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St Grellan's GFC

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County:
  
Galway

Grounds:
  
Dunlo GAA Grounds

Colours:
  
Black and Amber

St Grellan's Gaelic Football Club (Irish: 'Cumann Peile Ghrealláin Naofa') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. It is the Gaelic football section within Ballinasloe GAA.

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The team was named in honour of Grellan, patron saint of Ballinasloe.

St Grellan's were the first club in Galway to win a record Seven county titles in a row from 1913 to 1919 and were undefeated in the County Championship from 1913 to 1930. They were also the first Galway Club to reach a Senior Club All-Ireland Final in 1980.

Honours

  • Galway Senior Football Championships: 20
  • 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1979, 1980
  • Connacht Senior Club Football Championships: 1
  • 1979
  • All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship : 0
  • Runners-Up: 1 (1980)

    • Ballinasloe GAA Club

    Formed on 1 December 2005 when St. Grellan's GFC merged with Ballinasloe Hurling Club.

    References

    St Grellan's GFC Wikipedia
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