Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA is a

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club located in the

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Clonoulty Clonoulty () is a small village and a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is one of nine civil parishes in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It is also one half of the ecclesiastical pari ...

and

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, eleven miles from Cashel,

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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. The club is a traditional

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club which is affiliated to the West Tipperary Board of the GAA.

History

The club was known as Clonoulty in its formative years and were the second winners of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, in 1888. The club, in the name of Clonoulty-Rossmore had to wait 101 years for its second title in 1989 and won its third Championship title in 1997. The Club's first champion team in 1888 (21 aside) was Thaddeus Ryan, John Ryan, Pat Butler, Thomas Harney, William Kennedy, Patsy Hennessy, Cornelius Ahearne, James Garrett, James Ryan, Pat Harney, John O'Dwyer, Joseph Gould, Martin Condon, Edward (Ned) Kennedy, John Murphy, Patsy Kennedy, Thomas Byrne, Daniel Ryan, James O'Dwyer, Pat Ryan, Pat Harney. Substitutes: William Ryan, James English, Jim Quirke, James Ferncombe and Tom Hennessy. The club acquired its club grounds in 1936, through the policy of reassignment of estate lands by the Irish Land Commission and completed its pavilion in 1957 mainly through the voluntary effort of the members of the Club Committee. Five club players have won

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

medals with

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- Tony Brennan (1945, 49, 50 & 51), Joe Hayes (1989 & 91), John Kennedy (1989 & 91), Declan Ryan (1989, 91 & 2001) and

Aidan Butler Aidan Butler (born 1974) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team. Butler made his senior championship debut as a substitute versus Kerry during the 1996 championship. and made his final appearance in the c ...

(2001). Declan Ryan also captained Tipperary to an

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in 1989, and two All-Stars with Tipperary senior in 1988 (No 10) and 1997 (No 11). On 21 October

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, Clonoulty-Rossmore won their first championship since 1997 after a 0-23 to 2-13 win against Nenagh Éire Óg in the final. Player

Dillon Quirke Dillon Quirke (28 February 1998 – 5 August 2022) was an Irish hurler who played for Tipperary Senior Championship club Clonoulty–Rossmore and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. Early life Born and raised in ...

collapsed and died while playing for the club in a County Senior Championship match against

Kilruane Kilruane (''Cill Ruáin'' in Irish language, Irish) is a townland and civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the historical Barony (Ireland), barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is located between Nenagh and Cloughjordan. ...

Semple Stadium The Semple Stadium is the home of hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. Located in Thurles, County Tipperary, it is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland (after Croke Park), with a capacity of 45,690. ...

in August 2022.

Honours

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 ...

(4) ** 1888, 1989, 1997,

* Tipperary County Senior Hurling League (1) ** 2009 * Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (2) ** 1981, 1996. *

West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Tipperary Co-Op West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the West Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

(20) ** 1930 (Clonoulty), 1931 (Clonoulty), 1932 (Clonoulty), 1933 (Clonoulty), 1951, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * West Tipperary Senior Hurling League (9) ** 1945, 1950, 1969, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997 * West Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (10) ** 1936 (Clonoulty), 1944, 1945, 1956 (Rossmore), 1958, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1983. * West Tipperary Minor (A) Hurling Championship (15) ** 1969, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 * West Tipperary Minor (B) Hurling Championship (2) ** 1989, 2002 (with Solohead). * Tipperary Minor (B) Football Championship (1) ** 2015 * West Tipperary Minor (B) Football Championship (3) ** 2011, 2012, 2015 * Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship (1) ** 2018 * West Tipperary Under-21 (A) Hurling Championship (20) ** 1971, 1972 (Clonoulty/ Éire Óg),), 1973 (Clonoulty/ Éire Óg),), 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. * West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Hurling Championship (2) ** 1991, 1993. *

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 ...

** 1986 * West Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (3) ** 1986, 1991, 2020. * Tipperary Junior A Football Championship: (4) ** 1969, 1985, 2000, 2016 * West Tipperary Junior Football Championship (7) ** 1931, 1969, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2016 * West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Football Championship (1) ** 1997 * West Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (8) ** 1936 (as Clonoulty), 1944, 1958, 1974, 1983, 2012, 2014, 2016 * Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (1) ** 1919

Notable players

* Tony Brennan *

* Phil Byrne *

Anthony Carew Anthony Carew (born 1889) was an Irish hurler who played for the Tipperary senior team. Carew joined the team during the 1908 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1912 championship. Dur ...

John Devane John Devane is a former hurler. He attended his local club Clonoulty–Rossmore and participated for only one year on the Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North Tipperary, a former admin ...

Tim Gleeson Timothy Gleeson (born 1881) was an Irish hurler who played for the Tipperary senior team. Gleeson joined the team during the 1905 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1913 championship. ...

Timmy Hammersley Timmy Hammersley (born 12 December 1987) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonoulty–Rossmore and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. Career Hammersley was part of the Tipperary Under 21 Hurling panel i ...

* Joe Hayes * John Kennedy * Peter Maher * John O'Keeffe * John O'Neill * Dan Quirke *

* Declan Ryan

References

Bibliography

*Tipperary's GAA Story (1960), Canon Philip Fogarty *The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (2005), Editor Des Donegan

External links

Tipperary GAA siteOfficial Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA Club website
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary