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Mullagh 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 the parish of Mullagh,
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. The club is primarily 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 ...
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History

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...
had been played in the Mullagh area for more than 100 years before the foundation of the
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 ...
. A game called "hurling over the ditch" was said to have been played and is part of the old folklore of the area. A history of 'The GAA in Mullagh' was published in 1987 by historian Paul O'Donnell.


Honours

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Galway Senior Club 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 ...
s (3): 1906, 1929, 1932


Notable players

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Iggy Clarke Iggy Clarke (born 1952 in Mullagh, County Galway) is an Irish former hurler who played for his local club Mullagh and at senior level for the Galway county team from 1972 until 1984. Clarke is regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever pla ...
* Joe Clarke *
Séamus Coen Séamus Coen (born 1 February 1958) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Galway senior team. Born in Mullagh, County Galway, Coen first played competitive hurling in his youth. After first joining the Galway under ...
* Gerry Coone *
Pete Finnerty Peter "Pete" Finnerty (born 4 March 1964 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland) is an Irish former hurling coach and former player. Regarded as one of his county's all-time greats, Finnerty had a distinguished playing career at club level with ...
* Davey Glennon * Derek Hardiman * Tony Reddin


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Mullagh GAA Club
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