Galway Corinthians RFC

Galway Corinthians RFC

Full name	Galway Corinthians Rugby Football Club
Union	IRFU
Branch	Connacht
Nickname(s)	CRFC Corinthians
Founded	1932 (1932)
Ground(s)	Corinthian Park, Galway (Capacity: 4,500)
Chairman	Pearce Flannery
President	Brian Murphy
Coach(es)	Michael Harding
Captain(s)	Aaron Broderick
League(s)	All-Ireland League, Division 2A
2023-24	2nd (Division 2B) - promoted
Team kit
Official website
galwaycorinthians.com

Galway Corinthians Rugby Football Club is a rugby club in Galway, Ireland and the largest rugby union club in the province of Connaught. The club was founded in 1932 and plays in Division 2A of the Irish domestic club competition the All-Ireland League. The club's home ground is at Corinthian Park, Cloonacauneen, County Galway.

Foundation and early history

On 13 September 1932 a brief report in the pages of the Connacht Sentinel announced the formation of a new rugby club in Galway. Its membership was drawn largely from Galway's inner city and working class and was composed in the main of students and players of St Joseph's Patrician College (The Bish) and the Galway Grammar School. The following evening the Club held its first meeting in the Mechanic's Institute in Middle Street at 8 pm, and from that meeting its first Senior Committee emerged:

Harry Warner - founding President; M Gallagher - Vice President; J Toner - Hon Treasurer; J Brown - Hon Secretary; J Owens - Assistant Secretary; T Mullins, G Mahont, M Roche, P O'Flaherty, W Lenihan, P Griffin, T Liodain - Committee Members.

Past players

• Simon Allnutt
• Tim Allnutt
• Eoin Griffin
• Noel Mannion
• Shane McDonald
• Steve McIvor
• Johnny O'Connor
• Eoghan Masterson
• Kieran Marmion
• Mack Hansen

External links

• Official website