Baltinglass GAA Club is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club based in Baltinglass,

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. The main sport is

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. The club participates in male and female competitions from under 8 through to Adult ages run by the

Wicklow GAA The Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Wicklow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wicklow. The county board is also responsible for the Wicklow ...

county board. The club's motto is 'Belief, Attitude, Loyalty, Trust, & Optimism', or BALTO for short.

History

Founded in 1887, First the club played under the name of ''Maurice Davins''. The first success came in 1913 as ''Baltinglass Shamrocks'', they won the delayed 1912 Wicklow Junior title. 1927 saw a Wicklow Senior Hurling title. In 1934 a meeting was held to re-establish the football club. A minor title in 1940 was followed by a Junior title in 1943 and with this it was promoted to Intermediate ranks. More minor titles were won 1952, 53, 54 & 55. The current pitch was bought in 1957, but was not officially opened until the 1980s. 1958 saw Baltinglass win the Wicklow Senior title for the first time. Four titles in the sixties, four in the seventies, six in the eighties and five in the nineties. This included an eight in a row from 1987 to 1994. A Leinster title was won in 1989 and the All-Ireland in 1990. In total the club has won 23 Wicklow Senior Football titles the most recent in 2020. The club has a main pitch with a covered seated stand and a training pitch, both of which are floodlit.

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of D ...

s: (1) 1989-90 *

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are K ...

s: (1) 1989 * Wicklow Senior Football Championships: (23) 1958, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2007, 2016,2020 * Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship: (1) 1927

Notable players

* John Flynn *

Hugh Kenny Hugh Kenny is a former Irish Gaelic footballer from Baltinglass in County Wicklow. Kenny was part of the Baltinglass team that dominated Wicklow football in the 1980s and 1990s, winning an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Title in 1 ...

* Kevin O'Brien

Notes and references

External links

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Official site
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