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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

Camogie

Football

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:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dicksboro GAA Club – History".
  2. ^ "Kilkennygaa.ie – Dicksboro".
  3. ^ "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
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