Cahir GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club for the parish of Cahir

Cahir

Cahir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss Cottage. It is in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.-Location and access:...

, Tipperary

County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Its dominant sport is Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

  but it also fields Hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and Camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

teams in various age-groups.

Achievements

• Tipperary Senior Football Champions: 2003

Ladies Football

The Ladies Football club in Cahir is one of the most successful in Tipperary fielding teams in U12, U14, U16, Minor, Junior and Intermediate. In 2004 the Cahir U14 Girls won the Feile Peil Na Nog Division 3 final. In 2007 the Cahir U12 Girls won the HSE Community Games National Final. Also in 2007, 2008 and 2009 the Cahir U14 Ladies have reached the Feile Final for 3years in a row narrowly missing out on the All-Ireland title each year. But finally in 2010 the U14 girls won the Division 3 final meeting Shane O' Neils of Armagh in the final. The Cahir Ladies have received county titles in the 'A' division in every age group. Throughout the years they have fielded many county players in U14, U16, Minor and Senior. Currently in 2010 there are four U14 county players, seven U16 county players, two Minor county player and four Senior county players.

Camogie

The Camogie Club in Cahir holds many County Titles. Recently the U12 and U14 teams have been brought up to the 'a' division. The U12 have county 'a' titles and the U14 narrowly missing out. The Club currently has three U14 county players. Also in 2009 the U14 girls team won the HSE Community Games County Title. They got to the Munster Final which they lost by one point to Doughlas of Cork who went on to win the National Title. In 2010 the U14 girls team won the HSE Community Games County Title. They got to the Munster Final which they won this time. They went on to the National Finals where they played Claregalway in the Semi-Final and when beating them went on to play Lucan Sarsfields who they beat to be crowned All-Ireland Champions.