Dicksboro GAA
Dicksboro is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Kilkenny City, Ireland.
History
Dicksboro GAA club was founded in 1909. The club takes its name from Dicksboro townland, located next to Kilkenny Airport. The current ground is Palmerstown, to the west of the city, to which the club moved in June 1990.
Dicksboro entered and won the junior championship of 1910. It entered the senior championship in 1911.
Dicksboro had no team from 1961 to 1969, when the club was reformed.
Honours
Hurling
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1923, 1926, 1950, 1993, 2017 Runners-Up 1915, 1925, 1928, 1937, 1994, 2012, 2020
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (0) Runners-Up 1993
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1991, 2005, 2010 Runners-up 1976, 1977, 1981, 2009
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners (2) 2005, 2010
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2006 Runners-Up 2011
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1910, 1914, 1919
- Kilkenny Special Junior [A] Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1994
- Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1986, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2014
- Kilkenny Under-21 North Hurling Championship Winners (6) 1986, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2008, 2009
- Kilkenny Under-21 Roinn "C" Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2001
- Kilkenny Under-19 Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2022
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship Winners (14) 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1973, 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Kilkenny Minor C Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2007
- All-Ireland Féile na nGael Ronin A (2) 2009, 2017
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling League Winners (5) 1994, 1996, 2017, 2019, 2020
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling League Winners (1) 2005
- Aylward Cup Winners (1) 2005
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling League Winners (2) 1983, 2009
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling League Roinn 'C Winners (1) 2007
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling League Winners (1) 2008
- Byrne Cup Winners (4) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008
Camogie
- All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2023
- Leinster Senior Camogie Championship 2023
- Kilkenny Senior Camogie Championship 2019, 2021, 2023
- Kilkenny Intermediate [A] Camogie Championship 2011
- Kilkenny Junior [A] Camogie Championship 1991, 2009
- Kilkenny Under-21 [A] Camogie Championship 2015
- All-Ireland Féile na nGael Ronin "A" 2013
- Feile 'A' Shield Champions2019
- Kilkenny Junior League 2008, 2009
Football
- Kilkenny Senior Football Championship 1994, 1997, 2024 (Runners-Up 1995, 2000)
- Kilkenny Intermediate Football Championship 1991
- Kilkenny Junior Football Championship 1990
- Kilkenny Special Junior Football Championship 1982, 1994
- Kilkenny Under-21 Football Champions 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991
- Kilkenny Minor Football Championship 1969, 1970, 1971, 1984, 1989, 2003
Notable hurlers
Player | Era | County titles | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
All-Ireland | Leinster | County | ||
Matty Power | 1920s–1930s | 1922, 1927*, 1932, 1933, 1935 | 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927*, 1928*, 1930*, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 | 1925*, 1926*, 1927*, 1928*, 1929*, 1931* |
Paddy Grace | 1930s–1950s | 1939, 1947 | 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947 | 1940*, 1941*, 1942*, 1943* |
Dan Kennedy | 1930s–1950s | 1947 | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 | 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 |
Michael Walsh | 1980s–1990s | 1992, 1993 | 1991, 1992, 1993 | 1993 |
Cillian Buckley | 2010s-2020s | 2012, 2014, 2015 | 2014, 2015, 2016 | 2017 |
*After moving to Dublin Matty Power played for the Dublin senior hurling team. He won his six county titles while playing with the Garda GAA club in Dublin.
*Paddy Grace won four county titles in a row while playing with Carrickshock. |
Other players who played Kilkenny at Senior:
- Pádraic Moylan- 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling winning captain
- Timmy Clifford
- Bill Sheehan
- Evan Cody
- Niall Rowe
- Dan O'Neill
See also
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
- Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
References
- ^ "Dicksboro GAA Club – History".
- ^ "Kilkennygaa.ie – Dicksboro".
- ^ "Deadly Dicksboro edge goal fest". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
Further reading
- O’Neill, Gerry (2009), Up the ’Boro – Dicksboro GAA Club 1909–2009
External links
- "Dicksboro GAA Club Website", dicksborogaa.com
- "Kilkenny GAA – Dicksboro page", kilkennygaa.ie
- "Dicksboro", kilkennycats.com, archived from the original on 28 September 2011
- "Dicksboro", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 15 March 2012, retrieved 29 October 2010