{{Short description|Gaelic games club in County Waterford, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}} {{multiple issues| {{primary sources|date=March 2008}} {{no footnotes|date=November 2022}} }} {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Mount Sion | irish = Cnoc Sion | crest = Mount sion gaa crest.JPG | founded = 1932 | province = Munster | county = Waterford | nickname = | colours = Blue and white | grounds = Marian Park, Waterford | coordinates = {{coord|52|15|39.84|N|7|08|01.90|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}} | f3 = 5 | h2 = 2 | h3 = 35 | pattern_la = _shouldersonwhite | pattern_b = _whitehorizontal | pattern_ra = _shouldersonwhite | leftarm = 1874CD | body = 1874CD | rightarm = 1874CD | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 1874CD |}} '''Mount Sion''' ({{langx|ga|Cnoc Sion}}) is a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club located in [[Waterford]] City, [[County Waterford]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It was founded by teachers in the school of the same name. Although technically separate from the school, the club still maintains a close relationship with the school, sharing the same sports facilities in the city.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
The club fields teams in both the [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] [[Hurling]] and [[Gaelic football]] championships and has had many famous players, including [[Eoin Daniels (hurler)|John Keane]], [[Philly Grimes]], [[Tony Browne (hurler)|Tony Browne]] and [[Ken McGrath]].
The club is mainly concerned with the game of hurling and is the most successful in Waterford with 35 county title wins, although they did win 5 county football titles back in the 1950s. They have also won 2 Munster Senior Hurling titles, in 1981 with victory over Limerick club South Liberties (3-9 to 1–4) and in 2002 beating Sixmilebridge of Clare (0-12 to 0–10). The club has produced a number of All Star winning players for Waterford and also two Inter-county hurlers of the year, Tony Browne in 1998 and Austin Gleeson in 2016. John Keane was also selected on the hurling team of the millennium. Frankie Walsh was the last Waterford man to lift the Liam McCarthy cup in 1959.
Mount Sion won titles in 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 with players such a such Ken McGrath, Tony Browne, Brian Greene, Eoin Daniels, Eoin Kelly, and Eoin McGrath.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} Since 2006, Mount Sion have had something of a barren period going without a county final win and, while they reached the final in 2014, Ballygunner came out on top on a score line of 2–16 to 0–9.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
==Notable players== *[[John Keane (hurler)|John Keane]] Member of [[Hurling Team of the Century]]. *[[Andy Fleming (Irish sportsman)|Andy Fleming]] [[1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. *[[Paddy Dowling]] *[[Vin Baston]] [[1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. *[[Ian O'Regan|Ian O’Regan]] *[[Pat Fanning]] [[President of the Gaelic Athletic Association]] 1970-73. *[[Austin Gleeson]] 2016 [[All Stars Hurler of the Year]], 2016 [[GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year]]. All-Star winner. *[[Phil Grimes]] Two time [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. *[[Séamus Power (Waterford hurler)|Seamus Power]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. *[[Mick Flannelly]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. [[1948 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]] winning captain. *[[Martin Óg Morrissey]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. * [[Fred O'Brien (hurler)|Fred O'Brien]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. * [[Frankie Walsh]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winning captain. *[[Larry Guinan]] [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winner. *[[Jimmy Byrne]] *[[Pat McGrath (Waterford hurler)|Pat McGrath]] [[GAA Hall of Fame]] inductee. *[[Jim Greene]] All-Star winner. *[[Ken McGrath]] Three time All-Star winner. *[[Tony Browne (hurler)|Tony Browne]] 1998 [[All Stars Hurler of the Year]]. Three time All-Star winner. [[1992 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]] winning captain. *[[Eoin McGrath]] *[[Brian Greene]]
==Honours== *'''[[Waterford Senior Hurling Championship]]s: 35''' **1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, *'''[[Waterford Senior Football Championship]]s: 5''' **1953, 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1961 *'''[[Waterford Junior Football Championship]]s: 6''' **1939, 1948, 1990, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2025 *'''[[Waterford Junior Hurling Championship]]s: 2''' **1934, 2011 *'''Waterford Under-21 Hurling Championships: 7''' **1973, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1999. * '''Waterford Minor Hurling Championships: 27''' **1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008 * '''[[Waterford Minor Football Championship]]s:''' 5 ** 1956, 1957 (as Na Risigh), 1958 (as Na Risigh), 1964 (as Na Risigh), 1973 *'''Waterford Minor 'B' Football Championships: ''' **1990, 2008, 2009, * '''[[Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship]]s: 2''' **1981 and 2002
==External links== *{{official website|www.mountsiongaa.ie}}
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