St Grellan's Gaelic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ghrealláin Naofa) was a

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club based in

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. The team was named in honour of Saint Grellan,

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of Ballinasloe. St Grellan's GFC were the first club to win a record seven Galway county football titles in a row from 1913 to 1919 and were undefeated in the county championship from 1913 to 1930. In 1980, they were also the first Galway Club to reach an

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in 1980. On 1 December 2005, St Grellan's merged with Ballinasloe Hurling Club to form

Ballinasloe GAA Ballinasloe GAA (Irish language, Irish: ''CLG Bhéal Átha na Sluaighe'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football and hurling club located in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Club history It was formed on 1 De ...

Players

Honours

''Senior'' *

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s (20): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1979, 1980 *

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s (1): 1979 (runners-up in 1980) *

(0): (runners-up in 1980) ''Intermediate'' * Galway Intermediate Football Championships (3): 1986, 1992, 2000 ''Junior'' * Galway Junior Football Championships (1): 1997, 2012 (runners-up 2010) * Connacht Junior Football Championships (1): 2012 * All-Ireland Junior Football Championships (1): 2013 ''U21'' * Galway U21 'A' Football Championships (1): 1977 (runners-up in 1970, 1975) ''Minor'' * Galway Minor 'A' Football Championships (1): 1974 (runner-up in 1975, 1978, 1981 after Two Replays both involving Extra Time) Ballinasloe Gaelic football clubs in County Galway Gaelic games clubs in County Galway {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub