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Round Towers is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

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...

associated with the Dublin County Board

Dublin GAA

Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

club based in Clondalkin

Clondalkin

-Today:Modern Clondalkin is a busy satellite town of Dublin, with a population of 43,929 in 2006. Retail facilities include Tesco Ireland- and Dunnes Stores-led shopping centres, and Aldi and Lidl stores on the Fonthill Road and New Nangor Road respectively, and the village centre is a base for...

, Co. Dublin. The Club plays the Gaelic games

Gaelic games

Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...

of Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

, Hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

in both men's and women's codes.

Notable players

Tom Mulligan
Tom Mulligan
Tom Mulligan is a former Gaelic football player for Dublin. Tom played club football Good Counsel, Ballinteer St. Johns and Round towers. He also attended Drimnagh Castle primary and secondary schools, where he made the 1st of his Croke Park appearances....

- Former Dublin footballer
Derek Murray - current Dublin Footballer
Jim Gavin
Jim Gavin (footballer)
Jim Gavin is the current Under-21 football manager for Dublin GAA. His tenure as manager was extended to 2010. He was previously a senior footballer with Dublin and Round Towers, Clondalkin...

(All Ireland Senior Winner)
Ian Ward - Former Dublin footballer
Paddy Delaney - Former Dublin Minor Footballer(All Ireland Winner)/Senior Dublin Footballer
Tony Delaney - Former Dublin Minor Footballer (All Ireland Winner)/Under 21 Dublin Footballer
Mick Egan - Former Dublin Minor Footballer (All Ireland Winner)/ Senior Dublin Footballer
Barry Gavin - Former Dublin Minor Hurler and Footballer /Under 21 Dublin Footballer
Mick Carolan - Former Kildare and Leinster.
Mickey Griffin - Former Donegal and Ulster.
Packy McGarty -Former Leitrim and Connacht.
Larry Carr - Former Dublin Minor and Seniors.
Mick Cranny - Former Dublin Seniors.
Tony Higgins - Former Dublin Minors, Dublin U21 capt, Dublin Seniors.
Garret Freyne - Former Dublin Seniors.
Mick Foley - Former Wexford Seniors.
Killian Burns
Killian Burns
Killian Burns was a footballer from Sneem Co Kerry. He played Corner back for Kerry when they won the 1997 & 2000 All Ireland Championships. He won an All Ireland Under 21 Championships in 1995 & 1996. He also won an Hogan Cup in 1992 with St. Brendan's College. He won a Munster Junior Championship...

- Former Kerry All Ireland Winner

Gerry Galvin - Former Dublin Senior Hurler

Notable players

See also