Thurles Sarsfields GAA#Camogie

{{Short description|Gaelic games club in County Tipperary, Ireland}}

{{Infobox GAA club

| club gaa = Thurles Sarsfields

| crest = Thurles Sarsfields GAA 2.jpg

| irish = Na Sáirséalaigh Dhurlais Éile

| county = Tipperary

| province = Munster

| colours = Blue and white

| nickname = The Blues / The Scurries

| grounds = The Outside Field

| founded = 1883

| coordinates = {{coord|52|40|56.52|N|7|49|22.79|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}}

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| All Ireland Junior B Hurling = 1

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Thurles Sarsfields is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of Thurles at Semple Stadium. The club was founded in 1881 and is the most honoured club in the county, with 36 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship titles.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/mccormacks-haul-wrests-crown-back-for-battling-thurles-3258887.html|title=McCormack's haul wrests crown back for battling Thurles|date= 23 October 2012|work=Irish Independent|access-date=7 November 2012 }} Thurles Sarsfields are affiliated with the town's juvenile club Dúrlas Óg.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

File:Thurles Sarsfields GAA 3.jpg

History

On 19 October 2009, Sarsfields captured their 30th Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, defeating neighbours Drom ’n Inch at Semple Stadium by 0-14 to 0-5.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1019/1224256971514.html|title=Sarsfields in total control|date=2009-10-17|work=Irish Times|access-date=2009-11-02}} They went on to play Newtownshandrum in the Munster hurling championship quarter-final on 1 November 2009, losing by 1-15 to 0-19 points.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1102/1224257902254.html|title=O'Connors a twin terror as Sarsfields despatched|date=2009-11-01|work=Irish Times|access-date=2009-11-02}} On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/1101/1224282399630.html|title=Thurles double up|date=2010-10-31|work=Irish Times|access-date=2010-11-01}} They subsequently contested the Munster Club hurling final only to lose out to De La Salle.

On 25 November 2012, Thurles won their first ever Munster GAA Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 1-21 to 1-16 victory over De La Salle in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.{{cite web|url=http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/|title=Thurles Sarsfields make Munster hurling history|date=25 November 2011|work=Score|access-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725233637/http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/|archive-date=25 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/big-guns-fire-super-sarsfields-to-promised-land-after-battle-royal-215050.html

|title=Big guns fire super Sarsfields to promised land after battle royal|date=25 November 2011|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=25 November 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/sars-make-history-for-home-of-hurling-3305300.html

|title=Sars make history for home of hurling|date=25 November 2011|work=Irish Independent|access-date=26 November 2012 }}

Hurling

=Honours=

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
2012 (Runners-Up 2010){{cite web|url=http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/|title=Thurles Sarsfields make Munster hurling history|date=25 November 2011|work=Score|access-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725233637/http://www.thescore.ie/thurles-sarsfields-de-la-salle-3-689739-Nov2012/|archive-date=25 July 2013}}
Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships: 36
1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2014/1029/655624-loughmore-castliney-v-thurles-sarsfields/|title=Maher shines as Thurles Sarsfields win |date=2014-11-02|work=rte.ie|access-date=2014-11-02}} 2015,{{cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/tigerish-thurles-sarsfields-triumph-in-titanic-battle-361408.html|title=Tigerish Thurles Sarsfields triumph in titanic battle|access-date=27 October 2015 |work=The Irish Examiner |date=26 October 2015}}2016{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/sarsfields-honour-the-rattler-in-fitting-style-35135495.html|title=Sarsfields honour 'The Rattler' in fitting style|date=16 October 2016|work=Irish Independent|access-date=17 October 2016}} 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/padraic-maher-leads-powerful-thurles-sarsfields-to-four-in-a-row-460576.html|title=Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row|date=9 October 2017|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=9 October 2017}}
Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (46)
1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1920 (as Moycarkey-Thurles), 1925, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017
Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3)
1989, 2014, 2016
Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (5)
1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995
Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (12)
1939, 1942, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2019
All Ireland Junior B Championship (1)
2018
Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3)
2002, 2010, 2017
Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (4)
2002, 2009, 2010, 2017
Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championships: 8
1988, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championships: (23)
1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: 11
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: (21)
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010

=Notable club players=

File:Thurles Sarsfields GAA 2.jpg to All-Ireland SHC titles.]]

This means players that have enjoyed much success with the club or have played for the Tipperary senior hurling team.

class="wikitable"
Player !Era !Club titles
Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne \|1940s-1960s \|1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lar Corbett \|1990s-2000s-2010s \|2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jimmy Doyle \|1950s-1970s \|1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974
Tommy Doyle \|1930s-1950s \|1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952
John Maher \|1920s-1940s \|1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946
Ger 'Redser' O'Grady \|1990s-2000s-2010s \|2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Tony Wall \|1950s-1960s \|1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Pádraic Maher \|2000s-2010s \|2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Ronan Maher \|2010s- \|2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

class="wikitable"

Player

!Era

!Club titles

Mickey 'the Rattler' Byrne

|1940s-1960s

|1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

Lar Corbett

|1990s-2000s-2010s

|2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Jimmy Doyle

|1950s-1970s