The Banner GAA

The Banner

Club na mBratach
Founded:	1977
County:	Clare
Colours:	Saffron and yellow
Grounds:	Shanaway Road, Ennis
Coordinates:	52°50′24″N9°01′18″W / 52.84°N 9.0217°W / 52.84; -9.0217
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster champions Clare champions Football: - - 0 Hurling: - - 0 Ladies' football: – 1 14

The Banner GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.

History

Located on the Shanaway Road on the outskirts of Ennis, County Clare, the Banner GAA club was founded in 1977. ^[1] The club has spent most of its existence operating in the junior grade.

The Banner's Ladies' Gaelic football team won the Munster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship in 2013. ^[2]

In 2017, the club's 40th anniversary year, the men's hurling and football teams claimed a double of junior titles. Further success was claimed in 2020 when the club claimed another double.^{[ citation needed ]} The winning of the Clare JAFC title that year secured intermediate status for the club for the first time in their history. The Banner also represented Clare in the 2022 Munster Club JHC. ^{[3] [4]}

Honours

Gaelic football

• Clare Junior A Football Championship (1): 2020 ^[5]
• Clare Junior B Football Championship (1): 2017

Hurling

• Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (1): 2025
• Clare Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2020 ^[6]
• Clare Junior C Hurling Championship (1): 2017

Ladies football

• Munster Senior Club Ladies Football Championship (1): 2013 ^[2]
• Clare Senior Ladies Football Championship (14): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Clare Intermediate Ladies Football Championship (1): 2004

Notable players

• Shane Meehan ^[7]

References

1. "Club history". Banner GAA website. 20 June 2023.
2. "The Banner deliver". Irish Examiner. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
3. "St Joseph's Doora/Barefield & Banner in Munster action". Clare Echo. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
4. "Meehan: Banner Looking Forward To Shot At Reaching Munster Club Final". Clare FM website. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. "Banner's Great Day Was A Long Time Coming". The Clare Echo. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
6. "Banner GAA Ennis win First Ever Junior B Hurling Championship County Title". Club Zap website. 20 June 2023.
7. Murphy, Murt (5 November 2022). "Meehan the difference for Banner as they overcome Kilgarvan". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

• The Banner GAA website