Monivea-Abbey is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

club based in

Monivea Monivea () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located approximately from Galway City and from Athenry. The village is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. It was formerly part of the kingdom of the Soghain ...

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. It is a member of the

Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway county teams. Galway is one of the few ...

branch of the

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 ...

. Monivea-Abbey caters for the sport of

History

Notable players

Cillian McDaid Cillian McDaid (born 14 August 1997) is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Monivea Abbey and Galway. Career He played Australian rules football with Carlton. He had a two-year professional contract which ended in 2018. He did not play a senior ga ...

Honours

Galway Senior Football Championship The Galway Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It ...

: 1992 *

Galway Intermediate Football Championship The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway county teams. Galway is one of the few d ...

: 2016, 2023 *

Galway Junior Football Championship The Galway Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Galway GAA clubs. The winners of the Galway Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship ...

: 1999 * Galway Minor Football Championship: 1984

References

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