Seán Treacy's Hurling Club is a

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club located in

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. The club was founded in 1958 and is exclusively concerned with the game of

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 ...

History

The Sean Treacy's club was founded in 1958 at 18 Marius Road,

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, South London, and was named after

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fighter

Seán Treacy Seán Allis Treacy ( ga, Seán Ó Treasaigh; 14 February 1895 – 14 October 1920) was one of the leaders of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence. He was one of a small group whose actions initiated th ...

(1895–1920). Its founding members were Mick Maunsell, Con McGrath, Pakie Hourigan, Paddy Quinlan (all Limerick), Johnny Connolly (Galway) and Paddy Crowe (Tipperary). The team trained in Tooting Bec Common and reached the final in their first year. They were narrowly defeated by a single point by Brothers Pearse.

Honours

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(5): 1984, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002

External links

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