The Nire-Fourmilewater GAA
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The Nire/Fourmilewater GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballymacarbry, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland. The Nire (An Uidhir) and Fourmilewater (Caislean Cuanach) are two separate clubs, with separate committees pulling from the same pool of players. The Nire is the football club in the area and Fourmilewater the hurling club. Both teams play in the Mill Field, Ballymacarbry. The Nire is a half parish with Tourneena, while Fourmilewater is a half parish with Newcastle, County Tipperary. The Nire play in yellow and blue, while Fourmilewater play in blue and white.
History
The Nire and Fourmilewater are two separate clubs, with separate committees pulling from the same pool of players. The Nire is the football club in the area and Fourmilewater the hurling club. Both teams play in the Mill Field, Ballymacarbry. The Nire is a half parish with Tourneena, while Fourmilewater is a half parish with Newcastle, County Tipperary.
The Nire gained promotion to the Senior ranks when they won the Intermediate County Championship in 1983. They have been senior ever since, in that time they have gone on to win six county Senior Football championships as detailed below.
At U-21 (A) level The Nire have been county champions on three occasions, 1977, 1986 and most recently 2004 where they defeated Ballinacourty 0-09 t0 0-08 in the Western Final and went onto to register a comfortable victory in the county final over Portlaw/St. Mollerans.
At minor (A) level (U-18), The Nire are the current county champions for 2014, having defeated Stradbally by 3-11 to 0-6 on 14 May 2014. This team was captained by Jack Guiry. The Nire had previously won 2 minor county championships, the first in 2007 where they defeated De La Salle in the final and the second in 2008 where they recorded a victory over Roanmore.
County Final Victories: The Nire
1993: The Nire 2-07; Dungarvan 1-09
1994: The Nire 2-09; Gaultier 0-11
1997: The Nire 1-08; Dungarvan 0-04
2000: The Nire 1-11; Killrossanty 1-08
2006: The Nire 1-05; Stradbally 0-03
2008: The Nire 0-12; Ballinacourty 0-08 (Replay)
2014: The Nire 0-11; Stradbally 0-06
Honours
The Nire (An Uidhir)
- Waterford Senior Football Championships: 7
- 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2014[1]
Fourmilewater Hurling club (Caislean Cuanach) have been senior since 2002. They beat a very fancied Dunhill team in the 2001 Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship final.
Fourmilewater have 3 Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship titles; 1979, 1989 and 2001.
Notable players
Tom Wall, Maurice O'Gorman, Thomas O'Gorman, Michael O'Gorman, Brian Wall, Liam Lawlor and Shane Walsh have represented Waterford at senior football. Thomas and Maurice have represented Munster at interprovincial football.
Jamie Barron has represented Waterford at senior hurling. Barron claims to be only 22 but three quarters of his hair is grey while the other quarter has fallen out. He also believes he's a bit of a woman's man, with his recent new hit called "I feek who I want". Barron is also renowned for shitting the course while playing Pitch and Putt, on one occasion the 14th hole in Hillview had to be abandoned due to the slurry explosion.
References
- ↑ "Gleeson hero as The Nire’s courage gets just reward". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.