Ned Ryan (Óg)
Ned Ryan won championship medals in four different decades – 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
He won 4 county football championship medals, 2 senior football with the North Tipp selection, St Flannans, in 1958 & ’59 and 2 junior football with Newport in 1965 & 1970.
He wore the Newport jersey for the last time in 1986 in a Junior Hurling game at the age of 50.
Ned served 3 different stints as Club Chairman (1963-’66, 1977 and 1988-’90).
He won a Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup medal with Rockwell College in 1955.

Noel O’Gorman
Noel O’Gorman never played minor for Tipperary but lined out with the Under 21hurlers for 3 years, winning an All Ireland in 1964, Munster titles in 1964 and ’65 and captaining the team in 1966.
Noel won 3 Munster Senior Hurling medals, (1965, ’67 and ’68), an All Ireland Senior Hurling medal in ’65 and was in the full back line on the losing side in the ’67 and ’68 All Ireland finals. He also won 2 National Hurling Leagues (1965 and ’68), 2 Railway Cups and 2 Oireachtas medals.
He won Munster and All Ireland Intermediate Hurling medals in 1966.
He won Harty Cup and All Ireland Colleges with Limerick CBS in 1964.
He won 7 North Tipp and 2 County Championship medals.
Noel was appointed Club Chairman in 1969 at the age of 23 and served for 3 years.
He was the first to fill the role of player-manager in Newport and led the senior hurling team to a county semi-final in 1973.

Seamus Shinners
Seamus Shinners won Railway Cup medals with Munster in 1976 and with Connacht in 1980.
Seamus never played minor for Tipperary but lined out with the Under 21 hurlers for 3 years, winning an All Ireland in 1964 and Munster titles in ’64 and ’65.
He played Senior hurling, Senior football, Intermediate hurling, Junior football and Under 21 hurling for Tipperary. He lined out with a Tipperary team in one code or another every year from 1964 to 1977.
He was part of All Ireland Senior Hurling Final day at Croke Park with both Tipperary and Galway.
He won Harty Cup and All Ireland Colleges with Limerick CBS in 1964.
He won Munster and All Ireland Intermediate Hurling medals in 1966 and also won National League (1968), Oireachtas and Munster medals with Tipperary senior hurlers.
He served as a goalkeeper and outfield player on Tipperary football teams and won a Division 2 League medal with the county in 1971.
He won championship medals in both hurling and football with Newport, including 2 county Junior Football crowns (1965 and ’70) captaining the team in the latter.

Michael Collins
Michael Collins served as President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and PRO of Newport GAA Club.
Michael co-authored the History of Newport GAA 1886-1985.
He wrote numerous songs commemorating hurling and football victories for Newport in the 1980s and ’90s.

Denis Floyd
Denis Floyd served as President, Chairman, Secretary (twice), Treasurer, PRO and Oifigeach na Gaeilge of Newport GAA Club.
He served as Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of North Tipperary Board and as Youth Officer and Coaching Officer of the County Board.
He won County Junior Football Championship medals 15 years apart (1970 and 1985).
He co-authored the History of Newport GAA 1886-1985 and later updated it to 2018.

Martin Moloney (White Walls)
Martin Moloney won a total of 16 championship medals with Newport, amassing 13 North and 3 County over 4 different decades.
He won North Tipp football titles at Juvenile, Junior B, Junior A, Intermediate and Senior.
He gave 3 stints as Club Secretary: 1972, 1983-84 and 1997 and served as Chairman from 1980 to ’82.

Martin Moloney (Main St. & Foildarrig)
Martin Moloney captained Limerick CBS to win Rice Cup (Under 14), White Cup (U15½) and Dean Ryan Cup (U17). He was on the losing side when he captained the team in the Harty Cup final in 1968 against Coláiste Críost Rí. He was also on the side which lost the 1966 Munster Colleges Football Final to the same opposition.

Phil Aherne
Phil Aherne Played hurling and football with Newport teams in the 1960s and 70s.
He won Harty Cup and All Ireland Colleges with Limerick CBS in 1964.
He played Junior, Intermediate and Senior hurling with Raheny while working in Dublin in the late 1960s and early ’70s. He captained the Dublin Intermediate hurling team to reach the Leinster championship final of 1970.
He won a New York senior hurling championship medal in 1974.
He trained and played with the Tomás MacCurtain’s team to win the London Intermediate championship in 1975 and finished his career playing with Cobh GAA in Cork.

Tim Floyd
When Tim Floyd stepped down from the role of County Secretary at the Convention in December 2022 he was inducted into the Tipperary Association Dublin’s Hall of Fame.
He won All Ireland hurling medals in Minor, Under 21 and Masters and also wore the county jersey in football.
Tim served as Club Chairman, Secretary, Development Officer and as team manager and selector with numerous Newport juvenile and adult teams.

Dinny Ryan (Cooper)
Dinny Ryan played with the Tipperary minor hurling and football teams in 1986 and 3 years later he lined out with the county Under 21s in both codes.
He won Munster and All Ireland medals with Tipperary Under 21 and Junior hurlers in 1989.
He played senior hurling with the county in the early ’90s and was on the panel for the Munster final victory in ’93.
He was named ‘North Tipp Hurler of the Year in 1988.

Conor O’Mahony
Conor O’Mahony won All Star hurling awards in 2008 and 2009.
He won an All Ireland senior hurling medal in 2010 and a National Hurling League in 2008.
He won 9 Munster hurling championship medals – S.H. in 2008, ’09, ’11, ’12 & ’15; M.H. in 2001 & ’02; Under 21 in 2003 &’04.
He won 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals with LIT (2005 and 2007).
He captained the Tipperary Under 14 Football team which won the Power Tournament in Waterford in 1998.
Conor won a total of 18 championship medals (10 hurling and 8 football) at juvenile and adult level with Newport, 13 North and 5 County.

Shane Ryan
Shane Ryan was selected on the Ireland Under 17 Football Compromise Rules team which travelled to Australia in 2001. He was the only player from Munster on the team.
He captained the Tipperary minor football team in 2002. They lost to Kerry in the Munster Final.
He won county medals with Newport in Under 14 Football (1998), Under 16 Hurling (2000), Minor Football (2001).
He was a member of the North Tipp Under 14 hurling team in the Peadar Cummins Tournament in 1997 and ’98.

Sean O’Brien
Sean O’Brien (Knockane) won All-Ireland hurling medals with Tipperary at Under 16 (2005), Minor (2007), Under 21 (2010), Intermediate (2013) and Senior (2019).
He captained Newport to win the County Intermediate Hurling title in 2016.

Pádraig Tobin
Pádraig Tobin lined out with Limerick Under 21 hurlers in three successive Munster finals.
He won Limerick senior hurling county championships and Munster Club in 1994 and ’96 with his native Kilmallock.
He played senior hurling for Limerick from 1993 to ’98, winning a Munster medal in’96 and a National League in ’97.
He settled in Cragg in 2001 and has served as club chairman and secretary, as well as acting as manager/selector/coach of numerous club teams in Newport.

Tom McGlinchey
Tom McGlinchey played on the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson teams while in College in UCC.
He managed the Garda College in the Fitzgibbon Cup competition.
He served as manager of Tipperary (2000 – ’03) and Waterford (2015 – ’18) senior football teams and of Limerick minor and Under 21 footballers.
He managed numerous club sides in hurling and football including Newport, Lorrha, JK Brackens, Smith O’Briens, Cahir, Fr Kenyons (North Tipp) and Ballylanders, winning a Limerick county championship with the latter in 2007.
In 1996 he researched and wrote a history of his native Clyda Rovers (Cork), entitled “Clyda: A Golden Era.”
He was instrumental in setting up Rockvale Rovers LGFA 2019

Martin Kennedy
Martin Kennedy spent 22 years in 2 stints (1996 – 2005, and 2013 – 24) as Treasurer of Newport GAA Club. He also served as Chairman (1992 – ’95).
Martin won an All Ireland handball medal in 1972, when along with Christy Pratt, he won the national Under 12 Doubles title.

Martin McCabe
Martin McCabe wore the Tipperary jersey in Minor Hurling (1989), Minor Football (’89), Under 21 Football (’91 & ’92), Junior Hurling (’90, winning a Munster medal), Junior Football (’94 & ’95) and Intermediate Hurling (2002).
He captained Newport to win the County Intermediate Hurling title in 2002.

Tom Moylan
Tom Moylan holds a Munster minor hurling medal (1993) and an All Ireland Under 21 hurling medal (1995). He also played both Minor and Under 21 Football for Tipperary and was on the team beaten in the Munster minor football final in 1993.
He captained the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling team in 2003.
He captained the Newport minor hurlers to win the Nealon Trophy in 1994.
He was captain of the Tipperary Vocational Schools football team in 1992.
He went to the U.S.A in 2001 and played with the New York senior hurling team in the Ulster Championship.
He played with the Tipperary senior hurlers and footballers in 2001.
Tom holds a total of 17 championship medals (16 North and one county).

Connie McGrath
Connie McGrath captained Newport to win the North Tipp Senior Hurling championship in 1996.
He was manager of the team which won the County Intermediate Hurling final in 2002
He won county titles in Under 16 Football and Intermediate hurling.
He was selected at centre forward on the Newport Millennium team of 2000.
Connie scored 5 goals in the North Under 12 hurling final in 1978.

Comebacks
Newport failed to score in the first round of the 1973 North Tipp Senior Hurling championship game against Borrisileigh, who notched 3-17. They recovered to record three victories in the North Championship and two in the County Championship to reach the unexpected heights of a county semi-final. However, they lacked the overall balance of an experienced Roscrea side who won on a 5-11 to 4-7 scoreline.

Kiladagan inflicted a seventeen point defeat on Newport in the replayed North Tipp Intermediate Hurling Final of 2002, limiting the Mulcaire men to just 0-2. However, that result was turned on its head six weeks later when the sides met again in the County Final, with Newport turning in a magnificent display for a 1-13 to 0-9 victory.

In the 2024 County semi-final, Newport’s Under 15 hurlers seemed ‘dead and buried’ when trailing Moyle Rovers by seven points with ten minutes of play remaining. However, helped by 3 goals from Ollie Roche, they managed to turn the table to record a five point victory. They went on to record Newport’s first ever victory in a County ‘A’ hurling championship final.

Newport played second fiddle to Gortnahoe-Glengoole for most of the Preliminary Quarter Final of the 2016 County Intermediate Hurling Championship and trailed by four points with 55 minutes played. Conor O’Mahony moved up field and contributed 1-3 towards a flattering four point victory.

Newport Under 13 ‘A’ hurlers were never in front in their North Quarter Final game against Kilruane until the final whistle. They found themselves down 2-4 to 0-3 midway through the opening half, but rallied to narrow the gap to 2 points at the interval. Newport reduced the gap to a single point after resuming, but Kilruane pulled away again and seemed set for victory with the score at 2-9 to 1-9 with 2 minutes remaining on the clock. Robert Long goaled to equalise and a Hughie Duggan point from a free in added time gave Newport a thrilling victory. They went on to win North and County titles

Family Records
The Coffeys, Mick, Jimmy (Butler) and Jack all won All Ireland hurling medals, along with numerous North Tipp championships.
Mick was at centre-field on the Newport Junior team of 1924 when he won his first medal. Twenty three years later he collected his last award when lining out between the posts for Mulcaire Rovers. Although Mick won an All Ireland Junior title with Tipperary in 1926 as an outfield player, it was as net-minder that he is best remembered. He helped Newport to North titles in Senior Hurling (1932 & ’35) and Intermediate Hurling (1934).
Jack won his All Ireland medal with the Tipperary Minors in 1930, wore the county colours in Junior and Senior and had the distinction of figuring on North Tipp Championship-winning sides in Minor (1926 as goalkeeper) Junior (1947), Intermediate (1934) and Senior (1932 & ’35).
Jimmy was a member of the Tipperary Minor side for three successive years, winning an All Ireland in his final year (1930). He went on to win a Senior All Ireland in 1937, and Railway Cup in 1938. He won North Tipp Minor, Intermediate and Senior championships with Newport. Having settled in Cappamore, he won county championships with Ahane in 1947 and ’48, trained Cappamore to win county championships in junior and senior, and was a selector on the Limerick team which won the Munster senior hurling title in 1955.
The 3 brothers were members of the Tipperary senior hurling panel beaten by Limerick in 1935.

