St Grellan's GFC
Cumann Peile Ghrealláin Naofa
County:Galway
Colours:Black and Amber
Grounds:Dunlo GAA Grounds
Coordinates:53°19′51.01″N 8°13′42.69″W / 53.3308361°N 8.2285250°W / 53.3308361; -8.2285250
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions
Galway
champions
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St Grellan's Gaelic Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ghrealláin Naofa) was a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland.

The team was named in honour of Saint Grellan, patron saint of Ballinasloe.

St Grellan's GFC were the first club to win a record seven Galway county football titles in a row from 1913 to 1919 and were undefeated in the county championship from 1913 to 1930. In 1980, they were also the first Galway Club to reach an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1980.

On 1 December 2005, St Grellan's merged with Ballinasloe Hurling Club to form Ballinasloe GAA.

Players

Honours

Senior

Intermediate

  • Galway Intermediate Football Championships (3): 1986, 1992, 2000

Junior

  • Galway Junior Football Championships (1): 1997, 2012 (runners-up 2010)
  • Connacht Junior Football Championships (1): 2012
  • All-Ireland Junior Football Championships (1): 2013

U21

  • Galway U21 'A' Football Championships (1): 1977 (runners-up in 1970, 1975)

Minor

  • Galway Minor 'A' Football Championships (1): 1974 (runner-up in 1975, 1978, 1981 after Two Replays both involving Extra Time)


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