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Ballygalget GAA

Hurling club in County Down, Northern Ireland

Summary

Hurling club in County Down, Northern Ireland

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founded	1939
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county	Down
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|}} Ballygalget GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Down County Board and is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

History

Located in the Ards Peninsula, about 27 miles from Belfast, Ballygalget GAA Club was founded on 14 June 1939. Originally named Newcastle John Mitchels, in honour of Irish nationalist John Mitchel, the new club affiliated as a branch of Carraig Uladh and, up to 1945, competed mostly in the locally orgnaised league competition. The club name was changed to Ballygalget John Mitchels in 1942.

Ballygalget had its first major success in 1959, when the club claimed their inaugural Down SHC title. The club went on to be regular winners of the Down SHC title in the decades that followed, as well as claiming their first Ulster Club SHC title in 1975. Further provincial titles were won in 1998 and 2005.

The club won its 21st Down SHC title in 2017 to overtake Portaferry and move into third place on the all-time roll of honour. Since then, Ballygalget have been beaten in two finals and, as of 2025, are in fourth place on the Down SHC toll of honour.

Honours

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1975, 1998, 2005
Down Senior Hurling Championship (21): 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017

Noted hurlers

Martin Bailie: Ulster SHC-winner (1992, 1995, 1997)
Gareth Johnson: Christy Ring Cup-winner (2013)
Johnny McGrattan: Ulster SHC-winner (1997)

References

(16 April 2021). "Loughed away from the world: Hurling in Ards". GAA website.
(26 September 2025). "Saluting the Ards Penisula, a real hurling hotbed". Linkedin.
"Ballygalget HC". Club Info.
"Club Titles - Down". Hogan Stand.
(21 October 2017). "Ruthless Slaughtneil can quell Ballygalget attack and retain Ulster hurling title". The Irish News.
(25 September 2017). "Down SHC final: Coulter inspires 'Galget". Hogan Stand.
(20 October 2024). "Red-hot McGrattan helps Portaferry power to third Down championship in a row". Irish Examiner.
(26 October 2025). "Portaferry win fourth consecutive Down SHC title with an 11-point win over Ballygalget". Irish Examiner.
(5 September 2022). "Tributes paid to Down hurling legend Martin Bailie who has passed away". Irish Independent.
(8 June 2013). "High drama as last-minute goal seals Christy Ring Cup for Down". Irish Examiner.
(14 October 2015). ""The doctor has told us that it's the closest thing to a miracle that he's seen"". Hogan Stand.

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