Gaelic games club in County Tipperary, Ireland
Thurles Sarsfields is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of Thurles at Semple Stadium. The club was founded in 1881 and is the most honoured club in the history of the county championship with 36 County Titles.[1]
History
On 19 October 2009, Sarsfields captured their 30th Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, defeating neighbours Drom ’n Inch at Semple Stadium by 0-14 to 0-5.[2] They went on to play Newtownshandrum in the Munster hurling championship quarter-final on 1 November 2009, losing by 1-15 to 0-19 points.[3] On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore.[4] They subsequently contested the Munster Club hurling final only to lose out to De La Salle.
On 25 November 2012, Thurles won their first ever Munster GAA Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 1-21 to 1-16 victory over De La Salle in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.[5][6][7]
Hurling
Honours
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
- 2012 (Runners-Up 2010)[8]
- Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships: 36
- 1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014,[9] 2015,[10]2016[11] 2017[12]
- Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (46)
- 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1920 (as Moycarkey-Thurles), 1925, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3)
- Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (5)
- 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995
- Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (12)
- 1939, 1942, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2019
- All Ireland Junior B Championship (1)
- Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3)
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (4)
- Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championships: 8
- 1988, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championships: (23)
- 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
- Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: 11
- 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
- Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: (21)
- 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
Notable club players
This means players that have enjoyed much success with the club or have played for the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Player
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Era
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Club titles
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Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne
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1940s-1960s
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1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
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Lar Corbett
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1990s-2000s-2010s
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2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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Jimmy Doyle
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1950s-1970s
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1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974
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Tommy Doyle
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1930s-1950s
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1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952
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John Maher
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1920s-1940s
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1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946
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Ger 'Redser' O'Grady
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1990s-2000s-2010s
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2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
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Tony Wall
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1950s-1960s
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1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
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Pádraic Maher
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2000s-2010s
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2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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Ronan Maher
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2010s-
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2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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Honours
- Mid Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1)
- Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (7)
- 1990, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009
- Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2)
- Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (10)
- 1943, 1945, 1967, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2015, 2021, 2022
- Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1)
- Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (3)
- Mid Tipperary Under 19 B Football Championship (1)
- Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (2)
- Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (10)
- 1949, 1953, 1954, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2019
- Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1)
References
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