Carrick Davins GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club located in the town of

Carrick-on-Suir Carrick-on-Suir () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on both banks of the River Suir. The part on the north bank of the Suir lies in the civil parish of "Carrick", in the historical barony of Iffa and Offa East. The part on the so ...

in south

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

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. It is one of three GAA clubs in the town, one of which, St Molleran's, is in

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

in the southern suburb of

Carrickbeg Carrickbeg () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. Located on the border between counties Waterford and Tipperary, it comprises part of the town of Carrick-on-Suir that lies south of the River Suir. The area is in County Tipperary, but a m ...

across the

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. The club plays both

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 ...

and

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 ...

but is predominantly a hurling club. The club enjoys a keen rivalry with

Carrick Swans GAA Carrick Swan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, located in the town of Carrick-on-Suir in south County Tipperary in Ireland. It is one of three GAA clubs in the town, one of which, St. Molleran's, is in County Waterford in the southern ...

. The club is named in honour of

Maurice Davin Maurice Davin (29 June 1842 – 27 January 1927) was an Irish farmer who became co-founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was also the first President of the GAA and the only man ever to serve two terms as president. Sports Davin was bo ...

, the first President of the GAA, who lived near the town.

History

Carrick-on-Suir has a history of hurling and football going back to the 1800s when there were nine teams in the Carrick catchment area, consisting mainly of families and relations. Games were played in the nine acre field and there were no regulation size of pitch: usually the bounds were the ditch around a field. There were no set numbers of players, and a team could consist of up to 30 players a side. The club was founded in 1922. In the early years there was a leaning towards the football side of the Association, and green and white jerseys borrowed from neighbours Grangemockler were worn until the 1930s when

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red was chosen, hence the nickname ''The Red Rebels''. In the early 1930s the club registered as ''The Davins'' in honor of the Davin brothers, founders of the GAA.

Hurling

The Davins have won 11 South Tipperary senior hurling titles, two county senior hurling titles and a Munster senior hurling club title, becoming the first Tipperary side to do so. In 2009, Carrick Davins won the

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. Th ...

title which saw them return to the Senior Grade. They reached a South Tipperary Senior Hurling final in 2011, where they played

Mullinahone Mullinahone () is a village located in the barony of Slievardagh, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. , the village population was 499. Location and access Mullinahone is situa ...

. Also in 2011, the club enjoyed a South Title in Junior hurling, which was a first in a long time. In 2012 the club secured eight underage titles. Also in 2012 the club lost some of its hurling greats, including Club President Sean Organ. The carrick On Suir club also won their first under 21 title in over 50 years on 25 November 2018 the young team included the likes of great up coming hurlers as Micheal whelan, Conor whelan, Ray Cooke and Conor Mackey

Honours

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 f ...

(1) ** 1966; runner-up 1967 *

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...

(2) ** 1966, 1967; runner-up 1964 *South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (11) ** 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 *

(1) ** 2009 *South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (4) ** 1993, 1994, 2005, 2016 *Tipperary Junior Football Champiponship' (1) 1927 *South Tipperary Junior Football Championship (4): 1927, 1965, 1967, 1980 *South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2): 1993, 2005 *Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1963, 2019 *South Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (3) 1953, 1956, 1963 * South Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (2) 1996, 2011 *South Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (5) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 2018 *Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2) 1985, 2002 *South Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2) 1985, 2002 * South Tipperary Minor C Football Championship (1) 1999 * South Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (9) 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1947, 1951, 1964, 1966, 1984 * Tipperary Minor B Hurling Chapminonship (1) 2005 * South Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (3) 1997, 2002, 2005 * South Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2012

Notable players

* Mick Roche *Mikey (big wheels) Cronin * Luke Foran *Richie on the toe McGrath

References

External links

Carrick Davins GAC
website
Tipperary GAA websiteGAAinfo page
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Carrick-on-Suir