Erin go Bragh GAA
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Erin go Bragh GAA are a Dublin based Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Clonee
, Littlepace
/Castaheaney/Ongar
district in Dublin 15. The club currently field teams in Junior football(AFL8 and Junior D Championship), Junior hurling (AHL 9 and Junior E Championship), Under 15, 13, 10 Ladies Football and camogie, and Under 8 to Under 14 football and hurling.
There is also an Erin go Bragh GAA club based in Warwickshire
, England
.
The name Erin go Bragh (meaning Ireland forever) in Dublin GAA goes back as far as 1887. The club was founded in 1887 in Clonsilla
. It was one of 120 clubs affiliated in Dublin in 1888. William Rogers was listed as club secretary, Paddy Dunne was captain and Laurence Warren vice-captain of the football team. Tommy Murphy, a blacksmith originally from Kildare
, was captain of the hurling team with L. Rooney vice captain. The team played their games in a field owned by Paddy Dunne competing until 1890 where sadly like many GAA clubs in Dublin at the time it disbanded.
The club name is rarely found afterward but was re-organised on several occasions. The club competed in the Sunday Junior Football League from 1904-1909.The name of the club was often misspelt in results and fixtures section of papers, most commonly as Eire go bragh and at other times as Erin go Brath. The club had two football teams, one in the Junior B Division and the second in an Under Junior Division in 1905 and 1906. Erin go Bragh were Junior league runners up in 1906 defeating Stars of Erin at Jones Road (now Croke Park
)for the runners up medals. Re organisation of the league structures in 1907 meant that the clubs first team competed in the Intermediate Division and their second team in the Junior C Division. Erin go Bragh was one of ten clubs with representation in an inter league Dublin junior football team who played Cork in a challenge at Jones Road in 1907. Thomas C. Murphy of Erin go Bragh was the first ever Dublin inter league captain and Stephen Lynch also played for Dublin against Cork
and later Louth
. Other Erin go bragh players to have played on the Dublin inter league team were Hennessey (first name unknown) and Francis Scully originally from Kildare. The club competed until 1909 when it suddenly disbanded and despite efforts to revive the club in 1910, Erin go bragh remained absent from the field of play until 1917.
1917-1943
The club was re organised in 1917 fielding a single team at Junior level and in 1918 expanded to two teams one at junior the second at minor level.
In 1919 Erin go Bragh fielded a single team but also began competing in cross country
(their involvement coinciding with the recent revival of athletic in GAA which had lapsed over the years). Erin go Bragh competed in the Dublin County Board Novice race in 1919, 1921 and 1922 and the Dublin Cross Country championship of 1922. M.J. Kennedy of Erin go Bragh won the 1919 Novice race before moving to Dublin City Harriers and 1919 was his only year with Erin go Bragh. He went on to compete in many Athletic events throughout Ireland winning many titles in 440 and 880 yard races.
In 1920 the team again fielded a junior football team but failed to complete the season after conceding three games. T.C. Murphy of Clonsilla son of Thomas Murphy who was captain of the Erin go Bragh hurling team at the clubs foundation was elected as the first ever chairman for the Dublin Junior Board. Thomas Murphy was heavily involved in Dublin GAA in earlier years and was a referee in many League games.
Erin go Bragh won the County Dublin Novice Cross Country race in 1921 and also held an invitational five mile race starting at the court house in Blanchardstown
. The club fielded a Junior and schools football team and for the first time since 1890 a hurling team.The club was absent from the field of play in both hurling and football in 1922 but did compete at cross country before sadly disbanding once again in late 1922 early 1923.
1943-1985
The club name is rarely seen afterwards in papers. Erin go Bragh reappeared in 1943 and they were one of 6 new teams to be re-organise or founded at the end of 1943 for the forthcoming 1944 season. They played their games on the Porterstown Road just down from where Thomas C. Murphy lived and today where St. Mochtas soccer club now play. They competed until around 1950s winning the Junior A league in 1945 and were Junior League runners up, losing by one point to Parish Gaels who went on to win the Intermediate football Championship the following year. Thomas C. Murphy, son of Erin go braghs first hurling captain and founding member Thomas Murphy and one Erin go Braghs first inter county players and later chairman of the Dublin Football League and Junior Board died in St. Kevins hospital (now St. James Hospital)in 1946. The club continued competing until around 1947 disbanding again. The club was re organised in the 1950s by the parish priest of Porterstwon Father Redmond, Paddy Downing of Clonsilla and James Lynam of Porterstown. The club only played at juvenile level with a single team disbanding sometime in the 1960s winnig a minor league in 1963. They disbanded again in the early 1960s with most of the team joining St. Brigids and others joining a club called Maurice O'Neills who played their games in the Phoenix Park
. Erin Go Bragh played their games in the colours of green and red at this time.
