The Nire—Fourmilewater GAA is a

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club based in Ballymacarbry,

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. The Nire (''An Uidhir'') and Fourmilewater (''Caislean Cuanach'') are two separate clubs, with separate committees pulling from the same pool of players. The Nire is the

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club in the area and Fourmilewater the

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club. Both teams play in the Mill Field, Ballymacarbry. The Nire is a half parish with Touraneena, while Fourmilewater is a half parish with

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. The Nire play in yellow and blue, while Fourmilewater play in blue and white. The related Ballymacarby

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club has won 10

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titles.

History

The Nire and Fourmilewater are two separate clubs, with separate committees pulling from the same pool of players. The Nire is a half parish with Touraneena, while Fourmilewater is a half parish with Newcastle, County Tipperary. Both teams play in the Mill Field, Ballymacarbry. The Nire, which was founded in 1929, is the football club in the area and Fourmilewater, founded in 1926, is the hurling club. The local

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club was founded in 1970 and named Ballymacarbry.

Football

Founded in 1929, The Nire gained promotion to the Senior ranks when they won the

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in 1983. They have been senior ever since, in that time they have gone on to win 11

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. At U-21 (A) level, The Nire have been county champions on three occasions, in 1977, 1986 and 2004. In 2004, they defeated Ballinacourty 0-9 to 0-8 in the Western Final and went on to beat Portlaw–St Molleran's in the county final. At minor (A) level (U-18), The Nire won their 3rd A title in 2014, having defeated Stradbally by 3-11 to 0-6 on 14 May 2014. The Nire had previously won 2 minor county championships, the first in 2007 where they defeated De La Salle in the final and the second in 2008 where they recorded a victory over Roanmore.

Honours

The Nire's football honours include: *

s (11): 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2014

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s (2): 1971, 1983 * Waterford Junior Football Championships (1): 1942 * Waterford Under-21 Football Championships (3): 1977, 1986, 2004 *

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s (3): 2007, 2008, 2014

Notable footballers

* Darren Guiry * Dylan Guiry - Waterford footballer * Thomas O'Gorman - Waterford footballer * Maurice O'Gorman - Waterford footballer and Munster interpro regular * James McGrath - Waterford footballer * Michael O'Gorman * Brian Wall - former Waterford footballer

Hurling

Honours

Fourmilewater Hurling Club have been senior since 2002. They beat Dunhill in the 2001

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final. Fourmilewater's hurling titles include: *

s (3): 1979, 1989, 2001 *

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s (2): 1955, 1963 * Waterford Minor hurling Championships (1): 1973

Notable hurlers

* Jamie Barron - Waterford hurler * Conor Gleeson - Waterford hurler who, together with Jamie Barron, represented Waterford at senior hurling during the 2010s and played in the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. *

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- Waterford hurler * Michael Ryan * Shane Walsh

Ladies Gaelic football

Founded in 1970, Ballymacarbry LGFC are one of the most successful ladies' club teams of all time. The club had several successes in the 1980s and 1990s under the stewardship of Michael Ryan. The County title has been won every year since 1982 and as of 2023 they had won 42 in a row, a significant record. They have also won a record ten All Ireland club titles and the Waterford ladies' team that captured 5 All Irelands in the 1990s were predominantly made up of Ballymacarbry players. Players such as Marie Crotty, Geraldine O'Ryan, Áine Wall, Fiona Crotty are considered amongst the best to ever play the game.

Notable LGFC players

* Áine Wall

References

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