Holycross–Ballycahill GAA is a

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 Coun ...

club which is located in

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 t ...

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. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club that is centred on the villages of

Holycross Holycross () is a village and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. The civil parish straddles two counties and the baronies of Eliogarty and of Middle Third (South Tipperary). It ...

and Ballycahill and is located around five miles outside

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arc ...

History

The club was founded in 1885. Holycross–Ballycahill GAA club compete in the

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 ...

. The period from 1947 to 1953 was the club's golden era. Four Mid Tipperary Senior Titles and three Senior County Tipperary titles in 1948, 1951 and 1954, under the captaincy of Francis Maher. A Mid Senior title was won in 1966, before the club reverted to the Junior ranks in 1971. A Junior County championship win in 1974, brought a revival to Holycross–Ballycahill GAA, which resulted in Mid Senior titles in 1978, 1985, 1989 and 1990. The club added their fourth and most recent County Senior title in 1990 defeating Cashel King Cormacs. The team was led by

Declan Carr Declan Carr (born 30 July 1965) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team. Carr joined the team during the 1988-89 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until he quit the pan ...

who went on to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup as

captain 1991. They lifted All Ireland Junior B Hurling title in 2014 under the captaincy of Padraig McGrath, one of the club's finest achievements in recent years. During Tipperary hurling's greatest years, Holycross-Ballycahill GAA club provided

Pat Stakelum Pat Stakelum (6 May 1927 – 4 April 2008) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Holycross–Ballycahill and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1947 until 1957. Stakelum captained Tipperary ...

, who captained the 1949 All Ireland winning team. John Doyle won 8 All Ireland medals during this time with Tipperary, a record which he and

Christy Ring Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring (30 October 1920 – 2 March 1979) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many champions ...

held until 2011. Another Holycross-Ballycahill man, Phil Cahill, won All-Ireland medals in 1925 and 1930. Michael Maher collected 5 All-Ireland hurling medals with Tipperary during this time. Denis O'Gorman is one of few to hold All Ireland medals in Senior, Junior and Minor grades.

won All Ireland medals in 1989 and 1991 (as captain), and also became the club's first All Star. In 1979 Michael Doyle captained Tipperary to U21 Munster and All Ireland hurling titles. He subsequently went on to manage Tipperary to U21 Munster and All Ireland honours in 1995. The club is located just outside the village of Holycross. In May 2011, a new multi-function complex was opened on the club's grounds, known as the John Doyle Centre. On the day of the new facilities opening, a tournament game was held between Tipperary and Waterford. Since 2012, Holycross–Ballycahill GAA has hosted the Cut-Loose Country music festival on its grounds. Performances have included Nathan Carter, Mike Denver, Daniel O'Donnell, Lisa McHugh among others.

Honours

Mid Tipperary Championships: * Mid Tipperary Hurling Championship: (12) 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999 * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: (1) 1990 * Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Hurling Championship: (12) 1922 (as Holycross), 1941, 1974, 1980, 1988, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 * Mid Tipperary Junior "B" Hurling Championship: (4) 1975, 1992, 2012, 2013 * Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Hurling Championship: (8) 1963, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1993, 1996, 2017, 2019 * Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship: (1) 2006 * Mid Tipperary U19 "A" Hurling Championship: (1) 2022 * Mid Tipperary Under-19 B Hurling Championship: (1) 2021 * Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: (7) 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: (2) 2005, 2010 * Cahill Cup Hurling: (11) (Last in 2009) * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: (9) 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011 * Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: (7) 1946, 1954, 1976, 1982, 1994, 1995, 2019 * Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Football Championship: (4) 1982, 1984, 1985, 1999 * Mid Tipperary U21 "B" Football Championship: (1) 2005 * Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Football Championship: (2) 1991, 1997 * Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: (3) 1996, 2001, 2004 County Championships: *

: (4) 1948, 1951, 1954, 1990 (Runners-Up 1964, 1989, 1991) *

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 The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ...

: (4) 1941, 1974, 1988, 2010 * Tipperary Junior "B" Hurling Championship: (1) 2013 * Tipperary Under-21 "A" Hurling Championship: (2) 1978, 1996 * Tipperary Under-19 "A" Hurling Championship: (1) 2022 * Tipperary Under-19 "B" Hurling Championship: (1) 2021 * Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: (2) 1982, 2022 * Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: (1) 2010 * Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: (2) 1982, 1995 * Tipperary Under-21 "A" Football Championship: (1) 1999 * Tipperary Under-21 "B" Football Championship: (1) 2005 * Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: (1) 1996 All-Ireland Championships: *

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 ...

: 1 (Last in 2014)

Notable players

Cathal Barrett Cathal Barrett (born 21 July 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays for Tipperary Championship club Holycross–Ballycahill and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right corner-back. Playing car ...

, 2014

All Stars Young Hurler of the Year The Gaelic Athletic Association/Gaelic Players Association Young Hurler of the Year (known for sponsorship reasons as the PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year, or simply the Young Hurler of the Year) is an annual award given to the player aged 21 ...

* Phil Cahill *

, Tipperary 1991 All Ireland Winning Captain * John Doyle,

Hurling Team of the Century The Hurling Team of the Century was chosen as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association's centenary year celebrations in 1984 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwardss a ...

and

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, also no.13 in 125 greatest stars of the GAA * Johnny Doyle * Michael Doyle, Tipperary 1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Winning Captain * Tom Dwan * Tim Gleeson * Tony Lanigan * Michael Maher *

Michael O'Dwyer Michael Francis O'Dwyer (28 April 1864 – 13 March 1940) was an Irish Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer and later the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, British India, between 1913 and 1919. During O'Dwyer's tenure as Punjab's Lieutenant Gove ...

* Denis O'Gorman, 1932 All-Ireland Minor Winning Captain * Bryan O'Mara

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Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

winning captain *

, Tipperary 1949 All Ireland Winning Captain

All-Ireland Medal winners

Senior Hurling in Chronological Order *

: 1 (1908) * Tom Dwan: 1 (1916, with Thurles) * Joe Bannon: 2 (1924, 27, both with Dublin) * Tom Barry: 2 (1924, 27, both with Dublin) * Phil Cahill: 2 (1925, 1930) * Denis O'Gorman: 1 (1937) * John Doyle (hurler): 8 (1949, 50, 51, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65) * Michael Maher: 5 (1958, 61, 62, 64, 65) *

: 3 (1949 as Captain, 50, 51) * Ned O'Gorman: 1 (1949) * Bob Stakelum: 1 (1949) *

: 2 (1989, 1991 as Captain) *

: 2 (2016, 2019)

References

External links

Tipperary GAA siteOfficial Holycross–Ballycahill GAA Club websiteTipperary GAA Archives (Holycross/ Ballycahill County Involvement)Munster GAA SiteGAA Official Site
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