St Brigid's GAA Club (Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club based in

Castleknock Castleknock () is an affluent village in County Dublin, Ireland, located west of the centre of Dublin city. It is in the modern county of Fingal. In addition to the village, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: a ...

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which ...

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which serves

Clonsilla Clonsilla () is a northwestern suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Clonsilla (civil parish), Clonsilla is also a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Castleknock (barony), Castleknock ...

Blanchardstown Blanchardstown () is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern Counties of Ireland, county of Fingal, Ireland. Located northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchards ...

and

Corduff Corduff (Irish language, Irish: ''An Chorr Dhubh'') is a northwestern suburb of Dublin, in Fingal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, 10 km from Dublin city centre. It is a part of the wider Blanchardstown area and is in the Dublin 15 postal dist ...

. Its main grounds are at Russell Park, and it also has grounds in Castleknock at Beech Park and College Fort. The club supports 70 teams, from nursery level (four- to seven-year-olds) to adults, in

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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camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

, women's football,

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

and badminton. In 2003, St Brigid's won a first

Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of t ...

(SFC) and Leinster Club SFC. The club won its second Dublin SFC title in 2011, but lost the year's Leinster Club SFC final to

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in an injury-time free goal. St Brigid's senior hurlers lost the 2003 Senior A Hurling final to Craobh Chiarán and the 2019 final to Cuala. The team lost in the semi-finals in 2011 and 2013. St Brigid's senior hurlers won the Senior B and AHL 2 League titles in 2010 and 2014. The club has rivalries with the

Castleknock GAA Castleknock Hurling and Football Club is a Dublin GAA club centered on the townlands of Carpenterstown and Diswellstown in the civil parish of Castleknock in Fingal, Ireland. It serves large parts of the suburban areas of Castleknock, Hartst ...

and Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA clubs. Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles champion

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is a club member. In 2007,

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was manager. In 2013, Tony McEntee was appointed as manager of the St Brigid's senior football team, succeeding

Gerry McEntee Gerry McEntee (born 19 October 1955) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He played club football for Nobber GFC and Summerhill. Career During his playing career he helped his local club Nobber to rise ...

and Mark Byrne. Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil, Minister Jack Chambers, who also previously served as Minister for Sport (2020–2022), is a member of the club.

Honours

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are K ...

(1): 2003 *

(2): 2003, 2011 *

Dublin Intermediate 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. Qualification for subsequent competitions Leinster ...

(5): 1958, 1980, 1992, 2005, 2010 *

Dublin AFL Division 1 The Dublin Adult Football League Division 1 is the top Gaelic football league in County Dublin County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the isl ...

(3): 2013, 2005, 1999 *

Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship The Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition involving the second tier hurling clubs in Dublin. The winners of the Dublin B Hurling Championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling Cha ...

(1): 2009 *

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 ...

(2): 1975, 1990

Notable players

Senior inter-county men's footballers

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** Kevin Bonner **

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** Barry Cahill **

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** Sean Murray **

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** Philip Ryan *

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** John O'Loughlin * Leitrim ** Emlyn Mulligan

Senior inter-county hurlers

*Dublin ** Alan Nolan ** Daire Plunkett ** Andrew Dunphy ** Cian O'Sullivan

Handball players

* Dublin **

Senior inter-county ladies' footballers

** Noëlle Healy

Others

Ireland women's national field hockey team The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international women's field hockey competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the W ...

** Sarah Hawkshaw

References

External links

St Brigids GAA ClubRoad to 2003 Leinster Final
{{Dublin clubs Castleknock Gaelic games clubs in Fingal Gaelic football clubs in Fingal Hurling clubs in Fingal