Boherlahen-Dualla GAA
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Boherlahen-Dualla GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club associated with the village located between the towns of Thurles
and Cashel
in County Tipperary
, Republic of Ireland
. The parish of Boherlahan-Dualla is one of the largest in comparison to other parishes in Tipperary. The Boherlahan-Dualla parish borders seven parishes from three separate divisions, Holycross-Ballycahill GAA
and Moycarkey-Borris GAA
to the North who play in the Mid-Tipperary Division, to the West it borders Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA
, Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA
and Golden Kilfeacle all of whom play in the West, and to the East Killenaule GAA
who play in the South Tipperary division.
Twelve unsuccessful years were to follow but in 1953 they again took the mid title defeating Sarsfields at Templemore. Similar success wasn't repeated until 1995 when they defeated rivals Loughmore to take the Corn Sheain Ui Laochda home to Tubberadora for the first time. The trophy (presented by the Leahy family to the division forty years previously) has not been regained since, as the club lost in 1996 and 1997 to Sarsfields and Holycross respectively.
Having been beaten in the 1995 by Nenagh Eire Og GAA
which motivated the team to regroup and again challenge for the ultimate prize in Tipperary Senior hurling, Boherlahan was to be victories in the 1996 County Final in which a very talented team captained by Goalkeeper Philly Ryan was successful against Toomevara GAA
on a scoreline of 1-16 to 2-12. Future success was expected to follow however this did not happen and the club was to remain very competitive however no major success was to be achieved. Most of the players involved in the 1996 team have now retired from senior hurling with some notable exceptions who remain vital parts of the senior club at both senior and junior codes, others are now involved in training teams and also the management of teams.
Extensive work has been put in at all levels and across a wide range of areas. Fundraising was also pursued with the club lotto, membership fees and sponsorship providing funding for the club. This money has been invested into the development of the club with the purchasing of equipment in the form of hurleys and sliotars and other items, facilities have been greatly improved including the recent upgrading of the dressing rooms and the stand area and also with the construction of a hurling wall. There now is also a pitch in the village of Dualla which has proven a very useful resource. Also player welfare programs are in place to cater for players injured while representing the club at any level.
The club has also set up a website "www.boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie" which contains lots of constantly updated content, the club also has a facebook page containing fixtures, results and other team information. Future plans are also in place for the upgrading of the clubs floodlights however this will be subject to funding and other factors. A particular focus has been put in at underage levels with the increase in population in the Boherlahan village and especially in the Dualla area all underage teams possess high numbers which has had a positive impact on players development. Recruitment of coaches and selectors was also undertaken and most teams have five people involved in coaching and administration. Boherlahan-Dualla has teams playing in hurling at U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18, U-21, Junior A and Senior grades. In football it has teams at U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18, U-21, and Intermediate grades.
Also in the past few years Boherlahan-Dualla now has its own camoige and ladies football teams. In past years Boherlahans talented players were scooped up by border clubs but it is now the case that players from other areas have come to play for the club and be part of its future. Boherlahans teams have made great progress in the past few years since the teams were set up and credit must go to the commitment of the local people who remain dedicated to the progression of these teams and have made them as competitive as they are today.
- Tipperary - (1914–1926)
Jimmy Maher
- Tipperary - (1940–1946)
Sonny Maher
- Tipperary - (1947–1951)
Flor Coffey
- Tipperary - (1941–1950)
Aidan Flanagan - Tipperary - (1996–1997)
Conor Gleeson
- Tipperary - (1995–2004)
Dara Hickey - Tipperary - (2006-2009)
Includes titles won as Tubberadora, Suir View, Ballytarsna, and Boherlahan-Dualla
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 associated with the village located between the towns of Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...
and Cashel
Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation....
in County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The parish of Boherlahan-Dualla is one of the largest in comparison to other parishes in Tipperary. The Boherlahan-Dualla parish borders seven parishes from three separate divisions, Holycross-Ballycahill GAA
Holycross-Ballycahill GAA
Holycross-Ballycahill GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the areas of Holycross and Ballycahill five miles outside Thurles in mid County Tipperary, Ireland.-History:...
and Moycarkey-Borris GAA
Moycarkey-Borris GAA
Moycarkey-Borris GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club is located in the town of Littleton, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, but also takes in areas such as Two-Mile-Borris and Horse and Jockey in Mid Tipperary.-History:...
to the North who play in the Mid-Tipperary Division, to the West it borders Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA
Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA
Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Dundrum in west County Tipperary, Ireland. The club participates in both Gaelic football and hurling competitions Tipperary GAA.-History:...
, Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA
Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA
Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Clonoulty and Rossmore, five miles from Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland...
and Golden Kilfeacle all of whom play in the West, and to the East Killenaule GAA
Killenaule GAA
Killenaule GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club is located in south County Tipperary, Ireland. The club participates in hurling and Gaelic football competitions organized by Tipperary GAA.-Notable players:* Tom Ryan* Donie O'Connell* Paul Shelley...
who play in the South Tipperary division.
