A small club thinking big

Founded in 1886, Staker Wallace GAA is one of those clubs that typifies all that makes the GAA what it is — the heartbeat of small communities nationwide.

It’s not one of the powerhouses of Limerick hurling, operating at junior A level, a grade at which it has won only one county title in its long history (1977).

Representing the parish of Martinstown/Bulgaden, the club is named — as is so often the case — for a local hero, Patrick Wallace who was hung, drawn and quartered before his severed head was displayed at Limerick gaol and his body ‘staked’ locally after the failed uprising of 1798.