Loughmore–Castleiney GAA
gaelic games club in County Tipperary, Ireland
Loughmore–Castleiney GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club competes in the Mid-Tipperary division of Tipperary GAA, and draws its players and support from the parish of the same name. The area comprises the villages of Loughmore and Castleiney with their surrounding hinterland.
History
Loughmore–Castleiney has traditionally been a Gaelic football club but also has a hurling team, making it one of the very few dual clubs at senior level in County Tipperary.
Early years (1884-1940)
Although Loughmore–Castleiney GAA club didn't really become an entity until the 1940s, Gaelic games flourished in the parish since the founding of Cumann Luthchleas Gael (CLG) in 1884. Because of the parish's proximity to Thurles, where CLG was founded, clubs in Loughmore and Castleiney were among the first nine clubs formed in Mid Tipperary in 1885, one year after the association's founding. Teams from both Loughmore and Castleiney were among the seven Mid Tipperary teams involved in the first Tipperary Senior Football Championship in 1887. In the Senior football county final of 1895, Loughmore were defeated by Arravale Rovers.
There was no senior football team in the parish again until 1909 when Castleiney were one of three teams to contest the first Mid Football championship, which was won by Thurles. During the next decade teams from both Castleiney and Loughmore fielded in the Senior football championship every year.
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