Silvermines GAA ( ga, CLG Béal Átha Gabhann) is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

(GAA) club in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) 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 afte ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It plays

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of pla ...

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 of hurling (which is played by men only ...

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

and handball at county level and in the North division of

Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Co ...

. Under 12 county a final in 2015

Hurling

Honours

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

** 2012 *

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 ...

: ** 1972, 1999, 2012 * North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: ** 1974 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship: ** 1945, 1948, 1972, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2011, 2012

Notable players

* Jason Forde * Noel Sheehy, Tipperary hurler 1986-97 * Páidraig O'Ríain 1981 Jim Keogh 1973-1985

Camogie

Notable players

* Noelle Kennedy, five times All-Ireland medallist

Facilities

The club's grounds are situated in Dolla, approximately 6 km from

Nenagh Nenagh (, ; or simply ''An tAonach'') meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the East Munster Ormond ...

. The facilities at the grounds include two full sized GAA pitches, a juvenile pitch, 40x20 handball alley and a hurling wall. The main pitch is separated from the remainder of the grounds and has a spectator stand, viewing slopes, sideline seating, dugouts and scoreboard. Entry to this pitch is by way of turnstiles which are situated in a building which also incorporates a shop and a medical room. In recent years the venue has accommodated divisional and county finals at various grades, including Junior, U-21 and Minor levels. It is also used as a venue for schools and colleges matches.

References

External links

Official SiteTipperary GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Hurling clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub