Kilkerrin-Clonberne GAA
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| Founded: | 1888 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Galway | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Father Stephen's Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°33′30.95″N 8°38′55.79″W / 53.5585972°N 8.6488306°W | ||||||||||||
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Kilkerrin-Clonberne is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clonberne, County Galway, Ireland. Its ladies football team have won the All-Ireland club championship four times in a row.
History
[edit]In his 'Annals of the GAA in Galway 1884-1901', Padraic O'Laoi notes that Clonberne - like Menlough - was initially a hurling club and was one of only 26 clubs in the county to play matches under GAA rules in 1885.[citation needed]
Kilkerrin-Clonberne won the Galway Junior A Football Championship in 1992.[1]
They achieved Senior status in 1996 and have competed in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship up until 2015. They were relegated to the Intermediate ranks by a strong Kilconly side.[citation needed]
Ladies team
[edit]In 1999, the ladies football club in Clonberne won an intermediate club All-Ireland. They were runners up in 2019 Senior All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championship.[citation needed]
The club has won four All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championships in a row, from 2021 to 2024.[2][3]
Notable players
[edit]- Martin Breheny — played for, and later served as secretary of, the club before he moved to Dublin in 1979[4]
- John Divilly
- Shane Walsh
- Johnny Geraghty
Honours
[edit]- All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Club Football Championship: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2019
- Connacht Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship: 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2000, 2013, 2017
- Galway Ladies’ Senior Club Football Championship: 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024[5]
- All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Club Football Championship: 1999
- Galway Junior A Football Championship: 1992
- Connacht Ladies' Intermediate Club Football Championship: 1999
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies Club 7’s: 2022
References
[edit]- ^ "Roll of Honour 1980-1999 Hurling – Football – Galway GAA". Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Walsh, Daire (16 December 2023). "Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it three-in-a-row as they prove too strong for Ballymacarbry". www.irishtimes.ie. Irish Times. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Walsh, Daire (14 December 2024). "Magnificent Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it four AIB All-Ireland senior club titles in a row". Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Shane Walsh saga shows why GAA need to take tougher stance on Dublin clubs' import deals". Irish Independent. 2 August 2022.
- ^ Glennon, Stephen (10 October 2024). "Peerless champions power to a twelfth title on the trot". www.con-telegraph.ie. Connaught Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2024.