Emeralds GAA is a junior

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club located in

Urlingford Urlingford () is a town, as well as a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish within the barony of Galmoy. It is located in the north west of County Kilkenny, along the boundary with County Tipperary, in Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. A ...

, County Kilkenny,

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. The club was founded in 1972 and almost exclusively fields teams in hurling. They spent 14 seasons in intermediate grade in Kilkenny before being relegated in 2015 back to the junior grade.

History

In the early years of the 20th, century hurling was very strong in the parish of Urlingford with three teams competing. – Graine,

and Clomanta. Despite large competition, it was clear that a unified parish hurling team would provide a stronger and more capable force to compete against the larger parishes of the county. The Emeralds club was formed in 1972 when both Clomanto and Urlingford united under the new name of Emeralds.

Honours

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in ...

(3):2001, 1905 (as Owen Ruas), 1947 (as Johnstown-Urlingford) (Runners-Up 1972, 1981, 1999) * Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship(0) Runners-Up 1889 (as Graine) , 1924 (as Clomanto) , 1930 and 1931 (as Urlingford) * Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

(1): 1929 (as Urlingford) (Runners-Up 2013) *

All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA club since 2006 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their count ...

(0) (Runners-up 2008) * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship(1): 2000 *

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board ...

(1):1929 (as Urlingford) (Runners-Up 2013)

Notable Players

* Derek Lyng *

Aidan Fogarty Aidan Fogarty (born 20 July 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Fogarty first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he fir ...

References

Emeralds GAA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emeralds Gaa Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny 1972 establishments in Ireland