Loughrea GAA

Loughrea Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 by Dillon Mannion and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. Pat O Connor and Mike Kelly were in charge of the 2006 Galway Senior Hurling Championship were the team reached The All Ireland Club Final were they were defeated by Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks ending a great campaign.

Achievements

 * Galway Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1941, 2006
 * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (1) 2006-07
 * Galway Minor Hurling Championship (6) 1942, 1950, 1953, 1971, 1979, 2009

Notable players

 * Johnny Coen
 * Jamie Ryan
 * Paul Hoban
 * Johnny Maher
 * Tiernan Killeen