O'Tooles GAA
O'Tooles GAC (Irish: Cumann Uí Thuathail) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ayrfield, Dublin, Ireland, formed in 1901.
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| Founded: | 1901 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Larriers | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Green and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | An Pairc Ui Thuthail, Ayrfield | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°23′52.41″N 6°11′04.43″W | ||||||||||||
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History
Early years
O'Tooles GAC was formed in 1901 at 100 Seville Place in the north inner city of Dublin from the Gaelic League branch. The Gaelic League branch held their inaugural meeting in February 1901. Francis Cahill was one of the founding members of the club and Brother J.A. O’Mahoney, who was superior of O'Connell School was elected as the first president.
On Thursday 8 October 1901, after Irish classes the clubs first hurling team was formed. The captain of the team was Edward Keegan with Thomas Keegan elected as secretary and John Taylor as treasurer. In 1905 the club won their first competition, captained by Tim O'Neill, they won the Saturday Junior Hurling League.
August 1902 brought about the formation of the football team, with the clubs first major success arriving in 1910 in the form of the minor league.
In 1910, the St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band was formed with Tom Clarke elected president and playwright Seán O'Casey elected secretary.[1]
Easter Rising
On the morning of Monday 24 April 1916, around 1,200 members of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army arrived at a number of locations in Dublin. Among them were over 70 members of the O'Tooles club including two executed leaders, Tom Clarke (3 May) and Seán Mac Diarmada (12 May). Others involved included Liam Ó Briain, future TD and a professor of languages. Frank Robbins, future President of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and Tom Ennis who was later a Free State Army General.
| O'Tooles members who fought in the Easter Rising | ||||||
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| G.P.O. | Jacob's | St Stephen's Green | Four Courts | Boland's Mills | South Dublin Union | Ashbourne |
| David Begley | James Barrett | James Brougham | Dan Begley | Toby Breslin | Edward Keegan | Patrick Birney |
| Michael Brady | Vinny Byrne | Joseph Connelly | Sean Cody | |||
| Tom Clarke | James Cassells | James Donnelly | Jim Dempsey | |||
| James Redmond | Michael Colgan | Patrick Duffy | Patrick Kelly | |||
| Tom Crimmins | Liam Daly | Joseph Duffy | Bernard Murphy | |||
| Michael Croke | Tom Drumm | Robert Humphreys | Sean O'Moore | |||
| Tom Ennis | James Hannon | Tom Kehoe | Thomas Yourell | |||
| John Fitzharris | James Kenny | James Lawless | Thomas Smart | |||
| Frank Henderson | Thomas Losty | Michael Lawless | John Halpin | |||
| Sean Kerr | Sean Lynch | Johnny McDonald | Charles McMahon | |||
| Thomas Leahy | William Lynch | David O'Leary | ||||
| Laurence Mackey | Mick McDonnell | Diarmuid O'Leary | ||||
| Michael Mackey | Paddy McDonnell | Tim O'Neill | ||||
| Seán Mac Diarmada | Michael Meade | Liam O'Briain | ||||
| Patrick Mitchell | Owen Meade | Frank O'Brien | ||||
| John O'Neill | James Murran | Willian O'Brien | ||||
| Thomas J. Roche | Edward O'Hanrahan | Frank Robbins | ||||
| Hugh Thornton | Joseph O'Hanrahan | Sean Rogan | ||||
| Frank Thornton | Michael O'Rourke | |||||
| Patrick J. Weafer | Sean O'Rourke | |||||
| Thomas Wheatley | Kathleen Pollard | |||||
| Josephine Pollard | ||||||
| Patrick Rooney | ||||||
| James Sheils | ||||||
| Denis Shelly | ||||||
| Thomas Shelly | ||||||
| Jim Slattery | ||||||
| Michael Smith | ||||||
| Johnny McDonnell | ||||||
Bloody Sunday
On 21 November 1920, Dublin and Tipperary played a football challenge match in Croke Park. As a result of a mass shooting by the British Forces 14 innocent people including one player (Michael Hogan from Tipperary), died. It is estimated that around 60 – 100 people were also injured. O'Tooles have a deep connection with the events of this day as they contributed 12 players to the Dublin team with 9 players starting.
