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Founded: | 1928 | ||||||||
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County: | Tipperary | ||||||||
Nickname: | The Rovers | ||||||||
Grounds: | Monroe | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 52°23′57″N 7°41′34″W / 52.399277°N 7.692747°W | ||||||||
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Moyle Rovers GAA are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Tipperary, Ireland.[1]
History
The club derives its name from the river Moyle that runs through the Parish and joins the Anner. The club was founded in 1928. Previous to this since the 1800s various teams represented the parish in local leagues most often the Clonmel League. Kilsheelan GAA club have recorded games played against Powerstown in the early 1900s.
The 1990s
Football
The club's grounds, Monroe, was officially opened in 1990. Soon after in 1991 they won their first South senior football title and in 1995 their first ever County senior football championship final win. Further victories in this grade followed in 1996/98/99/00 along with these Moyle Rovers also won four South Senior football titles; and contested two Munster club finals also. In 2018, Moyle Rovers won their 8th county senior football championship beating Ardfinnan 1–15 to 1–7.
Hurling
1993 saw the club's junior hurling teams win the South A & B championships. In 1998 the club when they won the County junior "A" hurling championship for the first time.
Achievements in the Club
Football Titles Won
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2018
- South Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017
- Clonmel Oil Senior Football League 1991, 1992, 1993
- Tipperary Men's Cup S.F. 1993
- Tipperary S.F.L Div. 1 1993
- Tipperary S.F.L. Dr Clifford Cup (1) 1999
- South Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (2) 1966, 2012
- South Tipperary Junior A Football Championship Winners (6) 1931, 1959, 1976, 1981, 1989, 1998
- Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (3) 1931, 1959, 1998
- South Tipperary Junior B Football Championship' (2) 2006, 2014 2016
- South Tipperary Junior Football League (1) 1974
- Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (4) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017
- South Under-21 A Football Championship (9) 1974 (with Cahir), 1991, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018
- Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 1994
- South Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 2004
- Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (4) 1984 (with Grangemockler as Slievenamon), 1987 (with Grangemockler as Slievenamon), 2003, 2008
- South Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (8) 1984 (with Grangemockler as Slievenamon), 1986 (with Grangemockler as Slievenamon), 1987 (with Grangemockler as Slievenamon), 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
- Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) 1994
- South Minor B Football Championship (3) 1990, 1994, 1998
- Tipperary Minor C Football Championship (1) 2003
- South Tipperary Minor C Football Championship (1) 2003
Hurling Titles Won
- All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship Runners-up 2008
- Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship Winners 2007
- Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1998, 2007
- South Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (9) 1968, 1974, 1982, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2008
- South Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3) 1993, 2008, 2010
- South Tipperary Junior Hurling League 1972, 1974, 1993, 1994
- South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (2) 2009, 2010
- South Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship (1) 2009
- Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1) 2014
- South Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (2) 2007, 2014
- Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (1) 2014
- South Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (1) 2014
Juvenile Achievements
Football
- U10 Football South Inaugural Championship: 1999
- U10 Football South Championship: 2000
- U12 A Football South Championship: 2000/'02
- U12 A Football South & Co Championship: 1997/'01/'09
- U12 A Football and Hurling South & County Double: 2009
- U12 B Football South championship: 1993/'96
- U14 Urban/Rural Football South & Co Championship: 1983
- U14 Rural Football South & Co Championship: 1983
- U14 Rural Football South Championship: 1982/'84
- U14 A Football South & Co Championship: 1999/'00/'01
- U14 A Football Peil na nOg South & Co: 1999/'02
- U14 B Football South & Co Championship: 1997
- U14 C Football South Championship: 1993
- U16 A Football South Championship: 1993/'00/'01
- U16 A Football South & Co Championship: 1985/'02/'03
- U16 B Football South & Co Championship: 1998
Hurling
- U12 C Hurling South Championship: 1993/'97
- U14 A Hurling South and County Championship: 2017
- U15 Rural Hurling South Championship: 1965
- U16 C Hurling South Championship: 1994/'99
- U16 B Hurling South & Co Championship: 2002, 2009
Ladies Football
- U12 County Championship: 2001/2002/2007
- Junior B Championship: 2002, 2006
- Junior A Championship: 2007
- Junior C: 2008
- Minor B Championship: 2003
Notable players
- Declan Browne has two All Star football awards and has represented his country for the International Rules Series. Browne retired in December 2012.
- Derry Foley has represented his country for the International Rules Series also.
- Alan Campbell
- Peter Acheson
- Sean Keating