Milltown GAC
| Baile an Mhuilinn | |||||||||
| County: | Galway | ||||||||
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| Nickname: | Scans | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue And White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Fr. Conroy Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°37′N 8°54′W / 53.617°N 8.900°WCoordinates: 53°37′N 8°54′W / 53.617°N 8.900°W | ||||||||
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Milltown (Irish: Baile an Mhuilinn) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Milltown area in County Galway, Ireland which was established in 1953. The Club is one of the longest established sides in Galway. Milltown are a Gaelic football club.
Twice winners of the Galway Senior Football Championship, Milltown made their first appearance in a county final in 20 years when they faced Killererin GAA at Pearse Stadium in 2007, but were defeated by a scoreline of 1-09 to 0-10.
Past legends include Noel Tierney, one of the greatest full backs in Gaelic football history and a key member of Galways historic "3 In A Row" team.
Other notable players include Gay McManus (captain of Galway in 1982), Sean Brennan, Tony Ryan, Miko Feerick, John and Joe Waldron, Padraig Coyne and Tomàs Tierney (captain of Galway in 1986).
2 Milltown players were part of the Galway Under 21 All-Ireland winning squad in 2002: Diarmaid Blake and John Devane.
3 Milltown players were part of the Galway Under 21 All-Ireland winning squad in 2005: Darren Mullahy, Matthew Flannery and Cathal Blake. In 2011 Mark Hehir became the most recent Milltown person to win an All-Ireland medal when he was part of the Galway Under 21 All-Ireland winning team.
Milltown has always been known for its great underage work and in 2008 the club was awarded a Special Achievement Award by Galway county board this was presented to Padraic Kirrane (Juvenile Chairperson) and Padraig Coyne (Juvenile Secretary).
The oldest record of a Milltown Gaa Club dates back as far as 1888 when Milltown John O'Keanes (named after the famous local man who was forced to leave his native country on a Fenian emigrant ship in the late 1860s) played Dunmore McHales on 6 April, defeating them 0-4 to 0-1.
By 1901 there was a new club in existence, Milltown Erin's Hope. In a report of a match played on 17 August the Milltown side beat Tuam Emeralds 2-3 to 2-0. It also says that an unnamed Milltown captain called for the Harp for Erin as the referee conducted the toss-up leading to the newly named club.
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