Sarsfields Galway is a

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club consisting of the parish of

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and Woodlawn in east

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, Ireland. Winners of two

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's. The club was founded in 1966 and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of

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. Sarsfields Galway were the first club to defend their All-Ireland Club Hurling title. In

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Sarsfields defeated opponents

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, County Limerick in their first All-Ireland club final. In

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, Sarsfields retained their club title with a victory over

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, County Tipperary.

History

Prior to 1966, two clubs St. Killians (of

), and

existed in the parish. During 1966 a ruling known as "The Parish Rule" allowed only one club per parish, which forced the decision to amalgamate the two clubs together, thus Sarsfields Galway was affiliated in 1966. The reason for choosing the name Sarsfields is not precisely known, however, the name is linked to

Patrick Sarsfield Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan ( 1655 – 21 August 1693) was an Irish army officer. Killed at Battle of Landen, Landen in 1693 while serving in the French Royal Army, he is now best remembered as an Irish patriot and military hero. Born ...

where verbal history tells that Sarsfield and his Irish Jacobite army passed through the parish while retreating from the

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in 1691. The name "Sarsfields" is almost certainly influenced by

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who were kingpins of Tipperary hurling at that time.

Notable players

* Kevin Hynes *

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* Michael Conneely *

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* Jimmy Cooney * Pádraig Kelly * Michael 'Hopper' McGrath * Darren Morrissey

All-Ireland medal winners from Sarsfields

This is a list of club players that have won All-Ireland medals with the Club and/or Galway Inter-County senior hurling teams. ::''List is incomplete''

Honours

Hurling

s: ''2'' **1993, 1994. *

All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA club since 2006 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their count ...

s: ''1'' **2023 * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championships: ''6'' **1980, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 *

Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship The Galway Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway GAA, Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1 ...

s: ''7'' **1980, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

. * Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship: ''1'' **1976. *Galway Junior Club Hurling Championship: ''4'' **

Galway Junior A Hurling Championship The Galway Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brooks Galway Junior A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Galway JAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic A ...

: 1996 **Galway Junior B Hurling Championship: 1985, 2007, 2022 **Galway Junior C Hurling Championship: 1992, 2001, 2019 *Other Galway Club Hurling Championships: **Galway Minor B Hurling Championship: 2000 **Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 1984, 2006, 2008 **Galway Under-20 A1 Hurling Championship: 2021

Football

*Galway Junior Club Football Championship: ''1'' **Junior C – North: 2013 **Galway Junior C Football Championship: 2013 *Galway Club Football League: ''1'' **Division 4B North: 2013

Camogie

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta. Trophy The t ...

s: ''3'' **2019-2020, 2021-22, 2022 *

Galway Senior Camogie Championship The Galway Camogie Championship is the senior Camogie competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Galway GAA. Athenry are the competitions most successful club, having won 12 titles. Sarsfields are the reigning champions, having defeate ...

s: ''8'' **2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Golf

*Annual All-Ireland GAA Golf Challenge ''2'' **2011. **2012.

References

External links

Official Galway Sarsfields GAA Club website

Official Galway Hurling Board website
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