Claughaun GAA

Claughaun GAA Club (Gaelige: Cumann Chlochan CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in St. Brigid's parish on the southside of Limerick City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1902, and boasts one of the proudest of traditions of success within Limerick GAA. Claughaun have won the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship on ten occasions, the most recent title coming in 1986. The club have also been captured the Limerick Senior Football Championship fourteen times, and last won the crown in 1996. The club grounds are located on the Childers Road, at what has become a prominent venue for games of all levels. The club was relegated to intermediate status in both football and hurling following this year's(2010) championships.

History

Claughaun GAA was founded in the Poulin/Pennywell area of St. John's parish in 1902. The Irish name 'Clochan' is said to mean 'the place of the stepping stones,' which referred to a small stream that flowed across the modern day Dublin Road at Clare St. The club won its first Limerick Senior Hurling Championship in 1914, and went on the claim the title again in 1915, 1916, 1918 and 1926. One of the most famous of all Claughaun men, Mickey Cross won All-Ireland Senior Hurling titles in 1934 and 1936 with Limerick. Claughaun captured the County Football Championship for the first time in 1955, and followed it up with title wins at regular intervals over the following four decades.^[1]

Players

Claughaun have contributed many notable players to various representative sides, in both codes. Eamonn Cregan, one of Limerick's most versatile hurlers ever, won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with the county in 1973, after a commanding performance at centre half-back. The team was trained by Michael Cregan, whose panel also included Claughaun's Andy Dunworth and Mick Graham, the latter of whom missed much of the victorious campaign through injury. The 1980s saw Danny Fitzgerald represent Munster GAA in the Railway Cup, and win National Hurling League winner's medals in 1984 and 1985 with Limerick. Claughaun's Gus Ryan also captained his county to the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship in 1987, on a team that included fellow club players Leo O'Connor and Andy Cunneen. In the 1990s, the club produced Mike Galligan who won Munster Senior Hurling Championship medals in 1994 and 1996.^[2]

Honours

Limerick Senior Hurling Championship:

1914,1915,1916,1918,1926,1957,1958,1968,1971,1986

Limerick Senior Football Championship:

1955,1959,1967,1969,1970,1971,1982,1984,1986,1988,1989,1993,1995,1996

Limerick Minor Hurling Championship:

1946,1956,1961,1962,1978,1981,1986,1991

Limerick Minor Football Championship:

1946,1956,1961,1962,1973,1985

References

External links

• [1] Official Website of Claughaun GAA