Loughmore-Castleiney GAA
Loughmore-Castleiney GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club competes in the Mid-Tipperary division of Tipperary GAA, and draws its players and support from the parish of the same name. The area comprises the villages of Loughmore and Castleiney with their surrounding hinterland.
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Tipperary | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Green and Red | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Cuguilla | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°46′14.52″N 7°47′15.26″W | ||||||||||||
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History
Loughmore-Castleiney has traditionally been a Gaelic football club but also has a successful hurling team, making it one of the very few dual clubs at senior level in County Tipperary.
The club provided Jim Ryan and Bill Ryan to the Tipperary GAA team that played in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday against Dublin GAA in November 1920 when their playing colleague Michael Hogan of Grangemockler was one of 15 people shot and killed by British forces who opened fire from the sidelines. Bill Ryan, popularly known as Bill Laha, lived to be 100 years and until his death was a frequent attender at local football matches involving Loughmore-Castleiny.
In 2013, Loughmore-Castleiney became the first team to win both the football and hurling Tipperary Senior titles in the same year.[1][2]
This feat was repeated for the second time in 2021 as Loughmore-Castleiney won both of the Tipperary Senior titles after playing for their 17th consecutive week in a row.[3]
Gaelic football
In addition to the Senior titles noted below, the club has won many Intermediate, Junior, Under-21 and Minor titles in the Mid division and occasionally at county level.[4]
Honours
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (15)
- Mid-Tipperary Senior Football Championship (55)
- (Castleiney) 1914, 1915, 1919
- 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951
- (Loughmore) 1954-1958
- 1965–1985, 1987–2000, 2003–2005, 2007-2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (2)
- 1978, 1987, 2018
- Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2)
- 1978, 2017
- Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (22)
- (Castleiney) 1914, 1938, 1955, 1958, 1959
- (Loughmore) 1934, 1939, 1960, 1961
- 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1962, 1978, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2014
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2)
- 1994, 1997
- Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (10)
- 1964, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (28)
- 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (2)
- 1988, 1993
- Tipperary Minor Football Championship (6)
- (Castleiney) 1956
- 1964, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2002
- Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (21)
- (Castleiney) 1955, 1956, 1957
- 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (6)
- 1985, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2015
Hurling
Honours
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1)
- 2007
- Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (4)
- Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (14)
- (Killea-Castleiney) 1928
- 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018
- Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1)
- 1980
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1)
- 1980
- Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (3)
- (Castleiney) 1925
- 1940, 2011
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1)
- 1993
- Mid Tipperary Junior C Hurling Championship (1)
- 2021
- Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship (2)
- 2011, 2014
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship (6)
- 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2011, 2014
- Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1)
- 1994
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (3)
- 1988, 1994, 1998
- Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (4)
- 1976, 1979, 2002, 2009
- Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (8)
- 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2002, 2009, 2011
- Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (1)
- 1993
- Mid Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (4)
- 1993, 1999, 2014, 2015
Intercounty
Every Loughmore-Castleiney player to win an All-Ireland, Munster or National League title at senior, U21/20 or minor in hurling or football.
All-Ireland
- 1989: John Cormack, Pat McGrath
- 1991: Ned Ryan
- 2001: David Kennedy, Noel Morris, Paul Ormond
- 2010: Noel McGrath
- 2016: John McGrath, Noel McGrath
- 2019: Brian McGrath, John McGrath, Noel McGrath
- 1979: Michael McGrath
- 1980: Peter Brennan, Pat McGrath
- 1981: Peter Brennan, Jim Maher, Pat McGrath
- 1985: John Cormack
- 1989: Seamie Bohan
- 1995: Noel Morris
- 2010: Aidan McGrath, Noel McGrath
- 2018: Brian McGrath
- 2019: Ciaran Connolly
- 1980: Jim Maher
- 1982: John Cormack
- 2006: Noel McGrath
- 2007: Noel McGrath
- 2012: Lorcan Egan, John McGrath
- 2016: Brian McGrath
Munster
- 1989: John Cormack, Pat McGrath
- 1991: Ned Ryan
- 1993: Ned Ryan
- 2001: David Kennedy, Noel Morris, Paul Ormond
- 2008: Paul Ormond, Micheál Webster
- 2009: Noel McGrath, Micheál Webster
- 2011: Noel McGrath
- 2012: Noel McGrath
- 2015: John McGrath
- 2016: John McGrath, Noel McGrath
- 1979: Michael McGrath
- 1980: Peter Brennan, Pat McGrath
- 1981: Peter Brennan, Jim Maher, Pat McGrath
- 1985: John Cormack
- 1989: Seamie Bohan
- 1990: Seamie Bohan
- 1995: Noel Morris
- 2003: Derek Bourke
- 2004: Evan Sweeney
- 2008: Ciaran McGrath
- 2010: Aidan McGrath, Noel McGrath
- 1980: Jim Maher
- 1982: John Cormack
- 1987: Seamie Bohan
- 1993: David Kennedy, Noel Morris
- 1999: Tom King
- 2002: Derek Bourke, Brendan Healy, Evan Sweeney
- 2003: David McGrath
- 2007: Noel McGrath
- 2012: Lorcan Egan, John McGrath
- 2015: Brian McGrath
- 2016: Brian McGrath
All-Ireland
- 1920: Bill Ryan, Jim Ryan
- 2011: Darragh Butler, Liam McGrath, John McGrath, John Meagher
Munster
- 1918: Bill Ryan
- 1920: Bill Ryan, Jim Ryan
- 2020: Joseph Nyland, Conor Ryan
- 2015: John McGrath
- 1935: Jimmy Quinn
- 1955: John Brennan, Paddy Nolan
- 1995: Paul Ormond
- 2011: Darragh Butler, Liam McGrath, John McGrath, John Meagher
- 2012: Lorcan Egan, John McGrath, Joseph Nyland
References
- "Loughmore become first Tipperary club to do senior double". The Score. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- "McGrath points way to historic double for Loughmore". Irish Independent. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- "McGrath the hero as Loughmore-Castleiney do the double". RTE. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Tipperary GAA Archives
- "Loughmore lift 13th crown". Irish Examiner. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- "Loughmore-Castleiney win third title in four years". Irish Examiner. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- "Loughmore's Tipp double quest comes with silver lining as John McGrath strikes late to sink Clonmel Commercials". Irish Independent. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- "Noel McGrath inspires Loughmore rally". Irish Independent. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- "McGrath the hero as Loughmore-Castleiney do the double". RTE. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
External links
- Loughmore-Castleiney club website
- Tipperary GAA site
- Tipperary GAA archives
- "Dual ambitions: Loughmore-Castleiney and Ballyboden St Enda's dreaming big", The Irish Times, 2020