Ballybrown GAA club 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 located in Ballybrown,

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. The club fields teams in both

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

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 ...

. In 2018, Ballybrown fielded teams at Senior, Junior A and Junior B in hurling, while also a team at Junior A in football. Ballybrown's biggest rivals are neighbours Patrickswell, the two clubs sharing 22 senior titles between them. The club have two pitches, located in the village of Clarina. The pitches are located either side of the traffic lights, one to the north, towards Tervoe and one to the South, towards Elm Park and Breska Beg. Ballybrown are the only Limerick club to have won Munster titles in both Hurling and football, a feat achieved in 2018. Having won the Limerick Junior B City title, the team progressed to win county honors in late 2017, beating Castletown-Ballyagran in a replay. This was the fourth round in succession that the club had advanced via replay. Indeed, the team managed an unbeaten streak, winning City B league honors, County B League honors before winning the City B Championship and County B Championship. All games played in the Munster Junior B competition were played in Knockaderry GAA in County Limerick. This title added to the Munster Senior Hurling Honours won in 1989 on the back of a successful period where the club won the Limerick Senior Hurling title in 1989 and 1991. After their first county and munster title success of 1989, Ballybrown contested the 1990 All Ireland Senior Club final, losing to Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), by a goal, on St. Patrick's Day in Croke Park. Patrickswell beat Ballybrown in their most recent county hurling final in 2016. Ballybrown have been a senior club for the vast majority of recent years. The men in green and white were relegated from Senior hurling in 2005, but secured their return to the top tier having won the 2012 Intermediate Championship. This followed a number of final and semi final defeats. They've remained a senior club since, contesting a number of quarter finals as well as a semi final (2016) and final (2016). Ballybrown has enjoyed relative success at underage, reaching Premier finals in hurling, losing to Kilmallock in 2009 U21 Premier final. While in football Fr Caseys defeated them comprehensively in the 2012 Premier Minor Football final. In hurling, Ballybrown won the 2019 Limerick Minor Premier Hurling Championship, which added to the U21 'A' title secured earlier in the same year. In 2020, Ballybrown secured back-to-back Limerick Minor Premier Hurling Championship titles, defeating neighbours Mungret St. Paul's at the Gaelic Grounds.

History

Honours

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 f ...

: (1) 1989 *

Limerick Senior Hurling Championship The Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Hospital County Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Limerick County Board o ...

: (2) 1989, 1991 *

Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship The Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams in the county of Limerick in Ireland. The series of games ...

: (1) 2012 *

Limerick Junior Hurling Championship The Limerick Junior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Limerick GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Limerick. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Munster Junior Club Hur ...

: (2) 1913, 1967 * Limerick Under 21 Hurling Championship: 1991 * Limerick Under 21A Hurling Championship: 2019 * Limerick Minor Hurling Championship: 1977, 1988, 2019, 2020. * Limerick Junior Football Championship; (1) 1981 * Limerick Junior B Football Championship: (1) 2017 * Munster Junior B Club Football Championship: (1) 2018

References

External links

Ballybrown GAA site
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