Thurles Sarsfields is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of Thurles at Semple Stadium. The club was founded in 1881 and is the most honoured club in the history of the county championship with 36 County Titles.
History
On 19 October 2009, Sarsfields captured their 30th Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, defeating neighbours Drom ’n Inch at Semple Stadium by 0-14 to 0-5. They went on to play Newtownshandrum in the Munster hurling championship quarter-final on 1 November 2009, losing by 1-15 to 0-19 points. On 31 October 2010, Sarsfields captured their 31st Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship after a 1-16 to 1-7 win against Clonoulty-Rossmore. They subsequently contested the Munster Club hurling final only to lose out to De La Salle.
On 25 November 2012, Thurles won their first ever Munster GAA Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 1-21 to 1-16 victory over De La Salle in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Hurling
Honours
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
2012 (Runners-Up 2010) Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships: 36 1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015,2016 2017 Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (46) 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1920 (as Moycarkey-Thurles), 1925, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 Mid Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1989, 2014, 2016 Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (5) 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995 Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (12) 1939, 1942, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2019 All Ireland Junior B Championship (1) 2018 Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (3) 2002, 2010, 2017 Mid Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (4) 2002, 2009, 2010, 2017 Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championships: 8 1988, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championships: (23) 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: 11 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010 Mid Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championships: (21) 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
Notable club players
This means players that have enjoyed much success with the club or have played for the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Football
Honours
Mid Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1) 1952 Mid Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (7) 1990, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009 Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2) 1989, 2022 Mid Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (10) 1943, 1945, 1967, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2015, 2021, 2022 Mid Tipperary Junior B Football Championship (1) 1995 Mid Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship (3) 1991, 1993, 2007 Mid Tipperary Under 19 B Football Championship (1) 2022 Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (2) 2005, 2006 Mid Tipperary Minor A Football Championship (10) 1949, 1953, 1954, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2019 Mid Tipperary Minor B Football Championship (1) 1991