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Kilruane MacDonagh's GAA
Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the villages of Kilruane, Ardcroney and Cloughjordan. The club was founded in 1937 and is named after Thomas MacDonagh, a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation who was born and lived in Cloughjordan. The clubhouse and playing field are located in Cloughjordan. The finest day in the club's history was in 1986 when it won the Senior Hurling Club All-Ireland title, defeating Buffers Alley of Wexford GAA in the final by 1-15 to 2-10. The club incorporates many of clubs that existed in the parishes at the time. A forerunner to the MacDonaghs club was the famous De Wets formed in 1900. On 30 October 2022, Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Kiladangan 2-20 to 1-16 in the 2022 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final after a replay to win their first title since 1985. Honours ...
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Thomas MacDonagh
Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh ( ga, Tomás Anéislis Mac Donnchadha; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and Commandant of the 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, which fought in Jacob's biscuit factory. He was executed for his part in the Rising at the age of thirty-eight. MacDonagh was assistant headmaster at St. Enda's School, Scoil Éanna, and lecturer in English at University College Dublin. He was a member of the Gaelic League, where he befriended Patrick Pearse and Eoin MacNeill. He was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers with MacNeill and Pearse. He wrote poetry and plays. His play, ''When the Dawn is Come'', was produced by the Abbey Theatre in 1908. Other plays include ''Metempsychosis'', 1912 and ''Pagans'', 1915, both produced by the Irish Th ...
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Tipperary Senior Club Football Championship
The Tipperary Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Tipperary. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which advance to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. History Over the decades, the Tipperary championship has been dominated by teams from South Tipperary, with Fethard and Clonmel Commercials leading the roll of honour, though Loughmore-Castleiney from Mid Tipperary strongly challenge and were the 2014 champions. Kilruane MacDonagh's were North Tipperary's last club team to be victorious in 1975, while teams from West Tipperary have also figured in the honours list, including Aherlow who won their first championship in 2006. Other teams from the West to have won the championship include Galtee Rovers and Arravale Rovers, champions in 1985. The latter were promoted from ...
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Niall O'Meara
Niall O'Meara (born 16 December 1992) is an Irish hurler who plays for Tipperary Senior Championship club Kilruane MacDonagh's and formerly at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-forward. Playing career Mary Immaculate College During his studies at Mary Immaculate College, O'Meara was selected for the college's senior hurling team during his second year. On 27 February 2016, he was selected at right wing-forward but spent much of the game at left corner-forward when Mary Immaculate College faced the University of Limerick in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. O'Meara ended the game with a winners' medal following the 1-30 to 3-22 victory. Kilruane MacDonagh's O'Meara joined the Kilruane MacDonagh's club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He enjoyed championship success in the under-21 grade before joining the club's senior. On 16 September 2018, O'Meara lined out at centre-back when ...
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Brian O'Meara (hurler)
Brian O'Meara may refer to: * Brian O'Meara (rugby union) (born 1976), Irish rugby union footballer * Brian O'Meara (Kilruane MacDonagh's hurler) (born 1990), Irish hurler for the Tipperary senior team * Brian O'Meara (Mullinahone hurler) (born 1973), Irish hurler for the Tipperary senior team {{hndis, Omeara, Brian ...
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Mark O'Leary (hurler)
Mark O'Leary (born 1977) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Tipperary senior team. O'Leary joined the team during the 1999 championship and was a regular member of the team until his retirement after the 2005 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ... winners' medal, one Munster winners' medal and two National Hurling League winners' medals (1999, 2001). At club level O'Leary continued to play with Kilruane MacDonagh's. O'Leary is a former manager of the Tipperary minor hurling team. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oleary, Mark 1977 births Living people Kilruane MacDonaghs hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Cham ...
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Tom Moloughney
Thomas Moloughney (23 October 1940 – 6 March 2021) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Kilruane MacDonagh's and at inter-county level with Tipperary. Career Born in Ardcroney, Moloughney was a member of the Kilruane MacDonagh's club. Having never played minor at inter-county level, he first played for Tipperary in a National League game against Galway in October 1959 after impressive club displays. After claiming the league title, McLoughney's debut season ended with him collecting the first of three successive Munster Championship medals. After losing the 1960 All-Ireland final to Wexford, Tipperary went on to claim the following two titles, with Moloughney lining out in the full-forward line in both those victories. His last appearance came as a substitute in the 1963 National League final. Having never won a County Championship title during his own playing days, Moloughney served as a selector when Kilruane MacDonagh's won three successive titles betw ...
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Séamus Hennessy
Séamus Hennessy (born 1 May 1989) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team. Hennessy made his first appearance for the team during the 2009 Waterford Crystal Cup. During that time he has won one All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners' medal on the field of play. At club level Hennessy plays with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club. Playing career Club Hennessy plays his club hurling with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club. He was part of the winning team that claimed a first Tipperary County Final victory since 1985 for Kilruane in 2022 University During his studies at NUI Galway, Hennessy became a key member of the university hurling team. He won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2010 following a 1-17 to 1-16 defeat of the Waterford Institute of Technology. He was conferred with a Master of Science (International Management) in 2012. Minor and under-21 Hennessy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hu ...
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Seamus Gibson
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Brian Gaynor
Brian Gaynor (born 1973) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. Gaynor joined the team during the 1995–95 National League and was a regular member of the team for just three seasons. During that time he failed to claim any honours at senior level. At club level Gaynor played with the Kilruane MacDonagh's club. References 1973 births Living people Kilruane MacDonaghs hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub ...
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Len Gaynor
James Leonard Gaynor (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back at senior level for the Tipperary county team. Early life Born and raised in Kilruane, County Tipperary, Barry first played as a schoolboy in various juvenile competitions at Kilruane National School before later lining out as a student at St Flannan's College in Ennis. He lined out in the Harty Cup but success eluded him in that competition. Gaynor captained St Flannan's to the Dean Ryan Cup title in 1961 after a 6-07 to 1-03 defeat of De La Salle College Waterford in the final. Club career Gaynor played his first juvenile game for the Kilruane MacDonaghs club as an 11-year-old in 1955. He enjoyed his first major success in 1959 when he captained Kilruane to the Tipperary U15HC title after a defeat of a Babs Keating-inspired Ballybacon-Grange in the final. Gaynor made his first appearance for the Kilruane MacDonaghs senior team in a tournament game against Thurles Sarsfields on ...
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Dinny Cahill
Dinny Cahill (born 29 December 1954 in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Antrim senior hurling team. Cahill enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Kilruane MacDonagh's while his career at inter-county level with Tipperary came during an uncharacteristic famine. He was a midfielder on the former team during a hugely successful period for the club in the 1970s and 1980s, the highlight of which was the winning of an All-Ireland club medal in 1986. Immediately after retiring from inter-county activity Cahill became involved in team management. He has taken charge of club and inter-county teams all over the country, including Portumna in Galway, Doon in Limerick, Graigue-Ballycallan in Kilkenny, as well as the Laois senior inter-county team. Cahill was appointed manager of the Antrim senior hurling team for a second term in November 2009. Playing career Club Cahill played hi ...
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Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship
The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ... (GAA). The championship has been awarded almost every year since the first tournament in 1910. The series of games is played during the autumn months with the final currently being played in November. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team loses they were eliminated from the series. The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other five cou ...
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