St Mary's GAA was 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 the Shandon area of

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. The club took its name from the nearby

Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne (), also known as Saint Mary's Cathedral, The North Cathedral or The North Chapel, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at the top of Shandon Street in Cork, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of ...

. The club was predominantly involved 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 ...

and fielded teams from the 1880s until the 1920s.

Notable players

* Fan Barry *

Paddy Healy Paddy Healy (21 July 1922 – 26 April 1983) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Cork senior teams as a dual player lasted ten years from 1943 until 1953. Born in Ballincollig, Healy began h ...

* Dan Kennefick *

Tim Nagle Timothy Nagle (25 October 1894 – 6 January 1925) was an Irish people, Irish hurling, hurler. His All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, championship career with the Cork GAA, Cork senior team lasted from 1912 until 1922. Nagle first played ...

* Paddy O'Halloran

References

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