Abbeyknockmoy GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...

club located in Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway,

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and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

History

The club was founded in 1953. A junior team was affiliated in 1954. In the sane year, the team won its first title and were crowned North Board Junior champions. In the intervening years, the club won a total of 26 titles with senior status attained for the second time in 1985 when they won the Intermediate championship. This was followed in 1988 when they won the first county senior title. In 2011 the club won the county minor B1 championship. In 2015 they defeated Moycullen to land the County Intermediate title on a scoreline of 1-16 to 0-13 and defeated Four Roads in the Connacht Final 1-11 to 0-11.

Honours

1955: * North Galway Junior Hurling Championship * North Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship 1956: * North Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship 1957: * North Galway Intermediate Hurling League 1959: * North Galway Junior Hurling League 1960: * North Galway Junior Hurling Championship 1961: * North Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship 1962 * North Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship 1964 * North Galway Juvenile Hurling Championship * Galway Juvenile Hurling Championship 1967: * North Galway Junior Hurling League 1968: * North Galway Junior Hurling Championship * Galway Junior Hurling Championship 1969: * Galway Camogie Championship 1971: *

Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship The Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Galmont Hotel Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Galway IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the G ...

Winners 1974: * North Galway Minor Hurling Championship 1977: * County Junior Hurling Championship 1985: * Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners 1986: * Galway Under 16 Hurling Championship 1988: *

Galway Senior Hurling Championship The Galway Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the ...

1999: * Galway Under 16 Hurling Championship 2001: * Junior B Hurling Championship 2011: * Galway Under 16 C Hurling Championship * Galway Minor B1 Hurling Championship 2012: * Galway Under 13 Hurling Championship * Galway Under 12 League Championship 2013: * Galway Under 14 Feile Justin Cheevers Cup Champions * Galway Under 16 C Hurling Championship 2015: * Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners *

Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is an annual club competition in Connacht. Prior to 2008, county champions competed in the senior grade, but since then the senior champions from Mayo and Roscommon compete at intermediate lev ...

Winners 2016: * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Finalists

References

External links

Abbeyknockmoy GAA site
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