Éire Óg Annacarty GAA

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Éire Óg Annacarty
Éire Óg Áth na Cairte

Founded:

County:

Tipperary

Nickname:

Club Colours:

Blue and White

Grounds:

Annacarty





Standard colours

Éire Óg Annacarty GAA club is a senior club in the parish of Annacarty & Donohill, in West Tipperary in Ireland.

The club's most famous player of the modern era is Pat Fox, All-Ireland medallist for senior hurling in 1989 and 1991 during which period he was a leading scrorer in the All-ireland and Munster Championships. The Club is predominently a hurling club and has won the West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on many occasions including four years in succession from 1941 to 1944. During which period also, the club were County Tipperary Senior Hurling Champions in 1943 when they defeated Moycarkey-Borris in the final. The club, thus became the first club since the foundation of the West Division in 1930 to win the championship, though a western team - Clonoulty-Rossmore had a victory in 1888, long before the formation of the division. A prominent player of this era was William (Bill) O'Donnell, winner of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1937, when the final was played in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney. O'Donnell was a native of Golden and in his early playing days played for the Golden Fontenoys before tranferring his allegience to Éire Óg on his appointment as Principal Teacher in Annacarty National School. He was also a referee of note in the 1940s and took charge of many important engagements in the inter-county arena, especially in Munster.

The club also plays in the divisional football championships of West Tipperary and in 2006, achieved senior status, thus becoming the only dual club which will contest the senior divisional championships in both hurling and football in 2007. The club grounds are in Annacarty village, about seven miles from Cashel.