- Ahane GAA
Infobox GAA club
club gaa = Ahane
irish = Átháin
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founded = 1926
province = Munster
county = Limerick
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colours = Green and Gold
grounds = Mackey Park, Lisnagry, Co. Limerick
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|Ahane GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association club located in theAhane ,Castleconnell andMontpelier areas of eastCounty Limerick ,Republic of Ireland . The club fields teams in bothhurling and football and historically is regarded as one of the great clubs of Limerick. Ahane's greatest players were the Mackey brothers, Mick and John and Jackie Power among others. In their day, thay defeated all-comers in Limerick and in the adjoining counties of Tipperary and Cork whose clubs they successfully challenged in many church tournaments during their greatest period of domination. A few of the Ahane players won the All-Ireland Senior hurling championship in 1934, 1936 and 1940 with Limerick, their leader being the peerlessMick Mackey , regarded as one of Ireland's greatest hurlers of all time. They won 15Limerick Senior Hurling Championship s in the 1930s and 1940s and also won 5Limerick Senior Football Championship s during this era. Their fans can often be heard to use the famous cheer "Come on Ahane! The Spuds are boiling!" [1]History
Ahane currently hold the record for most county championship wins (19)
Hurling Honours
Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 19
* 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1998, 1999, 2004Gaelic football Honours
Limerick Senior Football Championship 5
* 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939Bibliography
"Come on Ahane The Spuds are Boiling" by Sean Murphy, 2002.
Footnotes and sources
External links
* [http://ahane.limerick.gaa.ie/ Ahane GAA site]
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