Gaelic Games, especially hurling is popular in Adare. The hurling team finally won its first County Hurling Championship in 2001 and successfully defended their title in 2002 only to be denied a 3 in a row in 2003 after narrowly losing the county final to great rivals and neighbours Patrickswell.

In 2007 they won the Championship again and went on to the Munster Club semi-final.

In gaelic football Adare haven't traditionally been successful, however in 2002 they reached their first county final, where they drew the first game, and lost the replay by just a point. They now compete at a very high standard at senior level.