Boherlahen-Dualla GAA
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| Founded: | 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Tipperary | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club Colours: | Blue and Gold | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Boherlahen | ||||||||||||||||
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Boherlahen-Dualla GAA is a [village located between the towns of Thurles and Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland.
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[edit] Honours
The Club has 16 County Senior Titles (16) - Tubberadora/Suir View/Ballytarsna/Boherlahan-Dualla - 1895 (Mikey Maher), 1896 (Mikey Maher),1897, 1898 (Mikey Maher), 1901,1915, 1916 (Johnny Leahy), 1917, 1918, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1941 (Phil O'Dwyer), 1996 (Philly Ryan)
[edit] History
he Mid Tipperary G.A.A. Board was founded in 1907 but Boherlahan, as a club, did not come into existence until 1912. Its first chairman was Tommy O'Dwyer. Though Boherlahan contested the Mid final in 1912 they were defeated by the Thurles"Blues" but in the following year, 1913, they defeated The Jockey 5-4 to 1-0 for their first Mid title. Boherlahan won successive Mid titles up until 1919 except for 1915 when our club opted into the south division and took the county title as well as the south title that year. Boherlahan again opted for the south division during the decade 1924 to 1934 so their next mid success was 1941 when Philly O'Dwyer led a team powered by Mahers, Coffeys, O'Dwyers and Loobys to mid and county success. Surviving members of that team are John, Flor Coffey, and Ned O'Dwyer.
Twelve unsuccessful years were to follow but in 1953 we again took the mid title defeating a fancied Sarsfield side at Templemore. Then came the really lean period and we waited hopefully but in vain for 42 years. Hope, however, springs eternal and eventually Martin O'Dwyer, aided and abetted by Ciaran Maher, W.J. O'Dwyer and Aenghus Ryan put together a team of young hopefuls and in 1995 defeated current rivals Loughmore to take the Corn Sheain Ui Laochda home to Tubberadora for the first time though it had been presented by the Leahy family to the division forty years previously. The trophy, however, has proved elusive to us as we lost in 1996 and 1997 to Sarsfields and Holycross respectively and havent featured in a county final since.
