GAA Club
Shannonbridge Gaelic Athletic Association club have one Offaly senior football championship title to their name, which they achieved in 1996 by defeating Tullamore on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-12. The club has provided many players to county teams and players from the club have won numerous medals with county teams. Pride of place must go to John Ryan who won an All - Ireland senior hurling medal and a national football league medal in 1998. Players from the club have won three All - Ireland under 21 football medals, Leinster football and hurling medals and Leinster vocational titles and colleges titles. Two players from the club, Vincent Mooney in 1991 and Anthony Kelly in 1996 have been chosen as Offaly footballer of the year. Shannonbridge G.A.A. Club has come to be established as one of the foremost clubs in the midlands.
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