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]
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.[3]
Honours
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (14)
- 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)
- 1914 (as Castleiney), 1934 (as Loughmore), 1938 (as Castleiney), 1939 (as Loughmore), 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955 (as Castleiney), 1958, (as Castleiney), 1959 (as Castleiney), 1960 (as Loughmore), 1961 (as Loughmore), 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)
- 1956 (as Castleiney), 1964, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2002
- Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (21)
- 1955 (as Castleiney), 1956 (as Castleiney), 1957 (as Castleiney), 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
Notable footballers
- Seán Kearney, Tipperary mid-fielder in the 1960s and 1970s, who also represented Munster in the inter-provincial championship for the Railway Cup
- Eddie Webster, Railway Cup and Tipperary full-back in the 1960s and 1970s
Hurling
Honours
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1)
- 2007
- Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (3)
- 1988, 2007, 2013[6]
- 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)
- 1925 (as Castleiney), 1940, 2011
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1)
- 1993
- 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
Current Panel
- John Meagher
- Tomas McGrath
- Ciaran McGrath
- Noel McGrath
- John McGrath
- Brian McGrath
- Aidan McGrath
- Liam McGrath
- Liam Treacy
- Evan Sweeney
Notable Players
- John Cormack
- Paul Ormonde
- Michéal Webster
- Pat McGrath
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.
- 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.
- "Noel McGrath inspires Loughmore rally". Irish Independent. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.