Thurles Sarsfields GAA

Thurles Sarsfields is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of Thurles at Semple Stadium. The club was founded in 1881 and is the most honoured club in the county, with 36 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship titles.^[1] Thurles Sarsfields are affiliated with the town's juvenile club Dúrlas Óg.^{[citation needed]}

Clubhouse at Semple Stadium

Thurles Sarsfields

Na Sáirséalaigh Dhurlais Éile
Founded:	1883
County:	Tipperary
Nickname:	The Blues / The Scurries
Colours:	Blue and white
Grounds:	The Outside Field
Coordinates:	52°40′56.52″N 7°49′22.79″W
Playing kits
Home Kit Change Kit
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster champions Tipperary champions Hurling: - 1 36

History

On 19 October 2009, Sarsfields captured their 30th Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, defeating neighbours Drom ’n Inch at Semple Stadium by 0-14 to 0-5.^[2] They went on to play Newtownshandrum in the Munster hurling championship quarter-final on 1 November 2009, losing by 1-15 to 0-19 points.^[3] On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore.^[4] 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.^[5][6][7]

Hurling

Honours

• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
  • 2012^[8]
• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships: 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, 2014,^[9] 2015,^[10]2016^[11] 2017^[12]
• 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 (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.

Player	Era	Club titles
Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne	1940s-1960s	1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lar Corbett	1990s-2000s-2010s	2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jimmy Doyle	1950s-1970s	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974
Tommy Doyle	1930s-1950s	1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952
John Maher	1920s-1940s	1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946
Ger 'Redser' O'Grady	1990s-2000s-2010s	2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Tony Wall	1950s-1960s	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Pádraic Maher	2000s-2010s	2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Ronan Maher	2010s-	2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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