Patrick Sarsfields GAA

Patrick Sarsfields
Pádraig Sáirséil CLG
Founded:1906
County:Antrim
Colours:Green and Black
Grounds:Patrick Sarsfields Youth Club ("The Bear Pit"), 25a Stewartstown Avenue, Belfast[1]
Coordinates:54°34′27″N 6°00′31″W / 54.574117°N 6.008646°W / 54.574117; -6.008646
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Antrim
champions
Football: - - 4
Hurling: - - 1

Patrick Sarsfields Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football club based in West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[2][3]

Patrick Sarsfields is located in Greater Belfast
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Location of Patrick Sarsfields GAA in Belfast

History

Patrick Sarsfields were founded on 6 October 1906 and were named after the Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (c. 1660 – 1693).[4]

In hurling, they have only won the county championship once, in 1974. That year they reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship, losing to Ballycran.

The Gaelic football team have been county champions four times, most recently in 1985.[5]

The club attracted media attention in 2016 after two Syrian refugee children, Ahmed and Renad Soda, were stars of their underage teams.[6][7][8]

Honours

Gaelic football

  • Antrim Senior Football Championship (4): 1913, 1941, 1967, 1985
  • Antrim Senior Football League (8): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1962, 1969, 1974, 1985
  • Antrim Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1995
  • Antrim Intermediate Football League (2): 1935, 1936
  • Antrim Junior Football Championship (5): 1940, 2017
  • Beringer Cup (2): 1955, 2006
  • Antrim Minor Football Championship (2): 1963, 1985[9]

Hurling

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Sarsfields Belfast - Antrim GAA". antrim.gaa.ie.
  2. ^ News, Irish Legal. "Fahy Bambury to sponsor GAA club Patrick Sarsfields". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Walker, Stephen (14 September 2015). Ireland's Call: Irish Sporting Heroes Who Fell in the Great War. Merrion Press. ISBN 9781785370212 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Padraíg Saírseíl (@Paddies1906) - Twitter". twitter.com.
  5. ^ "Paddies History - Padraíg Saírseíl CLG, Aontroim". sites.google.com.
  6. ^ "Syrian refugee brother and sister win GAA titles with west Belfast club Patrick Sarsfields - SportsJOE.ie".
  7. ^ Fahey, Seán. "This Syrian refugee is turning heads as an up-and-coming GAA star - Buzz.ie".
  8. ^ "Syrian siblings shine for Sarsfields". www.gaa.ie.
  9. ^ "Football - Padraíg Saírseíl CLG, Aontroim". sites.google.com.
  10. ^ "Hurling - Padraíg Saírseíl CLG, Aontroim". sites.google.com.


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