Shinrone GAA


Shinrone GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Shinrone, County Offaly, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

History

Located in the village of Shinrone, on the Offaly-Tipperary border, Shinrone GAA Club was one of the first seventy clubs affiliated to Central Council after the foundation of the GAA in 1884. Hurling and Gaelic football had been played in the area prior to this.
The club has spent most of its existence operating in the junior grade and are the all-time record-holders, having won nine Offaly JHC titles over a 100-year period. Shinrone have also won four Offaly IHC titles at various intervals.
Shinrone qualified for their very first Offaly SHC final in 1960, however, they lost of to Drumcullen by a point. The club claimed their inaugural Offaly SHC after a 0–26 to 2–13 win over Kilcormac–Killoughey in 2022.

Honours

Offaly Senior Hurling Championship : [2022 County Offaly|Offaly Senior Hurling Championship|2022]Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship : 1932, 1957, 1991, 2020Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship : 1919, 1924, 1951, 1968, 1976, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2018, Offaly Minor A Hurling Championship 1951, 1959, 2013, 2023 Offaly Under-21 A Hurling Championship : 1960, 1961, 1977 1978, 2013, 2014, 2016Offaly Under-16 A Hurling Championship 1936, 1954, 2008, 2017Community Games All Ireland Gold : 2012Offaly Under-14 A Hurling Championship : 1993, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2015Offaly Under-12 A Championship : 2019Offaly Under-13 A Hurling Championship : 2019

Notable players