Ballycran
{{Short description|Athletics club in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox GAA club
| club gaa = St Joseph's GAA Club, Ballycran
| irish = CLG Naomh Iósaf, Baile Crann
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| founded = 1939
| province = Ulster
| county = Down
| nickname = The Crans
| colours = Black and Amber
| grounds = McKenna Park
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St Joseph's GAA Club, Ballycran, referred to monomynously as Ballycran, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Rubane, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with hurling and camogie.
The club competes in Down GAA competitions and in Division 1 of the Antrim Hurling League. The Club's grounds are called 'McKenna Park' and include the John Mallon Stand (capacity 5,000). While the county football team play out of Pairc Eslar in Newry, McKenna Park is the home ground for the county hurlers, reflecting the dominance of the Ards peninsula in Down hurling.
With 27 county championship wins, Ballycran are the most successful hurling club in the county domestically. The club has also won three Ulster senior club hurling championships. the most recent in 1993.
Achievements
- Down Senior Hurling Championships: 27
- 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015,{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/ballycran-seal-title-with-late-flurry-31563292.html |title=Ballycran seal title with late flurry |accessdate=28 September 2015 |work=Irish Independent |publisher= |date=28 September 2015}} 2018, 2019,{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/304383 |title=Down SHC final: Ballycran retain title with seven-point win|accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=Hogan Stand |publisher= |date=29 September 2019}} 2021
- Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 3
- 1974, 1976, 1993
Notable players
Notable Residents
References
External links
- [http://www.downgaa.net/ Down GAA site]
- [http://ballycran.down.gaa.ie/ Ballycran web site]
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Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Down
Category:Hurling clubs in County Down
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