Ballinderreen GAA is a

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club based in

Ballinderreen Ballinderreen (), also Ballindereen, is a village located on the N67 road (Ireland), N67 road between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, Ireland. Location and name Ballinderreen village is approximately 22 km south of Galway ...

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. The club was founded in

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. The parish already was deeply rooted in hurling before the foundation of the GAA. The club is situated in South Galway, in the parish of

. The club has produced a number of inter-county hurlers throughout the years, several of whom have gone on to win All Ireland medals with Galway.

History

The club has little success in terms of senior championship silverware, but it has been successful in juvenile age groups, winning several underage championships. The club's senior team last advanced as far as the

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county final in 1978, with Noel Lane in the attack. They met

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in the decider. The game was held in Ballinasloe, with the game eventually ending in a draw on a scoreline of Ballinderreen 0–16, Ardrahan 2–10. The replay was held later, with Ardrahan winning their 11th title after extra time on a scoreline of Ardrahan 2-18 Ballinderreen 2–14. On 21 August 1991, Ballinderreen hosted a

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match between Galway United F.C. and

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. In 2000, the Ballinderreen team won the Galway Intermediate Hurling championship, beating

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in the final by 1–8 to 0–4. They returned to the senior championship after only one year in intermediate. In 2011, the club's Junior B team won the Leinster Junior B Club hurling championship, becoming the first ever Galway team to win a Leinster championship. They reached the All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship final. They defeated Thurles Sarsfields in the semi-final before meeting Doneraile GAA in the final. They went on to win 2–6 to 0–5.

Notable players

* Noel Lane *

Mick Gill Michael Gill (22 September 1899 – 21 September 1980) was an Irish hurling, hurler. At club level he played with Ballinderreen GAA, Ballinderreen and Garda GAA, Garda, and also lined out at inter-county level with Galway GAA, Galway and Dublin ...

– Galway All Ireland winner 1923 * Colin Coen – Galway Senior hurler 2005–2006 * Joe McDonagh – Galway Senior hurler 1972–1983; President of the GAA 1997–2000 * Tom Helebert – Galway Senior hurler 1989–1997

Honours

* Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) ** 2000, 2017, 2023 * Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship runners up (1) ** 2016 *

runners up (2) ** 1935, 1978 * South Galway Senior Hurling Championship (14) ** 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1957, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974 * South Galway Board Junior Hurling Championship (3) ** 1929, 1930, 1942 * Galway Under-21 Hurling South Championship (1) ** 1972 * Galway Junior B Hurling Championship (3) ** 1942, 1996, 2018 * Galway Under-21 B Hurling Championship (3) ** 1999 ** 2021, 2022 (Under 20) * Galway Minor Hurling Championship (4) ** (B) 1987, 2023 ** (C) 1997, 2015 * Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1) ** 2011 * All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1) ** 2011

References

External links

Ballinderreen.ie - GAA
{{Galway clubs Hurling clubs in County Galway 1884 establishments in Ireland Gaelic games clubs in County Galway