All hurlers who came out of the small national school travelled into Waterford city to play for either the Erin's Own club or now archrivals Mount Sion.

Having enjoyed multiple success at under age level through the local national school, McGinn set up the club to nurture the game in the small parish.

[citation needed] That same year, Ballygunner hurling club collected their first piece of a long line of silverware by winning the minor county championship.

In 1967 the club defeated Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw and in 1968, they beat Mount Sion to capture a first three in a row in the Waterford Senior County championship.

[citation needed] However, after failed attempts in 1982 and 1983, Ballygunner earned promotion to the senior ranks yet again in 1984 after a four-year absence.

Other young player on the panel that day[clarification needed] were, Billy O'Sullivan (23), Stephen Frampton (24), Fergal Hartley (20) and Paul Flynn (17).

In 1997, after a fiercely contested local derby, Fergal Hartly made his way up to the presentation area in Walsh Park to collect the county title for his third time after a 2-17 - 1-14 defeat of Passage.

[citation needed] After Mount Sion defeated Ballygunner in the 2000 county final, it looked like the beginning of the end of a historical era for the club.

At it, it was decided to elect Gordan Ryan as the new manager and the recently retired inter-county hurler Billy O'Sullivan as team captain.

[citation needed] In 2001, Ballygunner beat Lismore GAA 4-12 to 1-16 to claim its ninth Waterford Senior Hurling title.

[tone] In the same year, they had a successful Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship beating St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield 2-19 to 2-13 and Toomevara 2-10 to 0-15 after a replay.

Having been off target from two scoreable chances, and with the deficit down to three points, Paul Flynn took control of the final in the last ten minutes.

He pointed two frees, one of them from inside his own half, and then, with just two minutes left on the clock, he snapped up an Andy Moloney delivery and gave Blackrocks goalkeeper Trevor Barry no chance with a goal.

[citation needed] In the years that followed their Munster triumph, players such as Stephen Frampton and Mick Mahoney had retired from senior hurling and all that was left of the original under 21 team was Billy O'Sullivan.

However Ballygunner later lost their sixth Munster Club Championship Final to Newtownshandrum of Cork despite a "man of the match" performance from Fergal Hartley.

[citation needed] Ballygunner defeated arch-rivals Mount Sion in the 2014 Waterford Senior Club Hurling Championship final on a scoreline of 2-16 to 0-9 points in Walsh Park.

[citation needed] In 1994, Ballygunner GAA finally acquired a permanent playing field beside the new national school.

[citation needed] Construction on the largest and most expensive project ever undertaken by a Waterford club subsequently began.

the main structure has been built, the astro turf floor has been laid and construction is close to completion on the adjoining pavilion.