Clonmel Commercials
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| county = Tipperary
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| founded = 1934
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Clonmel Commercials GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club located in the town of Clonmel in County Tipperary, Ireland.
The club is part of the South Division of Tipperary GAA. They have been Tipperary Senior Football champions on twenty one occasions, and Munster club champions{{Cite web |title=Clonmel commercials stun Nemo Rangers to win Munster title |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/clonmel-commercials-stun-nemo-rangers-to-win-munster-title-1.2447856 |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}} once since their formation in 1934.{{cite web|url=http://www.tippgaaarchives.com/?page_id=12&search=simple|title=Tipperary Senior Football Champions & Captains|work=tippgaaarchives.com|accessdate=2010-08-09}}
History
Affiliated to the GAA in 1934, the club's first taste of county success came in the form of a minor title in 1935. A County Junior title followed in 1940, before the first of the club's 15 Senior titles in 1944.
Arguably the club's greatest achievement was winning three county titles in a row in 1965, 1966 and 1967. The captain on all three teams was Brian O'Callaghan. The club's two county titles of the nineties came in 1990 and 1994. On both these occasions Commercials were beaten in the Munster Senior Club Final. 1994 was the club's fourth appearance in the provincial final where they were beaten by Castlehaven. In 1990 they came closest to winning the title only to lose out after a replay and extra time to Dr. Crokes. In 2002, Commercials won their first County title of the new Millennium by defeating Aherlow in Semple Stadium and won their 15th overall in 2012 by defeating the 2011 champions, Thomas MacDonagh's, at Semple Stadium on 5 November by 1–9 to 0-5 Colman Kennedy scored the decisive 2nd half goal in a man-of-the-match performance, redolent of his displays as a minor for Tipperary at All-Ireland level. This victory amply avenged the defeat by the Northerners in the 2011 semi-final and ended a 10-year barren spell at senior level which was widely celebrated in the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalist.ie/sport/clonmel-commercials-win-first-county-senior-football-final-in-10-years-1-4442913
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|title = Glory for Commercials in Tipperary while stalemate in Waterford final
|date = 5 November 2012
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|title= Kennedy goal breaks MacDonaghs resistance
|date= 5 November 2012
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They went on to lose to Dr Crokes of Kerry by 1–14 to 0–6 in the Munster Club semi-final on 17 November 2012.{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/2012/11/18/aib-munster-gaa-football-senior-club-championship-semi-final-%E2%80%93-tipperary-v-kerry/|title=Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-14 Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) 0-06|date=18 November 2012|work=Munster GAA|accessdate=23 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205900/http://munster.gaa.ie/2012/11/18/aib-munster-gaa-football-senior-club-championship-semi-final-%E2%80%93-tipperary-v-kerry/|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}
On 15 November 2015, Commercials reached their first Munster Senior Club Championship final since 1994 after a 1–13 to 0–3 win against Milltown Malbay in the semi-final.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/clonmel-commercials-race-from-traps-into-munster-final-365188.html|title=Clonmel Commercials race from traps into Munster final|date=16 November 2015|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=18 November 2015}}
On 29 November 2015, Commercials won their first Munster Senior Club title after defeating Nemo Rangers in the final in Mallow. Trailing by two points in the second minute of injury time, Michael Quinlivan scored with a low shot to the net to win the game by one point.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/huge-day-for-tipp-football-as-clonmel-claim-maiden-munster-title-with-stoppagetime-victory-over-nemo-34243643.html|title= Huge day for Tipp football as Clonmel claim maiden Munster title with stoppage-time victory over Nemo|date=29 November 2015|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=30 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/video-emotional-scenes-as-clonmel-commercials-stun-nemo-rangers-in-munster-football-final-708969.html|title= Emotional scenes as Clonmel Commercials stun Nemo Rangers in Munster football final|date=29 November 2015|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=30 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/clonmel-beat-nemo-munster-final-2-2473279-Nov2015/|title=Incredible drama as Clonmel win first Munster title with stoppage-time goal|date=29 November 2015|work=The 42|accessdate=30 November 2015}}
Honours
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (21)
- 1944, 1948, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2002,{{cite web|url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2002/1111/ireland/clonmel-revel-in-semple-stadiumaposs-wide-spaces-578036969.html|title= Clonmel revel in Semple Stadium's wide spaces |date=11 November 2002|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=6 December 2013}} 2012,{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/clonmel-well-rattle-kerry-kingpins-212970.html |title=Clonmel: We'll rattle Kerry kingpins |accessdate=5 November 2012 |work=Irish Examiner |date= 5 November 2012}} 2015,{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/clonmel-commercials-edge-moyle-rovers-in-thriller-360116.html |title=Clonmel Commercials edge Moyle Rovers in thriller |accessdate=19 October 2015 |work=Irish Examiner |date= 19 October 2015}} 2017,{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/2017/10/15/tipperary-senior-football-final-clonmel-commercials-v-killenaule/ |title= Tipperary Senior Football Final – Clonmel Commercials 2-9 Killenaule 0-8|date=15 October 2017|work=Munster GAA|accessdate=17 October 2017}} 2019,{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/clonmel-commercials-v-jk-brackens-report-4885518-Nov2019/|title =Clonmel Commercials clinch fourth Tipperary SFC title this decade with 21-point win|date=9 November 2019|work=The 42|accessdate=11 November 2019}} 2020{{cite web|url= https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40055837.html|title = Brilliant Quinlivan goal brings more final heartbreak for Loughmore|date= 27 September 2020 |work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=29 September 2020}}2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/1016/1329497-clonmel-class-shows-against-first-time-finalists-church/|title=Clonmel Commercials class shows against first-time Tipperary finalists Upperchurch-Drombane|date=16 October 2022|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=17 October 2022}} 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/tipperary-sfc-final-michael-quinlivan-pulls-strings-as-clonmel-commercials-cruise-to-21st-county-title/a1496085048.html|title=Tipperary SFC final: Michael Quinlivan pulls strings as Clonmel Commercials cruise to 21st county title|date=22 October 2023|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=25 October 2023}}
- Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1)
- 2015{{cite web|url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/video-nemo-rangers-stunned-as-clonmel-commercials-make-history-368724.html|title= Nemo Rangers stunned as Clonmel Commercials make history |date=30 November 2015|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=30 November 2015}}
- South Tipperary Senior Football Championship (24)
- 1944, 1946, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2016
- Tipperary Minor Football Championship (20)
- 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Tipperary Junior Football Championship (2)
- 1940, 2007
- Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1)
- 2011
- Tipperary Under-21 Football Championship (12)
- 1969, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024
Notable players
- Kevin Fahey 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship winner.
- Séamus Kennedy 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winner. Two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. Fitzgibbon Cup winner.
- Jason Lonergan All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winner. Munster Under-21 Football Championship winning captain. 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship winner.
- Michael Quinlivan 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winner. 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship winner. Sigerson Cup winner. All Star Award winner 2016
- Ian Fahey All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winner.
References
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External links
- [http://commercialsgfc.com/ Official Site]
- [http://tipperary.gaa.ie/ Tipperary GAA site]
{{Tipperary GAA clubs}}
Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary