Trinity Gaels 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 based in

Donaghmede Donaghmede () is a residential suburb on the northern side of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, formed from parts of Baldoyle, Coolock and Raheny in the 1970s. It contains a mid-size shopping centre and a ruined chapel, and lies within t ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

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. Trinity Gaels were founded in 1975 to cater for the growing population in the Donaghmede area. The club got their name from the local Roman Catholic parish name, the parish of the Holy Trinity. Gaels won the

Dublin Intermediate Football Championship ''See also Dublin Senior Football Championship'' The Dublin Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Qua ...

in 1994 and therefore qualified to senior status. For the past few seasons Gaels have been playing in Division 1 of the league. Trinity Gaels played in Fr Collins Park, Hole in the Wall Road, until the middle of the 2006 season when they moved to new purpose-built grounds including clubhouse and floodlit pitches on Drumnigh Road. A book entitled "Trinity Gaels – a look back through the last years", was launched at the Hilton Hotel, Malahide Road on 15 January 2007 to celebrate 30 years of the club's existenc

Honours

* 1982 National Hurling Feile title * 1986 Dublin Minor Football League Division One winners * 1988

Dublin Junior Football Championship The Dublin Junior Football championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship. The winners will ...

winners * 1994

Dublin Junior Hurling Championship The Dublin Junior Hurling championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. The win ...

winners * 1994 Dublin Intermediate Camogie Championship winners * 1995 Dublin Intermediate Hurling League and

Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Intermediate Dublin Clubs. The finalists of this Championship qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling B Championship the following seas ...

double * 1999

Dublin AFL Division 2 The Dublin AFL Division 2 or Dublin Adult Football League Division 2 is the second division of the top tier of Gaelic football in County Dublin. The winners will play in Dublin AFL Division 1 The Dublin Adult Football League Division 1 is the ...

: winners * 2007 Dublin AFL Div. 8 Winners & Murphy Cup Winners * 2008 Dublin AFL Div. 7 Winners & Murphy Cup winners * 2010 Division 6 Football Feile winners & Dublin Division 7 Football League * 2011 Dublin Division 8 football Feile winners * 2017 Dublin AFL Div. 4 * 2017 Dublin Junior D Hurling Championship Winner

Notable players

Vinny Murphy Vincent 'Vinnie' Murphy is a former Gaelic footballer and media personality who played at senior level for the Dublin county team. Playing career Murphy came on as a substitute in Dublin's 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory ...

, former All Star and All Ireland winner *

Fergal Bradshaw Fergal Bradshaw is a former Gaelic footballer and an Australian rules footballer. He played at minor level for the Dublin county team. Playing career The Trinity Gaels GAA clubman represented the Dublin county team at minor level in 1996. H ...

, former minor intercounty player Dean Kelly ,former Dublin senior footballer and all Ireland winner

External links

Official Club WebsiteDublin GAATrinity Gaels Info
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