Carrickshock GAA explained

Club Gaa:	Carrickshock
Irish:	Carraig Seac
Founded:	1928
Province:	Leinster
County:	Kilkenny
Nickname:	'Shock
Colours:	Green and gold
Grounds:	Hugginstown
Coordinates:	52.4556°N -7.2244°W
H3:	7
Pattern B:	_goldrightsash
Leftarm:	008000
Body:	008000
Rightarm:	008000
Shorts:	FFFFFF
Socks:	008000

Carrickshock is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the south of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1928^[1] when the teams from Hugginstown and Knockmoylan were amalgamated in commemoration of the Battle of Carrickshock, 1831.

Carrickshock have had success in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, winning the competition seven times. Their record of four county titles in a row between 1940 and 1943 remained unbroken until 2009 when Ballyhale Shamrocks won their 4th title in succession.

Several hurlers from the club have gone to play with the Kilkenny senior intercounty team.

Honours

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships: 7
- 1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1951
Runners-up:
- 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 2010, 2013 ^[2]
Kilkenny Senior Hurling League
- 2012^[3]
Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championships: 2
- 2001, 2002
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 1
- 2017^[4]
Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2
- 2004, 2016^[5]
Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championships: 2
- 2004, 2016^[6]
Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championships: 4
- 1928, 1954, 1979, 1999

Notable hurlers

- Richie Power Snr Pat Dwyer
- Jimmy Walsh John Tennyson
John Dalton
Richie Power Jnr
John Power
Michael Rice
Sean O' (John) Farrell (1909-72), 1933^[7]

External links

Carrickshock on the official Kilkenny website (archived 2009)
Information about Carrickshock on the KilkennyCats website (archived 2009)

Notes and References

Web site: Archived copy . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302100731/http://www.kilkennycats.com/clubs/cgi-bin/cginews.pl?record=37 . 2009-03-02 .
Web site: Clara pull off seismic shock . 28 October 2013 . . 28 October 2013.
Web site: Carrickshock shape up for county tilt with league title win . 2012-10-15. Irish Examiner. 2012-10-15.
Web site: Carrickshock power proves too much for Galway outfit . 21 February 2017 . . 20 February 2017.
News: Rohan shocks brave Celbridge. 5 December 2016 . . 5 December 2016.
News: Power helps Carrickshock back to the big time . 7 November 2016 . . 7 November 2016.
Web site: All Albums > Kilkenny All Ireland Winning Teams > All Ireland SH Champions > Senior winning Teams 1931 to 1960. The Official Kilkenny GAA Website. Kilkenny GAA. 5 November 2015. 26 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126184033/http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/gallery/index/category/12. dead.