Upperchurch–Drombane GAA is a

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club is located in the area of

Upperchurch Upperchurch () is a small village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies in the Slievefelim Hills, just off the R503 regional road between Thurles and Limerick. Its Irish name was historically anglicised as ''Templeoughteragh'', ''Templeoughtra ...

and Drombane, seven miles from

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles (Roman Catholic parish), Thurles. The cathedral ch ...

in mid

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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. They compete in

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 ...

at both Senior and Junior A levels and in

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 ...

at Senior and Junior B grade. The local GAA pitch is located approximately 1 mile from Drombane village.

History

It is claimed that P. J. Riordan from Drombane scored all of Tipperary's 6-8 when they beat Kilkenny in the 1895 All Ireland final. If true this would make Riordan the highest ever scorer in an All Ireland final beating the current record of 5-4 by Mick "Gah" Ahern of Cork in the 1928 All-Ireland final.

Honours

In 1894 Drombane won the

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 ...

. The team was captained by Fergus Moriarty.
1998:

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 ...

winner
2000: Cahill Cup champions
2007: Tipperary Under 21 B county hurling champions
2007: Tipperary Minor B county football champions
2008: Mid Tipperary Under 21 B Football Champions
2008: Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Champions
2008: Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Champions
2010: Cahill Cup Champions
2013: Mid & County Minor B Football Champions
2015: Mid & County U21 B football champions

List of titles

(1) 1894 (as Drombane) *

Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised since 1974 by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary in I ...

(1) 2015 * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (6) 1977, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

(1) 1998 * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1991, 1993, 1998 * Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (1) 2002 * Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (4) 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002 * Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2) 2006, 2008 * Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (6) 1933, 1950, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1996 * Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 2016 * Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (2) 1994, 2016 * Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship: (1) 2022 * Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 2015 * Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (9) 1989, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (2) 2007, 2012 * Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (7) 1989, 1992, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015 * Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2) 2007, 2013 * Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (4) 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016 * Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (1) 2008 * Mid Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (1) 2006 * Mid Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 1996

Notable players

* James Barry * Jody Brennan * Ned Lambe * P. J. Riordan * Mikey Lee (Wicklow) * Michael Ryan went onto manage Tipperary *

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References

External links

Official Upperchurch–Drombane GAA Club websiteTipperary GAA site
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary