Killannin GAA

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Killannin
Cill Ainín
Founded:1958
County:Galway
Colours:Blue and White
Grounds:Maloney Park
Coordinates:53°23′14.24″N 9°13′36.21″W / 53.3872889°N 9.2267250°W / 53.3872889; -9.2267250Coordinates: 53°23′14.24″N 9°13′36.21″W / 53.3872889°N 9.2267250°W / 53.3872889; -9.2267250
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Killannin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. The club is one of 18 teams competing in the Senior Championship in Galway. Their best result in the competition came in 2000, where they reached the final, losing out narrowly to Corofin.

Notable players[]

Notable players to have played for the club include Kevin Walsh and Gary Fahey. Both were members of Galway's 1998 and 2001 All-Ireland victories. Kevin Walsh won an All-Star award for his efforts in 2003 and was also the inter-county manager of Sligo. Gary Fahey was the captain of the 2001 All-Ireland winning Galway team.

Walsh from Killanin first caught the eye winning an All-Ireland minor medal in 1986.

Current County Players[]

  • Johnny Heaney

Current squad[]

Shane Sheridan; PJ Gorham, David Walsh, Edwin Murray; Johnny Heaney, Peter O'Halloran, Ronan Caldwell; Burke the Shmirk, James Walsh, Eamonn McDonagh; Marvin Lee, Cathal Sweeney, Ruairí Greene; LUKER, Stephen Kavanagh, Patrick Sweeney, Niall Walsh; Kieran Caldwell,

Niall Acton, The Trunk, Ferdia O'Halloran, Kevin Walsh, Darragh Kinnevey, Enda Kelly, Bungalow, David O'Connor, Ian Thornton, Christy Lydon, Robert Lee, Enda Fahey,

Cathal Walsh, Robert Ryan, Gary Heffernan, Paul (Gizzy) Fahey, The Drake, The Veteran Finbar Thomas,

Honours[]

  • Galway Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1991, 2014
  • Galway Under-21 A Football Championship (2): 1996, 2001


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