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O'Tooles GAA

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| club gaa = O'Tooles GAC

| irish = Cumann Uí Thuathail

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| founded = 1901

| province = Leinster

| county = Dublin

| nickname = The Larriers

| colours = Green and White

| grounds = An Pairc Ui Thuthail, Ayrfield

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O'Tooles GAC (Irish: Cumann Uí Thuathail) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ayrfield, Dublin, Ireland, formed in 1901.

History

=Early years=

O'Tooles GAC was formed in 1901 at 100 Seville Place in the north inner city of Dublin from the Gaelic League branch. The Gaelic League branch held their inaugural meeting in February 1901. Francis Cahill was one of the founding members of the club and Brother J.A. O’Mahoney, who was superior of O'Connell School was elected as the first president.

On Thursday 8 October 1901, after Irish classes the clubs first hurling team was formed. The captain of the team was Edward Keegan with Thomas Keegan elected as secretary and John Taylor as treasurer. In 1905 the club won their first competition, captained by Tim O'Neill, they won the Saturday Junior Hurling League.

August 1902 brought about the formation of the football team, with the clubs first major success arriving in 1910 in the form of the minor league.

In 1910, the St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band was formed with Tom Clarke elected president and playwright Seán O'Casey elected secretary.{{cite news |last= Wren |first= Jimmy |date=2022-07-17 |title=The History of O’Tooles GAC |url=https://otoolesgac.ie/2020/12/15/the-history-of-our-club/ |newspaper=}}

=[[Easter Rising]]=

On the morning of Monday 24 April 1916, around 1,200 members of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army arrived at a number of locations in Dublin. Among them were over 70 members of the O'Tooles club including two executed leaders, Tom Clarke (3 May) and Seán Mac Diarmada (12 May). Others involved included Liam Ó Briain, future TD and a professor of languages. Frank Robbins, future President of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and Tom Ennis who was later a Free State Army General.

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colspan="7" | O'Tooles members who fought in the Easter Rising
G.P.O.

! Jacob's

! St Stephen's Green

! Four Courts

! Boland's Mills

! South Dublin Union

! Ashbourne

| David BegleyJames BarrettJames BroughamDan BegleyToby BreslinEdward KeeganPatrick Birney
| Michael BradyVinny ByrneJoseph ConnellySean Cody
| Tom ClarkeJames CassellsJames DonnellyJim Dempsey
| James RedmondMichael ColganPatrick DuffyPatrick Kelly
| Tom CrimminsLiam DalyJoseph DuffyBernard Murphy
| Michael CrokeTom DrummRobert HumphreysSean O'Moore
| Tom EnnisJames HannonTom KehoeThomas Yourell
| John FitzharrisJames KennyJames LawlessThomas Smart
| Frank HendersonThomas LostyMichael LawlessJohn Halpin
| Sean KerrSean LynchJohnny McDonaldCharles McMahon
| Thomas LeahyWilliam LynchDavid O'Leary
| Laurence MackeyMick McDonnellDiarmuid O'Leary
| Michael MackeyPaddy McDonnellTim O'Neill
| Seán Mac DiarmadaMichael MeadeLiam O'Briain
| Patrick MitchellOwen MeadeFrank O'Brien
| John O'NeillJames MurranWillian O'Brien
| Thomas J. RocheEdward O'HanrahanFrank Robbins
| Hugh ThorntonJoseph O'HanrahanSean Rogan
| Frank ThorntonMichael O'Rourke
| Patrick J. WeaferSean O'Rourke
| Thomas WheatleyKathleen Pollard
|Josephine Pollard
|Patrick Rooney
|James Sheils
|Denis Shelly
|Thomas Shelly
|Jim Slattery
|Michael Smith
|Johnny McDonnell

