St Thomas' GAA
Gaelic sports club in County Galway, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint Thomas' Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Kilchreest and Peterswell areas of County Galway, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.
CLG Naomh Thomais | |||||||||
Founded: | 1968 | ||||||||
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County: | Galway | ||||||||
Nickname: | The Toms | ||||||||
Colours: | Red and Blue | ||||||||
Grounds: | Páirc Thomáis Naofa, Castleboy | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53.141277°N 8.705564°W / 53.141277; -8.705564 | ||||||||
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St.Thomas' are the current All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling champions having defeated O'Loughlin Gaels of Kilkenny in the final in January 2024. This was their 2nd championship victory having first won the All-Ireland championship in 2013.[1]
They won their first ever Galway senior hurling championship in 2012.[2] In February 2013 they advanced to the final of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 0–15 to 0–7 win against Loughgiel Shamrocks.[3] They beat Offaly side Kilcormac/Killoughey to win the All Ireland on Saint Patrick's Day 2013 in Croke Park.[1] The club won the Galway senior hurling championship again in 2016 beating Gort in the final, and again in 2018 against Liam Mellows. They won it again in 2023, beating Turloughmore in the final.