Killererin () is a

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club based in the

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area in

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. It is a member of the

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. An exclusively football club, Killererin fields underage teams up to U-16s play in the Galway league and championships.

History

Founded in 1889, the club was originally named Killererin John Dillon's. Competing for much of the 20th century in the junior grade, the club won its first county junior championship title in 1968. Promoted to senior grade, the club won the

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in 1976. The club went on to win several club titles, and won its sixth county title defeating Corofin in October 2010. They faced St Brigid's of Roscommon in the 2010

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final, but were beaten in extra time. Several Killererin players have played for Galway inter-county teams. Billy Joyce represented Galway in the 1970s and early 1980s, and

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helped Galway win the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, scoring a goal against

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. In 2001, Pádraic Joyce was joined on the Galway team by his brother Tommy Joyce, and together they helped

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win the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Pádraic Joyce was named "Footballer of the Year" in 2001. In 2007, Nicky (Nicholas) Joyce was the only Galway player to receive an All Star nomination for the

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made his senior debut at the age of 15 in 1992. His father Paddy was part of the club's team that secured

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from the Galway Junior Football Championship (JFC) to the

(SFC) in 1968. His uncle Billy was part of the 1970s teams that won the club's first Galway SFC titles. Pádraic Joyce, along with his brother Tommie and cousin Nicholas (Billy Joyce's son) all played critical parts in Killererin's late twentieth-century revival. The club spent 21 years without a Galway SFC until 1999, when it defeated An Cheathrú Rua later adding three more Galway SFCs in 2004, 2007 and 2010, each of which Joyce was part.

Honours

s (6): 1976, 1978, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2010 (runners-up in 2001, 2003) *

(2): 1976, 1978 (runners-up in 2004, 2010)

Notable players

* Colin Forde * Nicky Joyce *

References

External links

* Gaelic football clubs in County Galway Gaelic games clubs in County Galway {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub