Stradbally GAA (

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club located in

Stradbally, County Waterford Stradbally (, IPA: �anˠˈt̪ˠɾˠaːdʲˌwalʲə is a small village in County Waterford, Ireland. History Medieval period In 1215, King John granted the custody of the counties of Waterford and Desmond (most of Cork and Kerry) to Thomas fitz ...

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, with teams in both

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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

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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, 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

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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 Waterford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition between the top Waterford clubs. The winners of the Waterford Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the wi ...

: 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 *

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: 5 ** 1932, 1957, 2006, 2016, 2022. *

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the Mu ...

** Runners-Up: 1980, 2004 *

Waterford Minor Football Championship The Waterford Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played by GAA teams in Waterford in Ireland. All players have to be under the age of 18 in the year in which they take part here. The competition is organized by the two ...

s: 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 Waterford Junior Hurling Championship is the third-tier hurling competition organized by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The competition is confined to clubs in Waterford in Ireland. The winners usually will play i ...

: 1 **1974

Notable players

* Michael "Brick" Walsh (All-Star winner in

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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 {{Munster-GAA-club-stub