Éire Óg Annacarty GAA
| Éire Óg Áth na Cairte | ||
| County: | Tipperary | |
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| Colours: | Blue and White | |
| Grounds: | Anacarty sports hall and soccer pitch | |
| Coordinates: | 52°33′53.85″N 8°06′35.30″W / 52.5649583°N 8.1098056°WCoordinates: 52°33′53.85″N 8°06′35.30″W / 52.5649583°N 8.1098056°W | |
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Éire Óg Annacarty GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Anacarty & Donohill, in west County Tipperary in Ireland.
The Éire Óg club's most notable player of the modern era is Aiden Shortt, All-Ireland medallist for senior hurling in 1989 and 1991 during which period he was a leading scorer in the All-Ireland and Munster Championships. The Club is predominantly a hurling club and has won the West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on many occasions including four years in succession from 1941 to 1944. During which period also, the club were Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship winners in 1943 when they defeated Moycarkey-Borris in the final under the captaincy of Tom Ryan. Éire Óg, thus became the first club since the foundation of the West Division in 1930 to win the championship, though a western team - Clonoulty - had a victory in 1888, long before the formation of the Division.
A prominent player of the 1940s was William (Bill) O'Donnell, winner of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with Tipperary in 1937, when the final was played in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney as Croke Park was temporarily out of commission while the old Cusack Stand was under construction. O'Donnell was a native of Golden and in his early playing days competed with the Golden Fontenoys before transferring his allegiance to Éire Óg on his appointment as Principal Teacher in Annacarty National School. He was also a referee of note in the 1940s and took charge of many important engagements in the inter-county arena, especially in Munster. Overall, the club has won the premier competition in which it competes, the West Tipperary Senior hurling Championship on 9 occasions in 1941,42,43,44,64,67,81,86,2013,14,15. While also sharing honours in combination teams to be victorious in 1961 as St. Vincent's (Cappawhite-Éire Óg) and more recently in 2004 as Éire Óg- Golden, which at the time of their victory was colloquially known as the "The Combo" in recognition of their coalition with the Golden-Kilfeacle club.
Well-known and talented players of recent vintage include the O'Brien brothers, Damien, Ronan and Conor, all of whom have played for Tipperary. Though lesser known in the inter-county arena than his siblings, Ronan has created scoring records that outstrip all previous hurling records in the club's history. Such a feat is one to be proud of in an era when high-scoring is a modern feature of most hurling and football matches in all grades.
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