Naomh Éanna GAA ('Saint Enda’s') is a

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

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and

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club based in

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History

The Senior

and Senior Football club was founded in 1970 by a group of Christian Brothers and takes its name from

Scoil Éanna St. Enda's School () was an Irish language secondary established in 1908 by Irish nationalist Patrick Pearse. Originally Pearse's school was established in 1908 at Cullenswood House, Ranelagh before moving to the Hermitage in Rathfarnham in 19 ...

, the school founded by

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, Irish poetry, poet, writer, Irish nationalism, nationalist, Irish republicanism, republican political activist a ...

. The

team was revived in 2002. Naomh Éanna won the Wexford IHC in 2015, advanced to the 2015–16 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship where they lost to Kiltale (Meath). Naomh Éanna were also promoted to the senior championship, winning their first senior hurling county title in 2018.

Honours

Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford GAA, Wexford County Board of the ...

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Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship The Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as The Courtyard Ferns Intermediate Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Wexford GAA clubs. It is the 2nd tier of the Wexford GAA ...

: 4 1974, 1990, 2001, 2015 * Wexford Intermediate A Hurling Championship: 1 2012

Notable players

* Billy Byrne *

Ger Cushe Ger Cushe (born 3 March 1967) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level, he played with Naomh Éanna and at inter-county level was a member of the Wexford senior hurling team. Playing career Cushe first played hurling to a h ...

* J. J. Doyle * Rory Kinsella * Conor McDonald * Shane McGuckin (played county hurling for Offaly)

References

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