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Commercials Hurling Club (Na Tráchtálaí) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rathcoole, County Dublin, Ireland. One of the oldest continuous GAA clubs in the country, Commercials Hurling Club was founded 1886, just two years after the formation of the G.A.A. Commercials was formed by the many country bar and shop workers living and working in Dublin at the time who wished to continue playing hurling. They first played their matches in Dublin City. Like many clubs of the time Faughs and Metropolitans they trained and played matches in the Phoenix Park.

Early History The early years were spectacularly successful with Commercials winning 5 Dublin Championships in a row from 1895-1899, a feat which stood the test of time for over 100 years and only matched in 2011 by Ballyboden St. Enda's. Commercials success continued at the turn of the century with 4 more Senior Titles in 1905, 1907, 1909 and lastly in the historic year of 1916. Commercials still are actually 3rd on the Dublin Senior Championship Roll on Honour with those 9 titles.

The Tipperary Hurler This painting is based on a sketch made by the artist at Croke Park, of Tipperary man and former hurler John-Joe Hayes from the townsland of Ballerk, near Thurles Town, Co.Tipperary. John Joe is depicted in the portrait wearing the jersey of the Commercials Hurling Club (CHC), which was founded in 1886 by young hurling lovers from the midlands of Ireland who had moved to find work in the many bars and shops of Dublin city.

Move To Rathcoole In the early 70's the Club sought to put down roots in the expanding Dublin suburbs. They founded clubgrounds at Collegeland, Rathcoole which was owned by The Sheilds Family.

Extracts from the Secretary's report of 1979 stated "good progress was made on the grounds in Rathcoole and we finally took over the grounds on a legal agreement between the Solicitors. We opened a Juvenile Pitch and had for September, October and November, 50 juveniles training every Saturday under the watchful eye of Mr. Walsh, Mr. Ring and Mr. Ryan and many others in Rathcoole. We planeed and laid out the senior pitch and much work was done by various contractors. We will have much to do but hope to have it ready for playng by April/May" The Secretary's report from 1980 stated that "patience has paid off as it has turned out to be one of the finest playing surfaces in Leinster"

New Beginnings With the move to Rathcoole the Juvenile Club began to blossom which eventually provided adult players and very successful teams, competing at the highest level in Dublin winning championships and staying Senior from 1991-2009. A lot of players represented Dublin at Senior level, Sean Power held full back position and even captained Dublin for a period during this time as well as representing Leinster and Ireland in the Shinty-Hurling International Series. Other Commercials players who represented Dublin include John Finnegan, John Morris, Neil Fleming, John Daly, Connie Ring, Shane Cooke and Gearóid Keogh

In November 2016 of Commercials was voted the “Best Juvenile Hurling Club” in Dublin for 2016 by Friends of Dublin Hurling. This was a huge achievement that represented all the efforts and contributions by committees and team mentors.

Roll of Honour

Dublin Senior Hurling Championship Winners: 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1916 Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship: 2004 Dublin Junior Hurling Championship Winners: 1977, 1991 Dublin Junior Hurling Championship Winners: 1925, 1940 Leinster Senior Hurling League: 2008 Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship Winners: 1990 Dublin Minor D Hurling Championship: 2018 All Ireland Féile na nGael (McMahon Trophy): 2018 []