Killannin is a

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club based in

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. The club is a member of the

Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and f ...

. The club is one of 18 teams competing in the Senior Championship in Galway. Their best result in the competition came in 2000, where they reached the final, losing out narrowly to Corofin.

History

Kevin Walsh and

Gary Fahey Gary Fahey is a former Gaelic footballer who captained the Galway county team in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Playing primarily in a full-back position, he won five Connacht Senior medals and two All-Ireland medals. Fahey is t ...

were both involved in Galway's

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and

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(SFC) title wins. Walsh won an All Star Award in 2003 and later managed

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and Galway. Walsh's first involvement with Galway was winning an

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medal in 1986. Fahey

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ed Galway to the 2001 All-Ireland SFC win.

Johnny Heaney Johnny Heaney is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Killannin and the Galway county team. His usual position is as a half-forward. His father comes from Mayo. He scored a goal against Mayo at MacHale Park, towards the end of the 2018 Connacht ...

was part of the team that qualified for the

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Current squad

Shane Sheridan; PJ Gorham, David Walsh, Edwin Murray;

, Peter O'Halloran, Ronan Caldwell; Burke the Shmirk, James Walsh, Eamonn McDonagh; Marvin Lee, Cathal Sweeney, Ruairí Greene; LUKER, Stephen Kavanagh, Patrick Sweeney, Niall Walsh; Kieran Caldwell, Niall Acton, The Trunk, Ferdia O'Halloran, Kevin Walsh, Darragh Kinnevey, Enda Kelly, Bungalow, David O'Connor, Ian Thornton, Christy Lydon, Robert Lee, Enda Fahey, Cathal Walsh, Robert Ryan, Gary Heffernan, Paul (Gizzy) Fahey, The Drake, The Veteran Finbar Thomas,

Honours

* Galway Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1991, 2014 * Galway Under-21 A Football Championship (2): 1996, 2001 {{DEFAULTSORT:Killannin Gaa Gaelic football clubs in County Galway Gaelic games clubs in County Galway