Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA

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Clonoulty-Rossmore
Cluain Abhla - An Ros Mór

Founded:

County:

Tipperary

Nickname:

Club Colours:

Green and Gold

Grounds:

Clonoulty





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Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA club is located in the parish of Clonoulty and Rossmore, five miles from Cashel, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The Club is a traditional hurling Club which is affiliated to the West Tipperary Board of the GAA, but also plays gaelic football, mainly at junior level.

1 Honours
2 History
3 Bibliography
4 External links

[edit] Honours

County Tipperary Senior Hurling Champions (3): 1888, 1989, 1997.

County Tipperary Minor Hurling Champions (2): 1981, 1996.

West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (10): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1951, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002.

West Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions (10): 1936, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1983.

West Tipperary Minor (A) Hurling Champions (8): 1969, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 196, 1998.

West Tipperary Minor (B) Hurling Champions (1): 1989.

West Tipperary Under-21 (a) Hurling Champions (12): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000.

West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Hurling Champions (2): 1991, 1993.

West Tipperary Intermediate Football Champions (2): 1986, 1991.

West Tipperary Junior Football Champions (6): 1931, 1969, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2000.

West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Football Champions (1): 1997.

[edit] History

Clonoulty were the first winners of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship in its inaugural year of 1888 and had to wait for 99 years for its second title in 1989, which was won again in 1997.

Clonoulty's first champion team in 1888 (21 aside) was Thaddeus Ryan, John Ryan, Pat Butler, Thomas Harney, William Kennedy, Patsy Hennessy,Cornelius Ahearne, James Garrett, James Ryan, Pat Harney, John O'Dwyer, Joseph Gould, Martin Condon, Edward (Ned) Kennedy, John Murphy, Patsy Kennedy, Thomas Byrne, Daniel Ryan, James O'Dwyer, Pat Ryan, Pat Harney. Substitutes: William Ryan, James English, Jim Quirke, James Ferncombe, Tom Hennessy.

The Club acquired its club grounds in 1936, through the Irish Land Commission and completed its pavilion in 1957 mainly through the voluntary effort of the Club committee. Five Club players have won All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals with Tipperary - Anthony Brennan (1945, 49, 50 & 51) , Joe Hayes (1989 & 91), John Kennedy (1989 & 91), Declan Ryan (1989, 91 & 2001) and Aidan Butler (2001).