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| An Drom agus An Inse | |||
| Founded: | 1887 | ||
| County: | Tipperary | ||
| Club colours: | Green and White | ||
| Grounds: | The Ragg | ||
| Coordinates: | 52°43′02.10″N 7°54′43.23″W / 52.71725°N 7.9120083°WCoordinates: 52°43′02.10″N 7°54′43.23″W / 52.71725°N 7.9120083°W | ||
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Drom-Inch GAA Gaelic Athletic Association club is affiliated to the areas of Drom, Inch and Barnane (near Devil's Bit). The main club grounds is located in The Ragg also known as Bouladuff, three miles outside Thurles in mid County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on the main Thurles to Nenagh road. The clubs second pitch is located in Drom Village on the road from Borrisoleigh to Templemore.
Drom & Inch Gaa club finds its origins back as far as 1887, when hurling was played by the separate teams of Drom, and Inch. The club is located in the heartland of hurling in Co. Tipperary Recent history shows an emerging club that has established itself as one of the top clubs in Tipperary, both in terms of facilities and competitive teams. Drom & Inch have enjoyed success over the past 5 years at every level on the pitch and a landmark achievement in 2008 when 4 of Tipperary's 15 players, that won the National Hurling League and Munster Championship, came from the parish they 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 every age from U-12 to Intermediate level. The facilities in The Ragg grounds are one of the best in the county. It has 4 large dressing rooms, a kitchen, male & female toilets, meeting room, hydrotherapy tank, scoreboard, dugouts, sandbank, ball-wall and roofed stand.
125 years ago this year the ball was set rolling for the GAA following a meeting in Hayes’s Hotel Thurles on 1st November 1884. Through the following years clubs around the country began to affiliate to the organisation. By 1887 Drom & Inch were affiliated. Two men who were credited with a great amount of work done in the club at that time were John Laffan of Drom and John Brolan of Inch.
Success in the early years was limited to a few Mid Junior titles.
In 1937 however the club claimed its first ever county title by
winning the Co. Junior Hurling Final. In a game that was not played
until 30th October 1938, they defeated Killenaule on a scorline of 6-2 to 5-0. At
this time there was no intermediate grade so Junior Hurling was
second to senior at this time.
Through the early years of GAA in Drom and Inch, at times each side
of the parish fielded separate teams. However since the early
1960’s Drom & Inch have compteted as one and it was from that
time that success started to come on a more regular basis.
Mid U13, Minor, U-21, Junior and Intermediate hurling championships
were brought to the parish in the 1960s and in 1970 a county
Intermediate title was the clubs greatest success to that time.
Eamonn Butler captined that team and in 1971 Eamonn captioned
Tipperary to an All Ireland Intermediate title. This set the team
up well for senior status. Following some good showings in senior
hurling, including reaching the County Semi Final in 1973, things
came together in 1974 and Drom & Inch, captained by John Dwyer,
won their first Mid Senior Hurling Championship beating Thurles Sarsfields in the Mid Final. 1975
saw the first success in football with a Mid & County Junior
Championship. Ten years after the first senior Mid title Drom-Inch,
captained by Martin Fahy, repeated the success in 1984, by
defeating Moycarkey in a replay on a score line of 1-9 to 1-8. This
win along with Mid Junior football and County Minor B hurling
titles earned the club the Mid Club of the Year award.
Success eluded the club in 1985 but a Mid U14 Hurling title in 1986
started an unprecedented run of 23 consecutive years up to the
present time of winning a title at some grade from U12 up to Senior
for Drom-Inch. In the late 1980’s plans were put in place for a new
hurling field to be developed in Inch and on 13th May 1990 the new
grounds were officially opened.
Success continued into the 1990’s with a number of Mid Junior and Intermediate titles won. However it was at underage level that the club was really shining and much juvenile success through the 90’s worked its way through to 2 County U21 titles in 2000 and 2001. While success at senior level was not instant it did come. In 2005 Drom & Inch reached the county senior hurling final for the first time. Although unsuccessful against Thurles Sarsfields in Semple Stadium that day, the following year Paul Ryan lifted the cup for a Mid Senior title and Éamonn Buckley did likewise in 2008. In Junior hurling, a County Junior A title in 2005 and 3 Mid Junior B titles from 2003 to 2005 promoted the teams to Intermediate and Junior A level. For a club that draws on a relatively small population to be competing at the three top levels of Tipperary hurling is a remarkable achievement but is a great reflection of the work and dedication of the people of the Drom, Inch and Barnane to bring the club, its facilities and standards to where they are today. The dedication of Drom and Inch people has not been confined to work in their own club. The aforementioned John Laffan was said to have been in Hayes’s Hotel at its foundation and later sent hurleys to New York to encourage the creation of hurling teams there among the emigrants from the area. Pat Ryan from Maherareagh was chairman of the London Co. Board for many years. In the current time Mattie Ryan of Drom is in his first year of Mid Board Chairman and Paudie Butler of Inch is the first ever National Director of Hurling in the Gaelic Athletic Association.
