The local GAA club, CLG An tSean Phobail, concentrates on Gaelic football.
 Its finest hour came in 1949 when the Shocks, as the team are known, won the Waterford Junior Football Championship.
For  hurling purposes, the area is associated with Rinn Ó gCuanach club.
The club colours are red and white.
In 2013, CLG an tSean Phobail helped to host Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta by providing their playing pitch, Páirc Cholmáin.

The route of the Seán Kelly Heritage 100K runs through An Sean Phobal.
The local GAA club, CLG An tSean Phobail, concentrates on Gaelic football.  Its finest hour came in 1949 when the Shocks, as the team are known, won the Waterford Junior Football Championship. For  hurling purposes, the area is associated with Rinn Ó gCuanach club. The club colours are red and white. In 2013, CLG an tSean Phobail helped to host Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta by providing their playing pitch, Páirc Cholmáin.
The route of the Seán Kelly Heritage 100K runs through An Sean Phobal.
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