Clara GAA - Est. 1884.
140 YEARS OLD +4000 LOYAL SUPPORTERS 6 SENIOR FOOTBALL TITLES 2 SENIOR HURLING FINALISTS
An Clárach, founded in 1884, becoming the first club in Leinster affiliated with the GAA outside of Dublin.
The little town of Clara, Co. Offaly has a population of over 3,500 people, and is steeped in history. The town and club are seen as one, where the people of Clara are interconnected with the club through playing, spectating, volunteering and socialising. The club has remained the heart of the community for many years, and will continue to do so for years to come.
Clara GAA
CLUB DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Youth Player Development Academy continues every Sunday morning 10am - 12pm.
All boys age 10 - 15 welcome to attend.
New members welcome.
Youth Player Development Academy
CLARA GAA LOTTO & BINGO
The Clara GAA Club’s Lotto and Bingo games which run on a weekly basis offer a huge financial support to our club, and are our primary source of fundraising. Without our loyal supporters spread all over the world playing our games each week, the ongoing development and progression of our club wouldn’t be possible. You can now play both Lotto and Bingo online by clicking the links provided. All of your support is greatly appreciated and goes a very long way. All of our online games are very easy to play and take part in no matter where you are in the world. You will be notified if you have won the lotto or bingo, even if you can’t attend the games.
Click HERE to play Lotto
🏁 Clara GAA U7 Indoor Hurling 🏁
All Ireland Champions!
Offaly U20 All Ireland Champions
Congratulations to Ed, Cormac, Adam and all the team /management on their fantastic win.
Great to see the Green White and Gold on display in Croke Park and hear the "Ubh Fhaili" ringing out in earnest!!
The U20 team have lifted every village and town across the county after what has been a very long and weary 18 months.
Well done lads - enjoy the celebrations
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Our History.
Clara was the first club in Leinster affiliated to the GAA outside of Dublin, with its foundation dating back to six weeks after the historic meeting in Hayes Hotel in Thurles. Because of the socio-economic dynamics of a small industrial town whose main employer J.eLF. Goodbody favoured other sports, Clara GAA was mainly rural based with hurling the dominant game until the mid-1950s.
Clara won their first title in 1911 (Junior Football). There were stirring times ahead for the club when both Junior titles were contested in 1919, football successfully and the hurling crown for the first time in 1920. In 1923 Clara became the first club in Offaly to contest both the Senior football and Senior hurling finals in the same year. Clara won the Intermediate hurling final in 1934, the first final to be played in O'Connor Park, Tullamore. Other notable successes for the club were the 1952 Minor football title, the Junior football title 1954 and the Intermediate football title 1956.
Clara finally made the big breakthrough in Senior football, capturing the Senior football title in 1960. This victory allowed Willie Nolan the great privilege of leading Offaly out in their first All-Ireland football final in 1961. Clara won their second Senior football title in 1964. It was not until 1991 that Clara won their next Senior football title and this was followed by further successes in 1993, 2003 and 2009. Clara also won the intermediate hurling final in 2003 the same year as the Senior football final.
For the first 90 years of our existence we were a nomadic club, using and playing in fields that were available all over the parish to us. All that changed in the 1970's when the club purchased J.eLF Goodbody's sportsfield and developed it for exclusively GAA purposes. This pitch was officially opened in 1980 by Paddy McFlynn.
The club had previously purchased a local ballroom in the centre of town as a social centre. In 1996 the club were able to purchase a second playing field Pairc Phroinsias and a further purchase in 2007 of the adjoining 12.5 acres and convent grounds has allowed the club to increase their facilities.