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Ballygunner GAA (nicknamed "The Gunners") is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located in the parish of St Mary's Ballygunner in Waterford City, Ireland. The club concerns itself primarily with hurling. It passes both the camogie and Gaelic football duties to its sister club Gáll Tír. [citation needed]
Ballygunner entered the championship as the defending champions. [2] Tallow were relegated after losing a playoff to Clonea. [3] The final was played on 1 September 2024 at Fraher Field in Dungarvan, between Ballygunner and Abbeyside, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in six years. [4]
The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1897 for the top hurling teams in the county of Waterford in Ireland.
David O'Sullivan (born 5 November 1988 in Ballygunner) is an Irish hurler who plays for both the Waterford Inter-county hurling team and the Ballygunner GAA club. His brother Brian O'Sullivan is currently also a panel member on the Waterford Senior Hurling Team. He made his championship debut against Limerick on 12 June 2011.
Ballygunner (Irish: Baile Gunnair), [1] is a civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city. The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr .
The All-Ireland final was played on 12 February 2022 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Ballygunner of Waterford and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Ballygunner won the match by 2-17 to 1-19 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title. [5] [6]
Ballygunner of Waterford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland semi-final. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ferns St. Aidan's and Shinrone made their championship debuts, while Kilruane MacDonaghs and St. Finbarr's returned to the championship after long absences.
16 April 2017 15:30 Ballygunner: 3-25 - 0-5: Tallow: Fraher Field Referee: Thomas O'Sullivan (Cappoquin) Man of the Match: Barry O'Sullivan Pauric Mahony 1-9 (0-6f, 1 '65), Conor Power and Tim O'Sullivan 1-1 each, Barry O'Sullivan 0-4, Harley Barnes, David O'Sullivan, Billy O'Keefe 0-2 each, Wayne Hutchinson, Peter Hogan, Conor Sheehan, David Walsh 0-1 each