Largest town with one GAA club?

cms88 · 02-12-2015 10:09AM #1

Where/what is the largest/biggest towns with just one gaa club? I would think its Portlaoise. What other big towns only have one?

AOH77A · 02-12-2015 10:11AM

Lucan ...

MfMan · 02-12-2015 11:30AM

Do you mean the same club catering for both football and hurling? Both Ballinasloe and Tuam, 2nd and 3rd largest towns in Galway, have one of both.

Ogie16 · 02-12-2015 12:22PM

Ballincollig??

blue note · 02-12-2015 12:34PM

Tramore would be one of the bigger ones. About 12 thousand catered for with one club.

How many clubs does bray have?

Hesh's Umpire · 02-12-2015 12:52PM

Naas is bigger than Portlaoise. Only one club as far as I know.

Hesh's Umpire · 02-12-2015 12:59PM

blue note wrote: »

Tramore would be one of the bigger ones. About 12 thousand catered for with one club.

How many clubs does bray have?

There's two clubs in Bray. Emmets and Fergal Og.

celticbest · 02-12-2015 01:04PM

Balbriggan, O'Dwyers just under 25,000 catered for.

http://population.mongabay.com/population/ireland/2966794/balbriggan

goldfinger4296 · 02-12-2015 03:06PM

Ennis Town 28,000 Eire Og with Clarecastle, Doora Barefield in the suburbs

Xenophile · 02-12-2015 09:04PM

Definitely not Clonmel,

Clonmel Commercials Football Club,
Saint Mary's Hurling Club,
Clonmel Og Hurling and Football Club
and
Moyle Rovers Hurling and Football Club just perched on the doorstep of all the above.

Grueller · 02-12-2015 11:26PM

Not sure of the population of Gorey but they have only one club.
Wicklow town has only one.
New Ross has only one.
They are the ones close enough to here that I know of.

Utopia Parkway · 03-12-2015 01:44AM

How many clubs in Athlone?

Pocaide · 03-12-2015 01:49AM

Castlebar ?

Mushy · 03-12-2015 09:14AM

Probably not the biggest, but Greystones would be sizeable for one club.

fatherted1969 · 03-12-2015 09:31AM

Naas has a huge population, doesn't make any difference when it comes to snr championships though cos they haven't won one in years. Think the surrounding clubs just outside the town probably benefit more from it with kids coming out through not getting much playing time. Must be tough trying to manage enormous numbers

barneystinson · 03-12-2015 09:37AM

blue note wrote: »

Tramore would be one of the bigger ones. About 12 thousand catered for with one club.

Whatever about the town having only one club, Tramore must be one of the biggest clubs in the country (in terms of catchment) that only fields adult teams at junior level, having dropped out of both intermediate football & hurling now.

padd b1975 · 03-12-2015 12:21PM

Pocaide wrote: »

Castlebar ?

I would have thought Castlebar too, although Breaffy and Burrishoole are very close.

paul71 · 03-12-2015 03:49PM

First answer is the correct one from what I see by a long way.

Lucan population 46,000
Naas 21,000
Ballincolig 20,000
Castlebar 12,000

03-12-2015 05:27PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

I would have thought Castlebar too, although Breaffy and Burrishoole are very close.

Breaffy is only a few miles out the road from Castlebar.
Burtishoole is about 15 miles away !

If you are thinking of Ballintubber then that is about 10 miles away.

Clareman · 05-12-2015 11:00PM

goldfinger4296 wrote: »

Ennis Town 28,000 Eire Og with Clarecastle, Doora Barefield in the suburbs

Don't forget The Banner GAA club they are in the town as well. Also, if you're including Clarecastle & Doora Barefield as suburban clubs then you should consider including Kilmaley and Ballyea as well.

Hemerodrome · 05-12-2015 11:07PM

Manhattan, 1.6 million 😊

Clareman · 05-12-2015 11:21PM

Hemerodrome wrote: »

Manhattan, 1.6 million 😊

Technically Manhatten is part of New York City so loads of clubs

lanomist · 05-12-2015 11:28PM

Grueller wrote:

Not sure of the population of Gorey but they have only one club. Wicklow town has only one. New Ross has only one. They are the ones close enough to here that I know of.

Rathnew is very close to Wicklow town and a lot of their players are from Wicklow town

big_drive · 06-12-2015 12:03AM

On a side note population probably is over rated. Many towns have a large percentage of foreign nationals who wouldn't even know what the gaa is. Of course it does give the potential to have larger numbers underage, holding onto the numbers seems to be an issue in most places

padd b1975 · 06-12-2015 03:44AM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Breaffy is only a few miles out the road from Castlebar.
Burtishoole is about 15 miles away !

If you are thinking of Ballintubber then that is about 10 miles away.

Yes, I meant Ballintubber, my mistake.

There would be a healthy local rivalry there between themselves and Castlebar.

For Forks Sake · 06-12-2015 12:58PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

How many clubs in Athlone?

Two on the Westmeath side (Athlone and Garrycastle) and Clann na Gael on the Roscommon side.

Reputable Rog · 06-12-2015 01:03PM

goldfinger4296 wrote: »

Ennis Town 28,000 Eire Og with Clarecastle, Doora Barefield in the suburbs

That 28,000 takes in a large area outside of the town and would take in the catchments of Clarecastle, Ballyea, Kilmayley and St Joseph's. You also forgot the Banner GAA club.

feargale · 07-12-2015 01:27AM

Lisburn, population 71,465.

Richard · 07-12-2015 01:34AM

feargale wrote: »

Lisburn, population 71,465.

There is a club in Holywood Co Down which is an amalgamation of clubs which previously existed there, in Bangor and Newtownards. The combined population served by this club is 100,000, though GAA is not big in the area.

The_Kew_Tour · 08-12-2015 02:21AM

Mallow be up their, but they're still crap.

Producer Ben · 08-12-2015 01:09PM

Castlehavens catchment area stretches from Union Hall in west Cork as far as Cork City.

Largest town with one GAA club?

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