St Brigid's GAC (Antrim)
CLG Naomh Bríd Béal Feirste | |||
Founded: | 1998 | ||
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County: | Antrim | ||
Nickname: | The Biddies | ||
Colours: | White, Blue and Yellow | ||
Grounds: | Musgrave Park, Belfast | ||
Coordinates: | 54°34′16.61″N 5°58′34.00″W / 54.5712806°N 5.9761111°WCoordinates: 54°34′16.61″N 5°58′34.00″W / 54.5712806°N 5.9761111°W | ||
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St Brigid's Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Bríd, Béal Feirste) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the Malone Road area in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1998 by Dermot Dowling and Conor McSherry in the parish hall of St Brigid's Church. There was a strong need for a local GAA club to be set up as there were a huge potential number of people keen to get into the GAA in the Malone area. It has been described as a 'city team with a country heart' as many of its founders came from all over Ulster including Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.
History[]
The Club has teams participating in Ladies GAA, Hurling & Football. The Senior football team participate in the ACL Division 1 and Senior Championship. In 2007, the club fielded their first senior hurling team and won their 1st underage football championship against Gort na Móna at Under-14 level.
In 2008 they saw the opening of Musgrave Park, by former GAA President Nicky Brennan.
Notable players[]
Senior inter-county players[]
Men's Gaelic football[]
- James Loughrey, Deaghlan O'Hagan, Mark Sweeney, William McSorley, Ryan Daly, Dara Edwards, Jack Dowling, Patrick Finnegan, Ronan Boyle
External links[]
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in Northern Ireland
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Antrim
- Hurling clubs in County Antrim
- Sports clubs in Belfast
- Ulster GAA club stubs