Upperchurch–Drombane GAA


Upperchurch–Drombane GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the areas of Upperchurch and Drombane, County Tipperary, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.

History

Located in the Upperchurch and Drombane area, about 8 miles outside Thurles, Upperchurch–Drombane GAA Club began as two separate clubs in 1886. The first 50 years of the Gaelic Athletic Association saw the existence of various teams in the parish, with both Drombane and Upperchurch playing separately and also being involved in different amalgamations at different times, calling themselves Clodiagh Rangers. Drombane beat Thurles to win the Tipperary SHC title in 1894.
By 1933, Upperchurch and Drombane had joined forces as a single club and won the first of six Mid Tipperary JAHC titles. The club claimed three Mid Tipperary IHC titles between 1991 and 1998, the last of which was subsequently converted into the club's first Tipperary IHC title and senior status for the first time ever.
Upperchurch–Drombane also won four Mid Tipperary JAFC titles during this period, before winning it's sole Tipperary JAFC title in 2002. Several Mid Tipperary IFC titles were later won, with Upperchurch–Drombane also winning their first Tipperary IFC title in 2015. A decade later in 2025, Upperchurch–Drombane secured senior hurling status once again, after beating Carrick Swans to claim the Tipperary PIHC title. The club later claimed the Munster Club IHC title, following a 3–20 to 0–15 win over O'Callaghan's Mills in the final. The club then won the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, defeating Tooreen 4–20 to 2–24 after extra time in the final at Croke Park on 10 January 2026.

Honours

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship : 2025–26Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2025Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship : 1894 'Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship 2025Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship : 2015Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 1998Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 2016Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship 2015Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship 2007, 2012Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 2007, 2013Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship 1977, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 1991, 1993, 1998Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship 1933, 1950, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1996Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship 2006, 2008Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 1994, 2016Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship: 2022Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship 1989, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship 1989, 1992, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship 2008Mid Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship 2006Mid Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship''' 1996

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