Stradbally GAA (
Irish: ) is a
Gaelic Athletic Association club located in
Stradbally, County Waterford
Stradbally (, IPA: anˠˈt̪ˠɾˠaːdʲˌwalʲə is a small village in County Waterford, Ireland.
History Medieval period
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,
Ireland, with teams in both
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
and
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 ...
. Players include
Waterford county hurling captain,
Michael Walsh.
Despite being so successful in the County Senior Football Championship, winning 19 times, Stradbally have never won the Munster Senior Club Championship, being losing finalists twice. Stradbally won 5 Waterford Senior championships in a row between 2001-2005. They won further titles in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 & 2017.Despite winning the
2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of the Waterford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Waterford, Ireland.
The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winners ...
, Stradbally did not represent Waterford in the
2017 Munster Senior Club Football Championship due to the county not completing its club championship in time- the county final occurring a week after the provincial final due to the hurling having been prioritised. This meant Waterford had no team in the Munster Championship that year. This was not the first time Stradbally had been negatively affected in terms of participation in the provincial championship, having in
2015
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been forced to play their Munster Quarter Final only one day after winning the County Final.
Honours
*
Waterford Senior Football Championship: 19
** 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012,2015, 2017
** Runners-Up: 1936, 1939, 1945, 1961, 1977, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2011, 2013,2014
*
Waterford Junior Football Championship: 5
** 1932, 1957, 2006, 2016, 2022.
*
Munster Senior Club Football Championship
** Runners-Up: 1980, 2004
*
Waterford Minor Football Championships: 3
** 1937, 1964, 2006
* Waterford Under-21 Football Championship: 2
** 1997, 1999
*
Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship
Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is a second-tier hurling competition organised by the Waterford Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winning club progresses to the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior H ...
: 2
** 1993, 1998
*
Waterford Junior Hurling Championship: 1
**1974
Notable players
*
Michael "Brick" Walsh (All-Star winner in
2007
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,
2009, 2010 and 2017)
References
External links
Official Stradbally GAA Club websiteHogan Stand
Gaelic games clubs in County Waterford
Hurling clubs in County Waterford
Gaelic football clubs in County Waterford
1908 establishments in Ireland
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