Tuam Stars GAA

Coordinates: 53°30′32.32″N 8°50′13.38″W / 53.5089778°N 8.8370500°W / 53.5089778; -8.8370500
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Tuam Stars
Réalta Thuama
Founded:1907
Tuam Stadium & Tuam Stars Grounds
Coordinates:53°30′32.32″N 8°50′13.38″W / 53.5089778°N 8.8370500°W / 53.5089778; -8.8370500
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions
Galway
champions
Football: - 1 25

Tuam Stars are a Gaelic football team based in Tuam, County Galway.

History

In December 1887 Tuam's first

St. Patrick's Day of that year.[1]

Honours

  • Galway Minor Football Club Championships: 12
  • Galway Under-21 County Championship:7
  • Galway Under-15 County championship:1

Notable players

  • Seán Purcell - All-Ireland Medal Winner with Galway in 1956 and member of the GAA Team of the Century and GAA and Galway Teams of the Millennium
  • Frank Stockwell - All-Ireland Medal Winner with Galway in 1956 and member of the Galway Team of the Millennium
  • Jack Mangan - Captain of the Galway All-Ireland Winning team of 1956
  • Cyril Kelly - All-Ireland Medal Winner with Galway in 1956 and current Vice-President of the club
  • Mick Garrett - All-Ireland Medal Winner with Galway in 1964 and 1965
  • P. J. Smyth - 1971 All-Star winner
  • Johnny Carey - 1971 All-Star winner
  • Pat O'Neill - All-Ireland runner-up with Galway in 1983
  • Jarlath Fallon - All-Ireland Medal Winner with Galway in 1998 and 2001 and footballer of the year in 1998.
  • Paul Doherty - Former Inter-County Goalkeeper for Galway
  • Conor Doherty - Minor All Ireland winner 2007, U-21 All Ireland winner 2011, current member of Galway Senior Football panel
  • Gary O'Donnell - Current member of Galway senior football panel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Club History | Tuam Stars GAA Club County Galway".

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