Ballysaggart 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 based in

Ballysaggart Ballysaggart is a village in County Waterford, Ireland. Amenities It has a Catholic church, public house, shop, garage and petrol filling station as well as a GAA playing field and civic amenity site. Access The village is situated approximate ...

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

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. The club enters teams in hurling each year, which includes 2 adult

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 ...

teams in the

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 18 ...

and the Western Junior Hurling “C” Championship, and had briefly returned to participating in

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 ...

entering a team in the West Waterford Junior Football Championship in 2015, after a lapse of ten years. Ballysaggart has no underage teams. Instead the club is amalgamated with

Lismore GAA Lismore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The club enters teams in both GAA codes each year, which includes two adult hurling teams and one adult Gaelic football team in the Waterford County ...

for underage teams and play as Naomh Carthach. Ballysaggart won the first competition organised by the GAA, the 1885

Waterford Senior Football Championship Waterford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition between the top Waterford clubs. The winners of the Waterford Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the wi ...

. In 2020, 135 years later, the club played their inaugural hurling campaign at the senior grade.

Honours

s: 1 ** 1885 *

Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is a second-tier hurling competition organised by the Waterford Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winning club progresses to the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior H ...

s: 1 ** 2019 *

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 ...

Runners-up **

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Waterford Junior Hurling Championship Waterford Junior Hurling Championship is the third-tier hurling competition organized by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The competition is confined to clubs in Waterford in Ireland. The winners usually will play i ...

s: 4 ** 1972, 1992, 2007, 2013 *

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

s: 1 ** 2013

Notable players

* Shane Bennett * Stephen Bennett *

Kieran Bennett Kieran Bennett (born 21 November 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays for the Waterford senior team. Bennett made his championship debut for Waterford on 13 August 2017 in the 2017 All-Ireland semi-final win against Cork. His younger brothers, ...

* Jack Roche

References

2. http://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=88237
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