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Moneygall, Roscrea, County Tipperary

Moneygall GAA

Moneygall GAA Club is a small rural GAA club situated in the village of Moneygall on the Tipperary/Offaly border and was founded in 1885. The club plays in Tipperary as it's GAA pitch, St. Flannan's Park, is located in Co. Tipperary.

The club currently has teams at the following levels:

  • Little Allstars U5 to U7
  • U9
  • U11
  • U13
  • U15
  • U17
  • U21
  • Junior B
  • Intermediate

The club also has a very successful Camogie Club who have teams from juvenile to adult level.

In recent years, Moneygall GAA has made huge progress in the overall development of facilities in the club. This has included a new sand based pitch, perimeter fencing, a large car park extension and a walking track with plans for a Ball Wall and Astro in 2022.

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Money raised by Moneygall GAA fundraising initiatives will contribute towards preparation of our club teams as well as implemeting structures for future player development.

history

Little of note was achieved by the club in the early years but nevertheless, the spirit of the community was evident in the club and there was much activity in playing championship and challenge games. A significant  achievement at the time was the selection of James Nolan of Summerhill on the team to tour America in what became known as the ‘American Invasion’. Most clubs at the time were established by one individual or perhaps a small group of people. In our case, the main person involved in forming the club was Thomas Corcoran of Honeymount. He was an outstanding individual and was very active in Tipperary GAA affairs as well as being the founder of our club. His ability as an administrator was further recognised when he was appointed as the first Chairman of North Tipperary County Council.

 

Towards the end of the 19th Century, as in many parishes, the club went into decline which many would claim to be due to the ‘Parnellite Split’. A new curate in the parish, Fr Maguire, began to reorganise the club at the turn of the century and for a few years they competed in the Offaly championship, contesting the Junior Final in 1906, which they lost to Coolderry. On returning to Tipperary, a number of players became involved with Toomevara and were successful in winning titles. Two of those were ‘Darby’ Collison and Paddy Kennedy, and these players were honoured at a presentation ceremony held in Toomevara in December 2010 to commemorate Toomevara’s early county final successes.

 

From 1913 to 1918 Moneygall was a strong hurling force in Tipperary and qualified for three North Tipp Finals in a row, 1915, '16 and '17. In 1915 they beat Toomevara in the semi final only to lose narrowly to Nenagh in the final. The following year they lost to the combined forces of Nenagh and Toomevara in the final while the 1917 final (our team was known as Derrycallaghan) did not take place due to a dispute between our club and the North Board.

 

From 1918 to 1931 many of our players played senior hurling with Toomevara winning numerous North titles as well as a number of County titles. Among those players were Jack and Paddy Kennedy, Tom Gleeson, ‘Major’ Collison, Darby Collison,  Malachy Collison, Tom Byrnes, Paddy Guilfoyle, Tim Gleeson, Christy Quinlan, Hugh Semple, Billy O Meara, Ned Cawley, Stephen O Meara, Tom Collison. During those years, Moneygall contested the Junior championship and succeeded in winning the North Championhip in 1919 and 1929.

 

The introduction of the Parish Rule in the early 30’s caused the break-up of the Toomevara combination and Moneygall contested the Intermediate Championship. The most notable development in the 30’s was acquiring the land for St Flannan’s Park in 1935.  We succeeded in winning the North Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1943 and again in 1949 when we also went on to win the County Championship. In that period we also were successful in football winning the North Junior Championship in 1942 and 3 in a row successes in 1949, ’50 and ’51.

 

In the late 1950’s the playing field at St. Flannan’s Park was enclosed by building a concrete wall following much fund raising. The 50’s saw little success come to the club but the senior team kept going until eventually seeking regrading to Intermediate in 1961.

 

The North Intermediate Hurling title was won in 1962 and the club returned to Senior ranks. During the 60’s the club was very prominent in football winning the County Junior title in 1964 and the Under 21 title in 1965. We also contested the County Senior Football championship and reached the County Final in 1964 and 1965.

 

The dreams of many were realised in the 70’s with the senior team winning the North title in 1975 and the County title in 1975 and 1976. We also won the County Under 12 Hurling Championship in 1976. Building on these successes the GAA Centre was opened in 1977 and was one of the first of its kind in the county.

 

The club continued in senior grade until 1990 when we returned to the Intermediate grade. The County Intermediate title was won in 1991 and the following year we won the County Under 21 ‘A’ title. Since then we have contested the Senior Championship and contested a number of North finals without achieving success, but we were heartened by success in the County Senior Hurling League in 2002 and 2003.

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