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Only four clubs contested the senior championship in 1934, which in a sense diminished Kildangan-Kilbarrons achievement
in winning it. The Board decided to run off the competition on a league basis. Kildangan-Kilbarrron met Portroe at the Brick
Park, Ballycraggan, on Sunday 20 May and won by a goal. The absence of Garrett Howard, playing for his native Limerick in
London that day, dented the Portroe challenge. The next match against Toomevara at Portroe on 3 June yielded victory by 2-3
to 0-5. The crunch game was against Roscrea at Nenagh on 15 July and the Shannonsiders needed at least a draw to take the
title. They were trailing anxiously with time ebbing away when Danny Gleeson crashed home a great goal to give them their
first North Tipperary senior championship. The county championship was now the target and a fine win over Moyglass, near
Fethard, in the semi-final at Thurles augured well for victory. Further triumph came Kildangan-Kilbarron's way when they
defeated Roscrea by 6-4 to 4-2 in the final of the GAA Golden Jubilee Competition at the Showgrounds, Nenagh. However, both
tradition and experience were against a Kildangan-Kilbarron victory in the county decider: North clubs had won only ten of
the forty titles contested since the foundation of the GAA, and opponents. Mid champions Moycarkey, were a more experienced
side seeking their third consecutive title. The final at Thurles in October 1934 was a keenly fought but not spectacular
game. Moycarkey ran out comfortable winners by 3-6 to 2-3. Territorially lack of penetrative effort of the forwards and
weak finishing lost some golden chances remarked the Nenagh Guardian of 13 October 1934. Kennedy was closely watched as the
known marksman, but he did manage to score 1-2. Dinny Costelloe got the other goal and Danny Gleeson the point. The north
challengers best players in the final were Jim Killeen, the Gleeson brothers, Mick Hanrahan and Jack Hoctor, Mickey Hogan,
Dinny Costelloe, Jack Mackey and Pat Cahalan in goals also performed well on the day.
Kildangan-Kilbarron, 1934:
Pat Cahalan (Brocka), Martin Moran (Coolbawn), Jack Hoctor (Lisduff), Capt. Jack O'Grady (Ballyalla), Mick Hanrahan (Monsea),
Jack Mackey (Terryglass), Mick Quirke (Kilbarron, later Frolic), Jim Killeen (Monsea), Bill Hayes (Loughourna), Paddy Hogan
(Urra), Maurice Corboy (Parkboy), Martin Kennedy (Castlesheela), Danny Gleeson (Kildangan), Joe Cleary (Kildangan), Dinny
Dwan (Carney), Mickey Hogan (Macloon), Jack Kelly (Puckaun).
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