Dunhill GAA
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Dunhill GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in Dunhill
Dunhill
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, County Waterford
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

, Ireland
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. The club enters teams in both GAA codes each year, which includes two adult hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 teams and one adult Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 team in the Waterford County Championships.

The club has won the County Senior Hurling Championship twice, defeating Ballyduff Upper
Ballyduff Upper GAA
Ballyduff Upper GAA Club is a GAA club based in the west County Waterford village of Ballyduff, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship three times, in 1982, 1987 and most recently in 2007...

 in 1978 and Mount Sion 1979, and the Senior Football Championship once, when it defeated Tramore
Tramore GAA
Tramore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Tramore County Waterford, Ireland, with teams in both Gaelic Football and Hurling...

 in 1975.

The club presently has no underage setup. Instead, a separate club called Dunhill/Fenor
Dunhill/Fenor GAA
Dunhill/Fenor GAA Club is a juvenile Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dunhill and Fenor, County Waterford, Ireland. The club has no adult teams and only fields teams from under-12 to under-21...

 was created between Dunhill and other local club, Fenor
Fenor GAA
Fenor GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the small east Waterford, Ireland village of Fenor. The club enters teams in both Gaelic football and hurling each year, both of which compete in their respective junior championships....

. The underage clubs caters for all underage levels from under-12 to under-21.

Honours

  • Waterford Senior Hurling Championships: 2
    • 1978, 1979

  • Waterford Senior Football Championships: 1
    • 1975

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