Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA
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| County: | Tipperary | ||||||||
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| Nickname: | The Botheen Men | ||||||||
| Club colours: | Green and Gold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Clonoulty | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°36′45.14″N 7°57′20.73″W / 52.6125389°N 7.9557583°WCoordinates: 52°36′45.14″N 7°57′20.73″W / 52.6125389°N 7.9557583°W | ||||||||
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Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Clonoulty and Rossmore, and Ballagh and Goolds Cross and half of the rest of West Tipperary eleven miles from Cashel, South Tipperary in Ireland. The club is a traditional hurling club which is affiliated to the West Tipperary Board of the GAA.
History
Clonoulty-Rossmore were the second winners of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, in 1888 and had to wait for 101 years for its second title in 1989, which was won again in 1997.
Clonoulty-Rossmore'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). Delcan Ryan also captained Tipperary to an All-Ireland U21 Hurling Championship in 1989, and two All-Stars with Tipperary senior in 1988 (No 10) and 1997 (No 11)
Honours
- County Tipperary Senior Hurling Champions (3): 1888, 1989, 1997
- Tipperary County Senior Hurling League (1) : 2009
- County Tipperary Minor Hurling Champions (2): 1981, 1996.
- West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (16): 1930 (Clonoulty), 1931 (Clonoulty), 1932 (Clonoulty), 1933 (Clonoulty), 1951, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
- West Tipperay Senior Hurling League (9): 1945, 1950, 1969, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997,
- West Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions (10): 1936 (Clonoulty), 1944, 1945, 1956 (Rossmore), 1958, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1983.
- West Tipperary Minor (A) Hurling Champions (11): 1969, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008.2010
- West Tipperary Minor (B) Hurling Champions (2): 1989, 2002.
- West Tipperary Under-21 (A) Hurling Champions (16): 1971, 1972 (Clonoulty/Éire Óg), 1973 (Clonoulty/Éire Óg), 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009.
- 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.
References
Bibliography
- Tipperary's GAA Story (1960), Canon Philip Fogarty
- The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (2005), Editor Des Donegan