Kilkerrin–Clonberne GAA
Gaelic games club in County Galway, Ireland
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Kilkerrin–Clonberne is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clonberne, County Galway, Ireland. Its ladies' football team has won the All-Ireland club championship four times in a row.
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| Founded: | 1888 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Galway | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Father Stephen's Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°33′30.95″N 8°38′55.79″W | ||||||||||||
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History
In his 'Annals of the GAA in Galway 1884-1901', Padraic O'Laoi notes that Clonberne - like Menlough - was initially a hurling club and was one of only 26 clubs in the county to play matches under GAA rules in 1885.[citation needed]
Kilkerrin–Clonberne won the Galway Junior A Football Championship in 1992.[1]
The club achieved Senior status in 1996 and competed in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship up until 2015. The club was relegated to the Intermediate ranks by a strong Kilconly side.[citation needed]
The club reached the final of the Galway Intermediate Club Football Championship in both 2016 and 2020.
Ladies' team
In 1999, the ladies' football club in Clonberne won an intermediate club All-Ireland. The club was runner-up in 2019 Senior All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championship.[citation needed]
The club has won four All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championships in a row, from 2021 to 2024.[2][3]
Notable players
- Martin Breheny — played for, and later served as secretary of, the club before he moved to Dublin in 1979[4]
- John Divilly
- Shane Walsh
- Johnny Geraghty
- Christy Tyrrell
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Club Football Championship: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2019
- Connacht Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship: 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2000, 2013, 2017
- Galway Ladies’ Senior Club Football Championship: 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024[5]
- All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Club Football Championship: 1999
- Galway Junior A Football Championship: 1992
- Connacht Ladies' Intermediate Club Football Championship: 1999
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Club 7s: 2022