Smith O'Brien's 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 located in the parish of Killaloe,

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. The club field teams in

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 ...

competitions. The club won the first ever

Clare senior hurling championship The Pat O'Donnell & Co. Senior Hurling Championship, more commonly known as the'' Clare Senior Hurling Championship ''or'' Clare SHC, ''is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It ...

in 1887. Smith O’Brien’s won the 2004 Clare Intermediate hurling championship, beating favourites Clooney Quin in a replay. After a 9 year stint at senior level, the side were relegated to Intermediate in 2013. On the 31st of October 2021, 17 years to the day since they won their 2004 title, Smith O’Briens won the Intermediate championship once again - going unbeaten through their 6 championship games. Supported by a contingent of players from the 2013 relegated side and two players from the 2004 winning side, they beat favourites St. Joseph’s Doora-barefield. Overcoming a 0-7 to 0-1 deficit after 15 mins, Smith O’Briens trailed the St. Joseph’s side until the 61st minute, taking their first lead of the game in injury time before eventually winning on a score line of 0-14 to 0-12. On their path to victory they overcame Tulla, Tubber (QF) and Tulla again in the semi final before beating St. Joseph’s in final. The Smith O’Briens outfit were bookmaker underdogs for each game. The outfit was managed and coached by 26 year old, Tony Gleeson. The club are named after

William Smith O'Brien William Smith O'Brien ( ga, Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain; 17 October 1803 – 18 June 1864) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) and a leader of the Young Ireland movement. He also encouraged the use of the Irish language. He ...

, an

Irish Nationalist Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of cu ...

and

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) and leader of the

Young Ireland Young Ireland ( ga, Éire Óg, ) was a political movement, political and cultural movement, cultural movement in the 1840s committed to an all-Ireland struggle for independence and democratic reform. Grouped around the Dublin weekly ''The Nati ...

movement who died in 1864. Club Officers History: Club Chairman: Patrick Aherne (2021–present) Club Secretary: Frank Tucker (2021-2022),Tony O'Brien (???-2021) Club Treasurer: Declan O’Halloran (2020-2022) Public relations Officer: Nicole Foley (2020–Present)

Major honours

Clare Senior Hurling Championship The Pat O'Donnell & Co. Senior Hurling Championship, more commonly known as the'' Clare Senior Hurling Championship ''or'' Clare SHC, ''is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It ...

(1): 1887 *

Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship The Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare GAA, Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in the county of County Clare, Clare in Ireland. Th ...

(2): 2004, 2021 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (3): 1967, 1978, 1997

References

External links

Official Site
{{Clare clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Clare Hurling clubs in County Clare