Club Gaa: | An Tóchar |
Crest: | An Tóchar GAA crest.jpg |
Founded: | 1885 |
Province: | Leinster |
County: | Wicklow |
Colours: | Sky Blue and Navy |
Grounds: | Togher More, Roundwood |
Leftarm: | 000080 |
Body: | 000080 |
Rightarm: | 000080 |
Shorts: | 000080 |
Socks: | 000080 |
Pattern So: | _sky_blue_on_top |
Pattern B: | _lightbluehorizontal |
F3: | 2 |
L3: | 8 |
An Tóchar (in Irish pronounced as /ənˠ ˈt̪ˠoːxəɾˠ/) is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Roundwood, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.[1]
Tóchar GAA club was founded on 8 August 1885 by Laurence Murphy of Togher House. Their first game was in March 1886 against Ashford.[2] In 1886 they took part in a tournament at Avondale House, where six Wicklow teams played six Wexford teams; Tochar defeated Rosslare 0-4 to 0-0.
The club declined and was replaced by a new team named Roundwood, who won the Wicklow Senior Football Championship in 1933. Later a club called Ballinastoe was dominant in the area; the two teams merged to form Ballinastoe/Roundwood, reviving the ancient name An Tóchar in 1981.[3] In 1995, An Tóchar won the Wicklow Senior Football Championship and advanced to the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing to Éire Óg, Carlow after a replay.[4]
The ladies' team has won eight county titles, and twice reached the final of the Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship.