St Brigid's GAA (Dublin)

St Brigid's GAA Club (Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland which serves Castleknock, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown and Corduff. 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, in hurling, football, camogie, women's football, handball and badminton.

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″N 6°21′04.55″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Dublin champions Football: 0 1 2

In 2003, St Brigid's GAA won their first Dublin Senior Football Championship and Leinster 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 the Castleknock GAA and Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA clubs.^[1] Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles champion Eoin Kennedy is a club member.^[2]

In 2007, Justin McNulty was manager. In 2013, Tony McEntee was appointed as manager of the St Brigid's senior football team, succeeding Gerry McEntee and Mark Byrne.^[3]

Jack Chambers, who served as Minister for Sport from 2020, is a member of the club.^[4]

Honours

• Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2003
• Dublin Senior Football Championship (2): 2003, 2011
• Dublin Intermediate Football Championship (5): 1958, 1980, 1992, 2005, 2010
• Dublin AFL Division 1 (3): 2013, 2005, 1999
• Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 2009
• Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1975, 1990

Notable players

Senior inter-county men's footballers

• Dublin
  • Peadar Andrews
  • Kevin Bonner
  • Paddy Andrews
  • Barry Cahill
  • Declan Lally
  • Sean Murray
  • Graham Norton
  • Shane Supple
  • Philip Ryan
• Laois
  • John O'Loughlin
• Leitrim
  • Emlyn Mulligan^[5]

Senior inter-county hurlers

• Dublin
  • Alan Nolan
  • Daire Plunkett
  • Andrew Dunphy
  • Cian O'Sullivan

Handball players

• Dublin
  • Eoin Kennedy

Senior inter-county ladies' footballers

• Dublin
  • Noëlle Healy

Others

• Ireland women's national field hockey team
  • Sarah Hawkshaw^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Meagher, John (31 August 2019). "Lattes and lineballs: How the GAA conquered the Dublin suburbs". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
2. Fitzpatrick, Paul (7 September 2019). "A final serve for an iconic venue in Irish handball". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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.

External links

• St Brigids GAA Club
• Road to 2003 Leinster Final