Brief History

Ballinahinch GAA Club was founded in 1886, two years after the founding of the GAA at Thurles. While the founding of the GAA at Ballinahinch (Baile na hInse - Town of the river/meadow) is dated 1886, there is strong evidence that the game of hurling was played and a club existed at Killoscully from 1884 at least, the same year that the GAA was founded at Thurles.

In the beginning the club was renowned as a great football team, but being in Tipperary hurling became very important and the club have kept the two games going and have enjoyed enormous success (see Roll of Honour below), particularly in the last twenty-five years since 1980 when we won our first County Junior Hurling title and north hurling and football titles.

A full history of the club was written and published in 2006 by John Ryan (J), and can be purchased by contacting any officer in the club.

Roll of Honour

Senior:

North Senior Football (1982 - Mulcair Rovers)

Intermediate:

County Intermediate Hurling League (2005, 2016)

North Intermediate Hurling (2016)

North Intermediate Football (2010)

Junior:

All-Ireland Sevens Hurling Shield (2005), Runners up (2004, 2006)

County ‘A’ Hurling Championship (1980, 1994, 2002)

North ‘A’ Football Championship (1980, 2007)

North ‘B’ Football Championship (1995, 1998, 2001, 2002)

County ‘B’ Football Championship (2002)

U21:

North 'A' Hurling Championship (2014 - Newport Gaels)

North ‘B’ Hurling Championship (2002, 2016 Ballinahinch/Templederry)

North ‘C’ Hurling Championship (2000, 2008)

County ‘C’ Hurling Championship (2000, 2006, 2011)

North 'A' Football Championship (Newport Gaels, 2015)

North ‘B’ Football Championship (1992 - Ballina, 2001, 2013 -Ballinahinch Gaels)

North ‘C’ Football Championship (2000)

County ‘B’ Football Championship (2001, 2013 - Ballinahinch Gaels)

County ‘C’ Football Championship (2000, 2009, 2011)

Minor:

County 'C' Hurling Championship (2007)

North 'A' Hurling Championship (2014 - Newport Gaels)

North ‘B’ Hurling Championship (1987 – Ballina)

North ‘A’ Football Championship (1971 - Sean Treacy's, 1995 - Newport, 2006 - Burgess Gaels, 2013, 2015 (both Newport Gaels)

North ‘B’ Football Championship (2002)

North ‘C’ Football Championship (2000)

County ‘A’ Football Championship (1995 – Newport)

County ‘C’ Football Championship (2000, 2004, 2010)

North Tipperary Players of the Year - Ballinahinch Winners

2016: Shane McGrath - Intermediate Hurler of the Year

2015: Shane McGrath - Intermediate Hurler of the Year 

2010: Marcus Ryan - Intermediate Footballer of the Year

2008
John Foley - Darrel Darcy Footballer of the Year
                - Junior Footballer of the Year
Shane McGrath - Intermediate Hurler of the Year

2007
Shane McGrath - Junior Footballer of the Year

2005
Shane McGrath - U21 Hurler of the Year

2002
Ger Griffin - Junior Hurler of the Year
Shane McGrath - Junior Footballer of the Year

2001
Ger Griffin - Minor Hurler of the Year

Presidents: Fr. Bobby Fletcher, Jimmy Ryan, Mick Hourigan, Denis Kennedy, Michael Berkery, Dermot Bourke, Jimmy Healy

Ticket Co-ordinator: John Ryan (B)

Club Officers 2015

Presidents: Fr. Bobby Fletcher, Jimmy Ryan, Mick Hourigan, Dan Gleeson, Denis Kennedy, Michael Berkery, Dermot Bourke, Jimmy Healy

Chairman: Sean Ryan (B).

Vice Chairman: John Healy.

Secretary: Joseph Fitzgerald.

Treasurer: Mike Gleeson.

PRO: Raphael Ryan.

Lotto Co-Ordinators: Cathal Bourke and Maura Foley.

Tipp Draw Rep: TJ McLoughlin.

Ticket Co-ordinator: John Ryan (B).

- 2012 we won the Junior 'C' hurling league and championship double, reaching the semi-final of the intermediate hurling, and U21 hurling North championships. 

Club Officers 2011
Presidents: Fr. Bobby Fletcher, Jimmy Ryan, Mick Hourigan, Dan Gleeson, Denis Kennedy, Michael Berkery.
Chairman: P.J. Lynch
Vice Chairman: Joe Fitzgerald
Secretary: Shane Fitzgerald
Assistant Secretary: Adrian Gleeson
Treasurer: Pat Jones
PRO: Raphael Ryan
Lotto Co-Ordinator: Pat Hayes
Ticket Co-ordinator: Dermot Bourke

- 2011 was also a successful year with our U21 football and hurling teams winning county titles. The minor footballers reached the North football semi-final.