Carrick Davins GAA

Carrick Davins GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club is located in the town of Carrick-on-Suir in south County Tipperary in Ireland. It is one of three GAA clubs in the town, one of which, St. Molleran's, is in County Waterford in the southern suburb of Carrickbeg across the River Suir. The club play both hurling and football but are predominantly a hurling club. The club enjoys a keen rivalry with Carrick Swans GAA. The club are named in honour of Maurice Davin, the first President of the GAA who lived near the town.

History

Carrick-on-Suir has a history of hurling and football going back to the 1800s when there were nine teams in the Carrick catchments area and consisted mainly of families and relations,games were played in the nine acre field and there were no regulation size of pitch usually the bounds ditch of fields there were also no set team numbers of players members a team could consist of up to thirty players a side. The club was founded in 1922. In the early year's there was a leaning toward's the Football side of the association and Green and white jerseys borrowed from neighbors Grangemockler were worn until the thirties when Cork red was chosen, hence the nickname The Red Rebels, in the early thirties the club registered as The Davins in honor of the Davin brothers founders of the GAA and from that day the club has been known as the Davins.^[1]

Honours

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• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 9
  • 1966,1941,1967,1976,1985,1989,1990,1999,2010
  • Runner-up (1): 1967
• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 2
  • 1966, 1967
  • Runner-up (1): 1964
• South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 11
  • 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979

Notable players

• Mick Roche
• Scott Hogan

References

External links

• Official Site
• Tipperary GAA site
• GAA Info Page