Players included Alan Mulholland (former Galway manager), Norman Costello, Cathal McGinley, John Kilraine, Pat Comer (producer of the video "A Year Til Sunday"), Mark Gibbs, and Donners, who subsequently managed the club to an All-Ireland title in 2006.

Players included Finian Hanley, Seán Armstrong, Michael Donnellan, Alan Kerins, among others.

Salthill–Knocknacarra hosted the then Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his Duchess, wife Catherine, in March 2020, the first visit by any members of the British royal family to a GAA club in Ireland (though previous visitors had toured Croke Park).

In 2024, after that All-Ireland final appearance, Maher, the SKGAA’s senior Captain, was nominated for the PWC Player of the Year and won an All-Star, as did Finnerty.

The club has facilities including floodlit playing pitches, Astro turf and an events centre, Arus Bóthar na Tra.