, Littlepace/Castaheaney. In September 2005 Fingal
County Council allocated football pitches to the club. Former GAA President Mr. Sean Kelly formally launched Erin Go Bragh GAA Club in Littlepace/Castaheany on the 23rd November, 2005. The Clonee
, Littlepace
/Castaheaney area was identified as having a large and growing population yet no GAA presence. There was a wide expectation that the club will grow in the coming years and as a result a three strategic year plan (2006–2008) was devised and implemented http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/developmentplan.pdfhttp://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=history.
The club held its first ever Dinner Dance in October 2008 reflecting the clubs steady growth within Littlepace/Castaheaney and the surrounding area http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. For the first time the club also gave out club player of the year awards in Gaelic Football (Mens and Ladies), Hurling and also a Club Person of the Year award and Life Time Achievement Awards. The club also unveiled its new crest.
Erin go Bragh celebrated 125 years of the GAA on 10 May 2009, holding a Lá na gClub (Club Day)in Hazelbury Park. Members of the club and people from the locality, young and old were invited down to participate in juvenile and adult games of football and hurling. The club also held a puck fada and cic fada competition, a bonny baby competition, penalty competition. The pitch was blessed by local priest Father Eugene McCarthy before the day got underway. The club announced that approval in principle had been secured for the placing of temporary juvenile dressing room facilities on a site adjacent to Mary Mother of Hope, National School, Littlepace in 2009. The club featured in a newscast by local channel City TV during its juvenile hurling summer camp in August 2009. The club launched a monthly newsletter in September 2009.
On Saturday January 30, 2010, the club installed temporary changing facilities in the grounds of the Mary Mother of Hope Primary school. The dressing room were officially opened by GAA president Christy Cooney and blessed by Father Eugene McCarthy on the 9th of May which was also Lá na gClub. On the week of La na gClub the club held a week long mini leagues series for all ages in both Hunters Run and Hazelbury Park pitches with the finals on the Sunday in Hazelbury Park. An adult blitz was also held on the Saturday in Hazelbury park with the final on the Sunday. On the Sunday itself there was also a puck fada and cic fada competition, a bonny baby competition, penalty competition, a fun run event and tug of war. La na gClub in 2010 was a much larger event than that of 2009. Former Erin go Bragh Footballer Michael O'Riordan was named as manager of the Kildare hurling team
on October 4, 2010. However his term was a short one. A separate executive committee was set up to look after the development, growth and administration of ladies gaelic football and camogie. Kevin Kenny was elected as chairman and John Whelan secretary. The Under 14 girls won the Division 4 Championship and were runners up in their division in the Camogie league.
Cecil Stephens who served as chairman since 1986 stood down at the clubs AGM on December 14, 2010 and was succeeded by George Burke while Pat Keenan who had been vice chairman for the same amount of time also stood down and was succeeded by Sean Flood. John Kinsella took over as secretary from George Burke. Erin go Bragh featured in the Dublin GAA yearbook 2011. The article was written by club P.R.O. Keith Edgely and was one of thirty clubs to feature in the book. The club also changed their jersey design staying with the same colours of green and white and changing from Malley Sports to O'Neills. The annual La na gClub was held once again on May 8. The Annual Street League competition was run the week of Lá na gClub at Hunters Run with the day itself held in Hazelbury Park on Sunday. The club was allocated a new pitch in Beech Park located beside Clonsilla train station.
. The Under 15 girls won their football league defeating Na Fianna in a playoff in Hunters Run on Sept 3rd, 2011. The Junior football team gained promotion from Division 8 to Division 7 and reached the Junior D Football Championship
Final. The club held its first dinner dance since 2009. At Underage, the Under 11s were runners up in their football league as were the Under 12s who also won the Leinster Hurling tournament. The Under 14s boys were Division 7 Football league playoff runners up while the Under 13 and 15 girls reached their Shield finals with the Under 15s winning and the Under 13s finishing as runners up. The club held its second ever Dinner Dance on November the 5th in The Park Plaza, Tyrellstown with 120 people attending. The ladies section were awarded small club of the year by the Dublin Ladies gaelic Football board at their annual dinner dance in November 2011.
With the club going from strength to strength in underage and Junior level since their arrival in the Clonee, Littlepace/Castaheaney are in 2008 it was decided that the club needed a new crest The club used a novel way in the making of their new crest http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=47&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. They held a competition for the children in the local primary school where they had to design a crest for their local GAA club. The competition was won by 9 year old Kieran Murray http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1.
There was no club awards in 2009.
In 2009 they once again reached the second round of the Junopr C Championship exiting after a one point defeat to St. Marks
in a replay having defeated Round Towers, Clondalkin in round one. They finished 13th in AFL 8 in 2009 and 2010. The football team were defeated by Naomh Fionnbarra in the second round of the Junior Football C Championship having received a bye if the first round in 2010. The team finished in 10th position in AFL 8, winning 5, drawing 1, and losing 8 games in the 2010 season.
On October 20th, 2010 the club announced that Donal Quinn would be taking over for the 2011 season. They reached the semi finals of the Murphy Cup losing to Ballinteer St. Johns in a replay.They gained promotion to Division 7 from Division 8. In theJunior D Football Championship
Erin go Bragh reached the final defeating Round Towers of Lusk
in the first round, Innisfalis in the second round, Castleknock
in round three, St. Pats of Donabate in the quarter finals and Wild Geese
in the semi final. The final held in O'Toole Park in Crumlin was against St. Annes
who defeated them 3-12 to 0-7. The club brought two double decker buses of supporters to the final and the Littlepace/Castaheaney area was covered in the colours of green and white the week of the game. The club plans to field a second football team for the 2012 season.
and Camogie
to the Littlepace/Castaheaney area. A junior hurling team was setup during the summer of 2007 with a view to competing in the 2008 hurling season. The hurling team play their home games at Saint Catherines due to the clubs current pitch in Castaheany/Littlepace close proximity to houses in the area. The team was managed by Kevin Kenny and captained by Karl Johnson. The hurling teams first match was a friendly against St Peregrines on 30 September 2007. Their first competitive match was against Civil Service hurling club
in Islandbridge http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV112/CV112s03.htm(picture below). They finished in 11th position in AHL 8 in 2008 and reached the quarter finals of the Junior E hurling championship losing to eventual runners up St. Josephs OCB
in their first season.
In 2009 season the side played Wild Geese
in The first ever Gus Warren Challenge Cup. They were defeated in Oldtown
2-5 to 2-9. The team narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter finals of the Junior E Championship. The hurling team finished in 10th position in AHL 8 and 4th in the Eddie Barron Shield which was run on a league format with the top two playing off in a final in 2009.
The hurling team reached the Junior E hurling championship quarter finals again in 2010. The team finished in third position in their group behind Kilmacud Crokes and Skerries Harps. They defeated Clontarf
, Raheny
and Na Fianna, losing to Kilmacud Crokes and Skerries Harps. They played Setanta hurling club of Ballymun
, eventual losing to finalists Saint Patricks of Palmerstown in the quarter finals losing by a single point in injury time.
On October 20 the club announced that Willie Doyle and Pat Keenan would be taking charge of the hurling team for the 2011 season. The club was relegated to Division 9 but remained at Junior E level for championship. They reached the quarter finals finishing fourth in their group behind Skerries Harps, Kilmacud Crokes and Castleknock
beating Commericals and Na Fianna. They were beaten by Realt Dearg
who were later defeated by Kilmacud Crokes in the semi final. The team took part in the Sean Walsh Hurling Tournament on October the 22nd in Carrick-on-Shannon
in Leitrim
. The tournament organised by Carrick Hurling Club is in memory of a former player who also played at County level who went missing in Australia. They reached the semi final playing Clonguish GAA
of Longford
, Ballinamore Sean O'Heslins of Leitrim in the group stages and St. Vincents
of Dublin in the semi final. Both Clonguish and St. Vincents who beat Erin Go Bragh reached the final with Clonguish winning it.
in the final http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV124/CV124s06.htm. The Under 12 camogie team were also runners up in Division 2 group 2 league. Four members of the Under 12 camogie tean were selected for the Under 12's Dublin Camogie development squad becoming the first players to selected for any intercounty team at the club http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV121/CV121s03.htm http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. In Gaelic football the Under 12 girls team were Division 3 shield runners up to St. Peregrines
.
In 2009 the Under 13 girls football team won the Division Three Championship shield.
A separate executive committee was set up in 2010 in order to ensure the development and growth of ladies gaelic games as both the ladies football and camogie are both administered by separate county boards to the mens games in Dublin. The Under 14 team were runners up in Division 3 of the 2010 camogie league defeating Cuala
in a play off. The Under 14s went on to win the Division 4 Championship defeating Ballyboughal in the semi final in Hunters Run, and Thomas Davis in the final on Ballinteer Saint Johns all weather pitch on October 31, 2010 [15
Following on their success in 2010, the ladies section expanded in the number of teams taking to the field for the 2011 season. Along with the now Under 15 girls camogie and football team, they also fielded teams at U13 football and camogie and at Under 10. The ladies section also took part in the gaelic for girls initiative. The Under 15s won their league in 2011. Two girls were also selected on the Under 14 Dublin Ladies Camogie development squad with Kevin Kenny also on the coaching team. The ladies section were awarded small club of the year award by the Dublin ladies gaelic Football board at their annual awards night in November 2011.
Honours
Executive Committee
Gaelic Athletic Association
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club based in Clonee
Clonee
Clonee is a satellite village and surrounding district on the border of County Meath and Fingal, Ireland. The county boundary actually runs through the district, just outside the village, which is in Meath, and many of the housing estates listed as Clonee, such as Littlepace and Hansfield, lie on...
, Littlepace
Littlepace
Littlepace is a satellite village just inside the Dublin Border beside Meath. Its nearest villages are Clonee in Meath and Ongar and Clonsilla in Fingal, Ireland. Many of the housing estates in Littlepace are listed as Clonee. The area was built during thre housing boom in Ireland. It is located...
/Castaheaney/Ongar
Ongar
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district in Dublin 15. The club currently field teams in Junior football(AFL8 and Junior D Championship), Junior hurling (AHL 9 and Junior E Championship), Under 15, 13, 10 Ladies Football and camogie, and Under 8 to Under 14 football and hurling.
There is also an Erin go Bragh GAA club based in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
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, England
England
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.
Early days
1887-1917The name Erin go Bragh (meaning Ireland forever) in Dublin GAA goes back as far as 1887. The club was founded in 1887 in Clonsilla
Clonsilla
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. It was one of 120 clubs affiliated in Dublin in 1888. William Rogers was listed as club secretary, Paddy Dunne was captain and Laurence Warren vice-captain of the football team. Tommy Murphy, a blacksmith originally from Kildare
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, was captain of the hurling team with L. Rooney vice captain. The team played their games in a field owned by Paddy Dunne competing until 1890 where sadly like many GAA clubs in Dublin at the time it disbanded.
The club name is rarely found afterward but was re-organised on several occasions. The club competed in the Sunday Junior Football League from 1904-1909.The name of the club was often misspelt in results and fixtures section of papers, most commonly as Eire go bragh and at other times as Erin go Brath. The club had two football teams, one in the Junior B Division and the second in an Under Junior Division in 1905 and 1906. Erin go Bragh were Junior league runners up in 1906 defeating Stars of Erin at Jones Road (now Croke Park
Croke Park
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)for the runners up medals. Re organisation of the league structures in 1907 meant that the clubs first team competed in the Intermediate Division and their second team in the Junior C Division. Erin go Bragh was one of ten clubs with representation in an inter league Dublin junior football team who played Cork in a challenge at Jones Road in 1907. Thomas C. Murphy of Erin go Bragh was the first ever Dublin inter league captain and Stephen Lynch also played for Dublin against Cork
County Cork
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and later Louth
County Louth
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. Other Erin go bragh players to have played on the Dublin inter league team were Hennessey (first name unknown) and Francis Scully originally from Kildare. The club competed until 1909 when it suddenly disbanded and despite efforts to revive the club in 1910, Erin go bragh remained absent from the field of play until 1917.
1917-1943
The club was re organised in 1917 fielding a single team at Junior level and in 1918 expanded to two teams one at junior the second at minor level.
In 1919 Erin go Bragh fielded a single team but also began competing in cross country
Cross country running
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(their involvement coinciding with the recent revival of athletic in GAA which had lapsed over the years). Erin go Bragh competed in the Dublin County Board Novice race in 1919, 1921 and 1922 and the Dublin Cross Country championship of 1922. M.J. Kennedy of Erin go Bragh won the 1919 Novice race before moving to Dublin City Harriers and 1919 was his only year with Erin go Bragh. He went on to compete in many Athletic events throughout Ireland winning many titles in 440 and 880 yard races.
In 1920 the team again fielded a junior football team but failed to complete the season after conceding three games. T.C. Murphy of Clonsilla son of Thomas Murphy who was captain of the Erin go Bragh hurling team at the clubs foundation was elected as the first ever chairman for the Dublin Junior Board. Thomas Murphy was heavily involved in Dublin GAA in earlier years and was a referee in many League games.
Erin go Bragh won the County Dublin Novice Cross Country race in 1921 and also held an invitational five mile race starting at the court house in Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown is a large suburb of Dublin in the district of Fingal, Ireland. It is within the historical barony of Castleknock. It is located 10 km north-west of the city centre. The suburb is in the Dublin 15 postal area, the Dublin West electoral constituency, and Fingal County...
. The club fielded a Junior and schools football team and for the first time since 1890 a hurling team.The club was absent from the field of play in both hurling and football in 1922 but did compete at cross country before sadly disbanding once again in late 1922 early 1923.
1943-1985
The club name is rarely seen afterwards in papers. Erin go Bragh reappeared in 1943 and they were one of 6 new teams to be re-organise or founded at the end of 1943 for the forthcoming 1944 season. They played their games on the Porterstown Road just down from where Thomas C. Murphy lived and today where St. Mochtas soccer club now play. They competed until around 1950s winning the Junior A league in 1945 and were Junior League runners up, losing by one point to Parish Gaels who went on to win the Intermediate football Championship the following year. Thomas C. Murphy, son of Erin go braghs first hurling captain and founding member Thomas Murphy and one Erin go Braghs first inter county players and later chairman of the Dublin Football League and Junior Board died in St. Kevins hospital (now St. James Hospital)in 1946. The club continued competing until around 1947 disbanding again. The club was re organised in the 1950s by the parish priest of Porterstwon Father Redmond, Paddy Downing of Clonsilla and James Lynam of Porterstown. The club only played at juvenile level with a single team disbanding sometime in the 1960s winnig a minor league in 1963. They disbanded again in the early 1960s with most of the team joining St. Brigids and others joining a club called Maurice O'Neills who played their games in the Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park
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. Erin Go Bragh played their games in the colours of green and red at this time.
Re-emergence of Erin go Bragh 1986
The name Erin Go Bragh emerged once again in 1986 in Dromheath. The club was reorganised by a number of people who left St. Brigids including Cecil Stephens and Pat Keenan. The club started out at juvenile level with 3 teams at Under 10, Under 12 and at Under 14. A junior football team was also founded and played in the then Junior Division 2. Their first game was against St. Brigids B team and attracted a crowd of around 250 people. They reached the quarter finals of the junior A football championship in their second year however endured several seasons of relegation as the years progressed. The club moved to Porterstown Park in Clonsilla and expanded at under age level with teams at Under 16 and minor level in 1996. The club was once again on the move in 2003 relocating to CloneeClonee
Clonee is a satellite village and surrounding district on the border of County Meath and Fingal, Ireland. The county boundary actually runs through the district, just outside the village, which is in Meath, and many of the housing estates listed as Clonee, such as Littlepace and Hansfield, lie on...
, Littlepace/Castaheaney. In September 2005 Fingal
Fingal
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County Council allocated football pitches to the club. Former GAA President Mr. Sean Kelly formally launched Erin Go Bragh GAA Club in Littlepace/Castaheany on the 23rd November, 2005. The Clonee
Clonee
Clonee is a satellite village and surrounding district on the border of County Meath and Fingal, Ireland. The county boundary actually runs through the district, just outside the village, which is in Meath, and many of the housing estates listed as Clonee, such as Littlepace and Hansfield, lie on...
, Littlepace
Littlepace
Littlepace is a satellite village just inside the Dublin Border beside Meath. Its nearest villages are Clonee in Meath and Ongar and Clonsilla in Fingal, Ireland. Many of the housing estates in Littlepace are listed as Clonee. The area was built during thre housing boom in Ireland. It is located...
/Castaheaney area was identified as having a large and growing population yet no GAA presence. There was a wide expectation that the club will grow in the coming years and as a result a three strategic year plan (2006–2008) was devised and implemented http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/developmentplan.pdfhttp://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=history.
The club held its first ever Dinner Dance in October 2008 reflecting the clubs steady growth within Littlepace/Castaheaney and the surrounding area http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. For the first time the club also gave out club player of the year awards in Gaelic Football (Mens and Ladies), Hurling and also a Club Person of the Year award and Life Time Achievement Awards. The club also unveiled its new crest.
Erin go Bragh celebrated 125 years of the GAA on 10 May 2009, holding a Lá na gClub (Club Day)in Hazelbury Park. Members of the club and people from the locality, young and old were invited down to participate in juvenile and adult games of football and hurling. The club also held a puck fada and cic fada competition, a bonny baby competition, penalty competition. The pitch was blessed by local priest Father Eugene McCarthy before the day got underway. The club announced that approval in principle had been secured for the placing of temporary juvenile dressing room facilities on a site adjacent to Mary Mother of Hope, National School, Littlepace in 2009. The club featured in a newscast by local channel City TV during its juvenile hurling summer camp in August 2009. The club launched a monthly newsletter in September 2009.
On Saturday January 30, 2010, the club installed temporary changing facilities in the grounds of the Mary Mother of Hope Primary school. The dressing room were officially opened by GAA president Christy Cooney and blessed by Father Eugene McCarthy on the 9th of May which was also Lá na gClub. On the week of La na gClub the club held a week long mini leagues series for all ages in both Hunters Run and Hazelbury Park pitches with the finals on the Sunday in Hazelbury Park. An adult blitz was also held on the Saturday in Hazelbury park with the final on the Sunday. On the Sunday itself there was also a puck fada and cic fada competition, a bonny baby competition, penalty competition, a fun run event and tug of war. La na gClub in 2010 was a much larger event than that of 2009. Former Erin go Bragh Footballer Michael O'Riordan was named as manager of the Kildare hurling team
Kildare GAA
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on October 4, 2010. However his term was a short one. A separate executive committee was set up to look after the development, growth and administration of ladies gaelic football and camogie. Kevin Kenny was elected as chairman and John Whelan secretary. The Under 14 girls won the Division 4 Championship and were runners up in their division in the Camogie league.
Cecil Stephens who served as chairman since 1986 stood down at the clubs AGM on December 14, 2010 and was succeeded by George Burke while Pat Keenan who had been vice chairman for the same amount of time also stood down and was succeeded by Sean Flood. John Kinsella took over as secretary from George Burke. Erin go Bragh featured in the Dublin GAA yearbook 2011. The article was written by club P.R.O. Keith Edgely and was one of thirty clubs to feature in the book. The club also changed their jersey design staying with the same colours of green and white and changing from Malley Sports to O'Neills. The annual La na gClub was held once again on May 8. The Annual Street League competition was run the week of Lá na gClub at Hunters Run with the day itself held in Hazelbury Park on Sunday. The club was allocated a new pitch in Beech Park located beside Clonsilla train station.
Clonsilla railway station
Clonsilla railway station is a railway station that serves Clonsilla, County Dublin, Ireland.-Services:It lies on the Dublin to Longford commuter route. The level crossing here is still a gate crossing, operated from a wheel in the signal cabin. As of 2nd September 2010 the reopened Dunboyne...
. The Under 15 girls won their football league defeating Na Fianna in a playoff in Hunters Run on Sept 3rd, 2011. The Junior football team gained promotion from Division 8 to Division 7 and reached the Junior D Football Championship
Dublin Junior Football Championship
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Final. The club held its first dinner dance since 2009. At Underage, the Under 11s were runners up in their football league as were the Under 12s who also won the Leinster Hurling tournament. The Under 14s boys were Division 7 Football league playoff runners up while the Under 13 and 15 girls reached their Shield finals with the Under 15s winning and the Under 13s finishing as runners up. The club held its second ever Dinner Dance on November the 5th in The Park Plaza, Tyrellstown with 120 people attending. The ladies section were awarded small club of the year by the Dublin Ladies gaelic Football board at their annual dinner dance in November 2011.
Club crest
Erin go Braghs First crest 1986-2008 Erin go Braghs new crest, 2008With the club going from strength to strength in underage and Junior level since their arrival in the Clonee, Littlepace/Castaheaney are in 2008 it was decided that the club needed a new crest The club used a novel way in the making of their new crest http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=47&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. They held a competition for the children in the local primary school where they had to design a crest for their local GAA club. The competition was won by 9 year old Kieran Murray http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1.
2008 Club Awards
- Life Time Achievement Award: Cecil Stephens and Pat Keenan
- Gaelic Football Player of the Year (Men): Jim Kelly
- Gaelic Football Player of the Year (Women): Dorothée Moreau
- Hurling Player of the Year: Karl Johnson
- Clubman of the Year: Martin Carroll
There was no club awards in 2009.
2011 Club Awards
- Life Time Achievement Award: Elish Poynton
- Clubman of the Year: Martin Carroll
- Juvenile Mentors of the Year: Myles McDonnell, Karl Scanlon
Committee officers
- Chairman: George Burke
- Vice Chair: Sean Flood
- Secretary: John Kinsella
- Treasurer: Tom Madigan
- Registrar: Sinead Edgely
- Public Relations Officer: Keith Edgely
- Youth Officer:
- Children's Officer:
- Irish Officer: Pat Keenan
Other committee members
- Kevin Kenny
- Alan McHugh
- John McLeod
- Finbar Barrett
- Brian Padden
- Karl Scanlon
Football
The men's football team dates back to the clubs foundation. They were junior league runners up in 1906, 1945. They won a minor league in 1963. They finished in 10th position in AFL 8 in 2008 and reached the second round of the Junior C Football Championship.In 2009 they once again reached the second round of the Junopr C Championship exiting after a one point defeat to St. Marks
St Marks GAA
St Mark's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Springfield, Tallaght in South Dublin County, Ireland. St Marks won the 2006 Dublin Senior B Championship, which means St Marks will be in the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship in 2007. St Marks will field teams at Senior Division 1 in...
in a replay having defeated Round Towers, Clondalkin in round one. They finished 13th in AFL 8 in 2009 and 2010. The football team were defeated by Naomh Fionnbarra in the second round of the Junior Football C Championship having received a bye if the first round in 2010. The team finished in 10th position in AFL 8, winning 5, drawing 1, and losing 8 games in the 2010 season.
