St Patrick's are a

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club located in

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and

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History

The club was founded in 1961 and took its name because that was the Patrician year. The club colours came about as one of the founders, Peter Kavanagh, had two sets of jerseys, one green and the other red. Originally the main colours were to be green and white (the colours of

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and the shamrock) but because neighbouring clubs Round Towers and

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used green and white, it was decided to use red and white and keep the green as second colours. The first match to ever take place was the U13’s against Round Towers of Clondalkin which John Daly (founder and current club President) refereed. The match took place in a field where the Assembly Hall and St Brigid's School currently stands today. The first championship won was U16 1/2 football in 1966. St Patrick's have traditionally been stronger in football but in recent times have enjoyed more success on the hurling front. St Patrick's won the

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for the first time in 1998. The club gained Senior hurling status for the first time in 2004 when they lifted the

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. In 2008 they lifted the

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, thus gaining promotion to the

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. In the same season, the St Patrick's footballers lifted the

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title resulting in promotion to

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. More success was to follow in 2009 for the footballers as they won the

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and gaining promotion to the

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. Most recent success has come in winning the 2013 Dublin AHL Division 2 and promotion to the

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Achievements

: Winners 2008 *

: Winners 2009 * Dublin Minor B Football Championship Winners 2006 *

: Winners 2004 *

: Winners 1998 * Dublin Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners 1995, 2021 * Dublin Senior Hurling League Division 2 Winners 2013

Players

Liam Rushe Liam Rushe (born 18 June 1990) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre back for the Dublin senior team. Rushe made his first appearance for the team during the 2009 championship and has become a regular member of the starting fifte ...

References

External links

St Patrick's GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in South Dublin (county) Palmerstown {{Dublin-GAA-club-stub