Lisdowney 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 located in
Lisdowney
Lisdowney () is a townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the River Nore near Ballyragget and is home to Lisdowney GAA club. The townland is in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Aharney, within the barony (Ireland), histori ...
,
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...
,
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 ...
. The club was founded in 1939, and is primarily concerned with
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
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
. The crest of Lisdowney GAA has a raven on a background of blue and white hoops. There is a raven mounted as a monument in the village centre.
Achievements
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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.
Trophy
The t ...
(1):
1994
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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):
2020
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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 I ...
(2): 1960, 2013
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Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship
''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship''
The Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling comp ...
(0): (runner-up in 2013)
* Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (1): 2017
Notable players
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Ted Carroll
Edmund Gerard "Ted" Carroll (19 February 1939 – 22 December 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Lisdowney, County Kilkenny, Carroll first played competitive hurling during his scho ...
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Angela Downey
Angela Downey-Browne (born 1957, Kilkenny) is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs, St Paul’s Camogie Club, St Paul's camogie club based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney GAA, Lisdowney, and was ...
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Ann Downey
Ann Downey (born 1957 in Castlecomer, Ireland) is a retired camogie player, winner of 12 All Ireland inter-county medals, captaining the team in 1989 and 1994, and seven All-Ireland club medals with St Paul's and Lisdowney (1) – one more t ...
References
External links
Lisdowney GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny
Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny
1939 establishments in Ireland
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