St Joseph's Hurling Club (''Cumann Iomána Naomh Iosaf'') was founded in 1995, bringing

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...

to the people of Silicon Valley. The club's men's teams have won six

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titles, two

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titles, and the women's Gaelic football team winning their championship in 1999. After the 2002 season, the club was disbanded. A later increase in the area's Irish population resulted in the club being reformed in time for the 2012

season. Success followed in the 2014 season with St. Joseph's winning the Western Division Junior Championship and North American Junior B Championship. St. Joseph's went on to retain their Western Division Junior Championship in 2015. Although many of the players are locally settled Irish, St. Joseph's also seeks other players from the area. Nearby

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has a collegiate hurling team and has close ties with St. Joseph's. The club is affiliated to the

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, an affiliate of the

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Notable players

Pat Fox Patrick "Pat" Fox (born 8 July 1962) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Éire Óg Annacarty GAA and with the Tipperary GAA senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Playing career Club Fox played his ...

, Tipperary and Éire Óg Annacarty Hurler. *

Kevin Hartnett Kevin Hartnett (born 4 June 1984) is an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. Hartnett joined the team during the 2005 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the team until he left the panel after ...

, Cork and Russell Rovers Hurler, All-Ireland Hurling Winner. Irish-American culture in California Irish-American organizations {{hurling-stub