Moneygall GAA
| Muine Gall | |||||||||
| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County: | Tipperary | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | St. Flannan's Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°52′58.97″N 7°56′48.68″W / 52.8830472°N 7.9468556°WCoordinates: 52°52′58.97″N 7°56′48.68″W / 52.8830472°N 7.9468556°W | ||||||||
| Playing kits | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Senior Club Championships | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Moneygall GAA is a GAA club located in County Tipperary in Ireland. Both hurling and gaelic football are played in the North Tipperary divisional championships, although the club is mainly noted for hurling. The club represents the parish of Dunkerrin, which includes the villages of Moneygall, Dunkerrin and Barna. The Tipperary-Offaly county boundary runs through the parish.
In 1885 a local team called The Honeymounts was formed (Honeymount is a townland in the parish) and their captain/manager was Thomas Corcoran. Their colours were black and amber. In 1889 they were challenged to a match by a nearby team from Ballingarry and Shinrone.
In the early 1900s the club became known as Moneygall. The club was combined with Toomevara for a decade or so from 1910 onwards. Several Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships were won at this time, but since the team's name was Toomevara, the "Greyhounds" received the laurels and entered the roll of honour under the Toomevara club name. In January 1917, Moneygall's Jer Collison became the first man from the North Tipperary division to win an All Ireland senior hurling medal with Tipperary, playing on the Tipperary team that beat Kilkenny in the delayed 1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.
In 1935 a hurling pitch, St. Flannan's Park, was developed adjacent to the village. A perimeter wall was built in 1959 enclosing the playing pitch. In 1977 a stand and clubhouse with dressing rooms, hall, office, shop and handball alley were built in the grounds. This building was extended in 2009 to include an extra dressing room and a meeting room. A second playing field was purchased adjacent to the existing grounds in recent years, and is currently under development.
...
Wikipedia