J.K. Bracken's GAC
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J.K. Bracken's Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club centred on the parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea in County Tipperary, Ireland. It plays in the Tipperary GAA county and Mid-Tipperary divisional competitions. JK Brackens is one of only two a handful of GAA clubs that consistently compete at senior grade in both the hurling and Gaelic Football Tipperary club championships. JK Brackens is also nationally renowned as one of the country's leading GAA Scór clubs, and in 2016 began the promotion of GAA Handball within the club. Currently, the club fields 17 teams from under 6 up to senior grades and has approximately 250 playing members.The club is named after Joseph Kevin Bracken, one of the seven founding members of the Gaelic Athletic Association, who was from Templemore. He was also the first Chairman of the Tipperary GAA County.HistoryPre-Formation Era - the 1980'sThe club was officially formed in 1992 with the amalgamation of the former GAA clubs of Templemore Éire Óg, Clonmore GAA and Killea GAA. There was always a strong tradition of Gaelic games in the parish even pre-dating the GAA, however before 1992 the parish had a disjointed approach to representation in club GAA competitions, with the Éire Óg Club represented the area in football, Clonmore intermediate hurling and the Killea club for junior hurling.
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