St Joseph's, Doora-Barefield is a

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club in the parish of Doora-Barefield outside

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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 ...

was the more popular sport in Doora-Barefield over

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, now it's 50-50 between the both of them. Their main playing fields are in Gurteen. They have three full-size hurling and football pitches. There is also changing and showering facilities there.

History

Players from the club twice joined up with local rivals Éire Óg, Ennis to form the Ennis Faughs football team. Both clubs were competing at lower levels at the time so it was seen as an opportunity to play senior football. Between 1944-1956 and 1994–1995, the ''Ennis Faughs'' competed in thirteen county football finals, winning five Senior Football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1994. They also won an Intermediate Hurling title in 1945, and an Intermediate Football title in 1946. The club's most recent successes were both in 2022, when they won the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship, and their second team won the Clare Junior A Hurling Championship.

Major honours

Hurling

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...

(1):

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Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...

(2): 1998, 1999 *

Clare Senior Hurling Championship The Clare Senior Hurling Championship or Clare SHC, is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare GAA, Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by the top-ranking senior hurling clubs in County Clare, Ire ...

(5): 1954, 1958, 1998, 1999, 2001 * Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (4): 1985, 1993, 2016, 2022 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (5): 1952, 1960, 1983, 2000, 2022 * Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (2): 1993, 1994

Gaelic Football

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(1): 1898 ''(as Doora)'' *

Clare Intermediate Football Championship The Clare Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier football teams in the county of Clare in Ireland. The 2024 Interm ...

(2): 1997, 2020 * Clare Junior A Football Championship (2): 1989, 1993 * Clare Under-21 A Football Championship (1): 2008, 2024

Notable players

Some of

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's greatest players have played for St Joseph's, many of which played with the iconic 1995 All Ireland winning team. These include

Jamesie O'Connor Jamesie O'Connor (born 28 July 1972) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder for the Clare senior hurling team. O'Connor made his first appearance for the team during the 1992–93 National League and became a regular member o ...

Seánie McMahon Seánie McMahon (born 1973) is a former Irish hurler. He played with his local club St Joseph's Doora-Barefield and with the Clare senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2006. He is the highest scoring back in All-Ireland Championship hi ...

and Ollie Baker. All have won two All-Ireland Senior Championship medals, Seánie McMahon and Jamesie O'Connor won the GAA All Star Player Of The Year Award for 1995 and 1997 respectively.

References

External links

Doora Barefield site
Hurling clubs in County Clare Gaelic football clubs in County Clare Gaelic games clubs in County Clare {{Munster-GAA-club-stub