St Brigid's GAC (Antrim) facts for kids
CLG Naomh Bríd Béal Feirste | |||
Founded: | 1998 | ||
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County: | Antrim | ||
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°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.
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, Ryan Daly, Dara Edwards, Patrick Finnegan, Ronan Boyle, Joseph Finnegan, Jack Dowling, Oran Downey, James Smith, John Morgan
- James Loughrey
- Shea Downey
- Matthew Downey