Dunnamaggin 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 situated in the south of County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese 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 club was founded in 1897, but had to wait ninety-four years for its first senior county title, taking home the junior trophy in 1994.

Despite being based in one of the smallest parishes in the county, many Dunnamaggin hurlers have gone on to play with the Kilkenny

Kilkenny GAA

The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

 intercounty team. The club also managed to win the senior title in 1997.

Famous hurlers

Jim ‘Link’ Walsh Jim Walsh (hurler) Jim 'Link' Walsh was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Dunnamaggin and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1957 until 1962. With Kilkenny Walsh won an All-Ireland title and three Leinster titles. His brother Tom Walsh also played with... Tom Walsh Tom Hickey Tom Hickey (hurler) Tom Hickey is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Dunnamaggin and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1998 until 1999. His brother, Noel, is currently a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team.-References:-Teams:... Noel Hickey Noel Hickey Noel Hickey is an Irish hurler who played currently plays as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team.Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Hickey made his first appearance for the team during the 2000 championship and immediately became the first-choice full-back...

External links

• Dunnamaggin on the official Kilkenny website
• Information about Dunnamaggin on the KilkennyCats website