St Grellan's Gaelic Football Club () was a

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club based in

Ballinasloe Ballinasloe ( ; ) is a town in the easternmost part of County Galway, Ireland. Located at an ancient crossing point on the River Suck, evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of Bronze Age sites. Built around a 12th-centur ...

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. The team was named in honour of

Saint Grellan Saint Grellan is an Irish saint and patron saint of the KellyO'Donovan, ''Tribes and Customs of Hy Many'', pp. 8–12. and Donnellan of Uí Maine clans and of the parish of Ballinasloe, in County Galway, Ireland. Early life According to the h ...

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of Ballinasloe. St Grellan's GFC were the first club to win a record seven Galway county football titles in a row from 1913 to 1919 and were undefeated in the county championship from 1913 to 1930. In 1980, they were also the first Galway Club to reach an

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in 1980. On 1 December 2005, St Grellan's merged with Ballinasloe Hurling Club to form Ballinasloe GAA.

Players

Honours

''Senior'' *

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s (20): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1979, 1980 * Connacht Senior Club Football Championships (1): 1979 (runners-up in 1980) *

(0): (runners-up in 1980) ''Intermediate'' * Galway Intermediate Football Championships (3): 1986, 1992, 2000 ''Junior'' * Galway Junior Football Championships (1): 1997, 2012 (runners-up 2010) * Connacht Junior Football Championships (1): 2012 * All-Ireland Junior Football Championships (1): 2013 ''U21'' * Galway U21 'A' Football Championships (1): 1977 (runners-up in 1970, 1975) ''Minor'' * Galway Minor 'A' Football Championships (1): 1974 (runner-up in 1975, 1978, 1981 after Two Replays both involving Extra Time)

References

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