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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 plays
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 ...
. The club is located in the village of
Ballina, County Tipperary Ballina (historically ''Bellanaha''), from , is a census town that lies on the River Shannon in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lough Derg (Shannon), Lough Derg across from its 'twin-town' ...
in
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 plays in the North division of
Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Cou ...
.


History

It was founded in 1885 and won its first championship - the North division Junior Hurling Championship - in 1932. The club has not won a senior county title in any code.


Honours

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Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...
(0): (Runners-Up 2013) *
Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athleti ...
Runners-Up 2021 *
Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1979 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland. The ...
(1): 2013 *
Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised since 1974 by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary in I ...
(1): 2022 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2013 * North Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2004 * Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1984, 1996 * North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (5): 1932, 1967, 1984, 1990, 1996 (Runners-up 1912) * Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (2): 2003, 2021 * North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (5): 2000, 2002, 2003, 2020, 2021


References


External links


Club website
(archived 2011)
Tipperary GAA website
(archived 2013) Gaelic games clubs in County Tipperary {{Tipperary-GAA-club-stub