St Brendan's GAA (London)

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St Brendan's
Nh. Breandán C.L.G
Founded:1956
County:London
Colours:Green, White
Grounds:Greenford
Playing kits
Standard colours

St Brendan's Gaelic Football Club are a Gaelic Football club based in London.

History[]

St Brendan's was founded in 1956, in the Old Botwell Paris Hall, in Middlesex, by Eugene Callaghan. Despite starting as a hurling and football club, by 1960, the club had turned its attention primarily to football. Based in south west London the club serves the areas of Twickenham, Teddington, Richmond, Whitton, Hounslow, Ealing and Feltham. The club has had success in the London Championships, winning 3 Senior Championships and 1 Intermediate Championship in 2011. St Brendan's are currently managed by Joe Coulter (Down), brother of Down great Benny Coulter. Previous managers have included Mayo man Bernie Mac and Peter MacNalley.[1]

Titles[]

Recent years have seen a dry spell since the 2012 Championship winning side. 2014 saw St Brendan's reach the Intermediate Championship final again, only to be beaten by (North London Shamrocks). It did however, see them win the Division 2 league that year. More recently St Brendan's won the Murphy Cup in 2017. Still in the intermediate grade St Brendan's are more than not in the semi-final stages of the competition every year. St Brendan's appeared in 8 Senior Finals, winning 3. Beaten finalists vs. Tír Chonaill Gaels in 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005. Finally beating Taras in the 1994 Final 1-9 to 1-4. The next Senior Championship glory came against St. Clarets in 2002. 2006 saw the last senior title for the St Brendan's team vs. Taras. They subsequently lost to Dr Crokes in an 2007 senior All Ireland quarter final.

Year Winner Runner Up Grade
2014 North London Shamrocks St Brendan's Intermediate
2012 St Brendan's North London Shamrocks Intermediate
2006 St Brendan's Taras Senior
2005 TCG St Brendan's Senior
2002 St Brendan's St Clarets Senior
2001 TCG St Brendan's Senior
1997 TCG St Brendan's Senior
1994 St Brendan's Taras Senior
1993 TCG St Brendan's Senior
1990 TCG St Brendan's Senior

County Players[]

Recent years have seen several players represent London at Senior County level.

Player Position County Years
Shane McAnarney Half Back Meath 2005
Killian Smith Mid Field Cavan 2011–2013
Ryan Jones Centre Back Tyrone 2017–Present
John Daly Full Forward Meath 2017–Present
Fearghal McMahon Centre Forward Monaghan 2018–Present

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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