Holycross-Ballycahill GAA
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Holycross-Ballycahill GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club located in the areas of Holycross
and Ballycahill five miles outside Thurles
in mid County Tipperary
, Ireland
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have been won, those in 1948, 1951 and 1954 under the captaincy of Francis Maher, and in 1990, led by Declan Carr
who went on to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup as Tipperary
captain 1991.
The others.
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 located in the areas of Holycross
Holycross
Holycross is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the barony of Eliogarty. Unusually, the civil parish straddles two counties and the baronies of Eliogarty and of Middle Third . It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.The village developed around the...
and Ballycahill five miles outside Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...
in mid County 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
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History
Founded in 1885, Holycross/Ballycahill GAA club has maintained a tradition down through the years. Four county senior titlesTipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...
have been won, those in 1948, 1951 and 1954 under the captaincy of Francis Maher, and in 1990, led by Declan Carr
Declan Carr
Declan Carr is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Holycross-Ballycahill and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1981 and 1993. Carr captained Tipperary to the All-Ireland title in 1991.-Early life:Declan Carr was born in Dublin in 1965...
who went on to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup as Tipperary
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...
captain 1991.
The others.
Honours
- Mid Tipperary Hurling Championship: 11 (last in 1999)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 1990)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Hurling Championship: 8 (Last in 2008)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "B" Hurling Championship: 2 (Last in 1992)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Hurling Championship: 7 (Last in 1996)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: 4 (Last in 1991)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: 3 (Last in 2010)
- Cahill Cup Hurling: 11 (Last in 2009)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: 6 (Last in 2010)
- Mid Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: 7 (Last in 1995)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "A" Football Championship: 3 (Last in 1999)
- Mid Tipperary U21 "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2005)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1997)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: 5 (Last in 2003)
- Tipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipTipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...
: 4 (last in 1990) - County Tipperary Junior "A" Hurling Championship: 4 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary U21 "A" Hurling Championship: 2 (Last in 1996)
- County Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 1982)
- County Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: 1 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary Junior "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1982)
- County Tipperary U21 "A" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2010)
- County Tipperary U21 "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 2005)
- County Tipperary Minor "B" Football Championship: 1 (Last in 1998)
Notable players
- Pat StakelumPat StakelumPat Stakelum was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Holycross-Ballycahill and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1947 until 1957. Stakelum captained Tipperary to the All-Ireland title in 1949....
Tipperary captain 1949 - Declan CarrDeclan CarrDeclan Carr is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Holycross-Ballycahill and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1981 and 1993. Carr captained Tipperary to the All-Ireland title in 1991.-Early life:Declan Carr was born in Dublin in 1965...
Tipperary captain 1991
All-Ireland Medal Winners
Senior Hurling- Michael O'Dwyer: 1 (1908)
- Tom Dwan: 1 (1916 with Thurles)
- Phil Cahill: 2 (1925, 1930)
- Dinny O'Gorman: 1 (1937)
- John Doyle (hurler)John Doyle (hurler)John Doyle was an Irish sportsperson and politician, hailed as one of the best defenders in hurling and his county's most iconic player upon his death. He played hurling with his local Holycross-Ballycahill club from the 1940s until the 1970s and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county...
: 8 (1949, 50, 51, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65) - Michael Maher: 5 (1958, 61, 62, 64, 65)
- Pat Stakelum: 3 (1949 as Captain, 50, 51)
- Ned O'Gorman: 1 (1949)
- Bob Stakelum: 1 (1949)
- Declan Carr: 2 (1989, 1991 as Captain)
- Joe Bannon: 2 (1924, 27 both with Dublin)
- Tom Barry: 2 (1924, 27 both with Dublin)