Kilruane MacDonaghs 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. The club is centred on the villages of Kilruane, Ardcroney and Cloughjordan. The club was founded in 1937 and is named after Thomas MacDonagh, a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation who was born and lived in Cloughjordan. The clubhouse and playing field are located in Cloughjordan.
The finest day in the club's history was in 1986 when it won the Senior Hurling Club All-Ireland title, defeating Buffers Alley of Wexford GAA in the final by 1-15 to 2-10.
The club incorporates many of clubs that existed in the parishes at the time. A forerunner to the MacDonaghs club was the famous De Wets formed in 1900.
On 30 October 2022, Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Kiladangan 2-20 to 1-16 in the 2022 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final after a replay to win their first title since 1985.
Honours
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1 1986 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1 1985 Tipperary Senior Club Hurling Championship: (6) 1902 (De Wets), 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 2022 Tipperary Senior Club Football Championship: 1 1975 North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 19 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908 (De Wets), 1940, 1944, 1959, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2018 North Tipperary Senior Football Championship 6 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 2 1978, 2003 Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Runners-up 2003 North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 1 1978 Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship 2 1960,1985 North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship 10 1913 (De Wets), 1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1975, 1985, 1995, 1998 Tipperary Junior B Football Championship 1 2022 Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 1 2004 North Tipperary Junior B Hurling League 1 2004 North Tipperary Junior B Football Championship 1 2022 Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship 1 1978 North Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship 6 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 North Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship 3 1997, 1998, 2004 North Tipperary Under-21 C Football Championship 1 2002 Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship 7 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2006, 2007, 2010 North Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship 12 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship 1 1993 North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship 1 1993 Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship 1 2002 North Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship 1 2002 Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 1 2017 North Tipperary Minor A Football Championship 4 1970, 1972, 1984, 2024 North Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 2 2008, 2017 Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship 2 1972, 2005 North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship 8 1952, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 2004, 2005, 2006 North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship 2 1975, 2018
Notable players Dinny Cahill Len Gaynor Brian Gaynor, Tipperary hurler 1994-97 Seamus Gibson Séamus Hennessy Tom Moloughney, Tipperary hurler 1960-63, All Ireland winner 1961 and 1962 Mark O'Leary Brian O'Meara Niall O'Meara Éamonn O'Shea Craig Morgan
References
External links Kilruane MacDonagh's GAA Club website