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| Dicsboro, Baile Dic | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded: | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
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| County: | Kilkenny | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The 'Boro | ||||||||||||||||
| Colours: | Maroon and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Palmerstown | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°39′24″N7°16′21″W / 52.656749°N 7.272553°W | ||||||||||||||||
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Dicksboro is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Kilkenny City, Ireland.
Dicksboro GAA club was founded in 1909. [1] The club takes its name from Dicksboro townland, located next to Kilkenny Airport. [1] The current ground is Palmerstown, to the west of the city, [2] to which the club moved in June 1990. [1]
Dicksboro entered and won the junior championship of 1910. [1] It entered the senior championship in 1911. [1]
Dicksboro had no team from 1961 to 1969, when the club was reformed. [1]
| Player | Era | County titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Leinster | County | ||
| Matty Power | 1920s–1930s | 1922, 1927*, 1932, 1933, 1935 | 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927*, 1928*, 1930*, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 | 1925*, 1926*, 1927*, 1928*, 1929*, 1931* |
| Paddy Grace | 1930s–1950s | 1939, 1947 | 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947 | 1940*, 1941*, 1942*, 1943* |
| Dan Kennedy | 1930s–1950s | 1947 | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 | 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 |
| Michael Walsh | 1980s–1990s | 1992, 1993 | 1991, 1992, 1993 | 1993 |
| Cillian Buckley | 2010s-2020s | 2012, 2014, 2015 | 2014, 2015, 2016 | 2017 |
*After moving to Dublin Matty Power played for the Dublin senior hurling team. He won his six county titles while playing with the Garda GAA club in Dublin. *Paddy Grace won four county titles in a row while playing with Carrickshock. | ||||
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