Drom & Inch GAA

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Drom & Inch
An Drom agus An Inse
Founded:1887
County: Tipperary
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:Bouladuff
Coordinates: 52°43′02.10″N7°54′43.23″W / 52.7172500°N 7.9120083°W / 52.7172500; -7.9120083
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Drom & Inch GAA 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 on the villages Drom, Inch and Barnane which lie near the Devil's Bit mountain range. The club's main grounds is located in Bouladuff, five miles outside Thurles. It is located on the main Thurles to Nenagh R498 road. The club's second pitch is located in Drom Village on the road from Borrisoleigh to Templemore. The club won its first ever Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship in 2011 after a 1–19 to 2–14 win against Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA. [1] [2]

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History

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Drom and Inch GAA Club Bouladuff

Drom & Inch GAA club finds its origins in 1887, when hurling was played by the separate teams of Drom, and Inch.[ citation needed ] The club is located in County Tipperary. In 2008, four members of the Tipperary team that won the National Hurling League and Munster Championship came from the parish.[ citation needed ] These were Séamus Butler, Séamus Callinan, Éamonn Buckley and James Woodlock. Drom & Inch has often had players on All Ireland winning Tipperary teams down throughout the years. Drom & Inch have won county titles in hurling at several grades, including at Senior level.[ citation needed ]

The club's facilities include 4 large dressing rooms, a kitchen, male & female toilets, meeting room, hydrotherapy tank, scoreboard, dugouts, sandbank, ball-wall and roofed stand.[ citation needed ]

In 2011, the club's hurling team was crowned Tipperary Senior Hurling Champions for the first time in their history. Adding to the senior win in 2011 was the U14 team which won county A titles in hurling and football, minor B hurlers winning county final and Junior B hurlers winning county final.[ citation needed ]

Notable players

Honours

Note, age grades changed from even numbers to odd numbers in 2021[ citation needed ]

Hurling

Senior Hurling

Intermediate Hurling

Junior A Hurling

Junior B Hurling

  • Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (2) : 2011, 2019
  • Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (6): 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011 2019

Football

Intermediate Football

Junior A Football

  • Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2): 1975, 2013
  • Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (6) : 1975, 1984, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2013

All-Ireland medal winners from the club

On 18 August 2019, Séamus Callanan captained Tipperary Senior hurlers to the All Ireland Championship. This was Seamus's third All Ireland medal and first as captain. The first captain from Drom & Inch. Callanan also received his fourth GAA/GPA All Star Award and Hurler of the Year. Jamie Moloney was a member of the Tipperary extended panel. The following week, Tipperary defeated Cork in the first All Ireland U-20 final. Eoin Collins was sub-goalie for Tipperary for the championship. On 26 August 2018, Tipperary U-21 hurlers defeated Cork 3–13 to 1–16 in the All-Ireland final in Limerick. Despite losing to Cork in the Munster final, Tipp came through the back door defeating Galway in the semi-final for another chance at playing Cork. Drom & Inch players Pauric Campion and Stevie Nolan were part of the first fifteen. Campion lined out at wing back and Nolan started at midfield scoring a goal in the second half.[ citation needed ]

Séamus Callanan won his second senior All-Ireland medal on 4 September 2016. He scored 13 points for Tipperary from full forward on the day and received the Man of the Match Award for his efforts. His displays in 2016 won him his third consecutive GAA/GPA All Star Award. Liam Ryan was also a member of the extended panel. On the same day, Stevie Nolan was a member of the Tipperary Minor hurling panel that also won the All-Ireland. The first time since 1949 that Tipperary won both in the same year. Brothers David (2012) and Micheal Butler (2013) won All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling medals when defeating Kilkenny on both occasions, David played corner forward in the 2012 final while Micheal played full back in the 2013 decider.

On 5 September 2010, Séamus Callanan and James Woodlock won all Ireland Senior medals with Tipperary when they defeated reigning champions Kilkenny on a scoreline of 4:17 to 1:18. Callanan came on in the 52nd minute scoring two points, while Woodlock was on the panel. On Sunday 3 September 2006 Johnny Ryan and Séamus Callanan played roles in bringing the All-Ireland minor title back to Tipperary for the first time since 1996; Paudie Butler was coach over the team at that time.

Dick Byron was the first All-Ireland minor medal winner in the parish in 1936, he was followed by Eamon Bourke in 1952 and Pat Looby won an All Ireland minor medal in 1976 which was followed up with an All-Ireland U21 medal in 1979, while Looby finished his All-Ireland collection with a masters All-Ireland in 2003. Tom Butler won All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal with Dublin Kickhams in 1889. He was grand uncle of the present Butler generation.[ who? ] Tom Barry of Dovea won two All-Ireland Senior Hurling medals with Dublin in 1924 and 1927. Phil Farrell of Drom was on the Dublin winning team of 1938.

Stephen Kenny, Dovea won senior Hurling medal with Tipperary in 1925 and was also on the first Tipperary team to tour America. Another former Drom & Inch man was Mick Kennedy who played on the Limerick team of the 1930s.[ citation needed ] Seamus Bannon won All-Ireland Senior Hurling medals with Tipperary in 1949, 1950 and 1951. Eamonn Butler captained the county Intermediate team that won the all-Ireland in 1971, also representing Drom that day were Seamus Butler, Oliver Quinn and Jim Carey. Johnny Harkins, Paudie Butler, Tommy Butler and John Hassett have all won Masters All-Irelands with Tipperary.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Drom beat finds right rhythm". Irish Independent. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Callanan leads Drom Inch revival". The Irish Times. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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