On October 20th, 2010 the club announced that Donal Quinn would be taking over for the 2011 season. They reached the semi finals of the Murphy Cup losing to Ballinteer St. Johns in a replay.They gained promotion to Division 7 from Division 8. In theJunior D Football Championship
Dublin Junior Football Championship
The Dublin Junior Football championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship. The winners will also represent Dublin in the Leinster Junior Club...
Erin go Bragh reached the final defeating Round Towers of Lusk
Lusk
Lusk may refer to:* Lusk, Tennessee, a community in the U.S. state of Tennessee* Lusk, Wyoming, a town in the U.S. state of Wyoming* Lusk, County Dublin, a village in Ireland* Lusk, a band that released the album Free Mars in 1997...
in the first round, Innisfalis in the second round, Castleknock
Castleknock gaa
Castleknock Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland. It serves the Dublin 15 area.-Grounds:...
in round three, St. Pats of Donabate in the quarter finals and Wild Geese
Wild Geese GAA
Wild Geese are a GAA club based in Oldtown, Fingal. They currently field a single junior football, junior hurling and ladies football teams. At juvenile level they field at hurling only with teams at Under 9, 10, 11 and 14. In Los Angeles there is a Gaelic Football club who also go by the same name...
in the semi final. The final held in O'Toole Park in Crumlin was against St. Annes
St Anne's GAA
St Anne's are a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bohernabreena, Tallaght, in South Dublin county, Ireland.-Achievements:Saint Annes were crowned the first ever champions of the Thomas Davis/Evening Herald Floodlit cup after they defeated Ballymun Kichams 2-9 to 9 points...
who defeated them 3-12 to 0-7. The club brought two double decker buses of supporters to the final and the Littlepace/Castaheaney area was covered in the colours of green and white the week of the game. The club plans to field a second football team for the 2012 season.
Hurling
The club was listed as having a hurling team in 1887 and again ion 1921, however there is little or no information on its the history in Erin go Bragh. In early September 2005 Erin Go Bragh introduced HurlingHurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
and Camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
to the Littlepace/Castaheaney area. A junior hurling team was setup during the summer of 2007 with a view to competing in the 2008 hurling season. The hurling team play their home games at Saint Catherines due to the clubs current pitch in Castaheany/Littlepace close proximity to houses in the area. The team was managed by Kevin Kenny and captained by Karl Johnson. The hurling teams first match was a friendly against St Peregrines on 30 September 2007. Their first competitive match was against Civil Service hurling club
Civil Service Hurling Club
Civil Service Hurling Club is one of 6 hurling only clubs in the County of Dublin . The club was founded in 1923. They currently field two adult hurling teams, in Division 5 and 8 and play in the Junior A and E Hurling championships...
in Islandbridge http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV112/CV112s03.htm(picture below). They finished in 11th position in AHL 8 in 2008 and reached the quarter finals of the Junior E hurling championship losing to eventual runners up St. Josephs OCB
St Joseph's/OCB GAA
St. Josephs/O.C.B. are a G.A.A. club located in the North Inner city of Dublin. They are the last remaining GAA club in the area. The club is an amalgamation of two clubs, St. Josephs of East Wall and O’Connell Boys of Summerhill...
in their first season.
In 2009 season the side played Wild Geese
Wild Geese GAA
Wild Geese are a GAA club based in Oldtown, Fingal. They currently field a single junior football, junior hurling and ladies football teams. At juvenile level they field at hurling only with teams at Under 9, 10, 11 and 14. In Los Angeles there is a Gaelic Football club who also go by the same name...
in The first ever Gus Warren Challenge Cup. They were defeated in Oldtown
Oldtown, Dublin
Oldtown is one of a network of rural villages in North Fingal, which function as local centres, servicing the agricultural hinterland within the County. The R122 runs through the village linking Naul to St...
2-5 to 2-9. The team narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter finals of the Junior E Championship. The hurling team finished in 10th position in AHL 8 and 4th in the Eddie Barron Shield which was run on a league format with the top two playing off in a final in 2009.