In the early days of the Association, Drom and Inch fielded separate teams. Inch hurlers would train and play in Ryan’s field adjacent to the present-day community centre. In 1934 a field at Maheragh was acquired from the Land Commission. This was part of a nationwide drive by the GAA at that time to provide ‘a field in every parish’. The Gaels of Drom and Barnane trained at two locations; one near Sheppard’s Cross in Barnane and the other a short distance east of Drom village. By the time the current pitch in Drom was obtained in the mid-1960s, the two sides of the parish were united on the playing fields.
As efforts continued to grow and develop the club in the 1980s, the
need for new facilities was recognised. Following much debate, a
club meeting in November 1986 voted to purchase seven acres from
John Egan of Inch House. Extensive work
was required to develop the site, and a massive fundraising drive
by an army of club members raised the necessary finance. Dressing
rooms, sideline seating and a stand were constructed. By the time
of the official opening in May 1990, the club had a modern ground
of which it could be proud. The old pitch was purchased by the
County Camogie Board and it
too has been extensively redeveloped in recent years.
In the mid 1990s improvements were made to Drom field, including
levelling of the pitch and erection of nets behind the goals. It is
now used mainly for juvenile training and games. Developments at
the Ragg continued apace into the new millennium. The dressing
rooms were extended to provide space for meetings, a kitchen and
toilets. Our newest facility is the floodlit hurling wall which has
already proved popular with many visiting club and inter-county
teams
Juvenile GAA Club:
When the Drom-Inch club was founded, the juveniles in the parish were under the control of the senior club, but as the underage population started to grow, and with increasing demands placed on the senior club, it was decided to establish a separate juvenile club. Previous to this the juveniles did participate in competitions, but some amalgamations were common and the three in a row minor teams of ‘61, ’62, ’63 are testament to this when Drom/Inch combined with Templemore and Clonakenny under the name of Na Fianna.
The first ever AGM of Drom & Inch Juvenile GAA club was held in Drom Community Centre on the 25th February 1982 under the chairmanship of Larry Looby, a position he was to hold for an incredible 12 years. Along with Larry, the first committee consisted of the following: Secretary: Joan Hassett; Joint Treasurers: Fr Tom Breen and Joan Hassett; Delegates to Mid Board: Martin Dwan, Michael Carey and Martin Kennedy.
The Juvenile club developed a plan in the early stages to establish quality training for children in the parish at all age groups and the enthusiastic new club began their work. The first success of the juvenile club would be an U12 mid title coming to the club in 1987, quickly followed by another in 1990. By 1992, Drom-Inch had captured its first ever U12A county championship, which was a remarkable achievement and a just reward for the many years of endeavour, which was highlighted by the club winning the Mid Bord na nÓg club of the year award. This was followed by an U14 county title in 1995.
In that year Drom-Inch also qualified for the Division 1 final at Feile na nGael. After an epic match against Sixmilebridge, with extra time having failed to separate the teams, it was decided that both clubs should share the Christy Ring Cup. The first county championship at U16 level in 1997 showed that there was a solid base of young hurlers in the club. Again the achievements on the field of play resulted in Drom-Inch winning the Mid club of the year award back to back in ’96 and ’97.
Three mid minor A championships in a row ’96, ’97, ’98 (adding the county title in ’98) remains one of the greatest triumphs in the juvenile club’s history. The juveniles were now competing with and winning against the larger and more traditional clubs in Tipperary. Another U12A championship success was achieved in 1999/2000 whilst the players who achieved success in the early ‘90s were now delivering county titles at U21 level. The mixture of these two teams provides many of the players on the present successful senior team.
The only county football title was achieved in 2002 when the U16s managed to bring back the title and then two years later, this talented group pulled off a unique distinction of winning the Mid A Minor Hurling/Football double.
Standards in the juvenile club have never slipped, nor has the passion of its committee or members waned throughout the years. During the period of the Celtic Tiger, when other organisations were finding it hard to get volunteers, the juvenile club went from strength to strength. The summer camp in 2008 saw its largest ever turnout when 96 boys and girls form the ages of 8 to 14 turned up. The juvenile club certainly has captured the hearts and minds of the younger children in the community. The past year has seen the 12s, 16s and 18s all win mid titles, and the future of the senior club looks good thanks to the hard work of the juvenile club.
