Lorrha–Dorrha GAA is a

Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary county teams. County Tippe ...

club which is located in

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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

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are played in the "North Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the

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Lorrha Lorrha (from ) is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Ledewich described village as 'Larah' which is the common name for the talk-motes, mote hills etc. P. Dixon Hardy M.R.I.A. describes it as 'L ...

Dorrha Dorrha () is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the extreme north of County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It i ...

". The club is most famous for Hurling Team of the Millennium goalkeeper Tony Reddin, who played with the club from 1947 to 1957. Ken Hogan, who is a former manager and goalkeeper of Tipperary GAA, also played with Lorrha as did the heroes of the 1971 All-Ireland Championship team, Liam King and Noel Lane. In more recent times,

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was the club's representative on the team which won All-Ireland honours in 1989 and 1991. Also notable is Patrick 'Bonner' Maher (2009–present) who is the only Lorrha player to win both All-Ireland and Munster Medals at Senior, Under-21 and Minor with Tipperary.

Honours

* Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners: 1 **

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Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1979 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland. Th ...

Winners: 1 **2007, 2022 * North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 8 **1905, 1914, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1966, 1984, 1989 * North Tipperary Senior Football Championship: 1 **1983 *North Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling championship **2023 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2 ** 1946, 2007, 2022 * North Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: 2 ** 1983, 1984 *

Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded alm ...

: 1 ** 1946 * North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship: 4 ** 1917, 1961, 1966, 1987 * Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship: 1 ** 2003 * North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship: 1 ** 2003 * Tipperary Junior A Football Championship: 1 ** 1971 * North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship: 3 ** 1966, 1968, 1975 * Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 1 ** 1966 (with Knockshegowna) * North Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2 ** 1965 (with Knockshegowna), 1966 (with Knockshegowna) * North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship: 2 ** 1983, 2017 * Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship 1 ** 2006 * North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship: 3 ** 1993, 2006, 2010 * Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship 1 ** 2000 * North Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship: 1 ** 2000 * North Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 1 ** 2007 * North Tipperary Minor C Football Championship: 1 ** 2003

Notable players

* Mick Cronin * Tom Duffy *

Christy Forde Christopher "Christy" Forde (21 December 1903 – 20 November 1959) was an Irish people, Irish hurling, hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin GAA, Dublin and Tipperary GAA, Tipperary senior teams. Forde made his first appearance for ...

* Brian Hogan * Ken Hogan * Liam King * Noel Lane * John McIntyre *

* Patrick "Bonner" Maher * Tony Reddin

References

External links

Official Lorrha–Dorrha GAA Club websiteTipperary GAA siteTipperary GAA Roll of Honour
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary Lorrha {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorrha-Dorrha GAA