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Founded: | 1886 | ||||||||
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County: | Mayo | ||||||||
Nickname: | Balla Granuailes | ||||||||
Colours: | Maroon and White | ||||||||
Grounds: | Nally Park | ||||||||
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Balla GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Balla in County Mayo, Ireland.
The club was founded in 1921.
MacHale Park is a GAA stadium in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, as of 2022 the ground has a capacity of approximately 28,000 and is named after John MacHale, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1831 to 1881. It is the twelfth-biggest sports stadium in the Republic of Ireland by capacity and the second-biggest in the province of Connacht after Pearse Stadium in Galway; which is the home of Galway GAA.
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It was little wonder there was massive celebrations among the huge Balla after the final whistle as it was way back in 1980 since they last won the title which, in fact, was their first ever county junior championship title.