Bennettsbridge GAA
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| Founded: | 1888 | |||||||
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| County: | Kilkenny | |||||||
| Nickname: | The Bridge | |||||||
| Colours: | Green and gold | |||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°35′38.56′′N 7°10′54.94′′W / 52.5940444°N 7.1819278°W / 52.5940444; -7.1819278 | |||||||
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Bennettsbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1] The Bridge last won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship in 1971 and have recently re-gained their senior status.
Achievements
[edit ]- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
- Winners - 12 (1890, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971.[2]
- Beaten finalists - 6 (1958, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 2018)
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
- Winners 2016[3]
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
- 2015[4]
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
- Winners 2015
- All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
- Winners 2015[5]
- Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship
- Winners 2014 [6]
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
- Winners 1935, 1948, 1951, 2014
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship
- Winners 1947, 1983, 2011 (In 1974 combination of Clara and Bennettsbridge won the title.
- Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship
- Winners 1967, 1985
All Stars
[edit ]- Noel Skehan Nine time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. 1972 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning captain. 1982 Texaco Hurler of the Year. Seven time All-Star winner. Supreme All-Stars Team: Goalkeeper. The 125 greatest stars of the GAA: No. 16. GAA Hall of Fame Inductee: 2013.
- Jim Treacy Six time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. 1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning captain. Two time All-Star winner.
- Paddy Moran Four time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. Kilkenny senior captain.
- Liam Simpson Two time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship winner. Two time All-Star winner.
References
[edit ]- ^ Bennettsbridge GAA
- ^ Hogan Stand Archived 2009年08月13日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bennettsbridge have wind in their sails". Irish Examiner . 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "'Bridge win comes at cost". Irish Independent . 30 November 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Blow-out as brilliant 'Bridge take Gaels apart". Irish Examiner . 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Leinster Club JHC final: Bennettsbridge enjoy runaway success". Hogan Stand . 6 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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