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'''Ahane GAA Club''' is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Lisnagry, County Limerick, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Limerick County Board and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.
==History==
Located in the Ahane, Castleconnell and Montpelier areas of East Limerick, Ahane GAA Club was founded on 22 November 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ahanegaa.ie/history|title=Club history|publisher=Ahane GAA website|date=|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> The new club played its first ever match three weeks later, but lost out to Newport. The Ahane GAA Club committee affiliated both junior and senior teams for the respective championships in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lovecastleconnell.com/an-caislean/2011/ahane-gaa-club-a-brief-history/|title=Ahane GAA Club – A brief History|publisher=Love Castleconnell website|date=|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
The Ahane club was in its infancy when it made the breakthrough by winning the Limerick SHC title after a defeat of Croom in 1931. This victory ushered in an unprecedented 25-year period of success. Ahane won seven successive Limerick SHC titles between 1933 and 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/features/196608/Ahane-GAA-honours-great-Limerick-hurling.html|title=Ahane GAA honours great Limerick hurling supporter Gerry, 90|publisher=Limerick Live|date=5 April 2014|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Defeat by Croom in successive finals was followed by Ahane claiming another seven successive titles between 1942 and 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/portumna-rise-above-the-rest/26522934.html|title=Portumna rise above the rest|publisher=Irish Independent|date=22 March 2009|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> The club also won five successive Limerick SFC titles between 1935 and 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clubinfo.ie/club/ahane-hc/|title=Ahane HC|publisher=Club Info|date=|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
Ahane won their 16th Limerick SHC title in 1955, a victory which put them at the top of the all-time roll of honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Limerick/ClubTitles|title=Club Titles - Limerick|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> After dominating the championship since their foundation, Ahane failed to win another title until 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/memories-of-mackey-as-ahane-end-famine-26174934.html|title=Memories of Mackey as Ahane end famine|publisher=Irish Independent|date=21 September 1998|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> The club retained the title in 1999, before winning a record-setting 19th Limerick SHC in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/tempers-flare-as-ahane-win-26134015.html|title=Tempers flare as Ahane win|publisher=Irish Independent|date=4 October 1999|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10045652.html|title=Ahane kingpins win 19th title|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=11 October 2004|access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
==Honours==
* '''Limerick Senior Hurling Championship''' (19): 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1998, 1999, 2004 * '''Limerick Senior Football Championship''' (5): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 * '''Limerick Junior Hurling Championship''' (2): 1928, 1930 * '''Limerick Minor Hurling Championship''' (4): 1930, 1940, 1991, 2014 * '''Munster Senior Club Camogie Championship''' (4): 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976 * '''Limerick Senior Camogie Championship''' (10): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2018, 2022
==Notable players== {{see also|Category:Ahane hurlers}}
* Mick Mackey: All-Ireland SHC-winner (1934, 1936, 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/mick-mackey-limerick-hurling-1816487-Dec2014/|title=Mick Mackey: He became hurling’s first superstar, "the playboy of the southern world"|publisher=The 42|date=7 December 2014|access-date=19 November 2017|first=|last=}}</ref> * Dan Morrissey: All-Ireland SHC-winner (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/how-defensive-rock-morrissey-went-from-the-limerick-fringes-to-dan-the-man/a1427322394.html|title=How defensive rock Morrissey went from the Limerick fringes to Dan the Man|publisher=Irish Independent|date=19 April 2025|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> * Tom Morrissey: All-Ireland SHC-winner (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41505407.html|title=Tom Morrissey: 'Until you're in the middle of it you don't realise how tough that actually is'|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 October 2024|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> * Ollie Moran: National Hurling League-winner (1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/118711|title=Moran bows out|publisher=The 42|date=6 October 2009|access-date=19 November 2017|first=|last=}}</ref> * Timmy Ryan: All-Ireland SHC-winner (1934, 1936, 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/555134/then-and-now-timmy-good-boy-ryan.html|title=Then and Now: Timmy ‘Good-Boy’ Ryan|publisher=Limerick Live|date=4 July 2020|accessdate=13 June 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.ahanegaa.ie/ Ahane GAA site]
{{Limerick GAA clubs}}
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