Thurles Sarsfields GAA explained

Club Gaa:	Thurles Sarsfields
Crest:	Thurles Sarsfields GAA 2.jpg
Irish:	Na Sáirséalaigh Dhurlais Éile
County:	Tipperary
Province:	Munster
Colours:	Blue and white
Nickname:	The Blues
Grounds:	The Outside Field
Founded:	1883
Coordinates:	52.6824°N -7.823°W
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All Ireland Junior B Hurling:	1

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)
  • 1989, 2014, 2016
• 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)
  • 2018
• Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3)
  • 2002, 2010, 2017
• Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (4)
  • 2002, 2009, 2010, 2017
• 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	Era	Club titles
Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne	1940s-1960s	1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lar Corbett	1990s-2000s-2010s	2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jimmy Doyle	1950s-1970s	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974
Tommy Doyle	1930s-1950s	1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952
John Maher	1920s-1940s	1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946
Ger 'Redser' O'Grady	1990s-2000s-2010s	2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Tony Wall	1950s-1960s	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Pádraic Maher	2000s-2010s	2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Ronan Maher	2010s-	2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Football

Honours

• Mid Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1)
  • 1952
• Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (7)
  • 1990, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009
• Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2)
  • 1989, 2022
• Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (10)
  • 1943, 1945, 1967, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2015, 2021, 2022
• Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1)
  • 1995
• Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (3)
  • 1991, 1993, 2007
• Mid Tipperary Under 19 B Football Championship (1)
  • 2022
• Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (2)
  • 2005, 2006
• Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (10)
  • 1949, 1953, 1954, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2019
• Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1)
  • 1991

External links

• Tipperary GAA site
• Official Thurles Sarsfields GAA Club website

Notes and References

1. Web site: McCormack's haul wrests crown back for battling Thurles. 23 October 2012. Irish Independent. 7 November 2012 .
2. Web site: Sarsfields in total control. 2009-10-17. Irish Times. 2009-11-02.
3. Web site: O'Connors a twin terror as Sarsfields despatched. 2009-11-01. Irish Times. 2009-11-02.
4. Web site: Thurles double up. 2010-10-31. Irish Times. 2010-11-01.
5. Web site: Thurles Sarsfields make Munster hurling history. 25 November 2011. Score. 25 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130725233637/http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/. 25 July 2013.
6. Web site: Big guns fire super Sarsfields to promised land after battle royal. 25 November 2011. Irish Examiner. 25 November 2012 .
7. Web site: Sars make history for home of hurling. 25 November 2011. Irish Independent. 26 November 2012 .
8. Web site: Thurles Sarsfields make Munster hurling history. 25 November 2011. Score. 25 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130725233637/http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/. 25 July 2013.
9. Web site: Maher shines as Thurles Sarsfields win . 2014-11-02. rte.ie. 2014-11-02.
10. Web site: Tigerish Thurles Sarsfields triumph in titanic battle. 27 October 2015 . . 26 October 2015.
11. Web site: Sarsfields honour 'The Rattler' in fitting style. 16 October 2016. Irish Independent. 17 October 2016.
12. Web site: Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row. 9 October 2017. Irish Examiner. 9 October 2017.