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Dave Foley's giant strides and GAA Allstars aplenty - Tipperary's 2014 sporting highlights

Cathal Barrett winning Young Hurler of the Year and other memorable occasions.

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1. Shane Long sealing his £12million move to Southampton

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2. And then coming good in an important game

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3. Thomas Hamill, Joe O’Dwyer and Liam McGrath winning Fitzgibbon Cup medals with Waterford IT

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4. Just the seven All-Stars – take a bow Shane McGrath, Padraic Maher, Brendan Maher, Seamus Callanan, Darren Gleeson, Patrick Maher and John O’Dwyer

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5. Cathal Barrett winning Young Hurler of the Year

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6. Séamus Callanan’s incredible 3-8 against Galway

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7. ‘The Tipperary Tornado’ Matthew Macklin grabbing headlines with his Dublin eliminator fight

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8. Tommy O’Donnell playing an important role in Ireland’s defeat of the Springboks

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9. Dave Foley forming a solid partnership with Paul O’Connell and getting called up to the Ireland squad, and subsequently getting man-of-the-match against Georgia

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10. Michael Quinlivan winning the Sigerson Cup with UCC

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11. Colin O’Riordan getting nominated for an All-Star football award, becoming the first Tipp player to earn this accolade since 2003

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12. Ciarán McDonald making the Ireland international rules team

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13. Siobhan O’Doherty being part of the Ireland team that won a bronze medal at the European Cross Country Championships

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