Toomevara 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 ...

club located in the parish of

Toomevara Toomevara, officially Toomyvara (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is at the junction on the R445 where it meets the R499 regional road. The village was bypassed in December 2010 by the M7 Dublin - Limerick motorway. It ...

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 ...

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. The club is almost exclusively concerned with

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

Honours

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 f ...

s: 3 ** 1993, 2004, 2006 *

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 ...

s: 22 ** 1890, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1960, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 *

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

s 33 ** 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1946, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 *

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 ...

s 1 ** 2017 *

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 ...

s 1 ** 1984 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championships 3 ** 1944, 1955, 1984 *

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 ** 1913, 1997 * North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championships 11 ** 1910, 1911, 1912, 1958, 1991, 1997, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 * Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 3 ** 1995, 2000, 2005 ** North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 5 ** 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 * ‘’’

North Tipperary Junior C Hurling Championship North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

’’’ 1 2022 * North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship 3 ** 1972, 1973, 1982 * Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship 5 ** 1985, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2005 ** North Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship 12 ** 1967, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2016, 2018 * Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship 3 ** 1986, 1987, 1997 * North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship 15 ** 1932, 1937, 1954, 1956, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 * North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship 2 ** 1979, 2007

Notable players

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* Willie Ryan * David Young *

Benny Dunne Benny Dunne (born 22 September 1980) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team. He joined the team in 2002 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2011. Younger brother of cu ...

Tommy Dunne Tomás Dunne (born 21 May 1974) is an Irish hurling coach and former player who is from Toomevara, County Tipperary in Ireland. He is the current coach of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Dunne enjoyed a distinguished playing career with To ...

* Matt Hassett * John Haugh *

Garrett Howard Garrett Howard (10 December 1899 – 20 January 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Limerick, Dublin and Tipperary senior teams. Born in Patrickswell, County Limerick, Howard first arrived on the inter-county scene ...

Martin Kennedy (hurler) Martin Kennedy (20 November 1898 – 17 July 1983) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Toomevara and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1922 until 1936. Kennedy is regarded as one of Tipperary's gre ...

* John O'Brien *

Phil Shanahan Phil Shanahan (4 January 1928 – 5 February 2012) was an Irish hurling, hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary GAA, Tipperary and Dublin GAA, Dublin senior teams. Shanahan made his first appearance for the Tipperary team during t ...

References

External links

Official Toomevara GAA Club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub