J.K. Brackens GAA
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J.K. Brackens GAA is a hurling
and football
club located in Templemore, Clonmore and Killea
parish
in mid County Tipperary
, Ireland
. Currently Kevin Mulryan from this club is on the Tipperary Senior Football panel while Éamonn Corcoran
was on the Tipperary senior hurling panel until 2008.
, one of the founding members of the Gaelic Athletic Association
, who was from Templemore
.
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 football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
club located in Templemore, Clonmore and Killea
Templemore, Clonmore and Killea (Catholic Parish)
Templemore, Clonmore and Killea is an ecclesiastical parish that is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The parish includes the town of Templemore and the nearby villages of Clonmore and Killea in North Tipperary, Ireland. Churches in the parish are:* The Church of the Sacred...
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
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
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,...
. Currently Kevin Mulryan from this club is on the Tipperary Senior Football panel while Éamonn Corcoran
Éamonn Corcoran
Éamonn Corcoran is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club J.K. Bracken's and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1999 until 2008.-Early life:...
was on the Tipperary senior hurling panel until 2008.
History
The club was formed in 1992 with the amalgamation of the former clubs of Éire Óg Templemore GAA, Clonmore GAA and Killea GAA. The club is named after Joseph Kevin BrackenJoseph Kevin Bracken
Joseph Kevin Bracken , from Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, was a builder who spent his early years in America. He is most famous for being one of the seven founder members in 1884 of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The local Gaelic...
, one of the founding members of the 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...
, who was from Templemore
Templemore
Templemore is a town in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea....
.
Honours
- u-12 B hurling mid-final and county final 2003
- u-14 A football mid-final and county final 2005
- u-12 B hurling mid-final 2006
- u-14 B hurling mid-final and county final 2006
- u-16 B hurling mid-final 2006
- Senior mid football final 2006
- u-14 A hurling mid-final 2008
- u-14 A football mid peil-final 2008
- u-14 A football mid-final 2009
- Senior mid football final 2011