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| Number | Position | Name |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Johnny McDonnell |
| 3 | Full back | Paddy Carey |
| 4 | Left corner back | William Robbins |
| 5 | Right half back | John Synnott |
| 7 | Left half back | Jack O'Reilly |
| 11 | Centre forward | Paddy McDonnell (c) |
| 12 | Left half forward | John Carey |
| 13 | Right corner forward | Joe Synnott |
| 14 | Full forward | Stephen Synnott |
Substitutes: Tom Carey, Joe Norris & Tom Fitzgerald
Football
An amalgamation of O'Tooles and another local club Emeralds brought the golden age of football to the Seville Place club. The 1916 Dublin Intermediate Football Championship which was played in 1917 due to the number of players interned after the 1916 Rising heralded the beginning of the club's most successful football teams.
From 1918 to 1931, O'Tooles won 10 Dublin Senior Football Championship titles and produced the county's first five-in-a-row club team. During this period the club also contributed the majority of players to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning Dublin teams, including producing All-Ireland winning captains in Paddy Carey and Paddy McDonnell.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
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| 1946 | O’Tooles | Parnells |
| 1931 | O’Tooles | Erin's Hope |
| 1928 | O’Tooles | O'Dwyers |
| 1926 | O’Tooles | Garda |
| 1925 | O’Tooles | Kickhams |
| 1924 | O’Tooles | UCD |
| 1923 | O’Tooles | Garda |
| 1922 | O’Tooles | St. Mary's |
| 1920 | O’Tooles | Kickhams |
| 1919 | O’Tooles | McCrackens |
| 1918 | O’Tooles | Collegians |
Hurling
A Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship was won 1956 and 1961 with a Dublin Junior Hurling Championship arriving in 1982. In 1969, O’Tooles made the breakthrough and won their first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship. Further success was achieved in 1977, 1984 and 1990.
During the 1990s, O'Tooles who three county titles in a row in 1995, 1996 and 1997 and reached the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship final in 1996.
In 2002, O’Tooles defeated north side rivals and defending champions Craobh Chiaráin after a replay on a score line of 1–13 to 2–7.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
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| 2002 | O’Tooles | Craobh Chiaráin |
| 1997 | O’Tooles | St. Vincents |
| 1996 | O’Tooles | Kilmacud Crokes |
| 1995 | O’Tooles | St. Vincents |
| 1990 | O’Tooles | St. Vincents |
| 1984 | O’Tooles | Kilmacud Crokes |
| 1977 | O'Tooles | Faughs |
| 1969 | O'Tooles | Faughs |
Present day
As of 2023, they currently compete in the Division 2 league and the Senior 3 championship in hurling. In football they are in the Division 3 league and the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship.
Honours
Dublin Senior Championships
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship:
Winners (8): 1969, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002
Runners-up (5): 1973, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2011
- Dublin Senior Football Championship:
- Winners (11): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1946
- Runners-up (6): 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1964
Dublin Senior Leagues
- Dublin Senior Hurling League:
- Winners (3): 1969, 1985, 2006
- Dublin Senior Football League:
- Winners (9): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929
Other Dublin Championship Wins
- Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship:
- Winners (3): 1917, 1956, 1961
- Dublin Junior Hurling Championship:
- Winners (1): 1982
- Dublin Intermediate Football Championship:
- Winners (1): 1916
- Dublin Junior Football Championship:
- Winners (2): 1922, 1945
- Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship:
- Winners (3): 1974, 1981, 2004
- Dublin Minor A Football Championship:
- Winners (10): 1911, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1954, 1957
- Dublin Minor B Football Championship:
- Winners (1): 2012
- Dublin Minor E Football Championship:
- Winners (1): 2021
- Dublin Minor A Hurling Championship:
- Winners (5): 1911, 1920, 1953, 1975, 1993
- Dublin Féile na nGael Division 4:
- Winners (2): 2016, 2021
- Dublin Senior 4 Camogie Championship:
- Winners (1): 1996
Notable players
Senior inter-county footballers
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