Thomas McDonaghs 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...

 gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 divisional team representing nine clubs in North Tipperary

North Tipperary

North Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-West Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

 in 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 is part of the North division of Tipperary GAA

Tipperary GAA

The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...

 and is named after Kilruane native Thomas MacDonagh

Thomas MacDonagh

Thomas MacDonagh was an Irish nationalist, poet, playwright, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.-Early life:MacDonagh was born in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary...

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The team was formed in 2007 to allow junior and intermediate footballers in the division to compete at senior level, it is basically a representative team for nine North Tipperary football clubs - Lorrha

Lorrha-Dorrha GAA

Lorrha-Dorrha GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Lorrha & Dorrha, in North County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is most famous for Hurling Team of the Millennium goalkeeper Tony Reddin, who played with the club from 1947 to 1957...

, Shannon Rovers, Borrisokane

Borrisokane GAA

Borrisokane GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Borrisokane, North Tipperary in Ireland. In 2010 they won the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship, it was their second title at the grade with their previous victory coming in...

, Knockshegowna, Kildangan

Kildangan GAA

Kildangan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club is based in the village of Puckane, but includes the areas of Ballycommon, Monsea and Dromineer five miles outside Nenagh in north County Tipperary, Ireland...

, Kilruane MacDonaghs

Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA

Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA club is located in the areas of Kilruane, Ardcroney and Cloughjordan in north County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is named after Thomas MacDonagh, a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation who was born and lived in Cloughjordan....

, Toomevara

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...

, Moneygall

Moneygall GAA

Moneygall GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club shared between the villages of Moneygall and Dunkerrin on the Tipperary/Offaly border in north County Tipperary, Ireland. The Moneygall GAA field is in north Tipperary and they play their matches in the Tipperary championship...

 and Inane Rovers. They have won all four North Tipperary Senior Football Championship titles between 2007 and 2010, there was no final in 2011 as Father John Kenyons GAA did not participate in the north competition.

2011 County Senior Football Champions

In the County Senior Football Championship quarter Final, Thomas McDonaghs beat Mid Tipperary champions J.K. Brackens

J.K. Brackens GAA

J.K. Brackens GAA is a hurling and football club located in Templemore, Clonmore and Killea parish in mid County Tipperary, Ireland. Currently Kevin Mulryan from this club is on the Tipperary Senior Football panel while Éamonn Corcoran was on the Tipperary senior hurling panel until...

 by 1-9 to 0-8.
In the semi-final they defeated fourteen times champions Clonmel Commercials

Clonmel Commercials

Clonmel Commercials is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club located in the town of Clonmel in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is part of the South Division of Tipperary GAA...

 by 1-5 to 0-6 to become the first team from North Tipperary to reach a county senior football final since Kilruane McDonaghs in 1975.
On 6 November they won the Tipperary Senior Football championship for the very first time after a 0-9 to 0-7 win against Moyle Rovers

Moyle Rovers GAA

Moyle Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Tipperary, Ireland.-History:The club derives its name from the river Moyle that runs through the Parish and joins the Anner. The club was founded in 1928. Previous to this since the 1800s various teams represented the Parish in local...

 in the final. As a divisional team they are not eligible to compete in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

The Munster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of senior football clubs in Munster. The winners will represent Munster in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. East Kerry were the first winners of the Munster senior...

, so runners-up Moyle Rovers will take their place.

Honours

• Tipperary Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2011
• North Tipperary Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

External links

• Tipperary GAA site