Kilkerrin-Clonberne GAA

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Kilkerrin-Clonberne
Cill Choirín-Cluain Briorain
Founded:1888
County: Galway
Colours:Red and White
Grounds:Father Stephen's Park
Coordinates: 53°33′30.95″N8°38′55.79″W / 53.5585972°N 8.6488306°W / 53.5585972; -8.6488306
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Senior Club Championships
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Ladies' football: 4 9 13

Kilkerrin-Clonberne is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clonberne, County Galway, Ireland. Its ladies football team have won the All-Ireland club championship four times in a row.

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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]

They achieved Senior status in 1996 and have competed in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship up until 2015. They were relegated to the Intermediate ranks by a strong Kilconly side.[ citation needed ]

Ladies team

In 1999, the ladies football club in Clonberne won an intermediate club All-Ireland. They were runners 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

Honours

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References

  1. "Roll of Honour 1980-1999 Hurling – Football – Galway GAA" . Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. Walsh, Daire (16 December 2023). "Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it three-in-a-row as they prove too strong for Ballymacarbry". www.irishtimes.ie. Irish Times . Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. Walsh, Daire (14 December 2024). "Magnificent Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it four AIB All-Ireland senior club titles in a row". Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. "Shane Walsh saga shows why GAA need to take tougher stance on Dublin clubs' import deals". Irish Independent. 2 August 2022.
  5. Glennon, Stephen (10 October 2024). "Peerless champions power to a twelfth title on the trot". www.con-telegraph.ie. Connaught Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2024.