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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 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]].
+'''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.
+==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]
-*[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}}