St Grellan's GFC

St Grellan's
Naomh Grealláin
County: Galway
Colours: Black and Amber
Grounds: Dunlo GAA Grounds
Coordinates: 53°19′51.01″N 8°13′42.69″W / 53.3308361°N 8.2285250°W / 53.3308361; -8.2285250Coordinates: 53°19′51.01″N 8°13′42.69″W / 53.3308361°N 8.2285250°W / 53.3308361; -8.2285250
Playing kits

Standard colours
Senior Club Championships

All Ireland Connacht
champions
Galway
champions
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St Grellan's Gaelic Football Club (Irish: 'Cumann Peile Ghrealláin Naofa') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. It is the Gaelic football section within Ballinasloe GAA.

The team was named in honour of Grellan, patron saint of Ballinasloe.

St Grellan's were the first club in Galway to win a record Seven county titles in a row from 1913 to 1919 and were undefeated in the County Championship from 1913 to 1930. They were also the first Galway Club to reach a Senior Club All-Ireland Final in 1980.

Honours

Ballinasloe GAA Club

Formed on 1 December 2005 when St. Grellan's GFC merged with Ballinasloe Hurling Club.


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