St Martin's GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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club based in the Ballyfoyle/Coon/Muckalee area of
County Kilkenny
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,
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of
Fassadinin.
The team colour is red with a green sash.
The club grounds are Comerford Park, Coon.
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The club won the ]All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
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in 1985
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History
The club was formed in 1982 following an amalgamation of the Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers and Coon clubs. The new club's adopted colours, red with a green sash, were based on a combination of the jerseys of the former clubs.
In 1984, the club won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship and went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
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in December 1984, and the 1984–85 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship in March 1985.[
Former Laois senior hurling team manager Séamus Plunkett took over as manager of St Martin's in November 2022.]
Honours
* All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
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s (1): 1985[
* ]Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
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s (1): 1984[
* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships (1): 1984][
* Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championships (3): 1973, 1975, 2002
* Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championships (2): 1967, 1974
* Kilkenny Special Junior A Hurling Championships (2): 1984, 2007
* Kilkenny Special Junior B Hurling Championships (1): 2009
* All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championships (1): 2010
* Kilkenny Under 21 Hurling Championships (1): 2007
* Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championships (1): 2005
]
Notable players
* Dermot Lawler
* Mick Lawler
* John Maher
* Eamon Morrissey - winner of an All Star in 1990
* John Mulhall
All Ireland Champions
''The following is the team that lined out for St. Martin’s in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...
final on 24 March 1985:''
See also
*Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) () is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its hea ...
Further reading
* O'Neill, Gerry. (2005), Kilkenny GAA Bible. Produced by Kilkenny GAA Yearbook Committee.
* Somers, Michael. (2006), The Club. Produced by Kilkenny Voice.
References
External links
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Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny
Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny
1982 establishments in Ireland