at 8pm in The Hibernian Inn Nenagh. Please check the clubs social media pages for results of the draws. 

Please keep an eye on the clubs social media pages on details on how to order tickets for Tipperary Munster Senior Hurling Championship games. Orders for tickets will be restricted to members only.

A full list of 2025 Kiladangan GAA membership rates are available to view on KiladanganGAA.com. Membership can be purchased online at KiladanganGAA.com. If you wish to pay in person or require further information then please contact club registrar Joe Gallagher on 087 125 8259.

There was no winner of the Monday 31st March Lotto jackpot of €15,800

Jackpot numbers were 9,14,22,24. No winner of the Second Chance €500 draw with the number 19,23,27,33.

The €25 lucky dip winners were as follows:

McGee family (Online)

Murty Nolan (Online)

Michelle Hogan (Puckane)

Donal Flannery (Ballycraggan)

Many thanks to everyone for supporting the lotto. We would urge people to sign up for the lotto online at kiladangangaa.com/products

There are currently a number of options available online on how long you can sign up for whilst tickets are also available in the shops and pubs/restaurants in the parish

Well done to our competitors that represented Kiladangan and the North division last Sunday morning in Cashel in the Scór na bPáistí County Final. All the kids put in excellent performances with a special well done to our music group that came second. Many thanks to all that have put in trojan work with the Scór groups over the past number of weeks. Well done to all of the performers today -a very high standard on show throughout.

The following children represented the club on the day:

Figure Dancers - Claire Hassett, Nora Mae McNamara, Ciara Quinn, Hannah Quinn, Clodagh Finch, Emily Quinn, Katie Kelly, Emma Darcy

Music Group - Orlaith Kelly, Leah Carey, Stephen Byrne, Jim Cullinane, Eoin Kelly

Trath na gCeist - Sarah Grey, Aoise Connors, Ava Fitzgerald, Jack Fitzgerald

Many thanks to Carey's Glass and Jim McLoughneys Menswear on their sponsorship of our Scór na bPáistí County Finalists.

Colette, Stephen and Martina Carey sponsored Kiladangan crested tops whilst Jim McLoughney sponsored ties.

Many thanks to both for their generous sponsorship. Very much appreciated

Well done to Aoife Gleeson and the Tipperary Under 23 panel on their win over Waterford in the Munster Semi Final last weekend. Tipperary will now face Cork in the Munster Final on April 21st.

Well done to our Under 12 girls who took part in the County Camogie Blitz in Portroe on Saturday morning . They played Tomevara, Portroe, Shannon Rovers and Clonoulty Rossmore.  Many thanks to Portroe Camogie Club for hosting

Following on from our Under 12s, our Junior A camogie team had a great win over Lorrha Dorrha in the County League on Saturday morning in Puckane.  Congratulations to all players and management involved.

Best of luck to Isabelle Kingston and Siobhan Quinn (selector) and the Tipperary Minor camogie team that face Cork this Saturday at 2.00 pm in the Cork Camogie Grounds in their All Ireland Semi Final.