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Loughrea
Baile Locha Riach
Founded:	1884
County:	Galway
Nickname:	The Town
Colours:	Blue and Gold
Grounds:	St. Brendan's Park, Loughrea
Coordinates:	53°12′11″N 8°33′07″W / 53.203°N 8.552°W
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Loughrea Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 and is 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 where they were defeated by Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks ending a great campaign.

Achievements

Galway Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1941, 2006, 2024
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (1) 2006-07
Galway Minor Hurling Championship (6) 1942, 1950, 1953, 1971, 1979, 2009

Notable players

References

^ "Johnny Coen". Loughrea GAA. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ Harrington, John. "Hoban hoping for Galway call-up". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

External links

Loughrea Hurling Club

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[1] "Johnny Coen". Loughrea GAA. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[2] Harrington, John. "Hoban hoping for Galway call-up". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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+'''Loughrea Hurling''' is a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club located in the town of [[Loughrea]], [[County Galway]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The club was founded in 1884 and is 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 where they were defeated by Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks ending a great campaign.
-'''Loughrea Hurling Club''' is a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club located in the town of [[Loughrea]], [[County Galway]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The club was founded in 1884 and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of [[hurling]]..In recent years Loughrea have hotly contested many senior hurling finals however have more often than not fel short at the final hurdle. In late 2011 it was announced that former Kilconieron "HOT SHOT" Sean Hannon was to join the club for an undisclosed fee for the 2012 season and for an indefinate length of time therefter. Alhtough he never made the cut for the Kilconieron Intermediate team and was not selected for county minor trials in 2010 (much to his anger and disgust) he was chief water boy for the loughrea Senior team in his first year running the line. Those who were lucky enough to be around for his half time skills exhibitons in Kenny Park and Duggan Park will have noted how he ws such an attractive novelty investment for the club. He has shown his worth in training games and challenge games and previously playing backs and forwards at Kilconieron however his worth has never been proved on a competitive scale. It is reported that many leading bookmakers refuse to take bets on Sean Hannon winning Allstar and Hurler of The Year awards as this is almost a certainty at by now. Unmissable on the pitch his tall stocky structure and lack of ability have confused underage back lines for almost a decade now. The tension between Sean and his former club could never be greater which was hghlighted over the summer during a junior/Intermediate challenge game in which Sean scored 1 point and recieved countless bruises and bumps for his 60 minute shift. His black and white helmet and over exuberant playing style are now synonymous with the folklore of the region.
+==Achievements==
+* '''[[Galway Senior Hurling Championship]]''' (3): 1941, 2006, 2024
+* '''[[Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship]]''' (1) 2006-07
+* '''Galway Minor Hurling Championship''' (6) 1942, 1950, 1953, 1971, 1979, 2009
+[[File:Johnny Coen.jpg|thumb|[[Johnny Coen]] playing for Loughrea, 2013]]
+==Notable players==
+*[[Johnny Coen]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Coen |url=https://www.loughreagaa.ie/profile/johnny-coen/ |website=Loughrea GAA |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
+*[[Paul Hoban]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harrington |first1=John |title=Hoban hoping for Galway call-up |url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/hoban-hoping-for-galway-call-up/ |website=www.gaa.ie |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
+*[[Tiernan Killeen]]
+*[[Greg Kennedy (hurler)|Greg Kennedy]]
+*Johnny Maher
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120420054323/http://www.loughreahurling.com/ Loughrea Hurling Club]
+{{Galway clubs}}
-*[http://www.loughreahurling.com/ Loughrea Hurling Club]
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-[[Category:Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Galway]]
+[[Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Galway]]
 [[Category:Hurling clubs in County Galway]]
+{{Connacht-GAA-club-stub}}