Tipperary Lions Club raises huge amount of money in charity golf fundraiser

Thurles Lions Club have been central to the delivery of numerous cross-community initiatives since their establishment in 1964.

From providing supports to individuals and families in need to funding a summer holiday for elderly persons in Trabolgon, the club is probably now most associated with the Thurles Lions Trust Housing Association.

This currently manages over 80 homes in the town and also recently oversaw the refurbishment of the historic Stanwix Home and its transition to a modern housing development in The Stanwix Village.

Other recent projects led by the club include the provision of essential defibrillators at strategic locations throughout the town, supporting the completion of “The Lady’s Well Loop” walk through the delivery of a footpath on the Mill Road (currently under construction by Tipperary County Council) and advancing a “Thurles Heritage Trail” which will be formally launched in the next few weeks.

Now Thurles Lions Club is putting its shoulder to the wheel by supporting what is possibly the biggest challenge facing the town at present, namely, raising the very significant finance that will be required to fund the refurbishment works required to the Cathedral of the Assumption, including its reroofing.

The Club has committed to raising a minimum of €50,000 towards the cost of funding the replacement of the roof. The anchor event in achieving this ambitious target was their inaugural Inter-Parish Golf Classic which was held in Thurles Golf Club between August 18 and 21 August last.

What was unique about this golf classic was that it hosted the very first Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly Inter-Parish Golf Championship, which was won by Moycarkey-Borris, and also the County Tipperary Inter-Parish Golf Championship, where Cashel & Rosegreen were victorious.

Rosegreen ladies also won the overall prize in the golf classic.

The event was a resounding success. It was played in splendid sunshine, over four days on an immaculate course, with a total of 106 teams taking part.

In all 27 parishes were represented over the four days of the event.

The winning teams were presented with their trophies and prizes at an Awards Evening held recently in Thurles Golf Club.

In presenting the winning Moycarkey-Borris teams with their awards, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly congratulated the winners and thanks all those who supported the event.

In particular he thanked both Thurles Lions Club and Thurles Golf Club for their foresight in coming together to support the Cathedral Reroofing Project.

Mary Slattery, President of Thurles Lions Club presented the winning Cashel & Rosegreen teams with their awards and confirmed that the event had raised a total of €20,500 for the Cathedral Reroofing project, and she said that this was made possible through the support of those who played and most especially the businesses who gave sponsorship.

Arthur Griffin, on behalf of Thurles Golf Club, stated that their hosting of the inaugural inter-parish golf championships was a huge success for them and he especially thanked all of the staff of the golf club for this.

He highlighted that the Golf Club was now a core conduit for generating much needed funds for community projects with a total of twelve such classics having been hosted by the club in 2026 with significant funds having been raised.

The last word went to Eamonn Medley, Chairman of the committee who organised the event when he said, “see you all, same place in 2027 for the second iteration of the inter-parish golf championships”.