Loughgiel Shamrocks GAC

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Loughgiel Shamrocks
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Founded:1915
County: Antrim
Nickname:Shamrocks
Colours:Red and White
Grounds:Fr. Healy Park, Fr. Barret Park
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Senior Club Championships
All IrelandUlster
champions		Antrim
champions
Hurling: 2 8 20
Camogie: - 7 27

Loughgiel Shamrocks GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Loughgiel/Loughguile in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1] They are currently the only club in Ulster to have won an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, which they first won in 1983. [2] They repeated the feat by defeating Coolderry from Offaly by 4-13 to 0-17 in the All Ireland Club Hurling Final on 17 March 2012. On Sunday 29 September 2013, they achieved their first four in a row of Antrim Senior Hurling Championships by beating Cushendall, in the first final to be staged outside Casement Park since 1990. [3] [4]

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Hurling titles

Camogie titles

Notable hurlers

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References

  1. ↑ "Loughgiel Shamrocks GAC - County Antrim GAA Club".
  2. ↑ "Rolls of Honour | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA.ie". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Loughgiel win hurling club title". RTÉ News. 17 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Loughgiel win hurling club title". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Rolls of Honour | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA.ie". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "McCloskey keeps Loughgiel on track". Irish Independent . 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Loughgiel produce comeback to win 4th Ulster title in a row". The Score . 27 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Loughgiel again the kings". Irish Examiner . 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Antrim SHC final: Shamrocks make it four-in-a-row". Hogan Stand . 30 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Club Rolls of Honour | Rolls of Honour | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Casey fires Loughgiel to Antrim glory". Irish Independent . 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
Preceded by Antrim Senior Champions
2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ulster Senior Champions
2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Champions
1983		Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Champions
2012		Succeeded by
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