Loughmore-Castleiney GAA

Loughmore-Castleiney is an

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in the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in mid-western Ireland, and the metropolis of the eponymous ecclesiastical province. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assump ...

. It is located in

County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...

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. The area is made up of the villages of

Loughmore Loughmore, officially Loughmoe ( ; or ''Luachma''), is a village in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is best known for Loughmoe Castle, seat of the Barons of Loughmoe. It is one half of the Ecclesiastical parish, pa ...

and

Castleiney Castleiney, officially Castleleiny and historically "Castlelyny" (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Loughmore-Castleiney.Parish in Cashel and Emly Diocese It is in the barony of Elioga ...

and their hinterland. Loughmore is situated approximately 1 kilometer from the N62 road approximately halfway between the towns of

Templemore Templemore () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the historical Barony (Ireland), barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Ecclesiastical parish, parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea i ...

and

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arch ...

is approximately 3 kilometers from

. The

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club

Loughmore-Castleiney GAA LoughmoreParishInCashelAndEmly

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is based in the parish. It has traditionally been associated with

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but also has a

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 ...

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