| Éire Óg Áth na Cairte | |||
| County: | Tipperary | ||
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| Club colours: | Blue and White | ||
| Grounds: | Anacarty | ||
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Éire Óg Annacarty GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Anacarty & Donohill,[1] in west County Tipperary in Ireland.[2]
The Éire Óg club's most notable player of the modern era is Pat Fox, All-Ireland medallist for senior hurling in 1989 and 1991 during which period he was a leading scorer in the All-Ireland and Munster Championships. The Club is predominantly a hurling club and has won the West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on many occasions including four years in succession from 1941 to 1944. During which period also, the club were County Tipperary Senior Hurling Champions in 1943 when they defeated Moycarkey-Borris in the final under the captaincy of Tom Ryan. Éire Óg, thus became the first club since the foundation of the West Division in 1930 to win the championship, though a western team - Clonoulty-Rossmore had a victory in 1888, long before the formation of the division. A prominent player of the 1940s was William (Bill) O'Donnell, winner of an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with Tipperary in 1937, when the final was played in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney. O'Donnell was a native of Golden and in his early playing days competed with the Golden Fontenoys before transferring his allegiance to Éire Óg on his appointment as Principal Teacher in Annacarty National School. He was also a referee of note in the 1940s and took charge of many important engagements in the inter-county arena, especially in Munster. Overall, the club has won the premier competition in which it competes, the West Tipperary Senior hurling Championship on 8 occasions in 1941,42,43,44,64,67,81 and 86. While also sharing honours in combination teams to be victorious in 1961 as St. Vincent's (Cappawhite-Éire Óg) and more recently in 2004 as Éire Óg- Golden, which at the time of their victory was colloqually known as the "The Combo" in recognition of their coalition with the Golden-Kilfeacle club.
Great players of recent years would be Ronan O'Brien who has surely broken all previous scoring records ith the club.Ronan played minor and under 21 with Tipperary.
The club also plays in the divisional football championships of West Tipperary and in 2006, achieved senior status, and thus became the only club to contest the senior championships of West Tipperary in both hurling and football in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The football team played their part in local GAA history in 2008 when they took part in the first West Tipperary divisional senior final to be played under flood lights when they opposed Galtee Rovers at Cappawhite before an exceptionally large crowd. The team gave a creditable performance, before succumbing to their illustrious opponents and still await their first divisional senior football crown, though edging ever closer to ultimate honours with a maturing team. The club grounds are in Anacarty village, about seven miles from Cashel.