Ballybacon–Grange GAA is a

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club located in the areas of Goatenbridge and

Ardfinnan Ardfinnan () is a small village in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir and R665 regional road. The Catholic parish of Ardfinnan is made up of three areas: Ardfinnan, Ballybacon, and Grange. Ardfinnan is also a civil p ...

in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club plays hurling in the Intermediate competitions at county level and in the South division of

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. The club has a fraternal co-existence with Ardfinnan Gaelic Football Club which is also affiliated to the GAA. As a consequence, some club hurlers also play football with

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Hurling

In 2018, the club won its 13th South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship after a four-point win against Carrick Davins in the final. On 4 November 2017, they won the Tipperary Junior 'A' Hurling Championship after a 0–19 to 1–11 win against

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, it was their first ever adult county title. On 12 November 2017, Ballybacon–Grange reached the

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Munster Club Junior Hurling Championship final after a 1–11 to 0–9 win against St Catherine's from Cork in the semi-final in

. They had earlier defeated

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in the quarter-final by 5–24 to 1–4. In the final on 3 December 2017, they faced Ardmore in Mallow. They lost the final on a 3–11 to 2–8 scoreline in a match where four players were sent off, three from Ardmore.

Honours

* South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1) ** 1968 * South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (14) ** 1966, 1976, 1980, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013 2018, 2019 *

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(1) ** 2017 * South Tipperary Junior 'A' Hurling Championship (3) ** 1962, 2016, 2017 * South Tipperary Junior 'B' Hurling Championship (3) ** 1992 2001

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9 * South Tipperary Under-21 'A' Hurling Championship (5) ** 1961, 1963, 1968, 1984 1995 * South Tipperary Under-21 'B' Hurling Championship (3) ** 1992, 2002, 2010 * South Tipperary Minor 'A' Hurling Championship (5) ** 1945, 1961, 1991, 1992, 2009 * South Tipperary Minor 'B' Hurling Championship (6) ** 1984 1989, 1994, 2001, 2012, 2013

Notable players

* Michael "Babs" Keating, famous Tipperary hurler of the 1960s and 70's.......holder of 2 All Ireland senior hurling medals & 2 All Ireland senior hurling titles as manager in 1989 & 1991 ' * Brendan Cummins * Michael Phelan

Camogie

Ballybacon–Grange formed a juvenile camogie club in 2013.Club blog
30 February 2013

References

External links

Ballybacon–Grange GAA
on Twitter
Club blog

Tipperary GAA site
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