The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary county teams.
The County Tipperary holds an honoured place in the history of the GAA as the organisation was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, on 1 November 1884. There follow details of the events of its history and the achievements of its teams in inter county competition.
Hurling Many firsts The first team to win the All Ireland senior hurling title in 1887 against Galway. The first GAA president was a Tipperary man named Maurice Davin, from Carrick-on-Suir, in south Tipperary. First Munster & All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship in 1964. The first club to win the All Ireland club title was Roscrea, a club in north Tipperary. The first GAA Congress was held in Hayes' Hotel in Thurles. The first GAA supporters club in Ireland was established for Tipperary senior hurling. The first GAA supporters website in Ireland was Premierview. Launched in 2001. The first autobiography of a hurler was that of Tommy Doyle 'A Lifetime in Hurling', which was published in 1955. Only team in GAA history to win an All Ireland title in every decade since 1887 Won the Hurling-Football Double twice in 1895 and 1900, 90 years before Cork finally caught up in 1990. In 1895 Tipp was the first county to win an All-Ireland final at Jones Road, which would later become Croke Park. In 1895, Tipp became the only county to win the All-Ireland Senior hurling and football double on the same day and repeated the feat in 1900. This will never happen again due to the finals now being played on separate days. In 1887, Tipp was the only county to bring off the first inter-county double by Beating Clare in both hurling and football on the same day in Nenagh. Won the Senior, Minor and Junior All Ireland's in 1930 to become the first county in hurling or football to win 3 All Ireland's in one year, otherwise known as the Grand Slam. Tipp is the only county to have twice won the Senior hurling and two other grades in the same year (1930, 1989) Tipp is the first county to win 3 Minor All Ireland Hurling titles consecutively: 1932, 1933 and 1934. In 1967, the team was the first to lead the Roll of Honour in every present hurling Grade (Senior, Intermediate, Minor and Under-21). Tipp won the first Intermediate Munster final in 1961 Tipp won the first Junior Munster Hurling final in 1910 John Doyle Has 8 All-Ireland Senior hurling medals, tied with the great Christy Ring John Doyle was the first hurler to win 10 Munster Senior hurling Championship medals, now tied with Jimmy Barry-Murphy. John Doyle also holds 11 National Hurling League medals, which is unrivalled Jimmy Doyle is the only player to contest 4 Minor All Ireland Hurling finals and the only to win 3 Minor All Ireland hurling medals.# Jimmy Doyle is the only player to have won 4 Munster Minor hurling medals. Tony Wall became the first player to receive the Texaco Hurler of the Year award in 1958. Tipp won the first All-Ireland Junior Football Championship final in 1912. Tipp won the first Munster Junior Football Championship final in 1910. Tipp won the first Munster Senior Football Championship final in 1888. Tipp won the first Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship final and All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals in 1974. Tipp were also the first county to win back to back All Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship (1974–1975) In 1911, Tipp became the first county to win back to back Munster Junior hurling titles. In 1963, Tipp became the first Munster county to win the All-Ireland Intermediate hurling championship. In 1889, Tipp became the first county to win both All-Ireland Senior Hurling & Football titles, in 1887 (Hurling) and 1889 (Football) In 1934, Tipp were the first county to win the Munster Minor hurling and football in the same year. In 1934, Tipp were the first county to win the All-Ireland Minor hurling and football in the same year. In 1961, Tipp were the first county to win the Munster Senior and Intermediate hurling titles in the same year In 1965, Tipp were the first county to win back to back Munster Under-21 titles. In 1964, Tipp were the first county to win the Munster Senior and Under-21 hurling titles in the same year In 1965, Tipp were the first county to win the Munster Senior and Under-21 hurling titles in the same year, back to back. in 1965, Tipp became the first Munster and Irish county to win back to back All-Ireland Intermediate hurling titles. London had won back to back titles beforehand. In 1n 1991, Tipp became the first county to win 4 Munster Junior hurling titles consecutively (1988–1991) Cork had won three titles in a row from 58 to 60 and then the competition was halted. When the competition was reinstated in 1983, Cork won the first two making it 5 titles in a row, but is not counted due to the halt in the running of the competition. The only GAA president that served two terms was a Tipp man Maurice Davin, from Carrick on Suir Tipp were the first hurling county to win back to back Doubles (National League and All-Ireland Senior Hurling title) (1949–1950) Feile na nGael was a Tipperary brainchild and was held for the first time in Thurles in 1971. The first radio broadcast of a G.A.A. game was of the replay of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship game between Cork and Tipperary at Thurles in 1926. Tipp was the first hurling county to reach the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final through the back door, but lost to Clare. This was in 1997, the first year of the new system. Tipp became the first county to have held the All-Ireland Senior championship in Hurling, Football, Camogie and Ladies' Football in 1999 and are only joined by Cork and Galway in achieving this feat, though both of these achieved this after Tipp. In 1964, Tipp became the first hurling county in Munster to have won all inter-county Munster