Dicksboro GAA

Dicksboro
Founded: 1909
County: Kilkenny
Nickname: The 'Boro
Colours: Maroon and White
Grounds: Palmerstown
Coordinates: 52°39′32.78″N 7°16′19.08″W / 52.6591056°N 7.2719667°W / 52.6591056; -7.2719667Coordinates: 52°39′32.78″N 7°16′19.08″W / 52.6591056°N 7.2719667°W / 52.6591056; -7.2719667
Playing kits

Standard colours
Senior Club Championships

All Ireland Leinster
champions
Kilkenny
champions
Football: - - 2
Hurling: - - 4

Dicksboro is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Kilkenny, Ireland.

History

Dicksboro GAA Club, founded in 1909.[1]

The club takes its name from Dicksboro townsland,[1] the current ground is Palmerstown.[2]

Dicksboro entered and won the junior championship of 1910.[1] Dicksboro entered the senior championship in 1911.[1] Dicksboro had no team from 1961-1969, until the club was reformed.[1] Dicksboro officially opened the grounds in Palmerstown in June 1990.[1]

Honours

Hurling

Camogie

Football

Famous Hurlers

Player Era Club titles
All-IrelandLeinsterCounty
Matty Power 1920s-1930s 1922, 1928*, 1929*, 1933, 1935 1922, 1923, 1927*, 1928*, 1930*, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936
Paddy Grace 1930s-1950s 1939, 19471939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947
Dan Kennedy 1930s-1950s 1947 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956
Michael Walsh 1980s-1990s 1986, 1993 1991, 1992, 19931993
Christy Walsh 1990s

*After moving to Dublin Power played for the Dublin senior hurling team.

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