Killererin GAA

Killererin

Cill Fhir Iarainn
Founded:	1889
County:	Galway
Colours:	White and Red
Grounds:	Killererin GAA Grounds/Barna Déarg
Coordinates:	53°28′55.28″N 8°43′13.88″W / 53.4820222°N 8.7205222°W
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Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht champions Galway champions Football: - 2 6

Killererin (Irish: Cill Fhir Iarainn meaning "Church of the Iron Man") is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Tuam area in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. A Gaelic football club, Killererin fields underage teams up to U-16s play in the Galway league and championships. In 2010, Killererin won its sixth county title defeating Corofin in October 2010. They faced St Brigids of Roscommon in the Connacht club final but were beaten in extra time having conceded a last minute goal in the dying seconds of normal time.

Several members of the Joyce family have represented Killererin GAA. Billy Joyce represented Galway in the 1970s and early 1980s. His nephew Padraic came onto the scene in 1998 when Galway won their first All-Ireland for 32 years, scoring a goal in the decider against Kildare. In 2001, Padraic was joined on the team by his older brother Tommy, and together they helped Galway regain the Sam McGuire, Padraig getting 10 points of Galway's 0-17. Padraig Joyce was named "Footballer of the Year" in 2001. In later years, Nicholas or Nicky, son of Billy, first cousin to Tommy and Padraic, arrived on the Galway scene. Nicky Joyce was the only Galway player to receive an All Star nomination for the 2007 Championship.

Notable players

• Pádraic Joyce

Honours

• Galway Senior Club Football Championships (6): 1976, 1978, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2010 (Runners-up in 2001, 2003)
• Connacht Senior Club Football Championship (2): 1976, 1978 (Runners-up in 2004, 2010)