Shannon Rovers 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 Cou ...

club which is located in the north of

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 ...

. Both

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 ...

are played in the "North Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centered on the villages of

Ballinderry Ballinderry () is a small civil and ecclesiastical parish on both sides of the County Londonderry / County Tyrone border in Northern Ireland. It is a rural parish of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh. The parish co ...

Terryglass Terryglass () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The small town is located on the R493 regional road on the north-eastern shore of Lough Derg near where the River Shannon enters the Lough. It is a civil parish in the historical barony ...

and Kilbarron.

Achievements

Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1979 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland. The ...

Winners 1986 * North Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship Winners (2) 1990, 2011 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (9) 1939, 1954, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1986, 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 (GAA). The championship has been awarded alm ...

(2) 1939, 1968 * North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (2) 1940, 1952 * North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (5) 1988, 1989, 2005, 2012, 2013 * North Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2) 2004, 2023 * North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (4) 1981, 1986, 1990, 2009 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels) * North Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship (1) 2003 * North Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (2) 1991, 2016 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels) * North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (1) 1957 (with

Borrisokane Borrisokane () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated at the junction of the N52 and N65 national secondary roads. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 942. The Ballyfinboy River flows through the town on its way to Lough ...

) * Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (1) 2008 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels) * North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (2) 1984, 2008 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels) * Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2002 * North Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (2) 2002, 2010 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels) * Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) 1989 (as Shannon Rovers Gaels)

Notable players

Pat McLoughney Pat McLoughney may refer to: * Pat McLoughney (Tipperary hurler) (born 1954), Irish hurler * Pat McLoughney (Offaly hurler) (1949–2018), Irish hurling selector and player {{hndis, McLoughney, Pat ...

George Hannigan George Hannigan (born 16 September 1987) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Shannon Rovers. Career Hannigan made his championship debut for Tipperary in 2006 again ...

* Alan Byrne

References

External links

GAA Info Profile

Tipperary GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub