Moycarkey-Borris GAA
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Moycarkey-Borris GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club is located in the town of Littleton
, County Tipperary
, Republic of Ireland
, but also takes in areas such as Two-Mile-Borris and Horse and Jockey
in Mid Tipperary
.
The following resolution was passed unanimously:
And so, at the same venue, on Sunday, 1 November 1885, exactly one year after the foundation of the G.A.A. in Thurles
, a meeting of the young men of the parish was held for the purpose of forming a branch of the G.A.A.
The following gentlemen were unanimously elected: Rev. J. Murphy, C.C., President; Mr. William Fogarty, Vice-President; Mr.John Molumby, Hon. Secretary; Committee: Messrs. Thomas O'Grady, John O'Brien, Patrick Molloy, James O'Grady (Graigue), Michael Shanahan, James Cahill and Daniel Wilson.
The following resolutions were passed with acclamation:
Mr John O'Brien proposed Mr Thomas O'Grady as captain of the club.
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 is located in the town of Littleton
Littleton, County Tipperary
Littleton is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 463 at the 2006 census...
, 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...
, Republic of 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,...
, but also takes in areas such as Two-Mile-Borris and Horse and Jockey
Horse and Jockey
Horse and Jockey is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on the R639 road, where it meets the N62 road to Thurles. It lies just off junction 6 of the M8 motorway, which by-passed the village in December 2008...
in Mid Tipperary
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
.
History
On Sunday, 25 October 1884, a meeting of the Moycarkey branch of the Irish National League was held in their committee rooms in Moycarkey, Rev. D. M. English was in the chair. Very Rev. John Bourke, who was the branch treasurer, and a full committee was present.The following resolution was passed unanimously:
That, in order to join with the majority of our countymen, in restoring of our own national pastimes, we call on the young men of this parish to form a branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association on Sunday, 1st of November at 3 o'clock p.m.
And so, at the same venue, on Sunday, 1 November 1885, exactly one year after the foundation of the G.A.A. in 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...
, a meeting of the young men of the parish was held for the purpose of forming a branch of the G.A.A.
The following gentlemen were unanimously elected: Rev. J. Murphy, C.C., President; Mr. William Fogarty, Vice-President; Mr.John Molumby, Hon. Secretary; Committee: Messrs. Thomas O'Grady, John O'Brien, Patrick Molloy, James O'Grady (Graigue), Michael Shanahan, James Cahill and Daniel Wilson.
The following resolutions were passed with acclamation:
That we tender our sincere gratitude to our patriotic Archbishop, the Most Rev. Dr. CrokeThomas CrokeThomas William Croke D.D. was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland...
, Charles Stewart Parnell M.P.Charles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
and Michael DavittMichael DavittMichael Davitt was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader, journalist, Home Rule constitutional politician and Member of Parliament , who founded the Irish National Land League.- Early years :Michael Davitt was born in Straide, County Mayo,...
in patronising the ancient and historic pastimes of our people, some of whose only enjoyment was an everlasting round of labour.
That we hail with delight the revival of our ancient games. Although we have suffered from emigration and oppression in this parish, yet Moycarkey can boast that they have never given up the ancient game of hurling.
Mr John O'Brien proposed Mr Thomas O'Grady as captain of the club.
Hurling
(Captain's names in Brackets)- 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- 1982 (Jack Bergin)
- Tipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipTipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...
: 14- 1889 (Tom O'Grady), 1899 (Tim Condon) (as Horse & Jockey), 1900 (Ned Hayes) (as Two-Mile Borris), 1901 (as Ballytarsna), 1903 (Ned Hayes), 1905 (Ned Hayes), 1926 (John Joe Hayes), 1932 (Phil Purcell), 1933 (Phil Purcell), 1934 (Phil Purcell), 1937 (Paddy Ryan "Sweeper"), 1940 (Tom Kennedy), 1982 (Jack Bergin), 1984 (Jack Bergin).
- Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1
- 1985 (John Hackett)
- Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship: 1
- 1954
- Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1
- 1999 (Micheal Hassett)
- Tipperary Minor "A" Hurling Championship: 4
- 1968, 1972 (Michael Clohessy), 1983 (Michael McKenna), 2003 (David Sheppard)
- Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship:1
- 2007 (James Doran)
- Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 19
- 1910 (Ned Hayes) (as Two-Mile-Borris), 1920 (as Moycarkey-Thurles), 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 (John Joe Hayes), 1930, 1931, 1932 (Phil Purcell), 1933 (Phil Purcell), 1934 (Phil Purcell), 1937 (Paddy Ryan "Sweeper"), 1940 (Tom Kennedy), 1943 (Johnny Ryan), 1965, 1967, 1971 (Mick Lonergan), 1981 (Jack Bergin), 1982 (Jack Bergin)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 3
- 1985 (John Hackett), 2005 (Pat Carey), 2007 (Robert Doran)
- Mid Tipperary No.1 Junior Hurling Championship: 9
- 1909 (Jim Skehan) (as Horse & Jockey/Two-Mile-Borris), 1912 (as Horse & Jockey), 1918 (as Moycarkey ), 1943, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1960
- Mid Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship: 3
- 1982, 1990 (Martin Cooney), 2009 (Ger Dempsey)
- Mid Tipperary No.2 Junior Hurling Championship: 9
- 1936 (as Two-Mile-Borris),1939 (as Graigue), 1940, 1941 (as Littleton), 1942 (as Horse & Jockey), 1951 (as Moycarkey), 1957 (John Ryan),1978, 1982
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship: 1
- 1987
- Mid Tipperary Under 21 Hurling Championship: 5
- 1962, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985
- Mid Tipperary Under 21 B Hurling Championship: 1
- 1999 (Micheal Hassett)
- Mid Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship: 10
- 1968, 1969, 1972 (Michael Clohessy), 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983 (Michael McKenna), 1986 (Andrew Bourke), 2003 (David Sheppard), 2005 (Brian Moran)
- Mid Tipperary Minor "B" Hurling Championship: 2
- 1998, 2007 (James Doran)