 There had not been a hurling team in the parish since the late sixties but in the GAA centenary year of 1984 the clubs in Askeaton and Ballysteen decided to field hurling teams again.It was the first time since Lodge Rangers in the early fifties that Ballysteen had a hurling team.Askeaton won the Novice hurling West in 1984 after beating Broadford in the final.