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Tuam Stars GAA

Tuam Stars GAA is a sports centre in the town in Tuam, County Galway, 1.2 km south-east of the Square. Tuam Rugby Club is within 161 m.

Tuam's senior Gaelic football club, formed as a soccer club in 1887 and converted to Gaelic rules in 1889 after a newspaper campaign.

Kind
Sports centres
From the Square
1.2 km south-east
Website
tuamstars.ie
Parking
Cathedral Car Park on The Walks, 942 m away

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Plan of the streets around Tuam Stars GAA, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Tuam Stars GAA, 340 metres across

The story of Tuam Stars GAA

Tuam's first football club, formed in December 1887, set out to play association football. That did not sit well with the mood of the time, and the Tuam Herald ran a campaign in print for a proper code of Gaelic rules. In February 1889 the club gave in, renamed itself Tuam Stars and played its first Gaelic match on St Patrick's Day that year.

It grew into one of the most successful clubs in Galway. Between 1953 and 1960 it won the county championship seven years running, with Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell in the side, two names now carried by streets in the town. The parish has a second club, Cortoon Shamrocks, in its western half.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tuam Stars GAA" and Wikipedia, "Tuam" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-18). Facts only from those sources; the words are ours.

Getting to Tuam Stars GAA

By car
Park at Cathedral Car Park on The Walks, 942 m away. Tuam is 30 km from Galway city.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

Nothing else is named on the map within 300 m; the model shows the buildings around it.

Within a short walk

  1. Tuam Rugby Club
    Sports centres
    161 m

Other sports centres in Tuam

  1. 161 m
  2. 1.6 km

All 3 sports centres in Tuam

Questions people ask

Where is Tuam Stars GAA?
In Tuam, County Galway, 1.2 km south-east of the Square; the nearest car park is 942 m away.
What is the history of Tuam Stars GAA?
Tuam's senior Gaelic football club, formed as a soccer club in 1887 and converted to Gaelic rules in 1889 after a newspaper campaign. The full story is above.
Are there other sports centres nearby?
2 other sports centres in $Tuam; the closest is Tuam Rugby Club, 161 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/194483946, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.