titles (Senior, Minor, Under-21, Intermediate and Junior) In 1964, Tipp became the first hurling county to have won all inter-county All-Ireland titles (Senior, Minor, Under-21, Intermediate and Junior). Johnny Leahy holds the record for captaining the most teams to Munster Senior glory (5 times) Johnny Leahy is the only man to captain a winning All-Ireland team before and after the McCarthy cup was introduced in 1921 Philip Kennedy of Nenagh Éire Óg was the first man to captain any team to either 2 or back to back All-Ireland Under-21 titles. Dan Murphy (Cork) equalled this in 1998. In 1980, PJ Maxwell was captain of the Under-21s, he was injured for the final, so Philip lifted the trophy as final captain. Jimmy Doyle (6 Senior and 3 Minor, John Doyle (8 Senior, 1 Minor) and Christy Ring (8 Senior and 1 Minor) are the only players to have won 9 All-Ireland medals won on the field of play. Babs Keating and Mick Roche were the first players to have played in an All-Ireland final in all present grades (Senior, Intermediate, Minor and Under-21) John (10 Senior and 2 Minor) and Jimmy Doyle (8 Senior and 4 Minor) are the only players to have started 12 All-Ireland finals. Jimmy Doyle came on as a sub in 1971, which makes him the player with the most All-Ireland appearances with 13. Thurles Sarsfields is the only club in Ireland to have provided 10 All-Ireland Senior hurling winning captains Tipperary also has the unique distinction that they were the last winners of the original Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1991. Tipperary has the unique distinction of being the only county to have won All-Ireland senior titles in Hurling, Football, Camogie, Ladies' Football, Hardball singles and doubles, Softball singles and doubles and 40x20 singles and doubles. This means Tipp have won a Senior All-Ireland title in all 5 Major Senior competitions in the GAA (Rounders being the exception as there is no Senior inter-county competition) Eoin Kelly is the only player to have been Young hurler of the year two times in a row (2001–2002). To date, Tipp has had the most Young hurlers of the year (5), Eugene O'Neill in 1997 Eoin Kelly in 2001 and 2002, Noel McGrath in 2009 and Brendan Maher in 2010. The nearest is Cork with 3 and Kilkenny and Galway with 2 each. Tipp were the first county to have back to back Young hurlers of the year. Eoin Kelly in 2001 and 2002. Cork finally got 2 in a row with Setanta O'hAilpin in 2003 and Brian Murphy in 2004. Tipp is the only county to twice have back to back Young hurlers of the year. Eoin Kelly 2001–2002 and Noel McGrath (2009) and Brendan Mahr (2010) Nenagh's W.J. Spain was the first player to have won both an All-Ireland Senior hurling and Senior football medal. Although these weren't with Tipperary, he won his Senior Football medal with Limerick (1887) and his Senior Hurling medal with Dublin (1889). Brendan Cummins holds the record for least Pucks (48) in the Poc Fada competition. He is the only Tipperary man to have won the competition. In 1926, the Tipp senior hurling team made the first ever trip to America. This was the first tour of its kind by an All-Ireland winning team. In 1910, along with Cork, Tipp were the first team to embark on a European tour Mikey Maher of Tubberadoora was the first man to captain a team to 3 All-Ireland victories (1895, 1896, 1898) In 1974, Tipp acquired the distinction of topping the roll of honour in three out of the four Senior codes at different times. (Hurling, Football and Ladies Football). In 1895, Tipp club Arravale Rovers, who represented Tipp in 1895, were in the first All-Ireland Senior Football final played at Jones Road (Now Croke Park). They also have the distinction of winning the first All-Ireland Senior Football final at Jones Road. Tipp hold the record for being in the most consecutive Munster minor hurling finals, 9 in a row from 1980 to 1988 (not including the replay in 1986). From 1930 to 1935, Tipp became the first county to win 6 Munster minor titles in a row, they completed it again from 1952 to 1957 and are the only county to do it twice. Cork have won 7 in a row, but after these two occurrences. Tipp were the first county to win 8 Minor munster titles in a single decade, winning them in the 1950s (50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59). Cork finally achieved the same feat in the 1970s. Tipp also has a remarkable record in Munster minor hurling as from 1945 to 1962, they never went two years without winning the Munster title. They won 15 out of a possible 18 finals, only missing out on making the final twice and losing it once. Tipp is also the only county to feature in 50 munster minor finals (58 in all), winning more than half with 36 and losing 22. Tipp is the only county to win 6 All-Ireland Minor hurling titles in a single decade in the 1950s. They won in 52, 53, 55, 56, 57 and 59. This means they have won the most Minor titles in a single decade. Declan Carr and Tommy Carr are the only brothers to have won All-Stars in different codes. (Declan in hurling with Tipperary and Tommy in football with Dublin). Jovita Delaney became the first player to win an All-Star in camogie. Tipp became the first county to have an All-star in every code (1971 in Hurling, 1980 in Ladies Football, 1998 in Men's Football and 2003 in Camogie). Cork can also claim this, but in terms of position, Tipp were the first. Tipp and Cork are also the counties to have players featured on the first All-Star teams. Tipp had players on the first Hurling, Ladies Football and Camogie teams, while Cork had players on the first Hurling, Men's Football and Camogie teams. Tipp have an advantage on Cork, they had a player on the first Cú Chulainn hurling team in 1963. So officially, Tipp have players on 4 first teams and is a record by itself. Tipp became the first county to be in Three Senior Ladies football All-Ireland finals in a row, losing two in 1978, 1979 before winning in 1980.