Slieverue GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...

club located in

Slieverue Slieverue, officially Slieveroe, () is a village in South County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland. It is located in the historical barony of Ida. Despite the name, the land is relatively low-lying and fertile. Slieverue's population, as of the ...

, County Kilkenny,

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. The club fields teams in hurling and Gaelic football.

History

Slieverue is one of Kilkenny's oldest clubs, having affiliated in the GAA's foundation year in 1884. The club has operated in the junior ranks for much of its existence, however, it has had some success in the upper tiers. Slieverue's first major success was a Kilkenny IHC title in 1936. The Kilkenny JHC was secured in 1950, a victory which heralded further success over the rest of the decade. Slieverue contested three Kilkenny SHC finals, with the club beating

Tullaroan Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish. Sport Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Ath ...

to claim their only title in 1954.

Honours

* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: (1) 1954 *

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) 1936 *

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 ...

: (1) 1950

Notable players

Paddy Buggy Paddy Buggy (15 March 1929 – 15 May 2013) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Slieverue and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1960. Buggy later served as the 27th president of th ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

) and GAA President (1982–1985) *

Locky Byrne James Loughlin "Locky" Byrne (28 April 1913 – 18 January 1941) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny and Waterford county teams. Born in Waterford, Byrne first arrived on the inter-county scene at ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner ( 1935) * Bill Cahill: All-Ireland SHC-winner ( 1947) *

Dick Rockett Richard Rockett (born 1931) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Rockett first played competitive hurling during his schooling at De La Salle College. H ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

) *

Mick Walsh Michael Walsh (1934 - 30 September 2013) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Slieverue and Mount Sion and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team The Kilkenny county hurling team represe ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

)

References

External links

Slieverue GAA website
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