each ), however they were stripped of their title and suspended for 12 months for fielding an illegal player, a County Longford man who worked as a barman in a pub in Vicar Street, Tuam. It wasn't until 1961 that Milltown won their first Galway Junior County Championship making history having to win it twice. After winning the North Board final they went straight through to the County final defeating St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe by 6-8 to 1-2. They didn't play a semi-final as the opposition, Clonbur weren't able to field a team but after an objection, they were given a refixture which Milltown won by 0-10 to 0-2 on New Years Day 1962. This became the first GAA result to be announced on the new RTÉ television channel which was opened that same day. Ten years later in 1971, they won their first Galway Senior Football Championship with only a panel of 17 men. They defeated Ballinasloe on a scoreline of 0-4 to 0-5 on 10 October in Tuam Stadium, led by captain Sean Brennan. Milltown would go on to reach the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship final that year, however; they were defeated by Claremorris. A decade later, they won their second and last Senior County Championship, again beating Ballinasloe, with a scoreline of 0-11 to 2-3 on 22 November 1981 in Tuam Stadium. John Hehir captained the winning team. In 2007, Milltown qualified for a Galway SFC final for the first time in twenty years. Killererin won the game by two points. Honours Galway Senior Football Championship: 2 (1971, 1981) Runners-up: 5 (1967, 1978, 1986, 1987, 2007) Connacht Senior Club Football Championship Runners-up: (1971) Galway Senior Football League: Division 1: 6 1975, 1986, 1992, 2011, 2012, 2013 Galway North Board Under-21 'A' Football Championship: 3 (1990, 1991, 1992) Runners-up: 2 (1989, 1993) Galway County Under-21 'A' Football Championship: 3 (1990, 1991, 1992) Galway North Board Minor 'A' Football Championship: 2 (1954, 1960) Galway County Minor 'A' Football Championship Runners-up: 3 (1960, 1976, 1988) Galway North Board Minor (U17) 'C' Football Championship: 1 (2022) Galway County Minor (U17) 'C' Football Championship: 1 (2022) Exiles Cup: 20 Ladies Football Intermediate All-Ireland Club 7-A-Side Shield: 2 (2010, 2014) Runners-Up: 1 (2012) All-Ireland Club 7-A-Side Junior Championship: 3 (2006, 2007, 2022) Runners-Up : 1 (2004) Notable players Noel Tierney Joe Waldron Gay McManus Tomás Tierney Pádraig Coyne Diarmaid Blake References External links