Loughrea Hurling 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 located in the town of

Loughrea Loughrea ( ; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains, and the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the town's skyline ...

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. The club was founded in 1884 by Dillon Mannion and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of

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 ...

. Pat O Connor and Mike Kelly were in charge of the 2006 Galway Senior Hurling Championship were the team reached The All Ireland Club Final were they were defeated by Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks ending a great campaign.

Achievements

Galway Senior Hurling Championship The Galway Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for th ...

(2): 1941, 2006 *

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until 2007 when it was discontinued due to a lack of meaningful opposition for the Galway cham ...

(1) 2006-07 * Galway Minor Hurling Championship (6) 1942, 1950, 1953, 1971, 1979, 2009

Notable players

Johnny Coen Johnny Coen (born 19 March 1991) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Loughrea and formerly with the Galway senior inter-county team. Playing career Loughrea Coen joined the Loughrea club at a young age and played i ...

*Jamie Ryan *

Paul Hoban Paul Hoban is an Irish hurler who is a member of the Galway senior team and also plays with his club Loughrea. He was an unused substitute in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champ ...

*Soham burkul *

Tiernan Killeen Tiernan Killeen (born 25 March 2003) is an Irish hurler who is a member of the Galway senior team and also plays with his club Loughrea Loughrea ( ; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hi ...

References

External links

Loughrea Hurling Club
Gaelic games clubs in County Galway Hurling clubs in County Galway {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub