Little of note was achieved by the club in the early years but nevertheless, the spirit of the community was evident in the club and there was much activity in playing championship and challenge games. A significant  achievement at the time was the selection of James Nolan of Summerhill on the team to tour America in what became known as the ‘American Invasion’. Most clubs at the time were established by one individual or perhaps a small group of people. In our case, the main person involved in forming the club was Thomas Corcoran of Honeymount. He was an outstanding individual and was very active in Tipperary GAA affairs as well as being the founder of our club. His ability as an administrator was further recognised when he was appointed as the first Chairman of North Tipperary County Council.

 

Towards the end of the 19^th Century, as in many parishes, the club went into decline which many would claim to be due to the ‘Parnellite Split’. A new curate in the parish, Fr Maguire, began to reorganise the club at the turn of the century and for a few years they competed in the Offaly championship, contesting the Junior Final in 1906, which they lost to Coolderry. On returning to Tipperary, a number of players became involved with Toomevara and were successful in winning titles. Two of those were ‘Darby’ Collison and Paddy Kennedy, and these players were honoured at a presentation ceremony held in Toomevara in December 2010 to commemorate Toomevara’s early county final successes.

 

From 1913 to 1918 Moneygall was a strong hurling force in Tipperary and qualified for three North Tipp Finals in a row, 1915, '16 and '17. In 1915 they beat Toomevara in the semi final only to lose narrowly to Nenagh in the final. The following year they lost to the combined forces of Nenagh and Toomevara in the final while the 1917 final (our team was known as Derrycallaghan) did not take place due to a dispute between our club and the North Board.

 

From 1918 to 1931 many of our players played senior hurling with Toomevara winning numerous North titles as well as a number of County titles. Among those players were Jack and Paddy Kennedy, Tom Gleeson, ‘Major’ Collison, Darby Collison,  Malachy Collison, Tom Byrnes, Paddy Guilfoyle, Tim Gleeson, Christy Quinlan, Hugh Semple, Billy O Meara, Ned Cawley, Stephen O Meara, Tom Collison. During those years, Moneygall contested the Junior championship and succeeded in winning the North Championhip in 1919 and 1929.

 

The introduction of the Parish Rule in the early 30’s caused the break-up of the Toomevara combination and Moneygall contested the Intermediate Championship. The most notable development in the 30’s was acquiring the land for St Flannan’s Park in 1935.  We succeeded in winning the North Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1943 and again in 1949 when we also went on to win the County Championship. In that period we also were successful in football winning the North Junior Championship in 1942 and 3 in a row successes in 1949, ’50 and ’51.

 

In the late 1950’s the playing field at St. Flannan’s Park was enclosed by building a concrete wall following much fund raising. The 50’s saw little success come to the club but the senior team kept going until eventually seeking regrading to Intermediate in 1961.

 

The North Intermediate Hurling title was won in 1962 and the club returned to Senior ranks. During the 60’s the club was very prominent in football winning the County Junior title in 1964 and the Under 21 title in 1965. We also contested the County Senior Football championship and reached the County Final in 1964 and 1965.

 

The dreams of many were realised in the 70’s with the senior team winning the North title in 1975 and the County title in 1975 and 1976. We also won the County Under 12 Hurling Championship in 1976. Building on these successes the GAA Centre was opened in 1977 and was one of the first of its kind in the county.

 

The club continued in senior grade until 1990 when we returned to the Intermediate grade. The County Intermediate title was won in 1991 and the following year we won the County Under 21 ‘A’ title. Since then we have contested the Senior Championship and contested a number of North finals without achieving success, but we were heartened by success in the County Senior Hurling League in 2002 and 2003.

 

Sporadic successes have been achieved in the past 20 years at under age level but mainly in the ‘B’ grade. Our sole success in the ‘A’ grade was in 1999 at Under 12 level and a number of these players now feature on our senior team. The success of our Junior team in winning the County title in 2008 and the North title in 2011 has brought renewed hope to the club and we look forward to the future with confidence.

 

Timeline

1885 Club Founded

1888 ‘American Invasion’ team includes Jim Nolan, Summerhill

1916 Darby Collison wins All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal with Tipperary (the first North Tipperary player to do so)

1919 North Junior Hurling Champions

1924 North Junior Football Champions

1925 Paddy ‘Major’ Collison and Jack Kennedy (The Wren) also won All-Ireland Senior Hurling medals

1927 North Junior Football Champions (Dunkerrin)

1929 North Junior Hurling Champions

1930 North Junior Football Champions (Finglas Rovers)

1935 Playing Field acquired

1942 North Junior Football Champions

1943 North Intermediate Hurling Champions.

1949 North and County Intermediate Hurling Champions

1949 North Junior Football Champions

1950 North Junior Football Champions

1951 North Junior Football Champions

1958 North Selection won County Senior Football with Moneygall represented

1959 North Selection won County Senior Football with Moneygall represented

1959 Field enclosed by boundary wall

1961 St. Flannan’s (Inane, Moneygall and Toomevara) won County Senior Football Final

1962 North Intermediate Hurling Champions

1963 North Junior Football Champions

1963 North Senior Hurling League Champions

1964 North and County Junior Football Champions

1965 North and County Under 21 Football Champions

1965 North Senior Football Champions

1966 North Senior Football Champions

1966 North Under 21 Football Champions

1967 North Under 21 Football Champions

1967 Séamus Ó Riain elected GAA National President

1970 North Senior Hurling League Champions

1975 North and County Senior Hurling Champions

1976 County Senior Hurling Champions

1977 GAA Centre Opened

1980 North Intermediate Football Champions

1983 North Junior Football Champions

1984 North Junior Football Champions

1985 North Under 21 ‘B’ Hurling Champions

1986 North Minor ‘B’ Football Champions

1987 North and County Under 21 ‘B’ Hurling Champions

1989 North and County Minor ‘B’ Hurling Champions

1991 North and County Intermediate Hurling Champions

1991 North and County Under 21 ‘B’ Hurling Champions

1992 North and County Under 21 ‘A’ Hurling Champions

1997 North and County Minor ‘B’ Hurling Champions

2002 North and County Minor ‘B’ Hurling Champions

2002 North Under 21 ‘B’ Football Champions

2002 County Senior Hurling League Champions

2003 County Senior Hurling League Champions

2003 North Junior Hurling League Champions

2003 North Under 21 ‘B’ Football Champions

2004 North Junior Hurling League Champions

2006 North and County Junior ‘B’ Football Champions

2008 North and County Junior ‘A’ Hurling Champions

2009 New Dressing Room and Meeting Room completed

2010 North and County Under 21 ‘C’ Hurling Champions

2011 North Junior ‘A’ Hurling Champions

 

Juvenile Successes:

Hurling (North)

Under 16 B: 1985, 1989, 1996.

Under 14 B: 1998, 2009 (Moneygall/Ballinahinch).

Juvenile Special: 1955, 1960, 1969, 1975.

Under 12 A: 1976, 1999.

Under 12 B: 2002, 2005, 2009, 2016.

 

Hurling (County)

Under 16 B: 1996.

Under 14 B: 1998.

Under 12 A: 1976.

Under 12 B: 2002, 2005.

 

Football (North)

Under 12 B: 1993.