Ballinahinch GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club which represents the village of Ballinahinch in North County Tipperary

County Tipperary

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, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The club plays both Gaelic Football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and Hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

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History

The club was founded in 1886, two years after the founding of the GAA at Thurles. While the founding of the GAA at Ballinahinch is dated 1886, there is strong evidence that the game of hurling was played and a club existed at Killoscully from 1884, the same year that the GAA was founded at Thurles. In the beginning the club was renowned as a football team, but hurling became very important and the club have kept the two games going and have enjoyed success, particularly since 1980 when they won their first County Junior Hurling title and north hurling and football titles.

Honours

• County ‘A’ Junior Hurling Championship - 1980, 1994, 2002
• North Tipperary Senior Football Championship - 1982

External links

• Official Site
• Tipperary GAA site