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Knockavilla–Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
club located in Dundrum,
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in
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. The club participates in both
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and
hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
competitions organised by
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History

The club was formed in 1935 when Knockavilla, Donaskeigh and Dundrum amalgamated to form the Kickham club. This meeting is believed to have been taken place at the newly built Chaplain's house at the Convent Cross. The first officers were President - Rev Fr. Michael Quinlan, Chairman – Sean O’Dwyer, Vice-chairman – Paddy Cleary, Secretary – Con McCarthy, Treasurer – Michael Ryan (D). In that first year the club won the West Senior Hurling Championship and again three years later in 1938. The club won twelve further west senior hurling titles between 1946 and 1960. One player who was a member of all twelve of these winning teams was John Farrell. Between 1943 and 1947 the club also won five minor titles, Heelan played on all of these 5 minor teams After the success of the previous two decades the 1960s saw a decline in the club's fortunes until 1966 when a west under 21 hurling title was won and retained again in 1967 and the club's first county title was claimed. The 1970s and 1980s saw the emergence of the club as a dominant force in juvenile competition winning many underage titles in both hurling and football. The late 1970s and 1990s saw this under age work bear fruit when the adult teams won West titles in Minor Hurling 1979,1984,1990–91, 1993, 1994, and 1999. County Intermediate Hurling 1992, U-21 West Hurling 1993, U-21 County Hurling 1994, West Junior Hurling 1987 and 1998. Before reclaiming The West Senior crown in 1997 and 1999. Football titles were also won in 1979 Minor West 1981 Junior (county) U-21 1991(County). Minor 1992 (County) and 1999, Junior 1992. Intermediate 1985 and 1993 and 1996 (County). Senior Championship and league 1998. In the 2000s (decade), the Minor and junior hurlers, Intermediate footballers have brought more titles back to the club.


Kickham Park

Kickham Park, Dundrum was officially reopened on Sunday 11 May 2008. The latest development of the facilities commenced in 1999 with the purchase of the wooded area adjacent to the field, This area was then cleared to facilitate a second pitch, We built two new dressing rooms and extended the facilities of the clubhouse. The final part of the development was the completion of the spectator stand and hurling wall. All the facilities looked magnificent on 11 May 2008, when Tipperary played Limerick in a senior Hurling challenge match to mark the occasion. The current field was purchased from Lysaght's sometime during 1957/58(approx) and developed over the following few years. The biggest job being in 1959, when the pitch was turned to its current position. Previously, the pitch ran in the other direction. Previous generations of club members have put a lot of hours into developing and draining the pitch over a number of decades.


Honours


Hurling

* West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (17) ** 1935, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1997, 1999, 2006. * West Tipperary Senior hurling League: (13) ** 1944 (Knockavilla only), 1947, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1977, 1982, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006 *
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. Th ...
(1) ** 1992 * West Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) ** 1992,2020 * West Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (9) ** 1931 (as Knockavilla), 1932 (as Donaskeigh), 1941 (as Donaskeigh), 1981, 1987, 1998, 2005, 2013, 2015 * West Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (2) ** 2007, 2010 * Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship: (2) ** 1967, 1994 * West Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship: (6) ** 1966, 1967, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2008 * West Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship: (18) ** 1941(with Golden as Invincibles), 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1979, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2016 * West Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship: (2) ** 2001, 2015 2018 2021 County tipperary minor hurling championship (1) **2021 * West Junior Hurling No. 2. Championship: (8) ** 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1968, 1971, 2007, 2010.


Football

* West Tipperary Senior Football Championship: (1) ** 1998 * West Tipperary Senior Football League: (1) ** 1998 *
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 ...
(2) ** 1996, 2002 * West Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: (4) ** 1985, 1993, 1996, 2002 * Tipperary Junior Football Championship (3) ** 1981, 1992, 2009 * West Tipperary Junior Football Championship (4) ** 1981, 1992, 2007, 2021 * Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) ** 1991 * West Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (2) ** 1991, 2013 * West Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (2) ** 1979, 1999 * Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) ** 1992 * West Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2) ** 1992, 2005, 2006


Notable players

* David Butler (Kerry) * John Farrell * Brian Horgan * Fergal Horgan (referee) * Donal O'Brien


References


External links


Tipperary GAA siteOfficial Knockavilla–Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA Club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary {{DEFAULTSORT:Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA