Sport
GAA Borrisokane GAA club is based at Páirc Gairnéir and their colours are green and white. In 2010 they won the Tipperary County Intermediate Hurling Championship and were unlucky to lose out in the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship. In 2009, Borrisokaqne won the inaugural North Tipperary Junior C Hurling Championship. This was due in no small part to the leadership provided by team captain Pat Carroll in the mid-field position.
Borrisokane Athletic Club caters for athletes from age 8 to senior and are one of the most successful sports clubs in Ireland. Athletes from this small town club have travelled the world representing their country and can boast over 100 National titles throughout its 30 years. Most recently the clubs success has came from the senior ladies who were crowned National League Champions in 2008.
Horse Racing associated with The Ormond Hunt pack were first held at Borrisokane on the farm of John Reddan at Kylenagoona, near Borrisokane in the year 1863. Meetings were held annually in June, July and August, with most competition being for The Borrisokane Plate. Racing continued here up until the early 1900s when it moved closer to the town. A song, 'The Kylenagoona Races' was composed in reference to Borrisokane's local horse racing.
The town and district are today home to a number of well known equestrian personalities including former Irish champion jockey turned Racehorse Trainer Charlie Swan who lives in nearby Cloughjordan.
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