St Brigid's GAA (Dublin)
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Cumann Naomh Bríd | |||||||||
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Founded: | 1932 | ||||||||
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County: | Dublin | ||||||||
Nickname: | The Redmen | ||||||||
Colours: | Red and white | ||||||||
Grounds: | Russell Park | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°22′39.09″N6°21′04.55″W/ 53.3775250°N 6.3512639°W | ||||||||
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St Brigid's GAA Club(Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is aGaelic Athletic Associationclub based inCastleknock,Fingal,Irelandwhich servesCastleknock,Clonsilla,BlanchardstownandCorduff.Its main grounds are at Russell Park, and it also has grounds in Castleknock at Beech Park and College Fort. The club supports 70 teams, from nursery level (four- to seven-year-olds) to adults, inhurling,football,camogie,women's football,handballand badminton.
In 2003, St Brigid's GAA won their firstDublin Senior Football ChampionshipandLeinster Senior Club Football Championship.The club won their second Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2011, but lost the year's Leinster Final to Garrycastle in an injury-time free goal.
St Brigid's senior hurlers lost the 2003 Senior A Hurling final to Craobh Chiarán and the 2019 final to Cuala. The team lost in the semi-finals in 2011 and 2013. St Brigid's senior hurlers won the Senior B and AHL 2 League titles in 2010 and 2014. The club has rivalries with theCastleknock GAAand Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA clubs.[1]Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles champion Eoin Kennedy is a club member.[2]
In 2007,Justin McNultywas manager. In 2013,Tony McEnteewas appointed as manager of the St Brigid's senior football team, succeedingGerry McEnteeand Mark Byrne.[3]
Jack Chambers,who served as Minister for Sport from 2020, is a member of the club.[4]
Honours[edit]
- 1958:Dublin Intermediate Football Championship
- 1979: Dublin Junior Hurling League Division 2 champions
- 1976: Dublin Intermediate Hurling League andDublin Intermediate Hurling Championship
- 1980: Dublin Intermediate Football champions
- 1986: Dublin Intermediate ACamogiechampions
- 1988: Loving Cup Intermediate Football and Murphy Cup winners
- 1990: Dublin Under-16 Football and Hurling League champions
- 1991: Dublin Under-15 Football championship
- 1993: Dublin Minor Football Premier League champions
- 1994: Dublin Under-16 and Minor Football Premier League champions
- 1995: Dublin Under-16 andMinor Footballchampions
- 1996: Dublin Under-15, Ladies Under-14 and Under-18 champions and Camogie Under-14Feilewinners
- 1997: World, All-Ireland and Leinster handball champions, Dublin Junior 5 Football League Sheridan Cup, Dublin Under-16 Football Championship,Dublin Minor B Football Championship,Dublin Ladies Football Under-16 and Under-18 Championships, Dublin Under-15HurlingShield and Dublin Under-10/11/12/12/14 football and hurling league champions
- 1998: Dublin Under-11 League Division 1, St. Vincent de Paul Senior Football League, and Dublin Minor B Football Shield champions
- 1999: Dublin Under-12 League Division 1 champions,Dublin Under 21 Football Championship,Dublin Senior Football LeagueDivision 1 champions, Dublin Under 15-B Hurling Championship, Dublin Intermediate Camogie Championship, Under-16 South/West Region Football Championship, Dublin Minor Ladies Football Championship
- 2000: Dublin Under-13 League Division 1 champions,Dublin Junior Hurling Championship,Dublin Ladies Football Minor Championship, Ladies Football Under-16 Championship
- 2001: Dublin Under-14 League Division 1, Under-14 Dublin Feile Division 1, and Under-14 All-Ireland Feile Division 1 champions
- 2002: Dublin Under-12 Football Championship, Dublin Under 15 Juvenile Hurling Championship, and Dublin Under-16 A and B League champions
- 2003:Dublin Minor Hurling Championship,Dublin Senior Football Championship,Leinster Senior Club Football Championship,Dublin AFL Division 8champions,Dublin Junior C Football Championship,Dublin Junior C Football Championship
- 2004: Dublin Under-11 and Under-12 Ladies Football champions and Dublin Junior 3 Football League title
- 2005: Ladies Dublin Intermediate Championship,Dublin Junior Hurling Championship,Dublin Intermediate Football Championship,Dublin Minor Football Championship,Dublin Senior Football LeagueDivision 1 Champions
- 2006:Dublin Junior B Football Championship,Stacey Cup andDublin AFL Division 6winners
- 2007:Dublin AFL Division 5winners
- 2008:Dublin Junior A Hurling Championship
- 2009: Barney McGarrell Perpetual Cup winners, Dublin and Leinster Ladies Football Champions
- 2010:Dublin Junior A Football Championship,Dublin Senior Football League Division 2champions,Dublin Intermediate Football Championship,Dublin Minor C Hurling Championship
- 2011:Dublin Minor B Hurling Championship,Dublin Senior Football Championship
- 2012: Dublin Senior 2 and Senior 7 Camogie championships
- 2013: Dublin AHL 5 League Hurling andDublin Senior Football LeagueDivision 1 champions
- 2014:Dublin Minor B hurlingandfootballchampions
Notable players[edit]
Senior inter-county men's footballers[edit]
Senior inter-county hurlers[edit]
Handball players[edit]
Dublin:Eoin Kennedy
Senior inter-county ladies' footballers[edit]
Others[edit]
Sarah Hawkshaw:Ireland women's national field hockey team
References[edit]
- ^Meagher, John (31 August 2019)."Lattes and lineballs: How the GAA conquered the Dublin suburbs".Irish Independent.Independent News & Media.Retrieved31 August2019.
- ^Fitzpatrick, Paul (7 September 2019)."A final serve for an iconic venue in Irish handball".Irish Examiner.Retrieved9 March2021.
- ^"Tony McEntee appointed as St Brigid's (Dublin) football manager".The42.ie.13 December 2013.
- ^"Maria Kinsella hails 'a landmark day across women's sport'".RTÉ. 10 May 2021.
- ^"Mulligan transfers to Sligo club".Irish Independent.21 January 2021.