Thurles Sarsfields is a

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 ...

club which is located 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 ...

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. Both

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 ...

and

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 ...

are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of

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 Archdi ...

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 45,69 ...

. The club was founded in 1881 and is the most honoured club in the history of the county championship with 36 County Titles. Their Underage Section is called ''Dúrlas Og'' and as they go past Minor they become Thurles Sarrsfield

History

On 19 October 2009, Sarsfields captured their 30th

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...

, defeating neighbours Drom ’n Inch at

by 0-14 to 0-5. They went on to play

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in the Munster hurling championship quarter-final on 1 November 2009, losing by 1-15 to 0-19 points. On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st

after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore. They subsequently contested the Munster Club hurling final only to lose out to De La Salle. On 25 November 2012, Thurles won their first ever Munster GAA Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 1-21 to 1-16 victory over De La Salle in the final at

Páirc Uí Chaoimh Páirc Uí Chaoimh ( ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Cork, Ireland. It is the home of Cork GAA. The venue, often referred to simply as The Park, is located in Ballintemple and is built near to the site of the original Cork Athletic Grounds. The s ...

Hurling

Honours

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 f ...

s: 1 ** 2012 *

s: 36 ** 1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012,

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, 2016

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* Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (46) ** 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1920 (as Moycarkey-Thurles), 1925, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) ** 1989, 2014, 2016 *

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 ...

(5) ** 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995 * Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (12) ** 1939, 1942, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2019 * All Ireland Junior B Championship (1) ** 2018 * Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3) ** 2002, 2010, 2017 * Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (4) ** 2002, 2009, 2010, 2017 *Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championships: 8 ** 1988, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 *Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championships: (23) ** 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 *Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: 11 ** 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010 *Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: (21) ** 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010

Notable club players

This means players that have enjoyed much success with the club or have played for the

Tipperary senior hurling team The Tipperary county hurling team represents Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Seni ...

Football

Honours

* Mid Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1) ** 1952 * Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (7) ** 1990, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009 * Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2) ** 1989, 2022 * Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (10) ** 1943, 1945, 1967, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2015, 2021, 2022 * Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1) ** 1995 * Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (3) ** 1991, 1993, 2007 *Mid Tipperary Under 19 B Football Championship (1) ** 2022 * Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (2) ** 2005, 2006 * Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (10) ** 1949, 1953, 1954, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2019 * Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) ** 1991

References

External links

Tipperary GAA siteOfficial Thurles Sarsfields GAA Club website
{{Tipperary GAA clubs Hurling clubs in County Tipperary Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary Sport in Thurles