Grangemockler / Ballyneale GAA is a

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club located in the south-east corner of

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 plays

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and

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as part of the South division 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 ...

. They have been Tipperary Senior Football Champions on eight occasions.

History

The club was founded in 1885, one year after the founding of the GAA. The club won its first ever Tipperary senior football championship title in 1890 and had to wait thirteen years before winning again in 1903 when the team won the title five years in a row in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. The team was beaten the following year and the title was won by Cloneen but returned again in 1909 to take the title once more beating Clonmel Emmets in the final. It was another twenty two years before the team would win the title again in 1931. The Tipperary county footballers that were attacked at

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of 1920 wore the Grangemockler colours. At that time the county wore the colours of its county champions, not having an official jersey. The then county champions Fethard wore blue and white but Grangemockler's white and green was worn instead. The county footballers wore a white and green commemorative jersey for the

2020 Munster Senior Football Championship The 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2020 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. The fixtures were announced on RTÉ Radio on 8 October 2019. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 ...

final - a replica of the jersey colours worn in 1920.

Facilities

The club has played a vital part in the community with the provision of two full sized playing fields, one in Grangemockler and one in Ballyneale, a flood light training field and a sports hall, which was opened on 17 March 2009, with a kitchen, hall, and two dressing rooms.

Honours

Tipperary Senior Football Championship The Tipperary Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Tipperary. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster ...

(8) ** 1890, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1931 *South Tipperary Senior Football Championship (9) ** 1890, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1931, 1990 (with St. Patrick's) *

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 ...

(2) ** 1991, 2003 *South Tipperary intermediate Football Championship (5) ** 1990, 1991, 2002, 2014, 2022 *Tipperary Junior Football Championship (1) ** 1962 *South Tipperary Junior Football Championship (3) ** 1957, 1962, 1977 *South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2) ** 2021, 2022 * Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (1) ** 2020 * South Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (2) ** 1961, 2020 * Tipperary Under-21 C Football Championship (1) ** 2002 * South Tipperary Under-21 C Football Championship (1) ** 2002 *Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (3) ** 1984 (with

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as Slievenamon), 1987 (with

as Slievenamon) 2019 *South Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (4) ** 1984 (with

as Slievenamon), 1986 (with

as Slievenamon), 1987 (with

as Slievenamon), 2019 * South Tipperary Minor C Football Championship (2) ** 2002, 2009 *

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 ...

(1) ** 2004 *South Tipperary Minor 'B' Hurling Championship(2) ** 2015, 2021(u-19) *South Tipperary Under-21 'B' Hurling Championship(2) ** 2016, 2019 *South Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship(1) ** 2012

Notable players

* Michael Hogan (1896–1920) was a Gaelic footballer, and one-time Captain of the Tipperary GAA team. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and was born in the Grangemockler area of County Tipperary. The Hogan stand in Croke Park is named in his honor. He is buried in Grangemockler church

References

External links

Official SiteGAA Info WebsiteTipperary GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub