Emeralds GAA is a junior

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 located in

Urlingford Urlingford () is a town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is also a civil parish within the barony of Galmoy. The town is in the north west of the county, along the boundary with County Tipperary, 16 km north-east of Thurles. Access The tow ...

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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. The club was founded in 1972 and almost exclusively fields teams in

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 ...

. They spent 14 seasons in intermediate grade in Kilkenny before being relegated in 2015 back to the junior grade.

History

In the early years of the 20th, century hurling was very strong in the parish of Urlingford with three teams competing. – Graine,

and Clomanto. Despite large competition, it was clear that a unified parish hurling team would provide a stronger and more capable force to compete against the larger parishes of the county. The Emeralds club was formed in 1972 when both Clomanto and Urlingford united under the new name of Emeralds.

Honours

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny PJHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny Count ...

(3): 2001, 1905 (as Owen Ruas), 1947 (as Johnstown-Urlingford) (Runners-Up 1972, 1981, 1984, 1999) *

Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling comp ...

(0): (Runners-Up 2001) *

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

(0): (Runners-Up 1889 (as Graine), 1924 (as Clomanto), 1930 and 1931)(as Urlingford) *

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny ...

(1): 1929 (as Urlingford) (Runners-Up 2013) * All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship(0): (Runners-up 2008) * Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2008 * Kilkenny Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2014 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2000 * Féile na nGael Division 3 (1): 2018

Notable players

* Derek Lyng- winner of 2 All-Stars in 2002 and 2003 and played with

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

winning Railway Cups * Aidan "Taggy" Fogarty- 2006 All-Ireland senior hurling final "Man of the Match" and won Railway cups with Leinster * David "Stoney" Burke- played with

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

and

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 ...

senior hurling teams * Conor Martin *

Killian Doyle Killian Doyle (born 18 April 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a centre-forward with the Westmeath senior team. Born in Raharney, County Westmeath, Doyle developed as a hurler during his secondary schooling at St. Joseph's Secondary School ...

- joint-captain of St.Kieran's who won the 2023 Croke Cup in

Croke Park Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic At ...

Pat Glendon Patrick Glendon (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1967) was an Irish hurler. Usually lining out as at corner-back, he was a member of the Kilkenny team that won the 1922 All-Ireland Championship. Glendon had a lengthy career with Clomanto, howeve ...

* Dick Tobin * Jimmy Tobin

References

Emeralds GAA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emeralds Gaa Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny 1972 establishments in Ireland