St Joseph's Miltown Malbay 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

Miltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point. The population was 921 at the 2022 census. Name There is a townland on the southern edge of the town called Poulawillin or Pollawilli ...

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. The GAA club was formed in 1892.

Teams

The club has teams in both men's and women's competitions. It has men's teams at Senior, Junior A, U21, Minor, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8 while it has women's teams in Senior, Junior, Minor, U16 and U14.

Notable players

* Gordon Kelly *

Noel Walsh Noel Walsh (29 December 1935 – 29 April 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, administrator, selector, manager and member of the Defence Forces. As a selector and manager, he worked with the Clare county team. As a provincial administrator ...

Ground

Miltown Malbay's home ground is Hennessy Memorial Park, located on Flag Road. It is named after Patrick Hennessy, a former Miltown Malbay and

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footballer who was murdered on 14 April 1920 by British soldiers. Originally the park was named ''Miltown Malbay Athletic Grounds'', until its renaming on 20 May 1951. The club began leasing the grounds in 1924 from the mother of president

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for a period of 150 years at a rate of £15 per year. In the 1950s, it was sold to local butcher Tom Hynes, and in 1989, his son Michael Hynes sold the grounds to the club. It underwent a major redevelopment in the 1990s and was rewarded with the hosting of county finals in both football and hurling in the late 90s as well as numerous inter-county matches. In 2011, a 1,200 seater stand was opened on one side of the pitch.

Honours

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the ...

Runners-Up: 2018 *

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 ...

(15): 1905, 1906, 1916, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1985, 1990,

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* Clare Senior B Football Championship (1): 2007 * Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup) (9): 1942, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1963, 1995, 2010, 2019, 2021 * Clare Football League Div.2 (Garry Cup) (2): 2005, 2023Miltown Capture Garry Cup Title
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Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It i ...

Runners-Up: 2013 *

Clare Intermediate Football Championship The Clare Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier football teams in the county of Clare in Ireland. The 2024 Interm ...

(1): 2013 * Clare Junior A Football Championship (3): 1923, 1924, 1949 * North Clare Senior Football Championship (1): 1997 * Clare Under-21 A Football Championship (5): 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978, 2002 ''(with

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)'' * Clare Under 21 B Football Championship (3): 1997, 2002, 2008 * Clare Under 21 C Football Championship (1): 2024 * Clare Minor A Football Championship (13): 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961

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