Kilkerrin-Clonberne GAA
Kilkerrin-Clonberne is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clonberne, County Galway, Ireland. Its ladies football team have won the All-Ireland club championship four times in a row.
History
In his 'Annals of the GAA in Galway 1884-1901', Padraic O'Laoi notes that Clonberne - like Menlough - was initially a hurling club and was one of only 26 clubs in the county to play matches under GAA rules in 1885.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne won the Galway Junior A Football Championship in 1992.
They achieved Senior status in 1996 and have competed in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship up until 2015. They were relegated to the Intermediate ranks by a strong Kilconly side.
Ladies team
In 1999, the ladies football club in Clonberne won an intermediate club All-Ireland. They were runners up in 2019 Senior All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championship.
The club has won four All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championships in a row, from 2021 to 2024.
Notable players
- Martin Breheny — played for, and later served as secretary of, the club before he moved to Dublin in 1979
- John Divilly
- Shane Walsh
- Johnny Geraghty
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Club Football Championship: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2019
- Connacht Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship: 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Runners-up: 2000, 2013, 2017
- Galway Ladies’ Senior Club Football Championship: 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Club Football Championship: 1999
- Galway Junior A Football Championship: 1992
- Connacht Ladies' Intermediate Club Football Championship: 1999
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies Club 7’s: 2022
References
- ^ "Roll of Honour 1980-1999 Hurling – Football – Galway GAA". Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Walsh, Daire (16 December 2023). "Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it three-in-a-row as they prove too strong for Ballymacarbry". www.irishtimes.ie. Irish Times. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Walsh, Daire (14 December 2024). "Magnificent Kilkerrin-Clonberne make it four AIB All-Ireland senior club titles in a row". Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Shane Walsh saga shows why GAA need to take tougher stance on Dublin clubs' import deals". Irish Independent. 2 August 2022.
- ^ Glennon, Stephen (10 October 2024). "Peerless champions power to a twelfth title on the trot". www.con-telegraph.ie. Connaught Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2024.