St Thomas' GAA

St Thomas' GAA
CLG Naomh Thomais
Founded:1968
County:Galway
Nickname:The Toms
Colours:Red and Blue
Grounds:Páirc Thomáis Naofa, Castleboy
Coordinates:53°08′29″N 8°42′20″W / 53.141277°N 8.705564°W / 53.141277; -8.705564
Playing kits
Home kit
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Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions
Galway
champions
Hurling: 2 - 8
St Thomas' GAA is located in County Galway
St Thomas' GAA
Location of St. Thomas' in County Galway; the club is located on the LoughreaGort road.

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.

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.

  1. ^ a b "St Thomas claim their first ever All-Ireland title against 13-man Kilcormac-Killoughey". Irish Independent. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Heavenly day for Burke's Saints". Irish Examiner. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ^ "All-Ireland club SHC semi-final replay: St Thomas' make history". Hogan Stand. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.