St Mary's Rosslare are 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 in

County Wexford County Wexford () 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 Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

. St Mary's were the first winners of the

Wexford Senior Football Championship The Wexford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1886. The 2024 champions are Castlet ...

in 1886 under the name of Rosslare Tigers.

History

St Mary's Rosslare was founded in 1886. The parish includes from Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Tagoat and Rosslare Strand. They won the first ever

, beating Crossabeg Ballymurn GAA in the final. As of 2020, St Mary's Rosslare have four adult teams, two hurling (Intermediate ‘A’ and Junior B) and two football (Intermediate and Junior B) The logo was designed by Ray Wickham. He took inspiration from a banner designed by nuns in the local convent for a feile competition. The lighthouse represents Tuskar Lighthouse, Blue for the Sea and Yellow for the Sand. The lightboat represents the James Stephen Lightboat which rescued crew members from a Norwegian schooner (The Mexico) in 1914. For the efforts of Wickham and Duggan they received an All Ireland Hurling Medal. This is the only time outside the field of play that medals have been awarded.

Facilities

The club's main playing field and training centre is the Paddy Roche Centre at Tagoat, just 15 km south of Wexford town and 5 km from Rosslare Europort.

Honours

**Winners: 1886 *Wexford Intermediate Football Championship **Winners: 1985, 2005, 2010 *Wexford Intermediare 'A' Football Championship **Winners: 2023 *Wexford Junior Football Championship **Winners: 1975 *

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 ...

**Runners-Up: 2003 *

Wexford Junior Hurling Championship The Wexford Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by lower-tier Wexford GAA clubs. It is the 4th tier of the Wexford GAA hurling ch ...

**Winners: 1934, 1999, 2019 *Wexford Junior B Hurling Championship **Winners: 1984

Notable players

Liam Griffin (hurler) Liam Griffin (born 1946) is an Irish former hurler and manager. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Rosslare and Newmarket-on Fergus with the Wexford and Clare senior inter-county teams in the 1960s. Griffin later serv ...

* David Murphy

References

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