Mountbellew–Moylough GAA
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Mountbellew–Moylough ( Irish: ''An Creagán/Maugh Locha'') 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 based in
County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...
,
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. The club is a member of the
Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway county teams. Galway is one of the few ...
. The club was formerly known as
Mountbellew Mountbellew or Mountbellew Bridge (historically ''Creggaun'', from ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies mostly within the townland of Treanrevagh (''Trian Riabhach'') on the N63 national primary road. As of the 2022 census, it had a ...
before amalgamating with
Moylough Moylough ( ; ) is a rural village located in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 518. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Moylough is northwest of Mountbellew and from Galway. It is located on ...
. On 14 November 2021, they won their first Galway Senior Club Football Championship title since 1986 with a win over reigning All-Ireland club champions Corofin.


Honours

* Galway Senior Club Football Championships: 5 **1964, 1965, 1974, 1986, 2021


Notable players

* Joe Bergin *
Enda Colleran Enda Colleran (May 1942 – 8 April 2004) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Mountbellew–Moylough club and at senior level for the Galway county team. Career A native of Moylough, Colleran's Gaelic football prowe ...
* John Daly *
Val Daly Val Daly is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. Originally from Mountbellew, Daly made his debut with the county side in the 1981 National League and played until the 1997 Championship season when he was player manager. An Al ...
* Eoin Finnerty * Johnny Hughes * Patrick Kelly * Stephen White


References


External links


Mountbellew Moylough GAA Club Website
Gaelic football clubs in County Galway Gaelic games clubs in County Galway {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub