Emeralds GAA
Emeralds GAA is a junior Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1972 and almost exclusively fields teams in hurling.
They spent 14 seasons in intermediate grade in Kilkenny before being relegated in 2015 back to the junior grade.
History
In the early years of the 20th, century hurling was very strong in the parish of Urlingford with three teams competing. – Graine, Urlingford and Clomanto. Despite large competition, it was clear that a unified parish hurling team would provide a stronger and more capable force to compete against the larger parishes of the county.The Emeralds club was formed in 1972 when both Clomanto and Urlingford united under the new name of Emeralds.
Honours
Kilkenny [Junior Hurling Championship] : 2001, 1905, 1947 Leinster [Junior Club Hurling Championship] : Kilkenny [Senior Hurling Championship] :, 1924 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship : 1929 All-Ireland [Junior B Club Hurling Championship]: Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship : 2008Kilkenny Under-21 B Hurling Championship : 2014Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship : 2000Féile [na nGael|Féile na nGael Division 3] : 2018Notable players
- Derek Lyng- winner of 2 All-Stars in 2002 and 2003 and played with Leinster winning Railway Cups
- Aidan [Fogarty (Kilkenny hurler)|Aidan "Taggy" Fogarty]- 2006 [All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2006 All-Ireland senior hurling final] "Man of the Match" and won Railway cups with Leinster
- David "Stoney" Burke- played with Wexford and Kilkenny senior hurling teams
- Conor Martin
- Killian Doyle- joint-captain of St.Kieran's who won the 2023 Croke Cup in Croke Park
- Pat Glendon
- Dick Tobin
- Jimmy Tobin