Portroe GAA
Gaelic games club in County Tipperary, Ireland
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Portroe GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions.[1] The club is centred on the village of Portroe which is eight miles outside Nenagh.
| An Port Rua | ||
| Founded: | 1884 | |
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| County: | Tipperary | |
| Nickname: | Port/The Quarrymen | |
| Colours: | Green and Gold | |
| Grounds: | Portroe | |
| Coordinates: | 52°53′10″N 8°20′50″W | |
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History
Portroe is in the centre of a traditional slate quarrying district of Northwest Tipperary.[relevant?] A number of people from the area emigrated to the "slate belt" of Vermont in the 19th century.[citation needed]
Portroe GAA club was formed in the 1880s.[2][3] The club has won several Norther Tipperary divisional titles,[4] and won the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1990.[5]
Honours
- North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1) 2012[4]
- North Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2022[citation needed]
- Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 1990[5]
- North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (4) 1950, 1981, 1983, 1990[5]
- North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling League (1) 1988[citation needed]
- North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (4) 1915, 1916, 1968, 1973
- Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 1998
- North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (6) 1990, 1998, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2022
- North Tipperary Junior B Hurling League (2) 2012, 2018
- North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (9) 1937, 1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018
- North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (5) 1980, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2021
- North Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship (2) 2000, 2004
- North Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (5) 1989, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017
- North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (2) 2005, 2012
- Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2009
- North Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 2003
- North Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) 1990
Notable players
- Kevin O'Halloran, inter-county footballer for Tipperary
- John Sheedy, former goalkeeper with the Tipperary senior team
- Liam Sheedy, former Tipperary manager who managed the senior team that won the 2010 All Ireland title[2]
- Darren Gleeson, All-Star goalkeeper 2014[2]
- Robert Byrne, member of Tipperary All-Ireland championship winning team[citation needed]
