Pádraig Pearse's GAA

Pádraig Pearse's

Pádraig Mac Piarais
Founded:	1966
County:	Galway
Colours:	Black and white
Grounds:	Ballymacward & Gurteen
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht champions Galway champions Hurling: 0 2 18

Pádraig Pearse's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Ballymacward-Gurteen parish in County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1966, when the Gurteen and Ballymacward Junior Hurling clubs merged and was predominantly concerned with the game of hurling. There was always a strong tradition of hurling in the parish, with the game having been played in the previous clubs since the foundation of the GAA. Pádraig Pearse's GAA fields hurling teams from U10 to Senior level. Hurling Players from the club have represented Galway at all levels. In 2013 St Kerrill's Gaelic Football Club, which had been formed in 1990 and also representing the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas, was disbanded and Pádraig Pearses began fielding football teams. The footballers compete at Junior C level with teams also at several underage levels.

Current Players

• Ronan Bellew
• Cyril Donnellan

Notable players

• Cyril Donnellan, Fearghal Flannery and Emmett Ward are members of the 2013 Galway Senior hurling panel.
• Tomás Flannery, panel member on 2005 Galway All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship winning team.
• Jimmy Gelston, panel member on 2005 Galway All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship winning team.
• Francis O'Brien, midfielder on 1991 Galway All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship winning team.
• Michael King, panel member on 1980 Galway All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning team.
• Marty Barrett, forward on 1972 Galway All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship and 1975 National Hurling League winning teams.
• Fr Nicholas Murray, midfielder on 1959 and 1960 Fohenagh Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship winning team. Murray played Senior hurling with neighbouring Fohenagh, as there was no Senior Club in Gurteen-Ballymacward at the time.
• Tom Cogavin, panel member on 1923 Galway All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning team.

Honours

Hurling

• Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2010
• Galway Senior East Board Club Hurling Championship (1): 1969
• Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship (4): 1979, 1991, 1995, 2010
• Galway Junior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1919 (Gurteen), 1941 (Ballymacward), 1967.
• Galway Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2009.
• Galway U21B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2005.
• Galway Minor A Club Hurling Championship (1): 1977.
• Galway Minor B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2007.

Football

• Galway Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2008 (St Kerrill's).

External links

• Pádraig Pearse's GAA site