Mullinahone-CJ Kickhams 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...

 located in Mullinahone

Mullinahone

Mullinahone is a village in the barony of Slievardagh, South Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.The Irish Census of 2006 recorded the village as having a population of 372.-Location and access:...

, south 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...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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, close to the border with 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...

. The Mullinahone Club is named in honour of Charles J. Kickham

Charles Kickham

Charles Joseph Kickham was an Irish revolutionary, novelist, poet, journalist and one of the most prominent members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.-Early life:...

, "Poet and Patriot", who was born in the village.

Honours

The Kickhams Club has, for most of its existence - spanning over 120 years - been a traditional Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 club, winning many county senior football championships in the early part of the 20th century. Hurling enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, culminating with victory in the County Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...

 in 2002.
The senior hurling team has challenged for honours every year since their golden year.

The Club's most famous players are John Leahy

John Leahy (hurler)

John Leahy is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with the Tipperary inter-county team from 1988 until 2003. He also represented Tipperary in all grades in Gaelic Football. He is regarded as a great hurler in Tipperary.-Early life & private life:John Leahy was born in...

, winner of All-Ireland Senior hurling medals in 1989 and 1991 and Eoin Kelly

Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler)

Eoin Kelly is an Irish hurler who plays as a forward for inter-county side Tipperary. He is the current captain and is his county's top championship scorer of all-time....

, a winner of All-Ireland Senior hurling Championship in 2001 and 2010.