Rower-Inistioge GAA [SEP] inception
Rower-Inistioge GAA
Rower-Inistioge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Inistioge area of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling and Camogie.
History.
The Rower-Inistioge GAA club was formed in 1955 when the two existing GAA clubs in the local parish agreed to amalgamate. They were Rower and Inistioge.
The Club is a Senior Hurling Club in Kilkenny. The Rower-Inistioge won the Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2013, beating the Emeralds in the final
in the Annals of the Four Masters.
Inistioge was previously a borough, sending two members to the Irish House of Commons.
Sport.
The Gaelic Athletic Association club Rower-Inistioge GAA has its home ground here. The club has had a number of All Ireland medal-winning players including Eddie Keher, Sean Cummins, Kieran Joyce, Liam Tierney and Liam Naddy.
Notable people.
George Brown, Manchester based communist and member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War was born at Ballyneale outside