National Forum

Wexford Club Hurling 2025

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post


@formertownie - the Tara Rocks/Kilanerin thing comes up every few years for renewal. I stand to be corrected, but I think they're currently in Year 2 of a three-year cycle. That would mean they'd be together again next year all right, but that if want to continue that way after that, they'd have to come back to the County Board again to seek approval for the next few years.

FWIW, rumour has it that the last time it was up for renewal, Rocks wanted to apply for five years but Kilanerin only wanted two. They compromised by applying for three. Could be a sign that Kilanerin aren't as enthusiastic about it as the other side are.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3107 - 17/09/2025 11:33:46    2636550

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "There aren't any defined catchment areas in Gorey or Wexford town. But yes you are right there'd be a feeling that lads from certain areas should play for certain clubs. Hence the complaining when lads from the Vols went to the trouble of going around all the schools in town."
Sorry, I picked your previous post up wrong where you said "A bit like Wexford town it would probably help if the clubs there had clearly defined areas of the town as catchment areas".

I see now how you must have meant that having defined catchment areas would help in Wexford town too.

Not that having defined areas in Gorey, "a bit like they have in Wexford", would help in Gorey.

Anyway, as it stands, no defined catchment areas in either town because both towns are all just the one parish. Unlike Enniscorthy, where the divide is between Enniscorthy Parish & Templeshannon Parish.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3107 - 17/09/2025 11:44:27    2636554

Link

Replying To Trueblue123:  "Correct, realistically if a parent has any interest in GAA they'll send their child to the senior hurling and senior football club that's also affiliated with the town primary schools (Brothers/Loreto). But those that don't could be targeted.

It doesn't look good for Tara Rocks. Hobbs and Breen have been on the road a long time at this stage for them to be fair.

B geals are playing oulart in the minor premier hurling semi this weekend. The team is all kilanerin players so I'm told. A couple of these will be playing intermediate next year (Eoin Hughes for sure).

We could be looking at a Tara Rock team made up with 14/15 Kilanerin players over the next few years.

Good to hear their numbers are up at the younger age groups, and Gorey is only getting bigger so numbers should increase.

Not sure how voting works for the future, but it would be a sad day if the Tara Rock adult team was no more."
There was another deferral at the last CB meeting where this was discussed. There was a strong feeling in the room that Gorey will need 2 clubs in the not too distant future also, from a demographic point of view. The Rocks lads made a very good case, and it was very apparent how passionate they were about their club, and how much work they were putting in, both with younger players starting out, and their grounds.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17067 - 17/09/2025 12:05:08    2636557

Link

Replying To Formertownie:  "Was the underlyning reason as a cynic . That kilanerin would have access to more players from Gorey town, was the vision the rebirth of tara rocks as hurling stronghold , was it a last ditch attempt to attract new players to help a hurling club survive . Will we see 2 seperate clubs emerge one hurling only and one football only . If this is the case would kilanerin still get transfers in from gorey town as not in the catchment area and tara rocks in from kilanerin catchement area will it be shut down as ineligible. Or will it stay as is forever. Amalgamation of underage a long time ago may have been the catalyst of the downfall of tara rock to ballinstraw gaels .
. Looks like Kilanerin hold all the aces here .
Just curiosity is there a plan or will it just continue indefinitely. Just like any club they will do what they can to improve player participation and growth if possible . Bending rules."
There's no plan for the adult arrangement to continue indefinitely. And at underage with the huge growth in population in North Wexford you would hope that there'd be no need to continue with Ballynastragh Gaels either down the line.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17067 - 17/09/2025 12:07:17    2636559

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "There's no plan for the adult arrangement to continue indefinitely. And at underage with the huge growth in population in North Wexford you would hope that there'd be no need to continue with Ballynastragh Gaels either down the line."
Possibly not yet how many years now are ballinstraw gaels amalgamated underage . 15 or 20 years at least.
If they separated now would tara rocks survive .
Are all hurling games played in tara rocks grounds underage

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 446 - 17/09/2025 12:47:32    2636566

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "There's no plan for the adult arrangement to continue indefinitely. And at underage with the huge growth in population in North Wexford you would hope that there'd be no need to continue with Ballynastragh Gaels either down the line."
If you search ballinstraw results or fixtures on wexford gaa u will come up with a blank .
I still question how at u21 which is classed as an adult comp they compete as amalgamated not tara rocks or kilanerin .
Do they use different jerseys as amalgzmated are obliged to like other amalgamated teams .

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 446 - 17/09/2025 13:07:35    2636571

Link

Replying To Formertownie:  "Possibly not yet how many years now are ballinstraw gaels amalgamated underage . 15 or 20 years at least.
If they separated now would tara rocks survive .
Are all hurling games played in tara rocks grounds underage"
I remember my own club playing Ballinastragh Gaels all the way back in 2007. Possible they were already joined up that way for a few years before that too.

Tara Rocks haven't a hope in fielding at underage by themselves, and will tell you that directly. It was suggested to them that they'd at least field by themselves in U8 & U10 Go Games this year, where you'd get away with as little as eight or ten a side. They didn't even want to do that.

I can't say for sure that all B/Stragh Gaels underage hurling matches are at the Tara Rocks pitch, but can say that any time I've had to go there with a team myself for hurling, that it's been to the Rocks pitch all right. So I presume they're all there, unless the pitch is unavailable for some other reason.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3107 - 17/09/2025 13:25:44    2636578

Link

Replying To Formertownie:  "Possibly not yet how many years now are ballinstraw gaels amalgamated underage . 15 or 20 years at least.
If they separated now would tara rocks survive .
Are all hurling games played in tara rocks grounds underage"
Afaik they are played there

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17067 - 17/09/2025 13:57:27    2636583

Link

Just to add to my earlier point about fixtures nightmare.
My dad was talking to somebody on the fixtures committee and the latest constraint is Clubber and broadband facilities, due to their need for good broadband to stream the matches.
So its another logistic in an already logistically difficult job.
Bear all that in mind the next time you complain about fixtures.

StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1933 - 17/09/2025 14:18:53    2636585

Link