Loughmore-Castleiney GAA
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Loughmore-Castleiney GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club in County Tipperary
, Ireland
. The club draws its players and support from the small parish
of the same name. The area comprises the villages of Loughmore
and Castleiney
and their surrounding hinterland.
club but also has a successful hurling
team. In 2008, it will be one of only three dual senior hurling and football clubs in county Tipperary. Michéal Webster and Paul Ormonde
from the club are current members of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Michéal is son of Eddie Webster, inter-county senior football full-back with Tipperary in the 1960s and 1970s, who also represented Munster in the inter-provincial championship for the Railway Cup. Another Railway Cup and Tipperary footballer of note from the same era was Seán Kearney who excelled as a mid-fielder for club, county and province.
The Club provided Jim Ryan and Bill Ryan (Laha) to the Tipperary team that played in Croke Park
on Bloody Sunday
against Dublin
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 lived to be 100 years and until his death was a frequent attender at local football matches involving Loughmore-Castleiny and was popularly known as Bill Laha.
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 in 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,...
. The club draws its players and support from the small 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...
of the same name. The area comprises the villages of Loughmore
Loughmore
Loughmore, officially Loughmoe , is a village in North Tipperary in the province of Munster, Ireland. The village is best known for its castle, seat of the Barons of Loughmoe....
and Castleiney
Castleiney
Castleiney, officially Castleleiny and historically "Castlelyny" , is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Loughmore-Castleiney. It is in the barony of Eliogarty....
and their surrounding hinterland.
History
Loughmore-Castleiney has traditionally been a gaelic footballGaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
club but also has a successful 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...
team. In 2008, it will be one of only three dual senior hurling and football clubs in county Tipperary. Michéal Webster and Paul Ormonde
Paul Ormonde
Paul Ormonde is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Loughmore-Castleiney and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team...
from the club are current members of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Michéal is son of Eddie Webster, inter-county senior football full-back with Tipperary in the 1960s and 1970s, who also represented Munster in the inter-provincial championship for the Railway Cup. Another Railway Cup and Tipperary footballer of note from the same era was Seán Kearney who excelled as a mid-fielder for club, county and province.
The Club provided Jim Ryan and Bill Ryan (Laha) to the Tipperary team that played in Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...
on Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Bloody Sunday was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. In total, 31 people were killed – fourteen British, fourteen Irish civilians and three republican prisoners....
against Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
in November 1920 when their playing colleague Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan (sportsman)
Michael Hogan was a Gaelic footballer, and one-time Captain of the Tipperary GAA team. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and was born in the Grangemockler area of Co. Tipperary.- Bloody Sunday :...
of Grangemockler was one of 15 people shot and killed by British forces who opened fire from the sidelines. Bill Ryan lived to be 100 years and until his death was a frequent attender at local football matches involving Loughmore-Castleiny and was popularly known as Bill Laha.
Hurling
- Munster Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipMunster Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipThe Munster GAA Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 for the top hurling clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland...
: 1- 2007
- Tipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipTipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...
: 2- 2007, 1988
- Mid-Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 9
- 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1
- 1980
Football
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship: 11
- 1914 (as Castleiney), 1940, 1946, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 2004
- Mid-Tipperary Senior Football Championship: 51
- 1914 (as Castleiney), 1915(as Castleiney), 1919 (as Castleiney), 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1954-1958 (as Loughmore), 1965–1985, 1987–2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007