St Gall's Gaelic Athletic Club is a sports club based in
Belfast
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,
County Antrim
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It competes in the
Antrim leagues and championships of the
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 ...
, in
Gaelic football
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and
ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...
.
Football
In 2010, they won the
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London.
The current champions are Kilcoo of ...
, their first title by defeating
Kilmurry Ibrickane of
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in the final at
Croke Park
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.
Lenny Harbinson
Lenny Harbinson is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He managed his native Antrim between 2017 and 2020.
He played for St Gall's and Antrim and leads a sales team.
Appointed Antrim senior manager in late 2017, he was unable to gain ...
, who went on to manage Antrim, was manager of St Gall's at the time.
Notable players
Senior inter-county players
Men's Gaelic football
;
Antrim
*
CJ McGourty
CJ McGourty is a Northern Ireland. He has represented Antrim GAA, Antrim at all levels in both Gaelic football and hurling, and plays his club football and hurling with St Gall's.
In football, he won a Tommy Murphy Cup in 2008. In hurling, ...
*
Kevin McGourty
Kevin 'Hank' McGourty is an Irish dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. Gaelic football and hurling, who plays for the St Gall's club, County Antrim and Ulster, and, previously, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin.
Biography
Mc ...
Paul Walsh
;
Cavan
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Rory Gallagher
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;
Fermanagh
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Rory Gallagher
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Hurling
;
Antrim
*
CJ McGourty
CJ McGourty is a Northern Ireland. He has represented Antrim GAA, Antrim at all levels in both Gaelic football and hurling, and plays his club football and hurling with St Gall's.
In football, he won a Tommy Murphy Cup in 2008. In hurling, ...
Ladies' Gaelic football
;
Antrim
*
Michelle Drayne
Michelle Drayne (born 22 September 1988) is a Northern Ireland netball international and a former Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballer. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She ...
Others
; netball internationals
*
Michelle Drayne
Michelle Drayne (born 22 September 1988) is a Northern Ireland netball international and a former Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballer. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She ...
Football Titles
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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 ...
(19)
** 1933, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
*
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and th ...
(3)
** 1982, 2005, 2009
*
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London.
The current champions are Kilcoo of ...
(1)
** 2010
Hurling Titles
*
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 ...
(3)
** 1997, 2009, 2019
*
Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
The Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and ...
(2)
** 2009, 2019
*
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the second highest inter-county ...
** Runners-up 2010
Ladies' Football Titles
* Antrim Senior Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2011
* Ulster Intermediate Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2010
* Antrim Intermediate Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2010
References
External links
St Gall's club websiteAntrim GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in County Antrim
Hurling clubs in County Antrim
Sports clubs and teams in Belfast
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