Cappawhite 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 is located in the village of

Cappawhite Cappawhite, also Cappaghwhite (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland and is located on the R505 regional road from Cashel to County Limerick. Close major towns near the village include Tipperary Town which is 12 kilometres south of the v ...

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 ...

, bordering on

County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It competes in the West Division

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 ...

and

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 ...

competitions of

Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Cou ...

. The club's tradition is in hurling, having won major honours through the decades. However, the club achieved major football success in the 1970s when the West Division Senior Football championship was also won. Cappawhite's famous full-back of yesteryear, John Kelly was Tipperary' No.3 when they won the County's 22nd All-Ireland championship in 1971 and he also figured on the University College Cork Senior team that won the Fitzgibbon Cup (Inter-varsities Championship.

Hurling

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 ...

(1) ** 1987 *Tipperary U-21 'A' Hurling Championship (1) ** 1977 (with Éire Óg), 1999 *

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 ...

(8) ** 1962, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2005 *

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 (GAA). The championship has been awarded alm ...

(2) ** 1942, 1948 * West Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (8) ** 1942, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1982, 1985, 1988, 2006 * South Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (1) ** 1913 * West Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3) ** 1997, 1998, 1999 *West Tipperary U-21 'A' Hurling Championship (12) ** 1962 (with Éire Óg), 1965, 1968, 1974 (with Solohead), 1975 (with Solohead), 1977 (with Éire Óg), 1978 (with Éire Óg), 1980 (with Éire Óg), 1997, 1999, 2015 (with Sean Treacy's), 2016 (with Sean Treacy's) *West Tipperary U-21 'B' Hurling Championship (4) ** 1995, 2005, 2008, 2014 (with Sean Treacy's) * West Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (10) ** 1934, 1935, 1957 (with Éire Óg), 1962 (with Éire Óg), 1965, 1966, 1971, 1977 (with Éire Óg), 1978 (with Éire Óg), 1995 * West Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (2) ** 2007, 2008

Gaelic football

Honours

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) ** 1990 *Tipperary Junior Football Championship (2) ** 1978, 2008 *West Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (1) ** 1990 *West Tipperary Junior Football Championship (5) ** 1973, 1977, 2006, 2007, 2008 *West Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1) ** 2022 * West Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (1) ** 1981 (with Éire Óg) * West Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) ** 1996 * West Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (4) ** 1985, 1994, 1997, 2003

Notable players

John Kelly John or Jack Kelly may refer to: People Academics and scientists * John Kelly (engineer), Irish professor, former Registrar of University College Dublin *John Kelly (scholar) (1750–1809), at Douglas, Isle of Man *John Forrest Kelly (1859–1922) ...

Ger O'Neill Ger O'Neill (born 13 October 1962) is an Irish people, Irish retired hurling, hurler who played as a corner-forward for the Tipperary GAA, Tipperary senior team. O'Neill joined the team during the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1982, ...

Eugene O'Neill (hurler) Eugene O'Neill (born 1978 in Cappawhite, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Cappawhite Cappawhite, also Cappaghwhite (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland and is located on the R505 re ...

References

External links

Tipperary GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub