Clara GAA () is a

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club situated in the small

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of Clara in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

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. Focused mainly on

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

camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

, the dominant sports in the county, Clara's greatest achievements to date are victories in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship in 1986 2013, and in 2015 they secured their third title. Despite limited success at county level, Clara has produced several hurlers who have gone on play at inter-county level for

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

. Jim Langton was born in the area, a winner of

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medals in 1939 and 1947, and a place on the GAA Hurling Team of the Century chosen in 1984. Paddy Prendergast was also a fixture in Kilkenny's defence in the 1970s and 1980s, winning three All-Ireland medals and three

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Medals. Harry Ryan played in the Kilkenny forward line in the 1980s, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1983. Lester Ryan is another all-Ireland winner, nephew of his namesake Lester Ryan who played with Kilkenny in the 1980s. Lester Ryan captained Kilkenny to All-Ireland Success in 2015. Shane Prendergast (son of Paddy Prendergast) was the captain of the Kilkenny Senior Team in 2016. Clara is the only team in the county to have players chosen on both the hurling and camogie teams of the century: Jim Langton, and Liz Neary who won seven All-Ireland camogie titles with Kilkenny.

Honours

* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships (3): 1986, 2013, 2015 * Kilkenny Senior Hurling League (1): 2013 * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championships (1) 2013 * Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championships (1): 2012 * Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championships (4): 1981, 1998, 2007, 2012 * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championships (2): 1969, 1977 *Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championships (1): 2007 *Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championships (3) 1967, 1979, 1984 *Leinster div.4 club leagues (1): 2010 *Leinster div.1 club leagues (1): 2011

Notable players

* Jim Langton * Liz Neary * Paddy Prendergast * Harry Ryan * Lester Ryan * Lester Ryan, Jnr. * Shane Prendergast

References

External links

Official Clara GAA Club website
(archived 2008)
Information about Clara on the KilkennyCats website
(archived 2008)
Information about Clara on the KilkennyCats website
(archived 2008) {{Kilkenny GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny

Honours

Notable players

See also

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