Killererin

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Killererin

Cill Fhir Iarainn

Founded:

1889

County:

Galway

Nickname:

N-A

colours = White and Red

Club colours:

Grounds:

Killererin GAA Grounds/Barna Déarg





Standard colours

Senior Club Championships

	All Ireland	Connacht champions	Galway champions
Football :	0	2	4

Killererin (Irish: Cill Fhir Iarainn meaning "Church of the Iron Men") is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Tuam area in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. Underage teams up to U-16's play in the Galway league and championships. Killererin is a Gaelic football club with a proud tradition of producing gutsy performances to win games. Over the years they have gained a reputation of being one of the toughest sides to beat in the championship and this is reflected by the fact that they have contested five of the last 8 county finals. In 2007, Killererin won their 5th county title defeating Milltown in October. They faced St.Bridgets of Roscommon in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship but were easily defeated with Padraic Joyce giving a brilliant performance despite the scoreline of 4-10 to 1-09.

One family in particular is synonymous with Killererin football, that is the Joyce family of Lisavalley. Billy Joyce represented Galway in the 1970s and early 1980s. His nephew Padraic burst onto the scene in 1998 when Galway won their first All-Ireland for 32 years, scoring a crucial goal in the decider against Kildare. In 2001 Padraic was joined on the team by his older brother Tommy, and together they helped Galway regain the Sam McGuire, Padraig getting 10 points of Galway's 0-17. Padraig picked up Footballer of the Year in 2001 for that performance. In recent seasons, Nicholas or Nicky, son of Billy, first cousin to Tommy and Padraic, has arrived on the Galway scene. After returning from an enforced absence due to a difference of opinon with manager Peter Ford, Nicky was the only Galway player to receive an All Star nomination for the 2007 Championship.