Holycross-Ballycahill GAA
Holycross-Ballycahill
Mainistir na Croise Naofa - Bealach Achaille |
Founded: |
1885 |
County: |
Tipperary |
Club colours: |
Green and White |
Grounds: |
Holycross |
Playing kits |
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Senior Club Championships |
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All Ireland |
Munster
champions |
Tipperary
champions |
Hurling : |
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4 |
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Holycross-Ballycahill GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the areas of Holycross and Ballycahill five miles outside Thurles in mid County Tipperary, Ireland.
History
Founded in 1885, Holycross/Ballycahill GAA club has maintained a tradition down through the years. Four county senior titles have been won, those in 1948, 1951 and 1954 under the captaincy of Francis Maher, and in 1990, led by Declan Carr who went on to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup as Tipperary captain 1991. The others.
Honours
- Mid Tipperary Hurling Championship: 11 (last in 1999)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 1990)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Hurling Championship: 8 (Last in 2008)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "B" Hurling Championship: 2 (Last in 1992)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Hurling Championship: 7 (Last in 1996)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: 4 (Last in 1991)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: 3 (Last in 2010)
- Cahill Cup Hurling: 11 (Last in 2009)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: 6 (Last in 2010)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: 7 (Last in 1995)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Football Championship: 3 (Last in 1999)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2005)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1997)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: 5 (Last in 2003)
- Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 4 (last in 1990)
- County Tipperary Junior "A" Hurling Championship: 4 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary U21 "A" Hurling Championship: 2 (Last in 1996)
- County Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 1982)
- County Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1982)
- County Tipperary U21 "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary U21 "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2005)
- County Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1998)
Notable players
All-Ireland Medal Winners
Senior Hurling
- Michael O'Dwyer: 1 (1908)
- Tom Dwan: 1 (1916 with Thurles)
- Phil Cahill: 2 (1925, 1930)
- Dinny O'Gorman: 1 (1937)
- John Doyle (hurler): 8 (1949, 50, 51, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65)
- Michael Maher: 5 (1958, 61, 62, 64, 65)
- Pat Stakelum: 3 (1949 as Captain, 50, 51)
- Ned O'Gorman: 1 (1949)
- Bob Stakelum: 1 (1949)
- Declan Carr: 2 (1989, 1991 as Captain)
- Joe Bannon: 2 (1924, 27 both with Dublin)
- Tom Barry: 2 (1924, 27 both with Dublin)
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