Oulart–The Ballagh is a

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club in

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

, Ireland. The club takes its players primarily from the area around the villages of

Oulart Oulart (, formerly ''Ubhallghort'' - ''"the orchard"''), is a small village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford just off the R741 regional road halfway between the towns of Gorey to the north and Wexford t ...

and

The Ballagh The Ballagh or Ballaghkeen () is a village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford just off the R741 regional road halfway between the towns of Gorey to the north and Wexford to the south. As of the 2016 census ...

. The club has won the

Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athl ...

on 13 occasions, most recently in 2016. Their main rivals are

Buffers Alley Buffers Alley is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the villages of Kilmuckridge and Monamolin in County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in Intermediate hurling, Gaelic football and camogie. It competes in Wexford competition ...

. Former hurlers, associated with the club, include former Wexford manager

Liam Dunne Liam Dunne (born 12 June 1968) is an Irish former Hurling, hurler who played as a centre-back at senior level for the Wexford county hurling team, Wexford county team. Born in Oulart, County Wexford, Dunne first played competitive hurling duri ...

and current Oulart–The Ballagh senior manager

Martin Storey Martin Storey (born 28 September 1964) is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Wexford county team. Regarded as one of the greatest Wexford players of all-time, Storey made his first appearance for th ...

History

Oulart–The Ballagh were the opponents of Mount Leinster Rangers in the final of the 2013

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when Mount Leinster Rangers became the first club from Carlow to win the title.

Camogie

Oulart–The Ballagh won the

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in 2011-12 They previously won the Leinster senior club championships in

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and

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Honours

**Winners: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 *

**Runners-Up: 1994, 1995, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 **Winners: 2015 *

Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship The Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as The Courtyard Ferns Intermediate Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gael ...

**Winners: 1968, 2022 *

Wexford Junior Hurling Championship The Wexford Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by lower-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athleti ...

**Winners: 1967, 2005 *Wexford Under-21 Hurling Championship **Winners: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013 **Winners while combined with

: 1965, 1966 *Wexford Minor Hurling Championship **Winners: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015 **Winners while combined with

: 1967

Notable players

* Stephen Doyle *

* Paul Finn *

Christy Jacob Christopher "Christy" Jacob (born 1944) is an Irish retired hurler who enjoyed a successful career as a centre-back with the Wexford senior team. Born in Wickmore, County Wexford, Jacob was introduced to hurling in his youth. His granduncle, ...

Michael Jacob Michael Jacob (born 2 August 1980) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays in the centre-forward position on the Wexford senior hurling team. Early life Michael Jacob was born in Oulart, County Wexford in 1980. He was born into a family that h ...

* James Crean * Mick Jacob *

Rory Jacob Ruettiger 'Rory' Jacob (born 11 October 1983 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Oulart–The Ballagh and was a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team from 2002 to 2015. Both hi ...

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...

* Des Mythen *

Adam Nolan Adam Nolan (born 11 March 1987) is an Irish retired boxer from Enniscorthy, County Wexford who qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Boxing career Adam is the second Wexford-born boxer to qualify for the Olympics, the first being his coach on the I ...

* Jimmy Prendergast * Lar Prendergast * David Redmond *

Paul Roche Donald Robert Paul Roche (26 September 1916 – 30 October 2007) was a British poet, novelist, and professor of English, a critically acclaimed translator of Greek and Latin classics, notably the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristop ...

Keith Rossiter Keith Rossiter (born 16 January 1984) is an Irish hurling, hurler and currently a selector with the Wexford senior hurling team. He plays for Wexford Senior Hurling Championship, Wexford Senior Championship club Oulart–The Ballagh GAA, Oulart� ...

* Garrett Sinnott *

Darren Stamp Darren Stamp (born 2 December 1980 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Wexford senior team. Stamp joined the team during the 2001 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen u ...

Una Leacy Una Leacy is a camogie player and winner of two All-Star awards. Leacy's first All-Star came in 2007, the year her two early goals helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years, and her second in 2011. She ...

Mary Leacy Mary Leacy (born March 2, 1986 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish people, Irish sportsperson. She won Camogie All Stars, camogie All Star awards in Camogie All Stars#2004, 2004, Camogie All Stars#2007, 2007 and 2010. She plays camogie with ...

* Ciara Storey * Karen Atkinson *

Colleen Atkinson Colleen Atkinson is a camogie player, captain of the Wexford team that won the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship Other awards National Camogie League medals in 2009, National Camogie League 2010, 2010 and National Camogie Leag ...

* Stacey Redmond

References

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