Kilburn Gaels Hurling Club is a

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club located in Kilburn,

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. The club was founded in 1997 and is exclusively concerned with the game of

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History

Kilburn Gaels Hurling Club was founded in 1997 as an amalgamation of the two former London based clubs -

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and

Glen Rovers Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They were Cork senior hurling champions in 2015 and 2016, havin ...

. The juvenile club was established some years earlier in 1991. Both clubs are affiliated to the London County Board. In 2004 the decision was taken to amalgamate the senior and juvenile clubs with the election of the new committee in 2005.

Honours

London Senior Hurling Championship The London Senior Hurling Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association cup competition between the top hurling clubs in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United ...

(3): 2010, 2014, 2017 * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Runners-up 2015

References

External links

Kilburn Gaels official website
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