Club Information
Club Grounds & Facilities
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Our facilities include, two playing pitches, sports and social amenity hall complete with stage, changing rooms with shower rooms and toilets, fitted kitchen, shop, 40’ x 20’ handball alley, raised viewing area, offices, meeting rooms, exercise room and hurling alley.
In the past year our facilities have again been recognised as one of the leading venues in the County. The park staged the home programme for the Tipperary Senior Hurling team in the National League last spring. Various other Central Council Fixtures and a host of local Club matches were played throughout the year at our facility. Our handball alley has been the venue for many provincial and All-Ireland championships.
Park Committee
The Park Committee is chaired by Seamus Cleary and members, Matt Lillis, Bartley Ryan, Jim Kennedy, John Foley, Ml. Hynes, Ml Madden, continue to maintain very high standards considering the main pitch is used almost daily for 9 to 10 months of the year.
Historical development of the grounds
As you will appreciated, the club grounds have undergone a long history of development to arrive at what today is a sports and leisure complex that club members and the community generally can be proud of.
Sunday Sept 27th 1942 saw the fulfilment of the hopes and dreams of a number of staunch GAA people in Nenagh and throughout North Tipperary when the club grounds situated at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh were officially opened. The whole project cost £2,510 at that time
MacDonagh Park opening - Program cover
The first committee were
- Chairman Frank McGrath
- Vice-Chairman Tomas Cleary
- Secretary Martin Gleeson
- Treasurer Patrick McGrath
- Committee: Patrick Hackett, Matt Hogan, Pat Crowe, Michael Brennan, James Mackey, Dan O Keeffe, John Dwyer, Con Cleary, W. J. Chadwick, James O ‘Sullivan, Tomas Costello, J Rice, Michael Moylan.
The first positive steps towards the realisation of the dream were taken in 1986 under the chairmanship of Ger Gavin. In March 1987, a committee under the guidance Ger and other club officers including, Jimmy Morris (Club Treasurer) and Jimmy Minogue (Club Secretary) set out with the aim of building a facility which reached fruition in 1989 when “the complex” was officially opened by John Dowling the then President of the GAA. The committee that made this possible comprised people from all walks of life within the parish. Their dedication and commitment could not be equalled and they can, without question take their proud place in the club’s history. In 1997 a magnificent new stand was added and officially opened by Mr Joe McDonagh the then President-elect of the GAA.
In 2005 a state of the art Hurling alley was added to complete what is today a sports and social facility for the people of Nenagh and the community at large to be proud of.
By Noel Shoer