Mícheál Breathnach 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

County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

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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 ...

. Underage teams up to U-16's play in the Galway league and championships while further age groups compete in their respective competitions. Na Breathnaigh compete in the Galway Senior Football Championship yet they have not won the competition in their history. Na Breathnaigh's

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 ...

squad represent Ireland in the Iomain Cholmcille

shinty Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, an ...

/hurling international for

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speakers. They have defeated the

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team,

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, twice in 2007 and 2008. They faced Alba again on 13 February 2010 in

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but were defeated. The club is named after Irish-language writer,

Mícheál Breathnach Mícheál Breathnach (1881 – 27 October 1908) was an Irish writer. Breathnach was born at Cois Fharraige, County Galway, and worked for some time as a Secretary of the London Branch of the Gaelic League. He later worked as headmaster of the ...

, who was connected to the area.

Achievements

Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship The Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition that comprises the winners of the senior hurling competitions from Sligo and Leitrim along with the Galway champions who receive a bye to the final. The winners of this com ...

Winners (1) 2019

Notable players

* Fiontán Ó Curraoin

References

External links

Homepage of Mícheál Breathnach GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Galway {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub

Achievements

Notable players

See also

References

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