Drom & Inch GAA Club

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Club Facilities

Drom & Inch has invested significantly over a 20 year period in its playing and spectator facilities.

Pitch and Facilities Developments within Drom & Inch GAA Club

In the early days of the Association, Drom and Inch fielded separate teams. Inch hurlers would train and play in Ryan’s field adjacent to the present-day community centre. In 1934 a field at Maheragh was acquired from the Land Commission. This was part of a nationwide drive by the GAA at that time to provide ‘a field in every parish’. The Gaels of Drom and Barnane trained at two locations; one near Sheppard’s Cross in Barnane and the other a short distance east of Drom village. By the time the current pitch in Drom was obtained in the mid-1960s, the two sides of the parish were united on the playing fields.

As efforts continued to grow and develop the club in the 1980s, the need for new facilities was recognised. Following much debate, a club meeting in November 1986 voted to purchase seven acres from John Egan of Inch House. Extensive work was required to develop the site, and a massive fundraising drive by an army of club members raised the necessary finance. Dressing rooms, sideline seating and a stand were constructed. By the time of the official opening in May 1990, the club had a modern ground of which it could be proud. The old pitch was purchased by the County Camogie Board and it too has been extensively redeveloped in recent years.

In the mid 1990s improvements were made to Drom field, including levelling of the pitch and erection of nets behind the goals. It is now used mainly for juvenile training and games. Developments at the Ragg continued apace into the new millennium. The dressing rooms were extended to provide space for meetings, a kitchen and toilets. Our newest facility is the floodlit hurling wall which has already proved popular with many visiting club and inter-county teams.

Club Grounds

On 13th May 1990, Drom & Inch GAA Club officially opened their new GAA grounds located at The Ragg, close to the crossroads. These grounds replaced the previous club grounds, located about 1 mile on the Borrisoleigh side of the new grounds. The old grounds were sold to the Camogie Co. Board who developed them into their HQ.

Drom & Inch developed one of the top club GAA grounds in Tipperary with modern dressing rooms, large stand, extensive pitch side seating, a playing field of the same dimensions of Semple Stadium and provided ample car parking.

Over the years, Drom & Inch continued to develop the grounds, including a floodlit sand track and team dug-outs. The latest and largest development since the grounds were opened was the extension of the clubhouse in 2004 to include two more dressing rooms, a kitchen and tolet facilites.

Each year, the grounds at The Ragg hold a large number of fixtures, and for many months of the year, the field is in use seven days a week between training for all teams and the large number of games that take place.

There is an extensive photo gallery of the new club house in the photo gallery.