St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh ( Irish: ''Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Eoghan Ruadh'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated on the Navan Road on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh senior football team are sponsored by Dublin Bus. Plunketts won the 2006 Dublin AFL Division 2 title and won the 2007 Dublin AFL Division 1 title. Plunketts currently compete in the Dublin Senior Hurling League Division 2 and Dublin Senior B, Division 2 Camogie League.

History

Achievements

* Dublin Senior Football Championship: Runners-up: (3) ** 2008, 2011, 2014 * Dublin Senior 2 Football Championship: Winners ** 2013, 2016 * Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: Winners ** 1951 (as Eoghan Ruadh) * Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship: Winners ** 2015 *

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 ...

: Winners (3) ** 1955 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1978 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1985 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's) * Dublin Junior Football Championship: Winners (1) ** 2017 * Dublin Junior Hurling Championship: Winners (5) ** 1929 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1934 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1942 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1946 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 2001 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's) * Dublin Junior C Football Championship Winner ** 2009 * Dublin Junior B Hurling Championship Winners ** 2014 * Dublin Junior C Hurling Championship Winners ** 2013 * Dublin Junior D Hurling Championship Winners ** 2011 * Dublin Junior F Hurling Championship Winners ** 2012 *

Dublin AFL Division 1 The Dublin Adult Football League Division 1 is the top 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 ...

: Winners (1) ** 2007 *

Dublin AFL Division 2 The Dublin AFL Division 2 or Dublin Adult Football League Division 2 is the second division of the top tier of Gaelic football in County Dublin. The winners will play in Dublin AFL Division 1 The Dublin Adult Football League Division 1 is the ...

: Winners (1) ** 2006 * Dublin AFL Div. 7 Winners ** 2014 * Dublin AFL Div. 9 Winners ** 2017 * Dublin Minor B Football Championship Winners ** 2016 * Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship Winner ** 1975 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1988 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's) * Dublin Under 21 B Hurling Championship Winner ** 2018 * Dublin Minor A Hurling Championship Winners (14) ** 1937 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1938 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1939 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1940 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1941 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1942 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1972, (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1973 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1974 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1977 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1980(as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1984 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1986 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1987 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's) * Dublin Minor B Hurling Championship Winners ** 2013, 2017

Camogie

Eoghan Ruadh

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 ...

club were All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Champions in

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. The club was founded in 1937 by Muriel Munnelly, Annie Hogan, Elsie Hickey and the O’Briens in Aughrim Street Parish, Dublin. 978-1-908591-00-5 The club was promoted to the senior grade in 1939 and has remained in the top level since. They won their first Dublin senior championship in 1953 and a three-in-a-row from 1967 to 1969. Two presidents of the Camogie Association,

Pat Rafferty Patricia "Pat" Rafferty (Páidrigín Ní Reachtaire) was the 25th president of the Camogie Association, elected unopposed at the 2000 Congress. Playing career She played for Eoghan Ruadh, featuring in her club's Dublin Dublin (; , or ...

and Phyllis Breslin, and Dublin chairperson, Anne Ashton, played on the winning 1967 team.

Notable players

* Alan Brogan, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin * Bernard Brogan, current senior inter-county footballer for Dublin * Paul Brogan, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin *

Mick Galvin Mick Galvin is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team and the St Oliver Plunketts club until they were relegated to the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship and then moved to Na Fianna where he won three Dublin S ...

, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin * Declan Lally, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin * Ross McConnell, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin * Ciarán McKeever, current senior inter-county footballer for

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

* Anthony Moyles, former senior inter-county footballer for Meath * Jason Sherlock, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin *

Gareth Smith Gareth Smith (born 20 July 1966) is a former English cricketer. Smith was a right handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Jarrow, County Durham. Smith made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the touring ...

, former senior inter-county footballer for

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References

External links

Official GAA Club Website

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