Shamrock Gaels GAA
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Shamrock Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in the east of County Sligo, Republic of Ireland
, including the villages of Riverstown
, Sooey and Castlebaldwin
. It was formed in 1972 when two clubs, Sooey and Knockalassa, decided to amalgamate.
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 east of County Sligo, Republic of 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,...
, including the villages of Riverstown
Riverstown
Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen , is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin , about 19 km south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4....
, Sooey and Castlebaldwin
Castlebaldwin
Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny is a townland and village in County Sligo, Ireland.The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th century house rather than a medieval castle, with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door...
. It was formed in 1972 when two clubs, Sooey and Knockalassa, decided to amalgamate.
Honours
- Sligo Senior Football Championship:
- 1990, 1992
- Sligo Intermediate Football ChampionshipSligo Intermediate Football ChampionshipThe Sligo Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the middle-level Sligo clubs. The winners of the Sligo Intermediate Championship qualify to represent the county in the Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on...
:- 1979, 1985
- Sligo Junior 'B' Football Championship:
- 1999
- Sligo Under 20 Football ChampionshipSligo Under 20 Football ChampionshipThe Sligo Under-20 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the Under-20 panels of the clubs in Sligo. Up to 2006 this was the Under-21 Championship, but a decision was taken to hold the Championship a year earlier The Sligo Under-20 Football Championship...
:- 1975, 1987, 1988, 1989
- Sligo Minor Football ChampionshipSligo Minor Football ChampionshipThe Sligo Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Under-18 teams of the various clubs in Sligo, and concentrated to the leading underage clubs in recent years. Previously it operated on a divisional basis, but since the early 1990s it has...
:- 1972, 1973
- Sligo Under-14 Football Championship:
- 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984
- Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1)Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1)The Sligo Senior Football League is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club league competition between the top Sligo clubs, operating in Division 1 of the league...
:- 1986
- Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2)Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2)The Sligo Football League is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club league competition between the second-tier Sligo clubs, operating in Division 3 of the league. Since its inception in 1979 up to 2003, it was regarded as Division 2 of the league...
:- 1979, 1985, 2000
- Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5):
- 1989, 2004
- Kiernan Cup:
- 1986, 2000, 2009