Annaghdown GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in

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, Ireland. The club is a member of the

Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and f ...

and was founded in 1887. Underage teams in both hurling and football play in the Galway league and championships. Annaghdown are a dual club and cater for

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

and Ladies football. There was a

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...

club in the parish in times past when Corrandrum fielded a team, but the ladies of the parish now play camogie with Carnmore, Turloughmore or Castlegar clubs. Annaghdown GAA club has its grounds in Cregg, County Galway. There are 2 full GAA pitches located on the grounds. There is a stand which accommodates up to 550 standing persons. Annaghdown wear Maroon and White. Annaghdown Handball Club has a 40x20 alley which was first built in 1978. It has a full back glass wall, and a large viewing area. It's located in Annaghdown itself, beside Annaghdown National School.

Football

Honours

* Galway Senior Football Championships (5): 1931, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2001 *Galway Senior Football Leagues (5): 1975, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2013 *Galway Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1990 *Galway Intermediate Football League (1): 1997 *Galway Junior 'A' Football Championships (5): 1938, 1956, 1958, 1970, 2021 *Galway Junior 'B' Football Championships (1): 2000 *Galway Under-21 'A' Football Championship (1): 2009 *Galway Under-21 'B' Football Championship (1): 1997

Hurling

Hurling has been played in Annaghdown parish since the foundation of the GAA. There are several references to teams from the parish affiliating on and off over the years. In the 1950 and '60's Annaghdown had very strong hurling teams winning several North Board Junior Championships but never actually winning out the County Junior Championship proper. In the early '60's Annaghdown entered the Intermediate Championship and almost went Senior in the mid-sixties, but, due to retirements and emigration, they resorted to the Junior grade after a few years. In the 1970s, Brother Vincent, a monk who taught in Corrandulla school, and a native of

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, started juvenile coaching and this work saw Annaghdown win several underage titles in the '80's, culminating in the winning of the 1980 Feile na Gael All-Ireland U14 title. The work started by Brother Vincent was continued by Bernard Naughton who set up hurling in the GAA club which was dominated by football before this originally from Turloughmore, and it has seen Annaghdown being competitive at underage since. In the last decade Annaghdown’s fortunes have improved at adult level with the club's top hurling team now trading its wares in the highly competitive Intermediate grade, reaching the semi-final for the first time in 2008. At present there is a very strong cohort of people taking charge of underage teams in the club, fielding teams from U-8 right up to Intermediate level. Annaghdown also field teams in all grades of football and have won many titles including five county senior football championships in 1931, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 2001.

Notable players

Damien Comer Damien Comer (born 11 January 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Annaghdown and at senior level for the Galway county team. Early life and playing career Comer is a former pupil of St Jarlath's College in Tuam, and also a gradua ...

Honours

*All-Ireland Feile Na Gael Division 4 Hurling (1): 1980 *

Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship The Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition that comprises the winners of the senior hurling competitions from Sligo and Leitrim along with the Galway champions who receive a bye to the final. The winners of this com ...

(1): 2014 *Galway Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 2002, 2014 *Galway Junior 1 Hurling Championship (1): 2014 *Galway Junior B Hurling Championship (3): 1979, 1987, 2000 *Galway Junior C Hurling Championship (1): 1999 *Galway Junior C Special Hurling Championship (1): 1999 *Galway Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 1985 *Galway Under-21 C Hurling Championship (1): 2003

References

External links

Official Annaghdown GAA Club Website

Galway GAA Website
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