local Gaelic Athletic Association club which was established in 1953. The home ground is Fr. Conroy Park. Milltown have won the Galway Senior Football Championship on two occasions - 1971 and 1981. Milltown players have included Noel Tierney, Gay McManus and Joe Waldron. Milltown Ladies' Gaelic Football club was founded in 1998. Underage teams play in the Galway league and championship and the first team compete at Intermediate level. The ladies' team have won a number of Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland 7-Aside tournaments in both the Junior and Intermediate grades respectively. Handball The original proposal of a construction of a handball alley in Milltown was made in the 1800s. In the 1920s and '30s, handball was more popular than football. From May to October, the alley was occupied all day on Sundays and also during the long summer evenings. During the Second World War, handballs became impossible to obtain and the sport began to decline, never regaining popularity. Amenities There is also a 550-metre walk along the River Clare, for which the Local Development Association has won a number of awards. It also has a 4.5 km Slí na Sláinte rural walk, for which it won first place in County Galway in the National Tidy Town Awards for 8 years from 1996 to 2003. A telescope which belonged to John Birmingham is on display at the Milltown community museum. Twinned village Milltown is twinned with the village of Llanddarog in Wales. Notable people Thomas Beirne (1871-1949) - Writer and Catholic priest John Birmingham (1816-1884) - Astronomer, poet and geologist Diarmaid Blake - Former Galway inter-county footballer Jim Carney - Poet, journalist and television presenter William Connolly (born 1839) - Irish piper Pádraig Coyne - Former Galway inter-county footballer Patrick Duggan (1813-1896) - Catholic bishop Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867) - Commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War Mícheál Ó Lócháin (1836–1899) - Founder of the Philo-Celtic Society Michael Henegan (1929–2002) - Recipient of the Scott Medal Sabina Higgins - First Lady of Ireland and former actress Gay McManus - Former Galway football captain M. J. Molloy (1914–1994) - Playwright and folklorist Mary Mitchell O'Connor - Former Fine Gael TD Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (1894-1976) - Dramatist, senator and critic Noel Tierney - All-Ireland winner with Galway in 1964, 1965 and 1966 Tomás Tierney - Former Galway football captain Joe Waldron - Former Galway inter-county footballer See