Carrickshock GAA

Carrickshock

Carraig Seac
Founded:	1928
County:	Kilkenny
Nickname:	'Shock
Colours:	Green and gold
Grounds:	Hugginstown
Coordinates:	52°27′20.16″N 7°13′27.91″W / 52.4556000°N 7.2244194°WCoordinates: 52°27′20.16″N 7°13′27.91″W / 52.4556000°N 7.2244194°W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Kilkenny champions Hurling: - - 7

Carrickshock is an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the south of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1928^[1] when the teams from Hugginstown and Knockmoylan were amalgamated in commemoration of the Battle of Carrickshock,1831.

Carrickshock have had success in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, winning the competition seven times. Their record of four county titles in a row between 1940 and 1943 remained unbroken until 2009 when Ballyhale Shamrocks won their 4th title in succession.

Many players from the club have gone to achieve success with the Kilkenny intercounty team.

Honours

• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships: 7
  • 1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1951
• Runners-up:
  • 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 2010, 2013 ^[2]
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling League
  • 2012^[3]
• Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championships: 2
  • 2001, 2002
• Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championships: 2
  • 2004, 2016^[4]
• Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championships: 4
  • 1928, 1954, 1979, 1999

Famous hurlers

• Richie Power
• Pat Dwyer
• Jimmy Walsh
• John Tennyson
• John Dalton
• Richie Power
• Michael Rice

John power

Sean O' (John) Farrell (1909-72), 1933^[5]

External links

• Carrickshock on the official Kilkenny website
• Information about Carrickshock on the KilkennyCats website

References

1. http://www.kilkennycats.com/clubs/cgi-bin/cginews.pl?record=37
2. "Clara pull off seismic shock". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
3. "Carrickshock shape up for county tilt with league title win". Irish Examiner. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
4. "Power helps Carrickshock back to the big time". Hogan Stand. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
5. "All Albums > Kilkenny All Ireland Winning Teams > All Ireland SH Champions > Senior winning Teams 1931 to 1960". The Official Kilkenny GAA Website. Kilkenny GAA.