The seven Connors brothers of Clonsingle – Mick, Tom, Ned, Jim, Christy Matt and Joseph, all won North Tipp hurling championship medals (with either Newport or Mulcair Rovers).

Four generations of the O’Gorman family of Derryleigh won county medals: Tom (JF 1947); Tom’s son Noel (JF 1965 & ’70), Noel’s son Aidan (U16H 1993 & MF ’95) and Aidan’s son Tom (U14F 2025)

Five Floyd brothers (Denis, Joe, Pat, Ger and Tim) lined out together on the Newport senior hurling team in 1979. Four of the brothers (Denis, Ger, Tim and Anthony) played on the Newport team which won the County Intermediate Football final in 1985.

Four O’Brien brothers from Derryleigh won county medals: Joe and Jimmy in 1965 & ’70, John 1965 and Terry 1985.

The Hickey brothers, David and Andrew, captained Newport teams to victory in 2009. Andrew captained the team which won the North Tipp Intermediate hurling championship. David led the Intermediate footballers to a North title. For good measure, their brother, Pat, was also a member of both panels.

Three of the O’Neill brothers of Cork Road, Newport, played football for Tipperary: David captained the county to win the South-Eastern League in 1989 (U16), played Minor (1990 & ’91), U21 (’92 & ’93), Junior (’95) and Senior (’92 & ’93); Ken played Minor in ’92 & ’93, reaching the Munster Final in the latter year; Cyril played Minor in 1994. Cyril’s son, Aaron was on the minor panel in 2017 and played at wing forward on the U21 team in 2019.

Unique Medal Collection
Christy Reilly and Jack Coffey won North Tipp championship medals in Minor, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Hurling.

Pat Shinners (1994), Martin Moloney (1994), Tim Floyd (2000), Ger Carey (2000), Cecil Ryan (2000 & ’01) and Conor O’Mahony (2024) won All Ireland medals with Tipperary Masters hurling teams.

John O’Mahony and Ken O’Neill brought All Ireland handball medals to Newport in 1988 when they won the national Under 13 Doubles in both the 60 x 40 and 40 x 20 championships. John’s son, Jim, continues the family handball tradition, having won Munster handball honours and competing with his playing partner, Tadhg Malone, in national finals in Croke Park.

Long-serving goalies
Ger Floyd was the consistent goalkeeper on the Newport team which yo-yoed between Senior and Intermediate hurling from 1978 to 2000. He filled the same position for the footballers from 1975 to 2000.
Michael Flannery was the net-minder for the Senior/Intermediate hurlers from 2002 to 2020. He continued thereafter with the Junior hurlers.

Long Puckers
Michael Flannery won the County Poc Fada competition on 6 occasions. He came second in the All Ireland Final to Davy Fitzgerald on the Cooley Mountains in 2003.
Liam Shinners won the County Poc Fada in 1995, 1997 and 2005. He competed in the All Ireland final in ’95 and ’05, finishing in second place in ’95.
Oisin Kennedy won the gold medal in the All Ireland final of the Community Games Under 12 Long Puck competition in 2021, with a record puck of 91.8 metres.
Jimmy Moore of Carrowkeale was Munster Long Puck champion in 1931.