Juvenile Club Officers 2009:
President: Tom Everard.
Vice President: Sean Shanahan, Larry Looby, Pakie Boyle.
Chairman: Teddy Kennedy.
Vice Chairpersons: Ena de Burca, Eamon Long, Willie Clohessy.
Secretary: Sally Young.
Assistant Secretary: Ambrose Purcell.
Treasurer: Sinead Nolan.
PRO: Seamus Walsh.
Mid Board Delegates: John Hassett, Sally Young, Teddy Kennedy, Willie Clohessy, Eamon Long.
School liaison Officers:
Drom: Ann Campion, Ambrose Purcell
Inch: Teddy Kennedy, Willie Clohessy
Barnane: Marie Collins, Anna O’Meara, Sinead Nolan.
Roll of Honour:
U18 Hurling:
Mid (12): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1984 (B), 1995(B), 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 (B), 2003 (B), 2004, 2008(B.
County (5): 1940, 1984(B), 1995 (B), 1998, 2003 (B),
U16 Hurling:
Mid (4): 1988(B), 1996, 1997, 2008(B)
County (1): 1997,
U14 Hurling:
Mid (5): 1984(B), 1992, 1994, 1995, 2009(B)
County (1): 1995
U12 Hurling:
Mid (9):1987(B), 1990(B), 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008 (B), 2009.
County (2): 1992, 1999
Football:
U12 Football:
Mid (6): 1990 (B), 1991 (B), 1992, 1998 (C), 1999 (C), 2009 (B)
County (1): 2009
U16 Football:
Mid (3): 1995(B), 2002(B), 2004(B)
County (1): 2002 (B)
U14 Football:
Mid (1): 1998 (C)
County (0):
U18 Football:
Mid (2): 2004, 2009 (B)
On Sunday 3rd of September 2006 Johnny Ryan and Séamus Callinan were added to the growing list of All-Ireland medal winners in the Drom and Inch GAA club. Both players played major rolls 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 quickly followed up with a All-Ireland U21 medal in 1979, while Pat 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. Tom was grand uncle of the present Butler generation. 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 fist Tipperary team to tour America. Another great Drom-Inch man was Mick Kennedy who starred on the Limerick team of the thirties. 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.
Drom & Inch GAA Club Roll of Honour
2009
Mid Senior Hurling Championship
Co. Intermediate Hurling League
U12 A Hurling Mid final
U12 B Football Mid & County Championship
U14 B Hurling Mid Final
Minor B Football Mid Final
2008
Mid Senior Hurling Championship
Mid Minor "B" Hurling Championship
Mid U-16 "B" Hurling Chamionship
2007
Mid Junior Division 2 Hurling League
Mid U-21 A Hurling Championship
2006
Mid Senior Hurling Championship
2005
Mid Junior Division 1 League hurling
Mid Junior A Hurling Championship
Mid Junior B Hurling Championship
Co Junior A Hurling Championship
Mid U-21 A Hurling Championship
2004
Cahill Cup
Co Senior Div 3 League
Mid Junior A Hurling Championship
Mid Junior B Hurling Championship
Mid Junior Division 1 League hurling
Mid Junior Division 2 League hurling
Mid Junior A Football Championship
Mid Minor A Hurling Championship
Mid Minor A Football Championship
2003
Junior "B" Mid Hurling Championship
Minor "B" Mid Hurling Championship
Minor "B" County Hurling Championship
2002
U-16 "B" Mid Football Championship
U-16 "B" County Football Championship
Minor "B" Mid Hurling Championship
AIB Tipperary GAA Club of the Year
2001
Mid U-21 "A" Hurling Championship
County U-21 "A" Hurling Championship
AIB Tipperary GAA Club of the Year
2000
Mid U-21 "A" Hurling Championship
County U-21 "A" Hurling Championship
1999
Mid Junior "A" Hurling League
Mid U-21 "A" Hurling Championship
Mid U-12 A Hurling Championship
Co U-12 A Hurling Championship
1998
Mid Minor "A" Hurling Championship
County Minor "A" Hurling Championship
Mid U-12 C Football.
Mid u-14 c Football.
