Doon GAA

Doon
Dún Bleisce
Founded:	1888
County:	Limerick
Nickname:	Doon
Colours:	Red and white, away colours are purple and green
Grounds:	Doon GAA field
Coordinates:	52°36′03.02″N 8°14′43.20″W / 52.6008389°N 8.2453333°W
Playing kits
	Standard colours
	Standard colours

Doon GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, founded in 1888. It is based in the village of Doon in County Limerick, Ireland. The club is part of the East Division of the Limerick GAA and has a tremendous record at underage level and in 2024 has won its first County Senior Hurling Championship. The club only plays hurling, but footballers in the parish play with neighbouring Oola

Location

The club is located in the parish of Doon, mostly in County Limerick but also containing a few townlands in County Tipperary; these can play with the other club in the parish, Glengar, which is affiliated to the Tipperary GAA County Board. As Oola is only a football club, hurlers from the parish play with Doon. The club is roughly 30 km east of Limerick City. Bordering clubs include Cappamore, Pallasgreen and Doon's sister club Oola in Limerick, and Seán Treacy's, Cappawhite and Solohead in Tipperary.

History

The club was founded in 1888; it is one of the oldest clubs in the county. The club took part in competitions in both east Limerick and west Tipperary during the late 19th century.

The club's senior hurling team defeated Ahane on Sunday 18 November 2007 in Caherconlish, to become East Limerick Senior Hurling Champions, 2007. They again received the Sean Cunningham Cup. Doon have twice reached the final of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship, losing to Ballybrown in 1989 and Patrickswell (by only one point) in 2000. In 1973 a Doon player, Willy Moore, was present in the Limerick team which beat Kilkenny to win the all-Ireland hurling final.

Doon GAA's under-21 team reached the final of the Limerick Under-21 Hurling Championship in 2004 and lost, but returned to the final in 2005 and beat Adare to take the championship for the first time. Doon's success at an underage level is outstanding, winning every county "A" title at each grade.

On 27 October 2024, Doon made history by beating Na Piarsiagh by 0-16 to 2-09 to secure their first ever Limerick Senior Hurling Title.^[1]

Grounds

The GAA pitch is located just off the main street on the Toher road. The grounds were opened in 1994 and dressing rooms were completed in 2002. The facilities include a full-sized pitch with nets behind each goal, an underage sized pitch with nets behind each goal, a covered stand, four dressing rooms and a hurling wall.

Honours

Limerick Senior Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2024
Limerick Senior Hurling League (4): 1993, 2003, 2005, 2008
Limerick Senior Hurling Cup (2): 1993, 2010
Limerick Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1937, 1941
Limerick Junior A Hurling League (3): 2003, 2009, 2014
Limerick Junior A Football Championship (1): 1928
Limerick Junior B Hurling Championship (2): 1994, 2014
Limerick Junior B Hurling League (4): 1994, 1995, 2009, 2014
Limerick Under-21 Hurling Championship (7): 1966, 1967, 1982, 2005, 2019, 2020, 2021
Limerick Minor Hurling Championship (12): 1946, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1995, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015^{[citation needed]}

Notable players

Adam English
Richie English - Limerick U-21 2015 and current senior player
Willie Moore
Barry Murphy - Limerick U-21 2017
Mikey O'Brien
Darragh O'Donovan - Limerick U-21 2015
Pat Ryan - Limerick U-21 2015

References

^ "Historic success for Doon in Limerick hurling final". RTE Sport. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

External links

[1] "Historic success for Doon in Limerick hurling final". RTE Sport. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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