Turloughmore GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
club based in the village of
Turloughmore,
County Galway,
Ireland
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. The club is primarily concerned with the game of
hurling.
Overview
History
Hurling had been played in the parish of Lackagh long before the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884. The formation of the
Irish National League
The Irish National League (INL) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded on 17 October 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell as the successor to the Irish National Land League after this was suppressed. Whereas the Land League ...
in 1882 as a follow-up to the
Land League
The Irish National Land League ( Irish: ''Conradh na Talún'') was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farme ...
, resulted in the setting up of a branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association being formed in the parish on 14 May 1886, which led to organised hurling games under proper rules.
Honours
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Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until 2007 when it was discontinued due to a lack of meaningful opposition for the Galway champ ...
s: 1
** 1985
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Galway Senior Club Hurling Championships: 8
** 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1985
*Galway Junior Club Hurling Championships: 5
** 1907, 1949, 1954, 1991, 1997
*Galway Minor Club Hurling Championships: 7
** 1981, 1984, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2013, 2014
Notable players
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Daithí Burke
Daithí Burke (born 16 November 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin.
Burke made his debut for Galway against Laois, and was p ...
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Frank Burke
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Francis Forde
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Fergal Moore
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Martin Naughton
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P. J. Qualter
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Michael Shaughnessy
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Given name "Michael"
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External links
Turloughmore GAA Club website
{{Galway clubs
Gaelic games clubs in County Galway
Hurling clubs in County Galway