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Portumna
Port Omna
Founded:1888
County:Galway
Nickname:Port
Colours:Blue and Gold
Grounds:Portumna
Coordinates:53°05′18.29″N 8°13′00.79″W / 53.0884139°N 8.2168861°W / 53.0884139; -8.2168861
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions		 Galway
champions
Hurling: 4 3 6
Portumna (blue and yellow) in the 2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final against Ballyhale Shamrocks (green); Croke Park, 17 March 2010.

Portumna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Portumna in County Galway. The club is almost exclusively centred on hurling.

History

The first mention of Portumna in terms of Gaelic games comes in 1888 with regard to a junior Gaelic football game against Eyrecourt. The club remained in the background of senior club hurling until 1995 when Portumna contested their first county final. Victory on that occasion went to Sarsfield's. The 2000s saw a golden age for the club as it contested seven consecutive county finals between 2003 and 2009. Victory was achieved in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Portumna also won three All-Ireland titles during this period (2006, 2008 and 2009) as well as in returning to win in 2014. A book on the history of the club titled ‘Hearts of Oak the rise to glory of Portumna GAA club’, written by historian John Joe Conwell, has been published by the club.

Hurling honours

Notable players

See also: Category:Portumna hurlers

References

  1. ^ "Portumna ends Mount Leinster's dreams to claim All-Ireland glory". Irish Independent. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Cannings lead Portumna charge". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

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Preceded byAthenry Galway Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2003 Succeeded byAthenry Preceded byAthenry Connacht Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2003 Succeeded byAthenry Preceded byAthenry Galway Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2005 Succeeded byLoughrea Preceded byAthenry Connacht Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2005 Succeeded byLoughrea Preceded byJames Stephens All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2006 Succeeded byBallyhale Shamrocks Preceded byLoughrea Galway Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2007 Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byLoughrea Connacht Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2007 Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byBallyhale Shamrocks All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2008 Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byIncumbent Galway Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2008 Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byIncumbent Connacht Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2008 Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byIncumbent All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2009 Succeeded byBallyhale Shamrocks Preceded byIncumbent Galway Senior Hurling ChampionshipWinning Team 2009 Succeeded byClarinbridge
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