Glenroe Hurling Club is one of the oldest clubs affiliated to the

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. It plays in competitions organized by

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, local parish teams played hurling games from long before the famine of the 1840s and local teams played before the GAA's foundation.

History

Glenroe became an affiliated club in the 1890s after the foundation of the GAA in 1884. Currently the team plays at intermediate grade. The club is twinned with Ballylanders GAA with whom its members play Gaelic Football.

Honours

Hurling

County Titles * Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship (0): (runner-up in 1975, 1976, 1977, 2005, 2017) *

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 ...

(3): 1974, 1992, 2000 * Limerick Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2004 * Limerick Under-21 12-a-side Hurling Championship (2): 2010, 2012 All-County Hurling Titles *Limerick Intermediate Div 3 (1): 2007 South Limerick Hurling Titles * Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 2008, 2012 * Junior Hurling Championship (6): 1947, 1974, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2000 * Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 1983 * Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2003 * Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 1985

Football

Limerick Senior Football Championship The Limerick Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Limerick GAA clubs. The champions qualify to represent Limerick in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progr ...

(0): (runner-up in 1896)

References

External links

* Gaelic games clubs in County Limerick Hurling clubs in County Limerick {{Munster-GAA-club-stub