Tooreen Hurling Club
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| Founded: | 1957 | ||||||||
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| County: | Mayo | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Blue Devils / The Village | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Adrian Freeman Memorial Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°49′40″N 8°45′38″W / 53.827869°N 8.76064°W | ||||||||
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Tooreen Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Tooreen, County Mayo, Ireland.
Tooreen is located in the parish of Aghamore approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the town of Ballyhaunis in eastern County Mayo which is the county's hurling stronghold.[1]
Players are drawn from the Tooreen area as well as from the Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, Kilkelly and Knock areas. The club is affiliated, as an exclusive hurling club, to the Mayo County Board.
History
[edit]The club was formed in 1957 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007.
The club won its first Mayo Senior Hurling Championship title in 1966 and is the holder of 33 county senior titles and is the current (2023) champion.
In 2017, the club became the first Mayo team, and the first from outside Galway, to win the Connacht Intermediate Hurling final. They were four-point winners over Ballinderreen of Galway in Athleague, winning by 1 -14 to 1- 11.[2][3]
The club has many dual players who play for the neighbouring Gaelic football club with Aghamore GAA club.
Tooreen Hurling Club also has an underage section with teams from U6 to U18. The club colours are blue and white.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tooreen's true blues". The Mayo News. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Connacht Club IHC: Tooreen celebrate historic provincial success". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "14-man Ballinderreen shocked in Connacht Club hurling decider". The Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20080509124008/http://www.tooreenhurlers.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070206211901/http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2006/03/08/story29757.asp
- http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story/?trs=mhsnsnauoj&cat=sport[permanent dead link]
- http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2188&Itemid=94
- http://www.sportsmanager.ie/t3.php?userid=616&countyid=39&club_id=&clubid=&sportid=1&returntoarchive=1&newsstory=575
- http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/ConnTel/CT9807/CT980715/GAA1.htm
- http://ulster.gaa.ie/2008/03/
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