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An Marcach
A former railway station, an All-Ireland-winning hurling team and the growth of the local hotel mark distinct chapters in Horse and Jockey's history.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Marcach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Horse and Jockey · English · main form
Place & story
The station beside the main road
Horse and Jockey station opened in 1880 with the Fethard–Thurles section of the railway linking Thurles and Clonmel. The railway photographer's account at Eiretrains describes a single platform and an unusually substantial two-storey station building, with a later signal cabin at its northern end. Passenger trains ceased in 1963, although goods traffic continued until 1967. The twin-arched bridge that carried the main Dublin–Cork road over the railway was subsequently demolished. [2]
Tim Condon’s championship team
The Horse and Jockey hurlers reached the county finals in 1897 and 1898 before taking the title in 1899. Tim Condon captained the side, which defeated neighbouring Two Mile Borris in a replayed county final. Representing Tipperary, the team then secured the All-Ireland championship associated with that season against Blackwater of Wexford. Tipperary GAA's parish history records the victory alongside the following season's success by Two Mile Borris, showing the strength of neighbouring teams. [3]
From local bar to hotel and theatre
The Egan family's own anniversary account dates their arrival in the business to 1986, when it was a local bar. A first hotel phase opened in 1998 with thirty-two bedrooms and a restaurant, followed by the Gift Horse Gallery in 1999. A further expansion in 2006 added leisure and conference facilities, coffee bars, a bakery and the two-hundred-seat Derrynaflan Theatre. These dated changes document the modern growth of the crossroads business. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Civil parish
- Ballymurreen
- Within
- Ballymurreen
- Within
- Curraheen
- Coordinates
- 52.61551, -7.77556 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 67212 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Horse and Jockey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Horse and Jockey railway station · Eiretrains, railway photographer’s station history
- Tipperary Club Focus: Moycarkey Borris GAA Club · Michael Quinn; Tipperary GAA
- 40 Years of service!, 1 July 2026 · Horse and Jockey Hotel
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.