Winning Father and Son Captains
Noel O’Gorman captained Newport to win the North Tipp I.H. championship in 1965. His son Aidan led Newport to County Under 16 Hurling honours in 1993 and the North Under 21 Football title in 1997.
Tim Floyd captained Newport to win the North Senior Football championship in 1988. His son Conor was captain of the minor hurling team which won the North championship in 2014.
John O’Brien captained Tipperary in the 1986 Munster Junior Football Championship. His son Sean captained the winning Newport Intermediate Hurling teams in 2014 and 2016.
Michael O’Mahony captained the Newport Under 14 Hurling team which won the FCA Cup in 1957. His son John was captain of the Under 16 Football team which won the North Under 16 championship in 1991. His second son Conor captained Tipperary to win the Power Tournament in Waterford in 1999.
Peter Coleman was captain of the team which won the North Junior ‘B’ Hurling title in 1988. His son Colin captained the Under 14 Football team to win the North championship in 2015.

Unusual Facts

Newport supplied two captains for the one county team in 1986 and to add to the confusion, both captains had the same name. John O’Brien (Knockane), lining out at centre forward, captained the Tipp Junior Football team to victory over Waterford. He was injured for subsequent games and was replaced as captain by Sean O’Brien (Cragg) against Limerick and Cork.

Aidan O’Gorman and Tom Clifford who won county hurling and football medals with Newport in 1993 and 1995 were both capped by the Irish Youths Rugby team.

Martina Moloney (Foildarrig) regularly lined out with Newport Juvenile hurling teams and held her own with the boys. She last played with the Under 16s in 1997.

In a county senior hurling championship game in 1969 against Gortnahoe-Glengoole, Newport’s full forward line of Jimmy O’Brien, Mick Ryan (C) and ‘Neighbour’ Jones accounted for 10-11.

Club mates, Cian Flanagan and Darragh Carroll were on opposing sides in the Munster and All Ireland Minor Hurling finals of 2016, Cian with the winning Tipperary team and Darragh on the Limerick fifteen. Darragh captained Newport to a county Under 12 football title in 2010, won North and County Under 14 football medals, a North Under 14 hurling title and played with Tipperary Under 14 hurling and football teams in 2012. He transferred to Kilteely-Dromkeen in 2013, but returned to Newport in 2016 and won a county title with the Intermediate Hurling team, also winning a Harty Cup with Ard Scoil Rís that year. He transferred back to Kilteely-Dromkeen in 2023.

As part of the programme organised in 1986 to mark the centenary of the founding of Newport GAA, a novel challenge was arranged between All Ireland Champion Ladies Tug-o-war team, Knocklong, and a local male selection. The locals outpulled the ladies.

A special set of rules was drawn up for a charity Gaelic/Rugball contest at Lacken Park between the GAA footballers and Newport RFC on December 27th 2005. The final score declared by referee Jim Lees was GAA 40 Rugby 21.

Notable Personalities
Pat Hoctor was elected Vice-President of the GAA in 1886. Born in Nenagh, Hoctor moved to Newport at an early age and his family carried on a business in the licensed trade. He served seven years as an apprentice to George Cullen, publican and draper. He became one of the main organisers of the IRB. He later lived in Limerick, New York and London where he died in 1933.

Tim Ryan was a native of Borrisileigh, but spent much of his life living in Newport. He was appointed chairman of the North Board in 1912 and county chairman in 1914. He was Tipperary’s representative on Munster Council from 1911 to 1919. Tim was widely in demand as a referee and officiated in Munster senior hurling championship games.

Canon M.K. Ryan: Ardán Uí Riain in Semple Stadium is named after a member of the Ryan Lacken family. Michael Kennedy Ryan was born in Knockfune, Newport in 1868. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1893. He was elected Chairman of Tipperary County Board in 1917 and served for seven years. Canon M.K. Ryan was instrumental in the purchase of Thurles Sportsfield (later named after Tom Semple)

Páirc Chuimhneacháin Pádraig Uí Riain (Patrick Ryan Memorial Park), better known as Lacken Park, is named after Paddy Ryan (Lacken). Paddy was born in Knockfune in 1898 and became one of the most noted ‘freedom fighters’ in the Tipperary/Limerick area during the Troubles. He was a nephew of Canon M.K. Ryan (above). Paddy was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1923 but did not serve in this capacity. He died in America in 1944. Lacken Park was officially opened in 1950.