Just wondering,

Taking clubs and grounds named after Saints e.g. St. Brigids etc. out of the equation I was wondering are there any GAA clubs or grounds out there named after women?

The only one I can think of is Markievicz Park in Sligo as a ground named after a patriot woman but no clubs.

I'm thinking of women that could have clubs named after them like Grainne Mhaol, Anne Devlin, Elizabeth O'Farrell, etc!

Anybody know of any?.....do they exist at all?.....does the GAA frown on it or isnt keen on it I wonder?

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 23/11/2011 21:44:10    1074773

Markiewicz Park.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6177 - 23/11/2011 21:57:00    1074780

Ah there's loads... Tina Healy in Wicklow, Claire Galway in erm Galway and eh May O'Bridge in Down. See loads.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 24/11/2011 09:13:24    1074802

St Marys in Ardee-Co. Louth! and also in Donore-Co.Meath!

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 24/11/2011 09:22:04    1074805

A lot of clubs are called St. Marys.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 24/11/2011 09:25:03    1074806

And St. Brigids.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 24/11/2011 09:25:35    1074808

Ballydesmond's GAA grounds are called after a woman, Nora Herlihy, only down the road from me.

http://www.ballydesmond.gaa.ie/club-facilities

Cute_Kerry_Hoor (Kerry) - Posts: 2518 - 24/11/2011 09:52:28    1074821

Very witty double hop. Very witty.

creb (Limerick) - Posts: 131 - 24/11/2011 10:15:06    1074835

Taking clubs and grounds named after Saints e.g. St. Brigids etc. out of the equation
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And yet the first lad comes out and says St. Marys!!.....and ye wonder why I have to repeat myself!!

"Cursed with a brain I am!"......"Cursed with a brain indeed!!!"

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 24/11/2011 10:44:27    1074845

Cute Kerry

Are you far from Ballydesmond,

As my mother was from the Kerry side of Ballydesmond, Ballinahulla,

small world

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1687 - 24/11/2011 12:45:55    1074929

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Cute Kerry

Are you far from Ballydesmond,

As my mother was from the Kerry side of Ballydesmond, Ballinahulla,

small world


No Cuchulainn, I'm just 4 or 5 miles over the road, on the Kerry side of course :) Halfway between Ballydesmond and Castleisland town. I know Ballinahulla well.....small world indeed!

Cute_Kerry_Hoor (Kerry) - Posts: 2518 - 24/11/2011 13:04:45    1074951

In Wexford the GAA club in New Ross is named Geraldine O'Hanrahan's.I have looked into it and cannot find out who Geraldine O'Hanrahan was.If anyone knows feel free to update me.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 24/11/2011 13:10:37    1074961

Lizzy Casey, Holly Mount, Cora Finn, Anna Scaul and May Field. To name just a few.

Dunno would Muff could under that bracket?

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 24/11/2011 13:14:02    1074965

Mairead Farrells club in Philadelphia is named after a famous Irish volunteer who was killed in Gibraltor

Oneill (Tyrone) - Posts: 17 - 24/11/2011 13:33:47    1074979

In Wexford the GAA club in New Ross is named Geraldine O'Hanrahan's.I have looked into it and cannot find out who Geraldine O'Hanrahan was.If anyone knows feel free to update me.

Pinkie you've caught my attention on this one as I'm very interested in this type of stuff. I do know that one of the 16 men executed after the Easter Rising was a Michael O Hanrahan from Carlow Town. I understand the train station in Wexford Town is named after him so I am wondering has the family Wexford connections and would Geraldine O Hanrahan be linked to him. Another possibility is that its an amalgamation of 2 Clubs . The name Geraldine is linked to the Earl of Desmond in Medieval Irish History and if I'm not mistaken there is at least one GAA Club somewhere who uses the name Geraldine. The Geraldine part could be linked to this period of history and the O Hanrahan to the executed 1916 man. I have sent a couple of e-mails to guys who might be able to help if I get any info I'll let you know. In the meantime if any other poster knows they might let us both know.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 24/11/2011 14:44:03    1075032

Geraldines gaa football club just outside Dundalk.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 24/11/2011 14:49:21    1075034

corkcelt
Athy GAA club grounds in Kildare is named Geraldine Park not in relation to the female name Geraldine but in connection with the history of the Earl of Desmond.

lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 3024 - 24/11/2011 14:55:18    1075037

Lads, I had thought of that but I dont actually think the name 'Geraldine' refers to a woman in the GAA instance!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 24/11/2011 15:06:11    1075045

Thanks lads, the more I think about it the surer I am that that is where the Geraldine part comes from and the O'Hanrahan part could well be called after the man who was executed in 1916. If there was an actual person called Geraldine O Halloran who was famous enough to have a GAA Club called after her, I'm sure we would have heard of her.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 24/11/2011 15:08:34    1075047

There is a Geraldines Morans in Cabinteely, the Geraldines refer to the noble Fitzgeralds as in The Geraldines or in this case Lord Edward Fitzgerald I suspect Geraldines is Fitzgerald not the female first name.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 24/11/2011 15:14:20    1075055