Galtee Rovers GAA, also called Galtee Rovers—St. Pecaun's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Bansha on the National Primary Route N24 in the shadow of the Galtee Mountains in west County Tipperary, Ireland. The club, founded in 1885, represents the parish of Bansha & Kilmoyler and enters gaelic football and hurling teams in the West Tipperary and Tipperary championships. The Club grounds - Canon Hayes Park - are named in honour of the founder of Muntir na Tíre, Very Rev. John Canon Hayes, Parish Priest of Bansha & Kilmoyler (1946–57), who was patron of the Club during his pastorship. The Club pavilion is named 'The McGrath Centre' in honour of two club members, the late John & Geraldine McGrath who died on New Year's Day, 1 January 2000. John Moloney, referee of six All-Ireland Senior Finals, was President of the Galtee Rovers Club at the time of his death on 6 October 2006. In addition to his work at national level in the Gaelic Athletic Association, at club level he coached and organised the juvenile and under-age players for nearly 50 years.
Galtee Rovers is a traditional football club, however in modern times it has enjoyed a hurling renaissance from the late 1990s through the early years of the 21st century. The Club was one of the few dual (hurling and football) senior clubs for five years from 2001 to 2006. However, it lost its senior hurling status after defeat in the West Divisional and County championships in 2006. The club's main focus at senior level for the immediate future is expected to be in football, while continuing to compete in the Intermediate hurling championship. The club's endeavours in football were rewarded in 2008 when Rovers regained the County Tipperary Senior Football Championship after an interval of 27 years by defeating neighbouring Cahir, 0-7 to 0-5 in the final played at Cashel on Sunday, 26 October 2008.
In 2003, the club won all six major championships in West Tipperary, i.e., Senior Hurling & Football; Under-21(grade A) Hurling & Football and Minor (grade A) Hurling & Football.
Honours
Football
Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners: (6): 1949, 1950, 1976, 1980, 1981, 2008. Tipperary Junior Football Championship Winners (1): 1946 Tipperary Minor Football Championship Winners (1): 1998, 2016 (with Golden)2022. South Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners (2): 1912, 1915 West Tipperary Senior Football Championship Winners (26): 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2018. West Tipperary Senior Football League (O'Donoghue Cup) Winners (8): 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2005. West Tipperary Junior Football (A) Championship Winners (5): 1935, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1959. Tipperary Junior B Football Championship Winners 2007 West Tipperary Junior Football (B) Championship Winners (6): 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2015. West Tipperary Minor (A) Football Championship Winners (7): 1953, 1961 (with Golden), 1962 (with Golden), 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2014, 2015 (with Golden), 2016 (with Golden)2022 Tipperary Under-21 (A) Football Championship (1) 1975 West Tipperary Under-21 (A) Football Championship (11) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015 (with Emly) West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Football Championship (1) 1988 2022 ‘’’West u19 Football Championship’’’ 2022 ‘’’County u19 B Football Champions’’’ 2022
Hurling
Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2001. Tipperary Intermediate Hurling League Winners (1): 2007. Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (1): 1999. West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2003 West Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (6): 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 West Tipperary Junior (A) Hurling Championship Winners (9): 1940, 1946, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1997, 1999,2021 West Tipperary Junior (B) Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2000. South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Winners (1) : 1923 West Tipperary Under-21 (A) Hurling Championship (3) 2002, 2003, 2004 West Tipperary Under-21 (B) Hurling Championship (1) 1998 West Tipperary Under-21 (C) Hurling Championship (1) 2019 West Tipperary Minor (A) Hurling Championship (3) 2001, 2003, 2013 (with Éire Óg Annacarty) West Tipperary Minor (B) Hurling Championship (4) 1985, 1993, 1997, 1999