I see there is a new GAA club in East Belfast. What happened to the St Colmcille's club that served there?

summerof09 (Meath) - Posts: 315 - 01/06/2020 15:35:53    2279652

Disappeared in the Troubles.

Being based on the Newtownards Road didn't help.

lionofludesch (Down) - Posts: 475 - 01/06/2020 16:35:23    2279662

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 01/06/2020 18:29:50    2279671

Bredagh use council grounds so other clubs from Antrim already use it.

dufferman (Down) - Posts: 156 - 01/06/2020 23:11:04    2279690

Did Redmonds in Cork get going again? They were going to wind up but frm what i remember they were starting up again.

oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1380 - 02/06/2020 09:01:10    2279698

Foxrock Juvenile Club played in the North East Wicklow Leagues. They were very poor. Pretty sure they don't play in it anymore. Not sure if they play at all anymore .

Forestry Club have won a few Wicklow
Senior titles. They were of a good standard. As the need for live-in on-site foresters ended in the 1070s the club folded.

Rathnew, an already famous club, had a very strong hurling tradition, emigration in the1950s forced Rathnew to ditch the hurling due to it being the more expensive game, not
before they won 11 senior Hurling titles.

Back in the annals of the GAA in Wicklow, a now defunct club called Tomacork were very successful. Also the hurling only club Glenealy started out their GAA existence as a football team.

Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1138 - 02/06/2020 21:43:12    2279767

Looking at the list of teams that have won county senior championships in hurling or football in Galway, I am wondering what has happened to some of them. For example in football, St Grellans dominated football in Galway between 1913 and 1919 and completed a 2 in a row as recently as 1980, but you never hear at all about them now.....so do they still exist or did they amalgamate with some other club? Other Galway football county champions that no longer seem to exist are Galway Gaels who won the title in 1930 and Wolfe Tones who were champions in 1936 and 1941. I presume Fr. Griffins who dominated football in the 1970's morphed into Salthill/ Knocknacarra at some stage.

In hurling, College Road won a county senior championship.....I'm guessing they may have become today's Rahoon/ Newcastle. Derrydonnell won the 1911 championship...since it's such a small place I'm wondering if they eventually threw in their lot with Athenry or did they change to football and join with Monivea?
And one that puzzles me....Ballinasloe won their one and only county senior hurling championship in 1951. It is a fair sized town and I've often wondered why, considering they have one of the best GAA pitches in the county in Duggan Park, they have had such little success and made such little impact on the county scene in either code. Are they a junior club now? Theres a lot of good and successful clubs in both hurling and football in the hinterland of Ballinasloe but as an outsider you could be forgiven for thinking that the town itself is a GAA wasteland apart from the excellent pitch!

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 03/06/2020 00:51:49    2279775

In Meath, there are a few notable defunct clubs. Just outside Navan, Bohermeen Geraldines were a club who won several senior championships in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. They exist no longer. Likewise Navan Harps and Navan Gaels, successful in the same era.

Kells has an interesting history. Traditionally the town area had three teams; Kells Harps in the town itself, Kilmainham and Drumbaragh a mile out on different roads. All three amalgamated in the 60's to form Gaeil Cholmcille. However for reasons I dont know Kilmainham and Drumbaragh both soured on the concept and went solo, leaving Gaeil Cholmcille left as the de facto town team and Harps were left to history.

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 587 - 03/06/2020 08:32:36    2279779

Maghera on the cavan/meath border...they still exist but in reality, they are defunct.....

wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1680 - 03/06/2020 09:07:49    2279783

there are a huge number of defunct clubs in London, there was an explosion in clubs in the 50's and once again in the 70/80's but most of these clubs have now fallen by the wayside. The most famous club to fold were the Brian Borus who were a great hurling club but who folded around 2000. There is always pressure on clubs here with clubs folding and new clubs being formed every year.

Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 03/06/2020 09:36:25    2279786

Quite often, grass roots clubs are driven by one individual's enthusiasm. When he leaves, there's not enough momentum to carry the club on.

lionofludesch (Down) - Posts: 475 - 03/06/2020 09:59:36    2279792

Treaty Sarsfields were an extremely successful club in Limerick and are now defunct, which should be of massive shame to the county board. Some will tell you that it was within the catchment area for Na Piarsaigh but the reality is that very few kids from Farranshone, Thomondgate, Kileely, Ballynanty or Moyross play hurling or football which is a disgrace given the numbers. GAA in the inner city as a whole is on its knees, the great Old Christians having few underage teams. Corbally in Limerick is a massive residential area with no proper GAA club (Abbey Sarsfields exist but only have an adult junior B football team and struggle at that). How the county board have not been held accountable for the development of games in the city is beyond me.

McFan88 (Limerick) - Posts: 447 - 03/06/2020 10:30:48    2279795

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 03/06/2020 10:57:35    2279798

It always saddens me to hear of clubs that have folded for whatever the reasons may be. Its hard enough to get a club up and going, its a shame to see them see them disappear.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1908 - 03/06/2020 11:18:01    2279801

One of my earliest memories is of attending the Down final in the early 60s. Newry Mitchels vs Ballykinlar, legends (even then) Sean O'Neill playing for Mitchels and Paddy Doherty for Ballykinlar. Mitchel won 4-2 to 1-10. I met Paddy Doherty after the game, and to a 6-yr old me, it was like meeting Santa Claus, I was utterly overawed..
But I digress.
Both sadly these clubs are now struggling in Division 4, and barely able to field. This is where the GAA should be placing all it's efforts. Super 8s, burn-out, Casement Park etc etc all these are of secondary importance if we can't keep the clubs going.

befair (Down) - Posts: 237 - 03/06/2020 14:05:45    2279814

Apologies for veering off topic. Around 1997 the Ballyhaunis hurlers playing for Tooreen split and set up their own club, part of Ballyhaunis GAA club. Tooreen Hurling club is exclusively a hurling club, some of it's members, most recently notably, Fergal Boland, play football for the nearby Aughamore club. Hurling only clubs in a football stronghold probably aren't that rare, but are there many football only clubs in hurling strongholds?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 03/06/2020 17:20:39    2279836

Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 03/06/2020 17:58:11    2279839

Martinstown, from Athboy, played with them underage in late sixties. Would love the full history of what happened that brought about the split. Too young to understand at the time and left town in 1970. Athboy were senior hurling champs 66/67/68 and again in 70. Martinstown were junior champs 66 and 67 so hurling was very strong in area. Martinstown won the Junior football in 69 and teams got together to win the Intermediate Football in 79 as Martinstown-Athboy. Team was eventually renamed Clann Na Gael. Mick Mellet who played half forward for Meath in 67 victory over Cork played for both clubs at one time or another.

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2142 - 03/06/2020 20:20:08    2279848

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 03/06/2020 21:15:23    2279853

Dublin has a fair few.
Postal Gaels.
Park Rangers.
AIB
Pavey GFC
New Irelands

tadghieboy (Cork) - Posts: 69 - 04/06/2020 00:23:50    2279860