Portroe GAA

Portroe

An Port Rua
Founded:	1884
County:	Tipperary
Nickname:	Port/The Quarrymen
Colours:	Green and Gold
Grounds:	Portroe
Coordinates:	52°53′10″N8°20′50″W / 52.88611°N 8.34722°W / 52.88611; -8.34722
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Portroe GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. ^[1] The club is centred on the village of Portroe which is eight miles outside Nenagh.

History

Portroe is in the centre of a traditional slate quarrying district of Northwest Tipperary.^{[ relevant? ]} A number of people from the area emigrated to the "slate belt" of Vermont in the 19th century.^{[ citation needed ]}

Portroe GAA club was formed in the 1880s. ^{[2] [3]} The club has won several Norther Tipperary divisional titles, ^[4] and won the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1990. ^[5]

Honours

• North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1) 2012 ^[4]
• North Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2022^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 1990 ^[5]
• North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (4) 1950, 1981, 1983, 1990 ^[5]
• North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling League (1) 1988^{[ citation needed ]}
• North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (4) 1915, 1916, 1968, 1973
• Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 1998
• North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (6) 1990, 1998, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2022
• North Tipperary Junior B Hurling League (2) 2012, 2018
• North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (9) 1937, 1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018
• North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (5) 1980, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2021
• North Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship (2) 2000, 2004
• North Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (5) 1989, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017
• North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (2) 2005, 2012
• Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2009
• North Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2003
• North Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) 1990

Notable players

• Kevin O'Halloran, inter-county footballer for Tipperary
• John Sheedy, former goalkeeper with the Tipperary senior team
• Liam Sheedy, former Tipperary manager who managed the senior team that won the 2010 All Ireland title ^[2]
• Darren Gleeson, All-Star goalkeeper 2014 ^[2]
• Robert Byrne, member of Tipperary All-Ireland championship winning team^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Tipperary GAA - Clubs - Portroe". tipperary.gaa.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Betwixt the Arras and Lough Derg: A History of Gaelic Games in Portroe 1884-2015". seamusjking.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
3. King, Seamus J. (2016). Betwixt the Arras and Lough Derg: a history of Gaelic games in Portroe, 1884-2015. Portroe G.A.A. Club. ISBN   9781526206107.
4. "Portroe's stunning 2012 success reveals everything that you need to know about Tipperary boss Liam Sheedy". tipperarylive.ie. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
5. "Portroe stand in Moneygall's way of back-to-back Intermediate titles". Nenagh Guardian. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024. Portroe are back in an intermediate final for the first time since 1990 when they defeated Newport in that year's final before adding a County title. On Sunday, they hope to win their fifth intermediate title having claimed victories in 1950, 1981, 1983, & 1990.