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A Brief History of Ballylanders GAA Club
There are records to show that football was played in Ballylanders almost since the foundation of the GAA.There is a very old photo of "Ballylanders Shamrocks" team as they were known at the time which took part in the championship in 1888. However, very little is known of this particular team and the first team to win a county junior football championship was in 1911. The club went from strength to strength during this period and in 1917 Ballylanders won its first Limerick Senior Football Championship when defeating Commercials in Kilmallock on a scoreline Ballylanders 3-4, Commercials 0-1. The following was the outline of that team: C.Kiely (Capt), M.Osbourne, M. Walsh, M. Davern, J.Crowley. P.O'Donnell, T.Crawford, D.Condon, G.Dalton, D.Casey, J.Meade, M.Hayes, J.Ronan, J.Crowley, W.Dalton, T.Murphy, J.McMahon, M.Doherty. This team represented Limerick in the Junior Football Championship and reached the All Ireland Final in which they were defeated by Dublin in a replay.