Milltown is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in the Milltown

Milltown, County Galway

Milltown is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Clare, 47 km from Galway City, 11 km from Tuam on the N17 road to Sligo.-Transport:...

 area in County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The club is a member of the Galway GAA

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

. Milltown GAA club is one of the longest established sides in Galway. Milltown are a Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 club.

Twice winners of the Galway County Championship

Galway Senior Club Football Championship

The Galway Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Galway Clubs. The winners of the Galway Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the...

, Milltown made their first appearance in a county final in 26 years when they faced Killererin GAA at Pearse Stadium

Pearse Stadium

Pearse Stadium is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium, in County Galway, Ireland. The stadium opened on June 16, 1957, as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility.The stadium was opened...

in 2007, but were defeated by a scoreline of 1-09 to 0-10.

Past legends include Noel Tierney, one of the greatest full backs in Galway football history and a key member of Galways historic "3 In A Row" team.

Other notable players include Gay McManus (captain of Galway in 1982), Sean Brennan, Tony Ryan, Miko Feerick, Joe Waldron, Padraig Coyne and Tomas Tierney (captain of Galway in 1986).

4 Milltown players were part of the Galway Under 21 All-Ireland winning squad in 2005: Diarmuid Blake, John Devane, Darren Mullahy and Matthew Flannery

Milltown has always been known for its great underage work and in 2008 the club was awarded a Special Achievement Award by Galway county board this was presented to Padraic Kirrane (Juvenile Chairperson) and Padraic Coyne (Juvenile Secretary).

The Club's Under 16 2009 Team won the County's C league.