Dicksboro GAA

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Coordinates: 52°39′24″N 7°16′21″W / 52.656749°N 7.272553°W / 52.656749; -7.272553
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Dicksboro
Dicsboro, Baile Dic
Founded:1909
County:Kilkenny
Nickname:The 'Boro
Colours:Maroon and white
Grounds:Palmerstown
Coordinates:52°39′24″N 7°16′21″W / 52.656749°N 7.272553°W / 52.656749; -7.272553
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Kilkenny
champions
Football: - - 2
Hurling: - - 5
Camogie: 1 1 3

Dicksboro is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Kilkenny City, Ireland.

History

Dicksboro GAA club was founded in 1909.[1] The club takes its name from Dicksboro townland, located next to Kilkenny Airport.[1] The current ground is Palmerstown, to the west of the city,[2] to which the club moved in June 1990.[1]

Dicksboro entered and won the junior championship of 1910.[1] It entered the senior championship in 1911.[1]

Dicksboro had no team from 1961 to 1969, when the club was reformed.[1]

Honours

Hurling

  • Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1923, 1926, 1950, 1993, 2017[3] Runners-Up 1915, 1925, 1928, 1937, 1994, 2012, 2020
  • Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (0) Runners-Up 1993
  • Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1991, 2005, 2010 Runners-up 1976, 1977, 1981, 2009
  • Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners (2) 2005, 2010
  • All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2006 Runners-Up 2011
  • Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
     Winners (3) 1910, 1914, 1919
  • Kilkenny Special Junior [A] Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1994
  • Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1986, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Kilkenny Under-21 North Hurling Championship Winners (6) 1986, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2008, 2009
  • Kilkenny Under-21 Roinn "C" Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2001
  • Kilkenny Under-19 Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2022
  • Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship Winners (14) 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1973, 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Kilkenny Minor C Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2007
  • All-Ireland Féile na nGael Ronin A (2) 2009, 2017
  • Kilkenny Senior Hurling League Winners (5) 1994, 1996, 2017, 2019, 2020
  • Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling League Winners (1) 2005
  • Aylward Cup Winners (1) 2005
  • Kilkenny Minor Hurling League Winners (2) 1983, 2009
  • Kilkenny Minor Hurling League Roinn 'C Winners (1) 2007
  • Kilkenny Junior Hurling League Winners (1) 2008
  • Byrne Cup Winners (4) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008

Camogie

Football

Notable hurlers

Player Era County titles
All-Ireland Leinster County
Matty Power 1920s–1930s 1922, 1927*, 1932, 1933, 1935 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927*, 1928*, 1930*, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 1925*, 1926*, 1927*, 1928*, 1929*, 1931*
Paddy Grace 1930s–1950s 1939, 1947 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947 1940*, 1941*, 1942*, 1943*
Dan Kennedy 1930s–1950s 1947 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956
Michael Walsh 1980s–1990s 1992, 1993 1991, 1992, 1993 1993
Cillian Buckley 2010s-2020s 2012, 2014, 2015 2014, 2015, 2016 2017
*After moving to Dublin Matty Power played for the Dublin senior hurling team. He won his six county titles while playing with the Garda GAA club in Dublin.
*Paddy Grace won four county titles in a row while playing with Carrickshock.

Other players who played Kilkenny at Senior:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dicksboro GAA Club – History".
  2. ^ "Kilkennygaa.ie – Dicksboro".
  3. ^ "Deadly Dicksboro edge goal fest". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

Further reading

  • O’Neill, Gerry (2009), Up the ’Boro – Dicksboro GAA Club 1909–2009

External links

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