Clonmel Commercials GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association

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club located in the town of

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is part of the

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Division of Tipperary GAA. They have been Tipperary Senior Football champions on twenty occasions since their formation in 1934.

History

Affiliated to the GAA in 1934, the club's first taste of county success came in the form of a minor title in 1935. A County Junior title followed in 1940, before the first of the club's 15 Senior titles in 1944. Arguably the club's greatest achievement was winning three county titles in a row in 1965, 1966 and 1967. The captain on all three teams was Brian O'Callaghan. The club's two county titles of the nineties came in 1990 and 1994. On both these occasions Commercials were beaten in the Munster Senior Club Final. 1994 was the club's fourth appearance in the provincial final where they were beaten by

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. In 1990 they came closest to winning the title only to lose out after a replay and extra time to

Dr. Crokes Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper. Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship i ...

. In 2002, Commercials won their first County title of the new Millennium by defeating Aherlow in

Semple Stadium The Semple Stadium is the home of hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. Located in Thurles, County Tipperary, it is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland (after Croke Park), with a capacity of 45,690. ...

and won their 15th overall in 2012 by defeating the 2011 champions, Thomas MacDonagh's, at

on 5 November by 1–9 to 0-5 Colman Kennedy scored the decisive 2nd half goal in a man-of-the-match performance, redolent of his displays as a minor for Tipperary at All-Ireland level. This victory amply avenged the defeat by the Northerners in the 2011 semi-final and ended a 10-year barren spell at senior level which was widely celebrated in the club. They went on to lose to Dr Crokes of Kerry by 1–14 to 0–6 in the Munster Club semi-final on 17 November 2012. On 15 November 2015, Commercials reached their first Munster Senior Club Championship final since 1994 after a 1–13 to 0–3 win against Milltown Malbay in the semi-final. On 29 November 2015, Commercials won their first Munster Senior Club title after defeating Nemo Rangers in the final in Mallow. Trailing by two points in the second minute of injury time, Michael Quinlivan scored with a low shot to the net to win the game by one point.

Honours

* Tipperary Senior Football Championship (20) ** 1944, 1948, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2012,

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* Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1) **

* South Tipperary Senior Football Championship (24) ** 1944, 1946, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2016 * Tipperary Minor Football Championship (20) ** 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * South Tipperary Minor Football Championship (32) ** 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 * Tipperary Junior Football Championship (2) ** 1940, 2007 * South Tipperary Junior Football Championship (7) ** 1937, 1940, 1978, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2007 * Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1) ** 2011 * South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (5) ** 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 * Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (10) ** 1969, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 * South Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (16) ** 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

Current Panel

* Donal Lynch – Captain *

Kevin Fahey Kevin Fahey is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team. At club level Fahey plays with Clonmel Commercials. On 22 November 2020, Fahey started at centre-back as Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior F ...

* Kevin Harney * Séamus Kennedy * Jack Kennedy *

Jason Lonergan Jason Lonergan (born 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a left corner-forward for the Tipperary senior team. Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Lonergan first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at CBS High Sch ...

* Michael Quinlivan –

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winner 2016 *

Ian Fahey Ian Fahey (born 29 June 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team. Life Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Fahey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first ...

* Alan Lonergan * Eoin Fitzgerald * Conall Kennedy

References

External links

Official Site

Tipperary GAA site
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary Clonmel