St Brendan's GAA is a

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-affiliated

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club based in the Grangegorman area of the north of

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city, Ireland. The club dates back (in one guise or another) to 1920. Founded in 1920 the club was firstly named the Richmond Asylum Hurling Club. The name was changed in 1923 to St Dympna‘s. The club became known as St Brendan’s in 1958 to coincide with the change in name of the hospital with which it is closely associated. The most famous day in the club's history was probably the 1980

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final win over Faughs.

Men's Hurling

The club competes in Division 6 of the Dublin hurling leagues.

Men's Football

The club competes in Division 5 and Division 10 of the Dublin leagues. Between 2011 and 2017 the Men's football team went from Division 9 to Division 5, winning Divisions 9 and 8 and winning playoffs from Divisions 7 and 6. They lost the 2019 Junior Football Championship Final and were promoted to Intermediate where they remained until 2022.

Ladies Football

A Ladies Football team was set up in the club in 2012 and started playing in the 2013 season. In 2016 The Ladies won their first trophy winning the Ladies Adult Football Division 9 League Title. In 2017 The team went one further by bring the first Ladies Football Championship to Grangegorman when winning the Junior F Championship. In 2018 there is now two Ladies Football teams in the club with the 1st team playing in Division 5 and the 2nd team in Division 8. In 2019, Both Ladies Football teams won their respective Junior Football Championships, the 1sts defeating Crumlin on 31 August in Junior C and the 2nds defeating Erin Go Brágh on 4 September in Junior H.

Juvenile Section

A juvenile section was set up in 2014 and there is now an academy catering for boys and girls aged 4–7 and teams up to U12. The Juvenile club is very active in the Dublin 7 community, providing coaching to local schools, running initiatives like Gaelic4Girls, and participating in events such as the Pride of Stoneybatter festival.

Camogie

A camogie team was set up in 2021 and won a county championship in its first year of existence.

Club Honors

: Winners 1980 *

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: (as St Dympna's 1952) Winners 1972 *

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: Winners (as St Dympna's 1937, 1950) 1970, 1987 * 2009 Dublin Hurling League Division 7 Champions * 2010 Dublin Hurling League Division 6 Champions * Dublin AFL Div. 9: Champions 2011 * Dublin AFL Div. 8: Champions 2013 * 2013 Dublin Hurling League Division 6 Champions * Dublin AFL Div. 7: Promotion Play Off Winners 2014 * 2016 Dublin Ladies Adult Football League Division 9 Champions * 2017 Dublin Ladies Football Junior F Championship * Dublin AFL Div. 6: Promotion Play Off Winners 2017 * 2019 Dublin Ladies Football Junior C Championship 1st XV * 2019 Dublin Ladies Football Junior H Championship 2nd XV * 2020 Dublin Ladies Football Junior G Shield Winners 2nd XV * 2021 Dublin Camogie Junior 5B Championship Champions * 2022 Dublin Junior D Hurling Championship Champions

References

External links

Official Website

Official Dublin GAA Website

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