Clooney Gaels are 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...

 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...

 club based in Clooney (Cloney) outside Ahoghill

Ahoghill

Ahoghill or Ahohill is a large village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, four miles from Ballymena. It has a population of 3,055 people . It is within the Borough of Ballymena....

, County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. This team's catchment area is Ahoghill, Clooney, Portglenone and Moneyglass.

"The Gaels" had a very impressive run in the Junior Hurling Championship, winning the County Antrim Junior Hurling Championship, Ulster Junior Hurling Championship and playing their way to the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship before being defeated by Danesfort (Kilkenny). In 2011 the clubs u16 hurlers [Sean Stintsons] won 4 out of 5 trophies including the All County championship with a 1 point win over Rossa B from Belfast. Best players were Brian Cowboy McManus, james o'connell, jimmy mc meel and mark caolan duffin.

Hurling

• 2007 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
  All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
  The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition between the winners of the junior hurling competitions in the various counties of Ireland...
  
   Finalists

• 2006 Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship
  Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship
  The Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the best junior hurling clubs in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months. Teams qualify for this...
  
  Winners

• 2005 All County Div 3 League Winners, Ulster Hurling League Div 3 Winners, Barcelona Gaels Inaugural Hurling Tournament Winners

• 2000 All County Div 4 League Winners

• 1998 South West Championship

• 1997 South West Championship

• 1992 South West Championship

• 1990 All Ireland Junior Hurling seven-a-side Ulster Representatives

• 1989 Junior Championship, South West League

• 1988 North Antrim Junior League, South West Championship

• 1984 South West League

• 1982 South West Championship