John Locke's GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club located in Callan,

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

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. The club was founded in 1889 and almost exclusively fields teams in

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

History

The club was founded in 1889 and is named after poet and

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activist

John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thi ...

. He was born in Callan in 1847 and was exiled in the

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Honours

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

(1): 1957 *

Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling comp ...

(1): 2010 *

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny ...

(3): 1935, 1993, 1999 *

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny PJHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny Count ...

(5): 1911, 1952, 1987, 2010, 2017 * Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling 'B' Championship (1) 2010 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship (3): 1950, 1984, 2024 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling 'B' Championship (2) 1997, 2015 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling 'A' League (1) 1984, 2010 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling 'B' League (7) 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2015

Notable hurlers

* Paddy Moore * John Power

References

External links

John Locke's GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny Callan, County Kilkenny {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub