Smith O'Brien's GAA

Smith O'Brien's GAA
County: Clare
Colours: Red and Yellow
Grounds: Killaloe

Smith O'Brien's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. The club field teams in hurling and in Junior B grade Gaelic Football competitions. The club won the first ever Clare senior hurling championship in 1887.[1]

The club are named after William Smith O'Brien, an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement who died in 1864.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "About Clare GAA". Clare GAA. Retrieved 18 February 2013.


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