Ahane GAA Club is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club in Lisnagry,

County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...

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. The club is affiliated to the Limerick County Board and fields teams in both

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

and

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

History

Located in the Ahane,

Castleconnell Castleconnell (, historically ''Caisleán Uí Chonaing'') is a village in County Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon. It is from Limerick city and near the boundaries of County Clare and County Tipperary. History The ruins of the Cas ...

and Montpelier areas of East Limerick, Ahane GAA Club was founded on 22 November 1926. The new club played its first ever match three weeks later, but lost out to Newport. The Ahane GAA Club committee affiliated both junior and senior teams for the respective championships in 1927. The Ahane club was in its infancy when it made the breakthrough by winning the Limerick SHC title after a defeat of Croom in 1931. This victory ushered in an unprecedented 25-year period of success. Ahane won seven successive Limerick SHC titles between 1933 and 1939. Defeat by Croom in successive finals was followed by Ahane claiming another seven successive titles between 1942 and 1948. The club also won five successive Limerick SFC titles between 1935 and 1939. Ahane won their 16th Limerick SHC title in 1955, a victory which put them at the top of the all-tiem roll of honour. After dominating the championship since their foundation, Ahane failed to win another title until 1998. The club retained the title in 1999, before winning a record-setting 19th Limerick SHC in 2004.

Honours

Limerick Senior Hurling Championship The Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Hospital County Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Limerick County Board ...

(19): 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1998, 1999, 2004 *

Limerick Senior Football Championship The Limerick Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Limerick GAA clubs. The champions qualify to represent Limerick in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progre ...

(5): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 *

Limerick Junior Hurling Championship The Limerick Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Woodlands House Hotel County Junior A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick JAHC) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by ...

(2): 1928, 1930 * Limerick Minor Hurling Championship (4): 1930, 1940, 1991, 2014 *

Munster Senior Club Camogie Championship The Munster Senior Club Camogie Championship is an annual camogie competition organised by the Munster Council of the Camogie Association and contested by the champion senior clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland Ireland (, ; ; U ...

(4): 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976 *

Limerick Senior Camogie Championship The Limerick Camogie Championship is the senior Camogie competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Limerick GAA. Granagh-Ballingarry are the competitions most successful club, having won 24 titles. Newcastle West Newcastle West ( ...

(10): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2018, 2022

Notable players

Mick Mackey Michael John Mackey (12 July 1912 – 13 September 1982) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Limerick county team. Born in Castleconnell, County Limerick, Mackey first arrived on the inter-county scene a ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

) * Dan Morrissey: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

) * Tom Morrissey: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

) *

Ollie Moran Oliver Moran (born 7 November 1975 in Castleconnell, County Limerick) is an Irish people, Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ahane GAA, Ahane and was a member of the Limerick GAA, Limerick senior inter-county team from 1997 ...

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

-winner (

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

) *

Timmy Ryan Timothy Ryan (7 May 1909 – 28 January 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Limerick county team. Biographical overview Born in Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ryan first arrived on the inter-county ...

: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

)

References

External link

Ahane GAA site
{{Limerick GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Limerick Hurling clubs in County Limerick Gaelic football clubs in County Limerick