Ballyduff Upper GAA
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| Founded: | 1886 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Waterford | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Village | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°08′30.30″N 8°03′06.26″W / 52.1417500°N 8.0517389°W | ||||||||||||
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Ballyduff Upper GAA Club is a GAA club based in the west County Waterford village of Ballyduff, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship three times, in 1982, 1987 and most recently in 2007. While mainly a hurling club, the club has had some success in Gaelic football, winning the Waterford Senior Football Championship in 1924.
Ballyduff won the 2007 Waterford Senior Championship after beating Ballygunner on a scoreline of 1-18 to 1-14. Ballyduff are the first West Waterford side to win the county championship since 1993. The title is seen as a great achievement considering Ballyduff only won the Waterford Intermediate Championship in 2005.Ballyduff Upper Club was awarded the 'Club of the Year award' in 2005.
Honours
In addition to being named 'Club of the Year' in 2005, achievements by Ballyduff Upper have included:
- Waterford Senior Hurling Championships (3): 1982, 1987, 2007[1]
- Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championships (4): 1964, 1975, 2005, 2020[2]
- Waterford Junior Hurling Championships (2): 1953, 1971
- Waterford Senior Football Championships (1): 1924
- Waterford Intermediate Football Championships (2): 1973, 1981, 2013
- Waterford Junior Football Championships (5): 1915, 1917, 1953, 1997, 2008
Notable hurlers
- Mossie Walsh, inter-county hurler and 1980 All-Star
- Stephen Molumphy, 2010 Munster Senior Hurling Championship winning captain. 2007 All-Star
- Tom Feeney, inter-county hurler
- Patrick Kearney, inter-county hurler
- Adrian Power, football and inter-county hurler
- Paudie Prendergast, inter-county hurler
- Johnny Quirke, inter-county hurler
References
- ^ "Waterford GAA - Roll Of Honour - Hurling". waterfordgaa.ie. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Kearney returns to Ballyduff Upper to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
External links
- Official website (archived 2008)