St Sylvester's GAA

St Sylvester's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Malahide, Fingal, Ireland. The club was founded in 1903^{[citation needed]} and last won the Dublin Men's Senior Football Championship in 1996.^[1] The club plays hurling, camogie and Men's and Women's Gaelic football.^[2] In 1996, they became the only Fingal to win the Dublin Senior Football championship when under former Galway midfielder, Brian Talty, they defeated Erins Isle in the final.

St Sylvester's

Naomh Sailbheastar CLG
Founded:	1903
County:	Dublin
Colours:	Blue with a green sash
Coordinates:	53°27′00.54″N 6°09′13.89″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Dublin champions Football: 0 0 1

Notable players

Senior inter-county men's footballers

Dublin

• Keith Galvin
• John Leonard
• Niall Guiden
• Glen O'Neill
• Shay Keogh
• Declan Barnes
• Micheal Shiel

• Declan Rooney^[3]

Louth

• Darren Clarke
• Benny Gaughran

Galway

• Niall Finnegan
• Ray Silke
• Brian Talty

Limerick

• Tim Cummins

Senior inter-county ladies' footballers

Dublin

• Sinéad Aherne, Dublin County Captain
• Niamh McEvoy
• Nicole Owens
• Kate Sullivan
• Danielle Lawless

Achievements

• Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1996
• Leinster Senior Club Football Championship: Runners-Up 1996-97
• Dublin Junior Football Championship: 1989, 1963, 1939
• Dublin Junior B Football Championship Winner 1999, 2014
• Dublin Junior D Football Championship Winner 2009, 2022
• Dublin Minor Football Championship: 1992, 2000, 2001
• Dublin AFL Division 1: 2010
• Dublin AFL Division 2: 2022
• Dublin AFL Div. 7 Winner 2012
• Dublin AFL Div. 10 Winner 2018
• Dublin Junior Hurling Championship: 2009
• Leinster Special Junior Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2009
• Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2012
• Dublin Under 21 B Football Championship: 2016
• Dublin Under 19 C Football Championship: 2022
• Dublin Under 21 C Hurling Championship Winner 2017
• Dublin Minor C Hurling Championship Winners 2011
• Dublin Minor D Hurling Championship Winners 2023

References

1. "Dublin Senior Football Championship Winners". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
2. "Club site:Hurling and Football". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. "Down's Rooney teams up with Syls". Irish Independent. 19 April 2013.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/the-year-it-all-came-right-for-st-sylvesters/40008104.html

External links

• Official Club Website