St Brigid's GAA 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 located in Dalystown,

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. The club is primarily concerned with the game of

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 ...

History

St Brigid's Hurling Club was founded in 1954 but didn't affiliate to the

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until 1957. The club struggled in the early years, however,

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was secured for the first time after the Westmeath JHC title was won in 1964. After winning their first Westmeath SHC title in 1968, the club won three successive titles from 1970 to 1972. A Westmeath SBHC title was won in 1979. St Brigid's regraded to the newly restructured Westmeath IHC in 1994 and went on to claim five titles over the following 20 seasons.

Honours

Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual hurling competition organized by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic ...

(4): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 * Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 1979 *

Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship The Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Slevin's Coaches Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Westmeath ...

(5): 1995, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2014

References

External links

St Brigid's GAA club information
at the Club Info website {{DEFAULTSORT:St Brigid's Gaa Gaelic games clubs in County Westmeath Hurling clubs in County Westmeath