St Brigid's GAA (Dublin)
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St Brigid's GAA Club (Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland which serves Castleknock, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown and Corduff. Its grounds are at Russell Park. The club supports over 80 teams, from nursery level (four- to seven-year-olds) to adults, in hurling, football, camogie, women's football, handball and badminton.
In 2003, St Brigid's won a first Dublin Senior Football Championship (SFC) and Leinster Club SFC. The club won its second Dublin SFC title in 2011, but lost the year's Leinster Club SFC final to Garrycastle in an injury-time free goal.
St Brigid's senior hurlers lost the 2003 Senior A Hurling final to Craobh Chiarán and the 2019 final to Cuala. The team lost in the semi-finals in 2011 and 2013. St Brigid's senior hurlers won the Senior B and AHL 2 League titles in 2010 and 2014. The club has rivalries with the Castleknock GAA and Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA clubs. Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles champion Eoin Kennedy is a club member.
In 2007, Justin McNulty was manager. In 2013, Tony McEntee was appointed as manager of the St Brigid's senior football team, succeeding Gerry McEntee and Mark Byrne.
Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil, Minister Jack Chambers, who also previously served as Minister for Sport (2020–2022), is a member of the club.
Honours
- Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2003
- Leinster Junior Club Football Championship (1): 1996
- Dublin Senior Football Championship (2): 2003, 2011
- Dublin Intermediate Football Championship (5): 1958, 1980, 1992, 2005, 2010
- Dublin Junior Football Championship (2): 1996, 2010
- Dublin AFL Division 1 (3): 2013, 2005, 1999
- Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 2009
- Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1975, 1990
Notable players
Senior inter-county men's footballers
- Dublin Peadar Andrews Kevin Bonner Paddy Andrews Barry Cahill Declan Lally Sean Murray Graham Norton Shane Supple Philip Ryan
- Laois John O'Loughlin
- Leitrim Emlyn Mulligan
Senior inter-county hurlers
- Dublin Alan Nolan Daire Plunkett Andrew Dunphy Cian O'Sullivan
- Fermanagh Ciaran Breslin
- Leitrim Tadhg Branagan
Handball players
- Dublin Eoin Kennedy
Senior inter-county ladies' footballers
- Dublin Noëlle Healy Ashling Nyhan Colleen Barrett Sorcha Furlong Elaine Kelly Ailish McKenna Noelle Healy Ciara Trant Deirdre Murphy Ellen Gribben
Others
- Ireland women's national field hockey team Sarah Hawkshaw[citation needed]
- Connacht Rugby David Hawkshaw Daniel Hawkshaw
See also
- Gael Linn Cup 1977
- Gael Linn Cup 1981
- Gael Linn Cup 1995
- Gael Linn Cup 1996
- Gael Linn Cup 1997
- Gael Linn Cup 2007
- 1979 National Camogie League
- 1981 National Camogie League
- 1983 National Camogie League