Tipperary GAA
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| Irish: | Tiobraid Árann | |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| Nickname(s): | The Premier County Tipp The Home of Hurling The Blue and Gold Legends |
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| Ground(s): | Semple Stadium, Thurles | |
| Dominant sport: | Hurling | |
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| NFL: | Division 3 | |
| NHL: | Division 1A | |
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | |
| Hurling Championship: | Liam MacCarthy Cup | |
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | |
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | |
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The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Tiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary inter-county teams.
County Tipperary holds an honoured place in the history of the GAA as the organisation was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, on 1 November 1884.
Tipperary are currently sponsored by Intersport/Elverys, a sponsorship that covers both the hurling and football codes and includes all grades from minor to senior inter-county teams.
Tipperary GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Tipperary. There are 9 officers on the Board including the Cathaoirleach (Chairperson), Sean Nugent.
The original colours of Tipperary GAA were a white jersey with a green diagonal sash. This jersey design is associated with Tipperary's most historic match in either code, the Bloody Sunday senior football encounter with Dublin at Croke Park in 1920. The current jersey is blue with a gold central band. There have been several minor adjustments especially to the sleeve and collar areas over the years and especially since the introduction of sponsorship in recent decades which necessitates the reservation of space for company logos.
The Tipperary GAA crest originally used was the coat of arms of the Butler Family, Dukes and Earls of Ormond, whose arms were adopted by local authorities within their geographic area of influence in South Leinster and East Munster, most notably the County councils of Tipperary (South Riding), Kilkenny, Carlow and Wexford and which among other refinements, included a central band of colours, surrounded by star-like designs. This crest was used until the late 1990s when the current crest, depicting the Rock of Cashel with two crossed hurleys and a football was adopted.
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