Killenaule 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 south
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 ...
,
Ireland
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. The club participates in
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 ...
and
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 ...
competitions organized by
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 is a member of the South Tipperary divisional board.
Honours
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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 ...
Runners-Up 1932, 1942
* South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Winners: 1916, 1918, 1931, 1932, 1940 (Killenaule CYMS), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015
* South Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners (2): 2012, 2014
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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 ...
Winners (1): 2004
* South Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship Winner (1): 2004
* South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (6): 1968, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986
* Tipperary Junior A Football Championship Winners (1): 1994
* South Tipperary Junior A Football Championship Winners (2): 1982, 1994
* South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship Winners (1): 1997
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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; ...
Winners (2): 1927, 1951
* South Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (7): 1915, 1927, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1973
* All Ireland Junior B Hurling Championship Runners up (1): 2015
* Munster Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (1) : 2015
* Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2014
* South Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (3): 1997, 2013, 2014
* South Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship Winners (2): 1978 (with
Mullinahone
Mullinahone () is a village located in the barony of Slievardagh, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. , the village population was 499.
Location and access
Mullinahone is situa ...
as Young Irelands), 2003
* South Tipperary Minor Football Championship Winners (2): 1977 (with
Mullinahone
Mullinahone () is a village located in the barony of Slievardagh, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. , the village population was 499.
Location and access
Mullinahone is situa ...
as Young Irelands), 2006
* Tipperary Minor B Football Championship Winners: (1) 2009
* South Tipperary Minor B Football Championship Winners (2): 1995, 2009
* South Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship Winners (10): 1955, 1958, 1965, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2002
Notable players
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Kieran Bergin
Kieran Bergin (born 23 January 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonmel Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2013. Bergin is a nephew of Jack Bergin, who was a Tipperary selector when t ...
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Gerry Kennedy
Gerry Kennedy (born 16 December 1985 in Killenaule, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Killenaule and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
Club
Kennedy plays his club hurling with his l ...
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Pat Kerwick
Pat Kerwick (born 18 May 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Kerwick made his first appearance for the team during the 2006 Waterford Crystal Cup and was a regular member of the starting fi ...
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Donie O'Connell
Donie O'Connell (born 24 June 1960) is an Irish retired hurler. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team lasted ten seasons from 1981 to 1991.
O'Connell first appeared for the Killenaule club at juvenile and underag ...
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Joe O'Dwyer
Joe O'Dwyer is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Killenaule and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2015. He is a cousin of fellow Tipperary hurler John O'Dwyer.
Career
O'Dwyer was named in the Tippe ...
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John O'Dwyer
John O'Dwyer (born 17 September 1991) is an Irish hurling, hurler who plays for Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Tipperary Senior Championship club Killenaule GAA, Killenaule and previously played at inter-county level with the Tipperary s ...
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Paul Shelly
Paul Shelly was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Killenaule and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the late 1990s.
Shelly played for Tipperary as a defender and also as a full forward later in his car ...
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Damien McCormack (formerly St Patrick’s)
Damien McCormack (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer formerly on the Western Bulldogs list in the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from the Dandenong Stingrays Under 18's with the 38th pick in the 2004 National D ...
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Declan Fanning
Declan Fanning (born 24 June 1979) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played as right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Killenaule, County Tipperary, Fanning first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sev ...
References
External links
Tipperary GAA siteClub website
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary
Hurling clubs in County Tipperary
1885 establishments in Ireland
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