History
The Mid Tipperary G.A.A. Board was founded in 1907 but Boherlahan, as a club, did not come into existence until 1912. Its first chairman was Tommy O'Dwyer. Though Boherlahan contested the Mid final in 1912 they were defeated by the Thurles "Blues" but in the following year, 1913, they defeated The Jockey 5-4 to 1-0 for their first Mid title. Boherlahan won successive Mid titles up until 1919, except for 1915 when our club opted into the south division and took the county title as well as the south title that year. Boherlahan again opted for the south division during the decade 1924 to 1934 so their next mid success was 1941 when Philly O'Dwyer led a team powered by Mahers, Coffeys, O'Dwyers and Loobys to mid and county success. Surviving members of that team are John, Flor Coffey, and Ned O'Dwyer.Twelve unsuccessful years were to follow but in 1953 they again took the mid title defeating Sarsfields at Templemore. Similar success wasn't repeated until 1995 when they defeated rivals Loughmore to take the Corn Sheain Ui Laochda home to Tubberadora for the first time. The trophy (presented by the Leahy family to the division forty years previously) has not been regained since, as the club lost in 1996 and 1997 to Sarsfields and Holycross respectively.
Having been beaten in the 1995 by Nenagh Eire Og GAA
Nenagh Éire Óg GAA
Nenagh Éire Óg GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football and hurling club, located in the town of Nenagh in North County Tipperary, Ireland.-History:Hurling has a long history in Nenagh, being played there long before the founding of the GAA...
which motivated the team to regroup and again challenge for the ultimate prize in Tipperary Senior hurling, Boherlahan was to be victories in the 1996 County Final in which a very talented team captained by Goalkeeper Philly Ryan was successful against Toomevara GAA
Toomevara GAA
Toomevara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Toomevara in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling.-Honours:*Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 3** 1993, 2004, 2006...
on a scoreline of 1-16 to 2-12. Future success was expected to follow however this did not happen and the club was to remain very competitive however no major success was to be achieved. Most of the players involved in the 1996 team have now retired from senior hurling with some notable exceptions who remain vital parts of the senior club at both senior and junior codes, others are now involved in training teams and also the management of teams.
Extensive work has been put in at all levels and across a wide range of areas. Fundraising was also pursued with the club lotto, membership fees and sponsorship providing funding for the club. This money has been invested into the development of the club with the purchasing of equipment in the form of hurleys and sliotars and other items, facilities have been greatly improved including the recent upgrading of the dressing rooms and the stand area and also with the construction of a hurling wall. There now is also a pitch in the village of Dualla which has proven a very useful resource. Also player welfare programs are in place to cater for players injured while representing the club at any level.
The club has also set up a website "www.boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie" which contains lots of constantly updated content, the club also has a facebook page containing fixtures, results and other team information. Future plans are also in place for the upgrading of the clubs floodlights however this will be subject to funding and other factors. A particular focus has been put in at underage levels with the increase in population in the Boherlahan village and especially in the Dualla area all underage teams possess high numbers which has had a positive impact on players development. Recruitment of coaches and selectors was also undertaken and most teams have five people involved in coaching and administration. Boherlahan-Dualla has teams playing in hurling at U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18, U-21, Junior A and Senior grades. In football it has teams at U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18, U-21, and Intermediate grades.
Also in the past few years Boherlahan-Dualla now has its own camoige and ladies football teams. In past years Boherlahans talented players were scooped up by border clubs but it is now the case that players from other areas have come to play for the club and be part of its future. Boherlahans teams have made great progress in the past few years since the teams were set up and credit must go to the commitment of the local people who remain dedicated to the progression of these teams and have made them as competitive as they are today.
Notable Players
Johnny LeahyJohnny Leahy
Johnny Leahy was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Boherlahen and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1909 until 1926. Leahy captained Tipperary to All-Ireland titles in 1916 and 1925.-Biography:Johnny Leahy was born in Boherlahen, County Tipperary in the...
- Tipperary - (1914–1926)
Jimmy Maher
Jimmy Maher
James Patrick Maher is a former Australian cricketer. He is "an attractive left-handed batsman with a clumping cover-drive"....
- Tipperary - (1940–1946)
Sonny Maher
Sonny Maher
Sonny Maher, is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Boherlahen-Dualla GAA in the 1940s and 1950s and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team that won the Munster Senior Hurling Championship in 1950 and 1951, and the All-Ireland in 1949, 1950 and...
- Tipperary - (1947–1951)
Flor Coffey
Flor Coffey
Flor Coffey was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Boherlahen and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1940s. Coffey won two All-Ireland winners' medals with Tipp in 1945 and 1949, as well as a single Munster winners' medals in 1945.-Teams:...
- Tipperary - (1941–1950)
Aidan Flanagan - Tipperary - (1996–1997)
Conor Gleeson
Conor Gleeson
Conor Gleeson is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Boherlahen-Dualla and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1995 until 2004.-References:-Teams:...
- Tipperary - (1995–2004)
Dara Hickey - Tipperary - (2006-2009)
Honours
- Tipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipTipperary Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...
:- Winner (16): 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1941, 1996
Includes titles won as Tubberadora, Suir View, Ballytarsna, and Boherlahan-Dualla