Clooney Gaels are 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 ...

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

club based in Clooney (Cloney) outside

Ahoghill Ahoghill ( or ; ) is a large village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, four miles from Ballymena. It is located in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. It had a population of 3,417 people at the 2011 census. In ear ...

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. This team's catchment area is Ahoghill, Clooney, Portglenone and Moneyglass. "The Gaels" did well in the Junior Hurling Championship in 2006/7, winning the County Antrim Junior Hurling Championship, Ulster Junior Hurling Championship and playing their way to the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship before being defeated by

Danesfort Danesfort () is a civil parish, electoral division and rural townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road), the M9 motorway also passes through Danesfort townl ...

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Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

Roll of honour

Hurling

*2013

Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster GAA, Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

Winners *2013

Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship The Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition, organised by Antrim GAA. The championship forms the second-tier of Hurling in Antrim. It is contested by the eleven clubs ranked 9–19 in the Antrim championship sy ...

Winners *2007

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 2002-03 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their per ...

Finalists *2006 Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship Winners *2005 Antrim All County Div 3 Hurling League Winners, Ulster Hurling League Div 3 Winners, Barcelona Gaels Inaugural Hurling Tournament Winners *2000 Antrim All County Div 4 Hurling League Winners *1998 South West Antrim Hurling Championship *1997 South West Antrim Hurling Championship *1992 South West Antrim Hurling Championship *1990 All Ireland Junior Hurling seven-a-side Ulster Representatives *1989 Antrim Junior Hurling Championship, South West Antrim Hurling League *1988 North Antrim Junior Hurling League, South West Antrim Hurling Championship *1984 South West Antrim Hurling League *1982 South West Antrim Hurling Championship

References

External links

Clooney Gaels GAA Club website
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