Portroe GAA


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. The club is centred on the village of Portroe which is eight miles outside Nenagh.

History

Portroe is in the centre of a traditional slate quarrying district of Northwest Tipperary. A number of people from the area emigrated to the "slate belt" of Vermont in the 19th century.
Portroe GAA club was formed in the 1880s. The club has won several Norther Tipperary divisional titles, and won the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1990.

Honours

North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship 2012North Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship 2022Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 1990North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship 1950, 1981, 1983, 1990North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling League 1988North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship 1915, 1916, 1968, 1973Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 1998North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship 1990, 1998, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2022North Tipperary Junior B Hurling League 2012, 2018North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship 1937, 1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018North Tipperary Under-21 B Hurling Championship 1980, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2021North Tipperary Under-21 C Hurling Championship 2000, 2004North Tipperary Under-21 B Football Championship 1989, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship 2005, 2012Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship 2009North Tipperary Minor C Hurling Championship 2003North Tipperary Minor B Football Championship 1990

Notable players