History
The John Mitchel’s Gaelic Athletic Association Club was formed in 1933 around the same time as the Warwickshire County Board. In fact, they supplied pitches and playing kit to the county which is how the Warwickshire hurlers came to have a white strip!
In the early years the club had such great Gaels as Paddy Ryan from Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick and Mick Ryan from County Laois at the helm. In the 1940s, the club was dominant in all competitions. Then in the 1960s, John Mitchel’s built what was arguably their best ever team - they reached their peak in 1971 winning the Warwickshire championship and the getting through to the Championship of Britain final. Here they faced the mighty Brian Boru’s in New Eltham.
This Brian’s team featured no less than 10 London senior players that had played in the Munster championship. Such greats included Johnny Barrett, Timmy Sheehan, Roger Cashin, Paddy McGrath, Patsy O’Neill, Pat McDermott, Martin Connolly (RIP) and Tom Connolly.
The Mitchels had many stars of their own with many fine hurlers such as Billy Collins(RIP), Jimmy Moynihan (RIP), Paddy Grimes, Liam Dalton and Ritchie Walsh, to name but a few. They beat the Brian’s in what turned out to be a fine game of hurling, no quarter asked or given, a fight to the end.
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