Cratloe GAA 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 located in the village of Cratloe,

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. The club deals with both

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and

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 ...

and basketball. The club competes in

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competitions. In November 2013, Cratloe won their first ever

Clare Senior Football Championship The Clare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition organised by Clare GAA between the top twelve gaelic football clubs in County Clare, Ireland. The winners represent the county in the Munster Senio ...

title, defeating Doonbeg by 0-10 to 0-7. They reached the 2013

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final on 1 December, but were defeated 0-13 to 0-12 by Dr Crokes. In

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, Cratloe won the Clare Senior Hurling championship on 5 October and the Clare Senior Football Championship seven days later. This was the first time that a Clare club had lifted both senior club trophies on the field of play since Ennis Dalcassians completed '' 'The Double' ''in 1929. In

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, Cratloe bridged a nine year gap to win their third senior football title. They defeated St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna by 1-10 to 1-08 in Cusack Park,

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Major honours

Hurling

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

Runners-Up: 2014 * Clare Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2009,

* Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (4): 1937, 1943, 1970, 1994 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (4): 1935, 1964, 1976, 2013 * Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (1): 1992

Gaelic football

Runners-Up: 2013 *

(3): 2013,

* Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship Runners-Up: 2009 * Clare Intermediate Football Championship (2): 2004, 2009 * Clare Junior A Football Championship (1): 2002 * Clare Football League Div.3 (1): 2022 * Clare Under-21 A Football Championship (2): 2009, 2011

Notable players

* Podge Collins (son of

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) * John Galvin * Liam Markham * Conor McGrath * Cathal McInerney * Jackie O'Gorman * Conor Ryan *

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References

External links

Clare GAA siteOfficial Cratloe GAA Club website
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