{{Short description|Gaelic games club in County Limerick, Ireland}} {{more references|date=December 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Glin | irish = An Gleann | crest = | founded = 1898 | province = Munster | county = Limerick | nickname = The Magpies | colours = Black and White | grounds = Páirc Uí Chathaláin, Glin, County Limerick | coordinates = {{coord|52.570278|N|9.282778|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}} | pattern_la = _blackborder | pattern_b = _whitehoops | pattern_ra = _blackborder | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = 000000 | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 000000 | f3=7 }} '''Glin GAA''' (Irish: ''An Gleann CLG'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland. Glin GAA club was founded in 1898 under the name of Glin Emmetts, in commemoration of Robert Emmett who played a major role in the 1798 rebellion a century earlier. The club's rivals include Fr. Caseys, Newcastle West and as of 2009, Mountcollins.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
==History== ===Early achievements=== Records show that football and hurling had been played previously (possibly under the team name of a Thomas Davis) but these games were quite rough and unorganised.{{fact|date=December 2021}} Glin reached the county final of 1903 but lost to a Commercials side.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
After many years in decline,{{fact|date=December 2021}} the arrival of Father Patrick Lyons as curate to the parish in 1926 heralded a revival of fortunes for Glin.{{fact|date=December 2021}} This began with the club winning the Junior and Senior Football championships of 1926.{{fact|date=December 2021}} The club went on to win seven county football championships between 1926 and 1934.{{fact|date=December 2021}} Glin contributed many players to the inter-county scene at this stage, including Johnny Kelly, Seamus Duggan, Thomas Culhane, Thomas Mulvihill, Mick Dillane and Patrick Conway.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
===Late 20th century=== In 1957, a combination of Glin and Ballyhahill (under the title of Glin Rangers) won the County Junior Championship. The following year in 1958, Glin won the Junior Championship again, this time on their own.{{fact|date=December 2021}} In 1984, Glin won the County Junior Championship again.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
1990 was a successful year for Glin as regards hurling. Despite hurling having an almost non-existent profile, Glin won an U16 county title, defeating South Liberties in the final.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
In 1998, it celebrated its centenary with a contest between Kerry, (the then reigning All- Ireland Champions) and Sligo.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
===Early 21st century=== In 2007, the club was relegated from Intermediate to Junior A grade after a poor season.{{fact|date=December 2021}} The following year, the team won the Junior A West Limerick Championship but were knocked out the county semi-final stage.{{fact|date=December 2021}} They contested the 2008 West Limerick final against Mountcollins, with the sides finishing level at 1-12 apiece aet. The replay on 17 October 2008 finished in a one-point win for Mountcollins 0-12 to 0-11. The team were still able to participate in the county championship and, on 28 October 2008, defeated Ballygran in Newcastle West by 5 points.{{fact|date=December 2021}} The county junior A football final was played on Sunday 15 November 2008, and ended in a draw. The replay was set for Páirc na Gael on Friday night, 20 November 2008. The result after extra time was Mountcollins 0-12, Glin 0-11.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
In 2011, Glin had championship victories over Drom-Broadford, Castlemahon and Father Casey's. However the year ended with defeat to Seán Finn's in the County Final and Feohanagh-Castlemahon in the County League Final.{{fact|date=December 2021}} In 2012, Glin's championship challenge came to a conclusion when they went down by two points in the county semi-final to Cappamore, the eventual winners.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
2013 saw the appointment of new management. In 2013, Shannon Gaels, a combination of Glin and Gerald Griffins, captured the County U21 A title.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
In 2014, after a narrow win in the West semi final against Cappagh-Kilcornan, the side won the West final against Fr. Casey's comfortably by 2-12:0-07. A 6-point win in the County quarter final against Murroe-Boher was followed by an 8-point win in the County semi final against Patrickswell. In the County final, the scoreline was Glin 0-14:0-09 Kilteely Dromkeen, after a gap of 30 years since winning the last Junior county championship.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
Next up was a Munster quarter final against Tipperary champions Inane Rovers who were defeated on a scoreline of 1-12:2-08; and then the Waterford county champions Kill in the Munster semi final, winning by 1-08:0-08. In the Munster final against Brosna from Kerry, in front of 3,500 supporters, the team were narrowly defeated by 3 points.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
==Notable intercounty players== During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Glin supplied several intercounty footballers; the most well known were Thomas Culhane, Johnny Kelly and Seamus Duggan.{{fact|date=December 2021}} In the 1960s, Thomas McKeon played for Limerick in the Munster Senior Football Championship.{{fact|date=December 2021}} Liam Long also played for Limerick in the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the 1991 Munster final against Kerry, losing narrowly by 0-23 to 3-12. The last Glin footballer to represent Limerick at senior level was Noelie Mulvihill in a 1999 Munster Championship 1st-round game against Cork.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
==Honours== * '''Munster Junior Club Football Championship''' (0): (Runners-Up in 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/battling-brosna-deliver-301421.html |title=Battling Brosna deliver |accessdate=9 December 2014 |work=Irish Examiner |publisher= |date=8 December 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223252/http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/battling-brosna-deliver-301421.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Limerick Senior Football Championship''' (7): 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 * '''Limerick Intermediate Football Championship''' (1): 1995 *'''Limerick Junior Football Championship''' (4): 1926, 1954, 1984, 2014 * '''West Limerick Junior Football Championship''' (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
==See also== * List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Limerick GAA clubs}}
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