Moneygall GAA
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||
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| County: | Tipperary | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | St. Flannan's Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°52′58.97″N 7°56′48.68″W / 52.8830472°N 7.9468556°W | ||||||||
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Moneygall GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club shared between the villages of Moneygall and Dunkerrin on the Tipperary/Offaly border in north County Tipperary, Ireland. The Moneygall GAA field is in north Tipperary and they play their matches in the Tipperary championship. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.
History
In 1885 a local team called The Honeymounts was formed (Honeymount is a townland in the parish) and their captain/manager was Thomas Corcoran. Their colours were black and amber. In 1889 they were challenged to a match by a nearby team from Ballingarry and Shinrone.
In the early 1900s the club became known as Moneygall. There is often confusion as to which county, Moneygall played in during this period. Moneygall straddles the county boundary between Tipperary and Offaly. Articles from newspapers at the time contradict each other, one listing Moneygall as a Tipperary club and another giving a report of the Offaly Junior final in which Moneygall were beaten. Rumour has it that the club played in Offaly at one time before a disagreement with the Offaly County Board and then affiliated in county Tipperary.
The club was combined with Toomevara for a decade or so from 1910 onwards. Several Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships were won at this time, but since the team's name was Toomevara, the "Greyhounds" received the laurels and entered the roll of honour with no credit going to Moneygall for playing their part.
In 1935 a hurling pitch, St. Flannan's Park, was developed adjacent to the village. In 1977 a stand and clubhouse with dressing rooms, hall, office, shop and handball alley were built in the grounds
From 1967-1970, Seamus O Riain, a Moneygall man, was President of the GAA. He has been credited with the modern development of the cultural side of the Association and was the prime mover and founder of Scór - the annual competitions for music, song and dance - which are held nationwide during the winter months when playing activities have ended for the season. His son, Jack represented the club on the Tipperary senior hurling team which won the 1971 All-Ireland Championship and his grandson Shane is a long-time member of the Dublin senior football team that won 5 Leinster championships in succession 2005 - 2009.
Honours
The Club's most successful period in the club's history was in the 1970s when it won the Tipperary senior hurling championship in 1975 and 1976 under the captaincy of Pat Sheedy and Michael Doherty respectively. In the former year, they also captured their only North Tipperary senior hurling title. North Championships were won at Intermediate level in 1943,49,62 and 91 with the county championship being added in 1991, while the County Junior hurling championship was annexed as recently as 2008. The club's only North Tipperary senior football championship was won in 1965, in the meantime, the club has combined with other neighbouring clubs to compete in the various football championships at divisional and county level from time to time.
Notable players
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