=[[Bloody Sunday (1920)|Bloody Sunday]]=

On 21 November 1920, Dublin and Tipperary played a football challenge match in Croke Park. As a result of a mass shooting by the British Forces 14 innocent people including one player (Michael Hogan from Tipperary), died. It is estimated that around 60 – 100 people were also injured. O'Tooles have a deep connection with the events of this day as they contributed 12 players to the Dublin team with 9 players starting.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

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Number

! Position

! Name

| 1GoalkeeperJohnny McDonnell
| 3Full backPaddy Carey
| 4Left corner backWilliam Robbins
| 5Right half backJohn Synnott
| 7Left half backJack O'Reilly
| 11Centre forwardPaddy McDonnell (c)
| 12Left half forwardJohn Carey
| 13Right corner forwardJoe Synnott
| 14Full forwardStephen Synnott

Substitutes: Tom Carey, Joe Norris & Tom Fitzgerald

Football

An amalgamation of O'Tooles and another local club Emeralds brought the golden age of football to the Seville Place club.{{tone inline|date=October 2022}} The 1916 Dublin Intermediate Football Championship which was played in 1917 due to the number of players interned after the 1916 Rising heralded the beginning of the club's most successful football teams.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

From 1918 to 1931, O'Tooles won 10 Dublin Senior Football Championship titles and produced the county's first five-in-a-row club team. During this period the club also contributed the majority of players to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning Dublin teams,{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} including producing All-Ireland winning captains in Paddy Carey and Paddy McDonnell.

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Year

! Winners

! Runners-up

1946

|O’Tooles

|Parnells

1931

|O’Tooles

|Erin's Hope

1928

|O’Tooles

|O'Dwyers

1926

|O’Tooles

|Garda

1925

|O’Tooles

|Kickhams

1924

|O’Tooles

|UCD

1923

|O’Tooles

|Garda

1922

|O’Tooles

|St. Mary's

1920

|O’Tooles

|Kickhams

1919

|O’Tooles

|McCrackens

1918

|O’Tooles

|Collegians

Hurling

A Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship was won 1956 and 1961 with a Dublin Junior Hurling Championship arriving in 1982. In 1969, O’Tooles made the breakthrough and won their first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship. Further success was achieved in 1977, 1984 and 1990.

During the 1990s, O'Tooles who three county titles in a row in 1995, 1996 and 1997 and reached the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship final in 1996.

In 2002, O’Tooles defeated north side rivals and defending champions Craobh Chiaráin after a replay on a score line of 1–13 to 2–7.

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Year

! Winners

! Runners-up

2002

|O’Tooles

|Craobh Chiaráin

1997

|O’Tooles

|St. Vincents

1996

|O’Tooles

|Kilmacud Crokes

1995

|O’Tooles

|St. Vincents

1990

|O’Tooles

|St. Vincents

1984

|O’Tooles

|Kilmacud Crokes

1977

|O'Tooles

|Faughs

1969

|O'Tooles

|Faughs

Present day

As of 2025, they currently compete in the Division 3 league and the Intermediate championship in hurling.

In football they are in the Division 4 league and the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship.

Honours

=Dublin Senior Championships=

  • Dublin Senior Hurling Championship:
  • {{Gold1}} Winners (8): 1969, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002
  • {{Silver2}} Runners-up (5): 1973, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2011
  • Dublin Senior Football Championship:
  • {{Gold1}} Winners (11): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1946
  • {{Silver2}} Runners-up (6): 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1964

=Dublin Senior Leagues=

=Other Dublin Championship Wins=

=Other Wins=

  • Boland Cup:
  • Winners: 1966, 1969
  • Smithwicks Cup:
  • Winners: 1968, 1969

{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-07-17 |title=Dublin GAA Roll of Honour |url=https://www.dublingaa.ie/history/roll-of-honour |newspaper=}}

Notable players

=Senior inter-county footballers=

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  • Joe Norris, All-Ireland winner with Dublin

=Senior inter-county hurlers=

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Notable members

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.otoolesgac.ie/ O'Tooles' GAC Official Website]
  • [http://www.hill16.ie/ Official Dublin GAA Website]

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