Mullinahone-CJ Kickhams 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 ...

located in

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 ...

, 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 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 ...

, close to the border with

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 ...

. The Mullinahone Club is named in honour of Charles J. Kickham, "Poet and Patriot", who was born in the village.

History

The Kickhams Club has, for most of its existence - spanning over 120 years - been a traditional

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 ...

club, winning many county senior football championships in the early part of the 20th century. Hurling enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, culminating with victory in the County Senior Hurling Championship in 2002. The senior hurling team has challenged for honours every year since their golden year.

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 ...

(4) ** 1912, 1913, 1926, 1929 *South Tipperary Senior Football Championship (6) ** 1913, 1916, 1919, 1926, 1929, 1945 *Mid Tipperary Senior Football Championship (2) ** 1917, 1930 *

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 ...

(1) ** 2002 *

Séamus Ó Riain Cup The Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, formerly Séamus Ó Riain Cup, (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the T ...

(1) ** 2020 *

South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Clonmel Oil South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the South Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

(14) ** 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 *

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 ...

(3) ** 2000, 2006, 2011 *

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It ...

Runners-up **2011 *South Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (7) ** 1965, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2015 *South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (2) ** 1990, 1991 *Tipperary Junior Football Championship (3) ** 1916, 1973, 2019 **

Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athleti ...

Runners-up **2019 *South Tipperary Junior Football Championship (4) ** 1961, 1972, 1973, 2018 *South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1) ** 2010 *

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; ...

(1) ** 1989 *South Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (4) ** 1940, 1979, 1985, 1989 * South Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (5) ** 2002, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018 *South Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (2) ** 1970 (with St. Patrick's, as Slievenamon), 1978 (with

Killenaule Killenaule () is a small town and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Killenaule and Moyglass, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and the barony of Slievardagh. It is east of ...

as Young Irelands) *Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (2) ** 1988, 2008 *South Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (5) ** 1988, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2010 *Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship (1) ** 1989 *South Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship (7) ** 1976(with

as Young Irelands), 1978 (with

as Young Irelands), 1979 (with

as Eire Og), 1980 (with

as Eire Og), 1989, 1996 (as Mullinahone Gaels), 1999 *Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (2) ** 1988, 2008 *South Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (4) ** 1988, 2005, 2006, 2008 *South Tipperary Minor Football Championship (3) ** 1956, 1970 (with St. Patrick's, as Slievenamon), 1977 (with

as Young Irelands) *Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) ** 2006 *South Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (4) ** 1996, 2000, 2006, 2018 *Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (1) ** 2011 *South Tipperary Minor hurling Championship (6) ** 1960 (with Ballingarry), 1962 (with Ballingarry), 1963 (with Ballingarry), 1996, 2011, 2019 *South Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (3) ** 1990, 2004, 2018

Notable players

* Eoin Kelly - who was a member of the Tipperary team that won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 2001, and who captained Tipperary to its next win in 2010. * Paul Kelly * John Leahy

References

External links

Tipperary GAA site
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary