It was Tipperary Town's turn to celebrate the return of the Liam MacCarthy Cup to the county, when a full house cheered as the Cup was brought to the Porter House, in Tipp town by Robert Doyle (Clonoulty/Rossmore) and Johnny Ryan (Arravale Rovers), from the Senior Hurling squad. It was a night of double celebration as the James Nolan U20 Cup was also brought to the venue, this time by David Ryan and Adam Ryan (both from the Arravale Rovers club). READ MORE: Darkness descends on Cahir Castle for OPW’s spine-tingling Halloween event The event was organised by Stevie O'Donnell, who also live streamed the proceedings on tipperarytown.ie. There was music on the night by Pat Aherne and Síofra and some songs by Seanie Riordan. It was a real night of celebration as Stevie interviewed all the players, along with many in the audience including West Tipperary Board Chairman, Andrew Fryday, former player Declan Ryan, President of the New York Tipperary Hurling Board, Norbert Hennessy, who was home from New York, Martin Quinn, Tommy Treacy, Dan Quirke, Curry Hanley, Eamonn Ryan, Neil O'Dwyer and to 3 special guests from Limerick, Frankie Carroll, Donie and TJ Ryan. Norbert Hennessy paid a tribute to Teresa Crowe, from Thurles, who passed away last week. Teresa's nieces and grandniece were present at the event to hear Norbert speak about Teresa's life in New York and her contribution to the GAA scene in Gaelic Park, where she was an on field nurse for over 50 years. Another special guest was Dan Quirke who spoke so movingly about his late son Dillon and how much of a loss he was to the family, but that they had turned their grief into activism for recognition of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and had set up a Foundation to try and have every young person screened for the condition. The campaign has been a huge success to date with up to 20,000 people screened and the campaign is to ensure that every young person can avail of screening. READ MORE: All-Ireland-winning Tipperary manager appointed ambassador of
PICTURES: Tipperary fans show up in great numbers to celebrate double All-Ireland success
