Portroe GAA
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| 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 / 52.88611°N 8.34722°W | |
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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.
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]