1997
Mid U-16 "A" Hurling Championship
County U-16 "A" Hurling Championship
Mid Minor "A" Hurling Championship
Junior B Mid Hurling
Mid Junior A Hurling League
Mid U-12 A Hurling Championship
1996
Mid Minor "A" Hurling Championship
U-16 A Hurling Mid Final
U-21 B Hurling Mid Final
1995
Mid U-14 Urban-Rural "A" Hurling Championship
County U-14 Urban-Rural "A" Hurling Championship
Mid U-14 Feile "A" Hurling Championship
County U-14 Feile "A" Hurling Championship
All-Ireland U-14 Feile "A" Hurling Championship
Mid Minor "B" Hurling Championship
County Minor "B" Hurling Championship
Mid U-12 A Hurling Championship
Mid Intermediate Hurling Championship
U-16 B Mid Fottball Chamonship
Mid Junior B Hurling League
County Intermediate Hurling League
1994
Co Community Games U-13½
All Ireland Community Games U-13½
Mid U-14 A Hurling
Mid Feile U-14
County Feile U-14
Mid Intermediate Hurling Championship
1993
Mid Junior Hurling Championship
1992
U-14 Mid Rural Hurling Final
Mid U-12 A Hurling Championship
Co. U12 A Hurling
Mid Junior Hurling Championship
1991
Mid U-21 B Hurling.
Mid U-12 B Football,
1990
U-12 Mid "B" Hurling Championship
U-12 Mid "B" Football Championship
Minor B Mid Hurling
1989
Mid Junior B Hurling.
1988
Mid U-16 B Hurling
1987
Mid U-12 B Hurling
1986
Mid U-14 Urban Rural B Hurling
1984
Mid Senior Hurling Championship
Mid Junior Football Championship
Mid Minor B Hurling Championship
County Minor B Hurling Championship
Mid Club of the Year
1975
Mid Junior Football Championship
County Junior Football Championship
1974
Mid Senior Hurling Championship
1970
Mid Intermediate Hurling Championship
County Hurling Championship
1966
Mid U-21 Hurling Championship
1964
Mid U-21 Hurling Championship
Mid Junior Champions
1963
Mid Intermeiate Hurling Championship
Na Fianna – Minor (Templemore, Clonakenny, Drom& Inch
1962
Na Fianna – Minor (Templemore, Clonakenny, Drom& Inch
1961
Na Fianna – Minor (Templemore, Clonakenny, Drom& Inch)
1954
Mid Junior Champions
1951
Mid Intermeiate Hurling Championship
1944
Mid Intermeiate Hurling Championship
1940
County Minor With Borris
1938
Mid Junior Champions
1937
Mid Junior Hurling Championship
County Junior Hurling Championship
1931
Mid Junior Hurling Championship (Inch)
1913
Clodia Rangers
1. Damien Young 2. Michael Costello 3. Eddie Costello 4. Martin Butler 5. Donncha Kennedy 6. Éamonn Buckley 7. Micheal Butler 8. James Woodlock (Capt) 9. Johnny Ryan 10. James Ryan 11. Séamus Callinan 12. John Kennedy 13. Séamus Butler 14. Michael Long 15. David Collins 17. Eric Woodlock 18. David Butler 19. Matthew Ryan 20. Kevin Butler 22. Paul Ryan 23. Declan Ryan
Management:
Coach. Damien Coleman.
Manager: Pat Looby.
Selectors: Seamus Fahey, Eamon Long, Liam McLoughlin
1. Ciaran Hassett 2. Matty McGrath 3. Liam Kennedy 4. Tom Cantwell 5. Willie Ryan 6. John Lillis 7. Paul Stapleton 8. Paul Collins 9. Shane Delaney 10. Enda Walsh 11. Joe Lupton 12. Jerome Ryan 13. Pat Lupton 14. Frank McGrath 15. Liam Ryan 16. Liam Brett 17. Michael Cantwell 18. Brian Costello 19. Padraig Butler 20. Joe Egan 21. Michael Everard
Management: John Egan, Lorcan Looby, John Gleeson
