St Brigid's GAA Club (Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club based in

Castleknock Castleknock () is an affluent suburb located west of the centre of Dublin city, Ireland. It is centered on the village of the same name in Fingal. In addition to the suburb, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: ...

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

which serves

Clonsilla Clonsilla () is an outer suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. Clonsilla is also a civil parish in the barony of Castleknock in the historic County Dublin. Location and access Clonsilla used to be a small village in the inner western part o ...

Blanchardstown Blanchardstown () is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern Counties of Ireland, county of Fingal, Ireland. Located northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchards ...

and

Corduff Corduff (Irish language, Irish: ''An Chorr Dhubh'') is a northwestern suburb of Dublin, in Fingal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is a part of the wider Blanchardstown area and is part of the Dublin 15 postal district. As of 2016, the electoral ...

. 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 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 ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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 ...

, women's football,

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

and badminton. In 2003, St Brigid's GAA won their first

Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

and

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ba ...

. 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 Castleknock Hurling and Football Club is a Dublin GAA club centered on the townlands of Carpenterstown and Diswellstown in the civil parish of Castleknock in Fingal, Ireland. It serves large parts of the suburban areas of Castleknock, Ha ...

and Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA clubs. Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles champion Eoin Kennedy is a club member. In 2007,

Justin McNulty Justin McNulty MLA (born 15 November 1974) is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, a former Gaelic football manager, and a former player at senior level for the Armagh county team. He has sat in the Northern Irelan ...

was manager. In 2013,

Tony McEntee Tony McEntee (born 30 June 1977) is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He has managed the senior Sligo county team since 2020. McEntee played for the Crossmaglen Rangers club and at senior level for the Armagh county team. He won A ...

was appointed as manager of the St Brigid's senior football team, succeeding

Gerry McEntee Gerry McEntee (born 19 October 1955) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He played club football for Nobber GFC. Career During his playing career he helped his club Nobber to rise from Junior "B" to th ...

and Mark Byrne. Jack Chambers, who served as Minister for Sport from 2020, is a member of the club.

Honours

* 1958:

Dublin Intermediate Football Championship ''See also Dublin Senior Football Championship'' The Dublin Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Qua ...

* 1979: Dublin Junior Hurling League Division 2 champions * 1976: Dublin Intermediate Hurling League and

Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Intermediate Dublin Clubs. The finalists of this Championship qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling B Championship the following seas ...

* 1980: Dublin Intermediate Football champions * 1986: Dublin Intermediate A

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 ...

champions * 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 and Minor Football champions * 1996: Dublin Under-15, Ladies Under-14 and Under-18 champions and Camogie Under-14 Feile winners * 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-15

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 ...

Shield 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 The Dublin Under 21 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the under-21 Gaelic footballers of Dublin clubs. The current (2017) under 21 champions of Dublin are Na Fianna who beat Ballyboden St ...

, Dublin Senior Football League Division 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 The Dublin Junior Hurling championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. The win ...

, 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 The Dublin Minor Club Hurling Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top teams in minor club hurling in County Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a ...

, Dublin AFL Division 8 champions, 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 Minor Football Championship The Dublin Minor Football Championship "A" is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between the top teams in minor (under-18) Gaelic football in County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map ...

, Dublin Senior Football League Division 1 Champions * 2006: Dublin Junior B Football Championship, Stacey Cup and Dublin AFL Division 6 winners * 2007: Dublin AFL Division 5 winners * 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 2 champions,

, Dublin Minor C Hurling Championship * 2011: Dublin Minor B Hurling Championship,

* 2012: Dublin Senior 2 and Senior 7 Camogie championships * 2013: Dublin AHL 5 League Hurling and Dublin Senior Football League Division 1 champions * 2014: Dublin Minor B hurling and

champions

Notable players

Senior inter-county men's footballers

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

Peadar Andrews Peadar Andrews is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county football team, Dublin county team. He was part of the 2005 Dublin team that beat Laois to become the 2005 Leinster Champions and was in the panel for Dublin's second ...

Kevin Bonner Kevin Bonner is a Gaelic footballer who has played for the Dublin county team. The son of Donegal footballing legend Seamus Bonner, he plays his club football for St Brigid's. Career Early years: 2006 - 2008 Bonner made his championship debut ...

Paddy Andrews Patrick Andrews (1913-1981) was an Irish footballer who played as a midfielder in the League of Ireland. Andrews was a part of the Bohemians amateur team of the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won full international caps for Irish Free State, ...

** Barry Cahill **

Declan Lally Declan Lally, or Déaglán Ó Maolalaidh, is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays the left half forward position at senior level for the Dublin county team. Lally won 5 Leinster titles and one All Ireland title. Playing career Lally was on t ...

** Sean Murray **

Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter. Well known for his work in the UK, he is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy ...

Shane Supple Shane Supple (born 4 May 1987) is an Irish coach and former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. In 2015, he made a return to competitive football, after initially retiring in 2009, by ...

Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

: John O'Loughlin * Leitrim:

Emlyn Mulligan Emlyn Mulligan is a Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim who plays for the Sligo based St Mary's club and formerly for the Leitrim county team. A top class free-taker, he scored 1–34 in the 2008 National Football League. The high point of ...

Senior inter-county hurlers

*Dublin **

Alan Nolan Alan Nolan (born 4 June 1985) is a Hurling, hurler for Dublin GAA, Dublin and St Brigid's GAA (Dublin), St Brigid's. He was named on the Dublin Blue Stars team for 2006. Career statistics Honours ;Dublin *Leinster Senior Hurling Championshi ...

Daire Plunkett Daire Plunkett (born 24 January 1990) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club St Brigid's and has been a member of the Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a ...

Andrew Dunphy Andrew Dunphy (born 2000) is an Irish hurling, hurler who plays for Dublin Senior Hurling Championship, Dublin Senior Championship club St Brigid's GAA (Dublin), St. Brigid's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior hurling team. He usual ...

Cian O'Sullivan Cian O'Sullivan (born 27 March 1988) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kilmacud Crokes club and previously at senior level for the Dublin county team. Playing career Club O'Sullivan won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship me ...

Handball players

Dublin:

Eoin Kennedy Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from Fingal, Ireland. He is a member of Saint Brigid's GAA club. By profession he is an engineer and a former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. The holder of fourteen senior handball titles, Kennedy has also won ...

Senior inter-county ladies' footballers

Noëlle Healy Dr. Noëlle Healy is a senior Dublin county ladies' football team, Dublin ladies' footballer. She was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champio ...

Others

Sarah Hawkshaw Sarah Hawkshaw (born 4 November 1995) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She has also played for Railway Union in the Women's Irish Hockey League and for UMass Minutewomen in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship. Early ...

Ireland women's national field hockey team The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international women's field hockey competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the Wom ...

References

External links

St Brigids GAA ClubRoad to 2003 Leinster Final
{{Dublin clubs Castleknock Gaelic games clubs in Fingal Gaelic football clubs in Fingal Hurling clubs in Fingal