hurlingteam

11 December 1927 was a Sunday ...

Hugganstown GAA were to merge with in 1928 in commemoration of the Battle of Carrickshock in December 1831. Carrickshock won the All-Ireland Inter Club Hurling Championships in 2017.

Just noticed the date of this photo was seemingly at the end of the year before the amalgamation in 1928, this piece seems to give some background to events in December 1927.

Google streetmap to Carrickshock GAA in Hugginstown (Baile Hugúin (roadsign) / Baile hUgúin (WP) ).

The "suspenders" remind me of the adverts for Threadgolds Thoroughgrip Garterettes which were a feature of the newspaper columns of Beachcomber (no relation?) and the radio and TV programs they inspired

A dustman was emptying dustbins
In the heart of a horrible slum,
Where no Viscount's white foot had e'er trodden
And no Marquess would venture to come.

How taut were the socks of that dustman
Would show that he didn't forget
The people's best friend in all troubles
Threadgold's Thoroughgrip Garterette.

More here.

Perhaps not a picture of the Déise, but of the Rathdowney GAA team in Laois? Rathdowney won the Laois County Final in 1911, however April would seem a bit early for a final. The jerseys certainly seem to match the ones in the photo in the link I've added below. If it is of Rathdowney, they won the county final in 1911 Rathdowney, 7-1, Clonaslee, nil, as mentioned on page 25 (38 in the pdf) of laoisgaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/laois-bible-2.pdf

Here's a picture of a Rathdowney team from 1911.

hockeygods.com/images/16961-Rathdowney_GAA_Hurling_Team_1...

Looks like the photo bomber was asked to leave for this one.

catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000592693

Mike Grimes Agree about the jerseys, but where does Mr Murphy of St. Ursula's Terrace come in with a Laois team?

from the many photos of hurling teams on the NLI Flickr, it's interesting to see how the shape/design of the hurl changes over the decades...photo taken before AI...but the moustaches give me doubts

National Library of Ireland on The Commons That's a good question, because there's no mention of a Murphy on St. Ursula's Terrace, Waterford in the 1911 census.

Are you taking sides in the forthcoming all Ireland NLI? The cats will be out to get you if they think you are. Fine body of men they are too. Look at the character on the right, an interloper if ever I saw one and look at the advert for Cantrell and Cochranes mineral waters in soda syphons, relics of auld dacency:-)

The character on the right does look out of character for the team.

great photo,would anyone have names to go with it ,thanks in advance

mobilejerry No names have materialised so far, but on here you never know when or where information will be contributed...

Definitely the famous Tom Semple (of Semple Stadium Fame) at middle of second row.