Athlone GAA
| Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Baile Atha Luain | |||||||||||||
| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Westmeath | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Ciaran, Ballymahon Road,Athlone,Westmeath | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°25′42.10″N 7°55′30.52″W / 53.4283611°N 7.9251444°WCoordinates: 53°25′42.10″N 7°55′30.52″W / 53.4283611°N 7.9251444°W | ||||||||||||
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Athlone GAA is the Gaelic football club in the town of Athlone in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland. The local Hurling club is called Southern Gaels.
Athlone are the most successful club in Gaelic Football in Westmeath.
The club was founded in 1885 by Irish National League members, bringing GAA to Athlone. Athlone GAA are Westmeath's most successful club with 20 Senior titles, the last of which was 1998. They achieved an unprecedented 6 in a row between 1955 and 1960. 2011 represents their fifth time to qualify for Feile Peil na nOg following on the heels of last year's appearance in Derry. The club is home to Westmeath's first footballing All-Star Rory O'Connell. Athlone recently won their first ever Intermediate Championship by defeating local rivals Tubberclair.
The club caters for both football and hurling with the hurlers playing under the Southern Gaels banner. The club have two full size floodlit pitches with a third pitch currently being developed. The Athlone GAA also has its own bar and ballroom and is used by various local groups (Tae Kwon Do, Irish traditional music, Line Dancing, ...).
1905, 1929 (Army) 1947, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1998.
2015
Runners-Up 2015
1916, 1921, 1945, 1954, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977.
1963, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2013
1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1993
1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980.
1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991.
1946, 1947, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1989, 2011.
1980, 1981, 1999, 2000, 2002.
1956, 1957, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1993.
1985
1985 (Cork) 1997, 1998 (Donegal), 2010, 2011, 2014
1999
Following Athlone GAA's winning of the Westmeath County Championship in 1984, it was decided to send the team to the United States in 1985. More than £11,000 was collected quickly and put on a bank account set up for the occasion. A dispute over control of the trip's finances between executive committee members and the tour committee led to a lengthy legal dispute. In 1994, the case went to the Supreme Court of Ireland and was still ongoing in 2001.
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