Thomas MacDonagh's Gaelic Football Club is a

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amalgamation representing nine clubs in

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. The club plays

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in the North division of

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and is named after the Irish revolutionary and Kilruane native

Thomas MacDonagh Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh (; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclama ...

History

The team was formed in 2007 to allow junior and intermediate footballers in the division to compete at senior level, and represents nine North division football clubs - Lorrha-Dorrha GAA, Shannon Rovers GAA, Borrisokane GAA, Knockshegowna GAA,

Kildangan GAA Kiladangan GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Hurling is the main sport which is played in the "North Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the village of Puckane but includes the ...

Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the villages of Kilruane, Ardcr ...

Toomevara GAA Toomevara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Toomevara in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. Honours *Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship ...

, Moneygall GAA and Inane Rovers. They won all four North Tipperary Senior Football Championship titles between 2007 and 2010; there was no final in 2011 as Father John Kenyon's GAA did not participate in the North competition. In the 2011 County Senior Football Championship quarter final, Thomas MacDonagh's beat Mid Tipperary champions J.K. Bracken's by 1-9 to 0-8. In the semi-final they defeated fourteen-time champions Clonmel Commercials by 1-5 to 0-6 to become the first team from the North division to reach a county senior football final since Kilruane MacDonagh's in 1975. On 6 November, they won the

Tipperary Senior Football Championship The Tipperary Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Tipperary. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster ...

for the very first time, beating Moyle Rovers 0-9 to 0-7 in the final. As a divisional team, they were not eligible to compete in the

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the ...

, so runners-up Moyle Rovers took their place in that competition.

Honours

(1) ** 2011 * North Tipperary Senior Football Championship (4) ** 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Notable players

* Brian O'Meara, county hurler * George Hannigan, county footballer * Philip Austin, county footballer

References

External links

Tipperary GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub