Ruan 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 Ruan,

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

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. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of

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 ...

Major honours

* Clare Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1948, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962 * Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (5): 1940, 1948, 1950 ''(with Dysart)'', 1978, 2012 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1932, 1948 * Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (3): 1976, 1978, 2021 ''(with Corofin)'' * Clare Minor A Hurling Championship (4): 1938, 1953, 2019 ''(with Corofin)'', 2020 ''(with Corofin)''

Noted hurlers

* Jimmy Smyth *

Cyril Lyons Cyril Lyons (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler and manager who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team. Lyons made his first appearance for the team during the 1983 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen ...

* Robin Mounsey * Liam heffernan

References

External links

*
GAA Info Profile
Gaelic games clubs in County Clare Hurling clubs in County Clare {{Munster-GAA-club-stub