Thurles Sarsfields GAA


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 county, with 36 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship titles. Thurles Sarsfields are affiliated with the town's juvenile club Dúrlas Óg.

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. 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. On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore. They subsequently contested the Munster Club hurling final only to lose out to De [La Salle GAA|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.

Hurling

Honours

  • Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
  • * 2012
  • 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, 2015,2016 2017 Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
  • * 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1920, 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, 2017Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship
  • * 1989, 2014, 2016Tipperary [Junior A Hurling Championship]
  • * 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship
  • * 1939, 1942, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2019All Ireland Junior B Championship
  • * 2018Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship
  • * 2002, 2010, 2017Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship
  • * 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:
  • * 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:
  • * 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.
PlayerEraClub titles
Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne1940s-1960s1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lar Corbett1990s-2000s-2010s2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jimmy Doyle1950s-1970s1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974
Tommy Doyle1930s-1950s1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952
John Maher1920s-1940s1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946
Ger 'Redser' O'Grady1990s-2000s-2010s2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Tony Wall1950s-1960s1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Pádraic Maher2000s-2010s2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Ronan Maher2010s-2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Football

Honours

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