Aherlow GAA is a

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club located in

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, established in 1885, within a year of the GAA's foundation. The club plays

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

at senior (in a combination with a neighbouring club), under-21, junior, minor and underage levels in the West Tipperary Division and all-county competitions of

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. The club also fields

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

teams, and plays

Ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

. The club is centred on the village of Lisvernane and surrounding

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, approximately eight miles east of

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. Club players, who have played for the

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, have included

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and Barry Grogan. The club has joined forces with the intermediate football team Lattin-Cullen GAA for the senior football championship. This combination team, known as Aherlow Gaels, won the 2016 West Tipperary divisional title by defeating Galtee Rovers.

Gaelic football

The club's first county title was won at under-21 level in 1992. Footage of the match reputedly became "Ireland's first viral sensation" due to the "colourful commentary" in the recording. Described in a 2021 ''

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'' article as "probably the most-watched club match in GAA history", copies and recreations of the recording were shown in Irish pubs "all over the world". At senior level, the club has been Tipperary Senior Football champions on two occasions. They won their first county title in 2006 and went on to win their second title in November 2010 after a 2-4 to 1-6 win against

Loughmore-Castleiney Loughmore-Castleiney is an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. It is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. The area is made up of the villages of Loughmore and Castleiney and their hinterland. Loughmore ...

in the final at

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Honours

Tipperary Senior 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 ...

(2): 2006, 2010 * West Tipperary Senior Football Championship (8): 1968 (as St. Ailbie's with

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), 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016 (as Aherlow Gaels with Lattin-Cullen) 2021. *

Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised since 1974 by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary in I ...

(1): 1995 * West Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (5): 1978, 1980, 1992, 1994, 1995 * Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (3): 1992, 1995, 1996 * West Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (11): 1960 (with

), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014 (with Lattin-Cullen) * Tipperary Under-21 C Football Championship (1): 2003 * Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (1): 1994 * Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2): 1988, 1989 * Tipperary Minor C Football Championship (1): 2002

Notable players

* Barry Grogan *

Ladies' Gaelic football

Aherlow Ladies had their most successful year to date in 2011, winning county and provincial titles and reaching the All-Ireland final.

Honours

* All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Club Football Championship (0): (runners-up in 2011) *Munster Junior Ladies' Club Football Championship (1): 2011 *Tipperary Ladies' Football Championship (1): 2011 *Tipperary Ladies Senior Football Championship (2): 2019 2021

Hurling

Although Aherlow was long a mainly-football club, since the 1990s, the club has had some successes in hurling. It won the county Junior Championship in 2009, and the Intermediate title in 2011.

Honours

Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1979 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland. The ...

(1): 2011 *Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2009 * Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (3): 1990 (with Sean Treacy's), 1992, 2009 * West Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (4): 1990 (with Sean Treacy's), 1992, 1996, 2009

References

External links

Aherlow GAA website
(archived 2011)
Tipperary GAA
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