placenamesBullaun
An Ballán
Bullaun helped build a club whose achievements became part of the shared history of several east Galway communities.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Ballán · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Bullaun · English · main form
Place & story
From foundation to national titles
Sarsfields identifies Bullaun, New Inn and Woodlawn as its community and dates its foundation to 1966. That sporting catchment extends beyond Bullaun electoral division. Interviewed by Philip Reid in 1998, schoolteacher and co-founder David McGann recalled the club’s beginnings under the county’s one-club-per-parish policy. Junior success in 1968 and an intermediate title in 1976 preceded its first senior county championship in 1980. All-Ireland club titles followed in 1993 and 1994. [2] [3]
Recording and commemorating the club
David McGann compiled For the Pride of the Parish, a history of Gaelic games in New Inn and Bullaun launched in 2003. The club later organised a golden-jubilee weekend in July 2016. Its published programme scheduled a memorial Mass in Bullaun church and a display of photographs and memorabilia in Bullaun Hall. These were commemorations of a modern sporting institution, with different events shared between Bullaun and neighbouring communities. [4] [5]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bullaun. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Sarsfields Galway: foundation, community and championship record · Sarsfields GAA Club Galway
- Sarsfields rekindling old magic,12February1998 · Philip Reid, The Irish Times; contemporary interview
- For the Pride of the Parish:2003 publication notice · Sarsfields GAA Club Galway
- Sarsfields50th: Golden Jubilee2016, retrospective and programme · Sarsfields GAA Club Galway
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.