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Patrick Sarsfields Gaelic Athletic Association is a
Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
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hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
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camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
and ladies' Gaelic football club based in West
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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
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Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
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History

Patrick Sarsfields were founded on 6 October 1906 and were named after the Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (c. 1660 – 1693). In
hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
, they have only won the county championship once, in 1974. That year they reached the final of the
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster GAA, Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and ...
, losing to Ballycran. The
Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
team have been county champions four times, most recently in 1985. The club attracted media attention in 2016 after two Syrian refugee children, Ahmed and Renad Soda, were stars of their underage teams.


Honours


Gaelic football

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Antrim Senior Football Championship The Antrim Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Antrim GAA. The winners of the championship represent Antrim in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship ...
(4): 1913, 1941, 1967, 1985 *Antrim Senior Football League (8): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1962, 1969, 1974, 1985 *Antrim Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1995 *Antrim Intermediate Football League (2): 1935, 1936 *Antrim Junior Football Championship (5): 1940, 2017 *Beringer Cup (2): 1955, 2006 *Antrim Minor Football Championship (2): 1963, 1985


Hurling

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Antrim Senior Hurling Championship The Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bathshack.com Antrim Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Antrim SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Antrim County Board of the ...
(1): 1974 *Antrim Senior Hurling League (3): 1930s *
Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship The Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition, organised by Antrim GAA. Clooney Gaels from Ahogill are the title holders (2022). Honours The winners of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship progress to th ...
(2): 1972, 2017 *Antrim Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1930, 1932 *South Antrim Hurling League (4): 1949, 1956, 1958, 2021 *South Antrim Junior Hurling Championship (4): 1941, 1944, 1953, 1984


References


External links


Official page
Gaelic games clubs in County Antrim Gaelic football clubs in County Antrim Sports clubs and teams in Belfast Hurling clubs in County Antrim {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub