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Glin GAA

Glin
An Gleann
Founded: 1897
County: Limerick
Nickname: The Magpies
Colours: Black and White
Grounds:

Páirc Uí Chathaláin, Glin,

Co. Limerick
Coordinates: 52°34′13″N 9°16′58″W / 52.570278°N 9.282778°W / 52.570278; -9.282778Coordinates: 52°34′13″N 9°16′58″W / 52.570278°N 9.282778°W / 52.570278; -9.282778
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Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions
Limerick
champions
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Páirc Uí Chathaláin, Glin,

Glin GAA (Irish An Gleann CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland. Glin GAA club was founded in 1897 under the name of Glin Emmetts, in commemoration of Robert Emmett who played a major role in the 1798 rebellion just over a century earlier. Notable rivals include Fr. Caseys, Newcastle West and as of 2009, Mountcollins.

Records show that football and hurling had been played previously (possibly under the team name of a Thomas Davis) but these games were quite rough and unorganised. Glin reached the County Final of 1903 but lost to the magnificent Commercials side of the time.

After many years in decline, the arrival of Father Patrick Lyons as curate to the parish in 1926 heralded a revival of fortunes for Glin. The renaissance began immediately with the club winning the Junior and Senior Football championships of 1926. The club won seven county football championships between 1926 and 1934. Glin contributed many players to the inter-county scene at this stage. Some of the heroes of the time Johnny Kelly, Seamus Duggan, Thomas Culhane, Thomas Mulvihill, Mick Dillane and Patrick Conway.

In 1957, a combination of Glin and Ballyhahill (under the title of Glin Rangers) won the County Junior Championship. The following year in 1958, Glin won the Junior Championship again, this time on their own. Stars of that era were Jimmy Reidy, Michael Dillane, Seán Finn, Frank Burke, Michael Adams and Thomas McKeon.

In 1984, Glin won the County Junior Championship again with John A. Culhane, Maurice, Davy and Con Fitzgerald playing an influential part in the march to success.

1990 was a remarkable year for Glin as regards hurling. Despite hurling having an almost non-existent profile, Glin won an U16 county title. Managed by stalwarts Johnny Lyons and Billy Martin, the team defeated South Liberties in the final.

In 1998, it celebrated its centenary with a contest between Kerry, (the then reigning All- Ireland Champions) and Sligo.

During the glory days of the late 20s and early 30s, Glin supplied many notable intercounty footballers; the most well known were Thomas Culhane, Johnny Kelly and Seamus Duggan. In the 1960s Thomas McKeon donned the green and white jersey in the Munster Senior Football Championship. Liam Long played for Limerick in the late 80s and 90s, appearing in the infamous 1991 Munster Final against Kerry, losing narrowly by 0-23 to 3-12. The last Glin footballer to represent Limerick at senior level was Noelie Mulvihill in a 1999 Munster Championship 1st-round game against Cork.


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