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St Brigid's GAA (Dublin)

Coordinates:53°22′39.09″N6°21′04.55″W/ 53.3775250°N 6.3512639°W/53.3775250; -6.3512639
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St Brigid's GAA Club
Cumann Naomh Bríd
Founded:1932
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/53.3775250; -6.3512639
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Dublin
champions
Football: 0 1 2

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]

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]

Dublin:Noëlle Healy

Others[edit]

Sarah Hawkshaw:Ireland women's national field hockey team

References[edit]

  1. ^Meagher, John (31 August 2019)."Lattes and lineballs: How the GAA conquered the Dublin suburbs".Irish Independent.Independent News & Media.Retrieved31 August2019.
  2. ^Fitzpatrick, Paul (7 September 2019)."A final serve for an iconic venue in Irish handball".Irish Examiner.Retrieved9 March2021.
  3. ^"Tony McEntee appointed as St Brigid's (Dublin) football manager".The42.ie.13 December 2013.
  4. ^"Maria Kinsella hails 'a landmark day across women's sport'".RTÉ. 10 May 2021.
  5. ^"Mulligan transfers to Sligo club".Irish Independent.21 January 2021.

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