OFFALY GAA

:''For more details of Offaly GAA see Offaly Senior Club Football Championship or Offaly Senior Club Hurling Championship.''
The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ''Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí'') or 'Offaly GAA' is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Offaly. Separate county boards are also responsible for the Offaly inter-county teams

Contents

Hurling

Honours

Offaly Hurling Squad

Gaelic football

Honours

Bibliography

External links

Hurling

After a scheme developed by the Gaelic Athletic Association in the 1970s to encourage the playing of hurling in non-traditional counties, Offaly was one of the first teams to benefit from such a scheme. As a result the county won six Leinster titles in the 1980s, as well as their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1981.
The county has since gone on to win three other All-Irelands. Perhaps Offaly's most famous win came in the All-Ireland Final of 1994 in what has come to be remembered as the "five minute final." Limerick looked set to win their first All-Ireland title since 1973 until Offaly staged one of the greatest comebacks of all time, scoring two goals and six points in the last few minutes. They defeated Limerick by 3-16 to 2-13.

Honours

★ 'All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships:' 4

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★ 1981, 1985, 1994, 1998

★ 'All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships:' ''None''

★ 'All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships:' 3

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★ 1986, 1987, 1989

★ 'All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships:' 2

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★ 1923, 1929

★ 'National Hurling Leagues:' 1

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★ 1991

★ 'Leinster Senior Hurling Championships:' 9

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★ 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995

★ 'Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championships:' 5

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★ 1978, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000

★ 'Leinster Minor Hurling Championships:' 4

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★ 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000

★ 'Leinster Junior Hurling Championships:' 7

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★ 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1938, 1953

Offaly Hurling Squad

''The following is the team that lined out against Clare on July 8, 2006:''

Number	Player	Position	Local Club
'1'	Shane O'Connor ★	Goalkeeper	Coolderry
'2'	Kevin Brady	Left Full Back	Coolderry
'3'	Paul Cleary	Full Back	Birr
'4'	Brendan O'Meara	Right Full Back	Coolderry
'5'	Declan Tanner ★	Right Half Back	St.Rynaghs
'6'	Rory Hanniffy	Centre Back	Birr
'7'	Ger Oakley	Left Half Back	Carrig-Riverstown
'8'	Michael Cordial ★	Midfield	Shinrone
'9'	Daniel Hoctor	Midfield	Shinrone
'10'	Dylan Hayden	Right Half Forward	Birr
'11'	Gary Hanniffy	Centre Forward	Birr
'12'	Mick O'Hara ★	Right Full Forward	Ballyskenach
'13'	Joe Bergin	Left Half Forward	Seir Kieran
'14'	Joe Brady ★	Full Forward	Coolderry
'15'	Brendan Murphy (Captain)	Left Full Forward	Ballyskenach
Substitutes
'16'	Brian Mullins	Goalkeeper	Birr
'17'	Barry Teehan	Left Corner Back	Coolderry
'18'	Paul Molloy ★	Left Corner Back	Birr
'19'	Niall Claffey ★	Full Back	Birr
'20'	Dónal Franks	Left Corner Back	Carrickshock
'21'	Brian Carroll	Right Corner Forward	Coolderry
'22'	Damien Murray ★	Left Corner Forward	Coolderry
'23'	Aidan Hanrahan ★	Full Forward	Lusmagh
'24'	Alan Egan	Left Corner Forward	Belmont-Ferbane
'25'	Eddie Bevans	Right Wing Forward	Shinrone
'26'	Cathal Parlon	Right Wing Forward	Coolderry
'27'	Stephen Brown ★	Left Corner Forward	Birr
	James Rigney	Right Wing Back	Kinnitty
	Cathal Horan	Left Corner Forward	St.Rynaghs
	Shane Dooley	Full Forward	Tullamore
	Ray Murray	Goalkeeper	Coolderry
	Trevor Corcoran	Right Corner Back	Coolderry
	Michael Verney	Left Corner Back	Birr
	Conor Hernon	Left Corner Forward	St.Rynaghs
	Kevin Kelly	Left Corner Forward	St.Rynaghs
	David Kenny	Midfielder	Belmont-Ferbane
	Alan Middletown	Left Corner Forward
	Derek Molloy	Left Wing Forward	Shamrocks
Management Team
	John McIntyre	Manager	Lorrha-Dorrha
	Aidan Fogarty	Selector	St.Rynaghs
	Paddy Kirwan	Selector	Birr

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Gaelic football

Perhaps the most famous moment in Gaelic football history came in the 1982 All-Ireland Final when Offaly played Kerry. The match was a repeat of the previous year's, however, not only that but a win for Kerry would give them an unprecedented fifth All-Ireland Final victory in a row. Kerry were winning by two points with two minutes to go when Séamus Darby came on as a substitute and scored one of the most famous goals in Gaelic football of all time. Kerry fumbled the counter attack which allowed Offaly to win by one single point with a score of 1-15 to 0-17.

Honours

★ 'All-Ireland Senior Football Championships:' 3

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★ 1971, 1972, 1982

★ 'All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships:' 1

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★ 1988

★ 'All-Ireland Minor Football Championships:' 1

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★ 1964

★ 'All-Ireland Junior Football Championships:' ''None''

★ 'National Football Leagues:' 1

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★ 1998

★ 'Leinster Senior Football Championships:' 10

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★ 1960, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997

★ 'Leinster Under-21 Football Championships:' 8

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★ 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1995

★ 'Leinster Minor Football Championships:' 6

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★ 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989

★ 'Leinster Junior Football Championships:' 4

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★ 1935, 1972, 1998, 2001

Bibliography

★ Official History Of Offaly GAA by P J Cunningham and Ricey Scully (1984).

★ Ballycumber GAA 1890-1984 edited by Eddie Cunningham

★ Tullamore GAA Club History by John Clarke (1984)

External links

★ Rhode Gaa Website

★ Walsh Island Club Website

★ Offaly on Hoganstand.com

★ National and provincial titles won by Offaly teams

★ Club championship winners

★ Offaly GAA site

★ uibh fhaili fan's site

★ Ballycumber GAA Club Website

★ Tullamore GAA Website

★ Gaelic Survival - Player Profiles Every Inter County Hurler and Footballer, Fantasy GAA Game