Ardmore GAA
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Ardmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in the West Waterford
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

 town of Ardmore
Ardmore, County Waterford
Ardmore is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland, with a population of around 330, although this varies with the tourist season. It is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The club plays both hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

, although it is generally thought to focus more, on gaelic football, having won 2 Senior Football Championships in 1965 and 1977. Of late, the club has put more effort into hurling, winning the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship
Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship
Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is the second-tier hurling competition organised by the Waterford Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The competition is confined to clubs in Waterford in Ireland. The winners usually will play in the senior grade the following year for the...

 for the first time in 2002.

History

In 1950, Ardmore won the Western Junior Football Final, but were beaten by Kill in the county final. In 1957, the club having lapsed, a public meeting was held and a new committee elected. In 1960, the first Junior county final was won by Ardmore. In 1961 Ardmore won the county final and went on to win county finals in 1965 and in 1977. A field was purchased in 1982 and was officially opened in 1984.

Honours

  • Waterford Senior Hurling Championships: 0
  • Waterford Senior Football Championships: 2
    • 1965, 1977
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