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Ardrahan GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
club that is located in
Ardrahan Ardrahan () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. History Richard de Burgo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today. The churchyard wall contains the remains ...
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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The club was founded in 1884 and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of
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 ...
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Honours

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Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until 2007 when it was discontinued due to a lack of meaningful opposition for the Galway cham ...
(3): 1974, 1975, 1978 *
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 th ...
(11): 1894, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1910, 1949, 1974, 1975, 1978 * Galway Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1934, 1979 *
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 ...
(3): 1947, 1949, 1965. * Galway Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1977 * Galway Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2001 * Galway Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1975, 1978


Notable players

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Bernie Forde Bernie Forde (born 5 November 1957) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Galway senior team. Born in Ardrahan, County Galway, Forde first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his first impressio ...
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Iarla Tannian Iarla Tannian (born 12 April 1984) is an Irish hurler who currently plays at centre back for the Galway senior team. Tannian made his first appearance for the senior team during the 2007 National Hurling League and immediately became a regul ...
* Jonathan Glynn


External links


Ardrahan GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Galway Hurling clubs in County Galway 1884 establishments in Ireland {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub