Upperchurch–Drombane GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the areas of Upperchurch and Drombane, County Tipperary, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.
History
Located in the Upperchurch and Drombane area, about 8 miles outside Thurles, Upperchurch–Drombane GAA Club began as two separate clubs in 1886. The first 50 years of the Gaelic Athletic Association saw the existence of various teams in the parish, with both Drombane and Upperchurch playing separately and also being involved in different amalgamations at different times, calling themselves Clodiagh Rangers. Drombane beat Thurles to win the Tipperary SHC title in 1894.
By 1933, Upperchurch and Drombane had joined forces as a single club and won the first of six Mid Tipperary JAHC titles. The club claimed three Mid Tipperary IHC titles between 1991 and 1998, the last of which was subsequently converted into the club's first Tipperary IHC title and senior status for the first time ever.
Upperchurch–Drombane also won four Mid Tipperary JAFC titles during this period, before winning its sole Tipperary JAFC title in 2002. Several Mid Tipperary IFC titles were later won, with Upperchurch–Drombane also winning their first Tipperary IFC title in 2015. A decade later in 2025, Upperchurch–Drombane secured senior hurling status once again, after beating Carrick Swans to claim the Tipperary PIHC title. The club later claimed the Munster Club IHC title, following a 3–20 to 0–15 win over O'Callaghan's Mills in the final.
Honours Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1) 2025 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1894 (as Drombane) Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2025 Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2015 Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 1998 Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 2016 Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 2015 Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (2) 2007, 2012 Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (2) 2007, 2013 Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (6) 1977, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1991, 1993, 1998 Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (4) 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002 Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (6) 1933, 1950, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1996 Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (2) 2006, 2008 Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (2) 1994, 2016 Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship: (1) 2022 Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship (9) 1989, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Mid Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship (7) 1989, 1992, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015 Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (4) 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016 Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (1) 2008 Mid Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship (1) 2006 Mid Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship (1) 1996
Notable players
James Barry: All-Ireland SHC–winner (2016, 2019) Jody Brennan: All-Ireland SHC–winner (2010) Michael Ryan: All-Ireland SHC–winning manager (2016)
References
External links
Upperchurch–Drombane GAA official website