1. Padraig Ryan 2. Trevor Hassett 3. Eamon Kiely 4. Mervyn Hicks 5. Cathal Flynn 6. Philip Looby 7. Eamon Ryan 8. Michael Sheridan 9. Johnny O'Connor 10. Martin McGrath 11. Seamus Cahil 12. John McGrath 13. Conor Ryan (capt) 14. Keih Nolan 15. Paul Connors 16. Johnny Kennedy 17. Shane Kennedy 18. Robert Hicks 19. Seamus Walsh 20. Michael 'Bosco' Kennedy 21. Micheal Kiely 22. Micheal Cahil 23. Michael Cahil 24. Johnny Barry 25. Mike Brett 26. Seamus Ryan 27. Jimmy D'Arcy 28. Locan Looby 29. Macdara Butler 30. Andy Burke 31. Darren Kennedy 32. Matthew Buckley 33. Eoin Shelly 34. Thomas Ryan
Management: Brian Boyle, Seamus Kennedy, Tommy
Kennedy
1. Shane Hassett 2. Seamus Ryan 3. Michael Purcell 4. Brian Everard 5. Jamie Maloney 6. Philip Looby 7. Tomas Ryan 8. Pat Lupton 9. Padriag Stapleton 10. Oisin Jordan 11. David Collins 12. Liam Harty 13. Eddie Long 14. Michael Everard (capt) 15. Eamon Butler 16. Thomas Ryan 17. Ciaran Ryan 18. Martin Dooley 19. Ian Shelly 20. James Butler 21. Tommy O'Halloran
Management: Kevin Burke, Paul Collins, Kevin Butler, Johnny O'Connor
Padraig Stapleton Oisin Jordan Jamie Maloney Shane Hassett Tommy O'Halloran Brian Everard Michael Purcell Martin Dooley James Butler Ciaran Ryan Tomas Ryan Damien Larkin Michael Campion Robert Ryan Joey Maher Richard Kennedy Brian Hennessey Rory O'Dwyer Robert Long Paul Kennedy Rory Kinnane Brendan Larkin
Management: Paul Collins, Matthew Ryan, Seamus
Walsh, John McGrath, Joe Egan
1. Rory Dwyer 2. Colm Kinnane 3. Brian henessey 4. Tomas O'Meara 5. Emmett Maloney 6. Michael Campion 7. Richard Kennedy 8. Brendan Larkin 9. Thomas Nolan 10. Rurai Kinnane 11. Joey Maher 12. Kevin Aherane 13. Paul Kennedy 14 Robert Ryan 15. Michael Connors 16. Robert Long 17. Kevin Hassett 18. Paul Bergin 19. Paul Carey 20. Pauric Campion 21. Paul Henessey
Management: Liam Kennedy, Seamus Butler, Paul Stapleton, Aidan Ahearne
Gary Carey; Ciaran Thorpe, Emmett Moloney, Paul Bergin; Conor O Meara, Colm Kinane, Miriam Campion; Kevin Hassett, Pauric Campion; Jamie Bergin, Michael Connors, Paul Hennessy; Andy Purcell, Thamas Nolan, Stevie Nolan. Robert Kennedy, Glynn Stewart, Mark o Brien, Eoin Collins, Michael Clohessy, Aidan O’Meara, Ben Ahearn, Shane Ryan.
Management: Damien Young, Kevin Nolan, Christy Nolan, Ambrose Purcell, Aidan Aherane
Senior Hurling
2009 James Woodlock
2008 Eamonn Buckley
2007 Séamus Butler
2006 Paul Ryan
2005 Damien Young
2004 Noel Kenehan
2003 Michael Cantwell
2002 Matty Ryan (R.I.P)
1984 Martin Fahey
1974 John O’Dwyer
Intermediate Hurling
2009 Paddy Kennedy
2008 Frank McGrath
2007 Brian Costello
2006 Liam Kennedy
Junior A Hurling:
2009 Conor Ryan
2008 Johnny O’Connor
2007 Eamonn Kiely
2006 Ollie Dwan
2005 Nicky Ryan
2004 Thomas Cantwell
2003 Liam MacLoughlin
Junior B Hurling:
2005 Kevin Nolan
2004 Pat Looby
2003 Seán Hayes
U21 Hurling:
2009 Johnny Ryan
2008 Edward Costello
2007 James Woodlock
2006 Jerome Ryan
2005 Paul Collins
2001 Padráig Butler
2000 Paul Ryan
1999 Séamus Cahill
1996 PJ Brett
Minor Hurling:
2009 Michael Everard
2008 Shane Delaney
2007 Joe Lupton
2006 Enda Walsh
2005 Matthew McGrath
2004 Micháel Butler
2003 Matthew Ryan
2002 Trevor Hassett
1998 Paul Stapleton/Matty Ryan
1996 Liam Hoare
1995 Frank McGrath
1984 Sean Hayes
U16 Hurling:
2009 Michael Purcell
2008 Philip Looby
2007 David Collins
2004 Johnny Ryan
U14 Hurling:
2009 Joey Maher
1995 Brian Costello
1994 Shane Kennedy/Paul Stapleton
U12 Hurling:
2009 Emmett Maloney
2008 Kevin Ahearne
2007 Michael Campion
2000 Johnny Ryan
1999 Edward Costello
1992 Séamus Butler
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