St Brigid's Gaelic Athletic Club (

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. It was founded in 1998 by Dermot Dowling and Conor McSherry in the parish hall of St Brigid's Church. There was a strong need for a local GAA club to be set up as there were a huge potential number of people keen to get into the GAA in the Malone area. It has been described as a 'city team with a country heart' as many of its founders came from all over Ulster including Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.

History

The club has teams participating in Ladies GAA, Hurling & Football. The Senior football team participate in the ACL Division 1 and Senior Championship. In 2007, the club fielded their first senior

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team and won their 1st underage football championship against Gort na Móna at Under-14 level. In 2008 they saw the opening of Musgrave Park, by former GAA President Nicky Brennan.

Notable players

Senior inter-county players

Men's Gaelic football

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External links

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