The hurling team reached the Junior E hurling championship quarter finals again in 2010. The team finished in third position in their group behind Kilmacud Crokes and Skerries Harps. They defeated Clontarf
Clontarf GAA
Clontarf GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland club. The club was founded in 1961 by two pidgeons that were kissing in st.Annes park. Clontarf's moto is simple .... have fun, don't win games. They win the odd game bu in fairness, lose a hundred per cent...
, Raheny
Raheny GAA
Raheny GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the northside suburb of Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.-Facilities:The club has a large clubhouse, with a bar, hall, dressing rooms, and enclosed astroturf pitch....
and Na Fianna, losing to Kilmacud Crokes and Skerries Harps. They played Setanta hurling club of Ballymun
Ballymun
Ballymun is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport, Ireland. It is infamous for the Ballymun flats, which became a symbol of poverty, drugs, alienation from the state and social problems in Ireland from the 1970s...
, eventual losing to finalists Saint Patricks of Palmerstown in the quarter finals losing by a single point in injury time.
On October 20 the club announced that Willie Doyle and Pat Keenan would be taking charge of the hurling team for the 2011 season. The club was relegated to Division 9 but remained at Junior E level for championship. They reached the quarter finals finishing fourth in their group behind Skerries Harps, Kilmacud Crokes and Castleknock
Castleknock gaa
Castleknock Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland. It serves the Dublin 15 area.-Grounds:...
beating Commericals and Na Fianna. They were beaten by Realt Dearg
Realt Dearg GAA
Realt Dearg is one of Dublins six hurling only clubs . The club is also the counties youngest, estabhlished in November of 2009. The teams catchment area is the South Dublin City suburbs of Rathmines, Ranelagh, Rathgar, Terenure, Donnybrook and Clonskeagh...
who were later defeated by Kilmacud Crokes in the semi final. The team took part in the Sean Walsh Hurling Tournament on October the 22nd in Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is also the smallest main county town in the country . It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon and is the largest town in the county. The population of the town was 3,163 in 2006. It is in the barony...
in Leitrim
Leitrim
-In Ireland::* County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland* Leitrim, County Leitrim, a small village in the same county* Leitrim Station, a former railway station on the defunct Cavan & Leitrim Railway* Leitrim, County Down, a small village in Northern Ireland...
. The tournament organised by Carrick Hurling Club is in memory of a former player who also played at County level who went missing in Australia. They reached the semi final playing Clonguish GAA
Clonguish GAA
Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, Co. Longford, Republic of Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889. Situated in the west of Co. Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in Co...
of Longford
Longford
Longford is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 7,622 according to the 2006 census. Approximately one third of the county's population resides in the town. Longford town is also the biggest town in the county...
, Ballinamore Sean O'Heslins of Leitrim in the group stages and St. Vincents
St Vincents GAA
St Vincents is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Marino, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1931, originally in Raheny, but it moved to its home in Marino in 1987. St Vincents merged with Marino Camogie Club in 1997 to form the St Vincents Hurling, Football and...
of Dublin in the semi final. Both Clonguish and St. Vincents who beat Erin Go Bragh reached the final with Clonguish winning it.
Adult Roll of honour
- 1906 Junior Football League Runners Up
- 1919 M.J. Kennedy of Erin go Bragh won the 1919 Dublin County Board Cross Country Novice Race
- 1921 Dublin County Board Cross Country Novice Race Winners
- 1945 Junior 'A' Football League Winners
- 1945 Junior Football League Runners Up
- 1963 Minor Football League winners
- 2009 Gus Warren Challenge Cup Runners Up (hurling)
- 2011 Junior Football AFL Division 8 Runners Up
- 2011 Junior D Football Championship Runners Up
Inter County Players
- Thomas C. Murphy 1907
- Stephen Lynch 1907
- Henessey 1907
- Francis Scully 1908
- H Murray (cross country) 1922
- H. Callaghan (cross country) 1922
Underage/Juvenile
The club is currently coaching over 150 children ranging from 4 to 15 years of age in football, hurling and camogie. A Juvenile Committee was set up to oversee the development of the clubs younger players as well as ensuring that the club has the best possible facilities available for their development. Erin Go Bragh with financial support from the Dublin County Board also provide coaching (Gaelic Promotions Officer) during school hours at three primary schools; the Mary Mother of Hope National School http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=history, Scoil Benedict, Scoil Grainne and one secondary school Colaiste Pobail Setanta.Juvenile Committee
- Juvenile Chairman: John McLeod
- Secretary: Wayne McGylnn
- Treasurer: John Kinsella
- Member: Sean Flood
- Member: Paul Crowe
- Member: Keith Edgely
- Member: Peadar Hyland
- Member: Philip Forde
Past and Present Juvenile Chairman
- Pat Keenan 1986-2007
- Niall O'Hara 2007-2009
- John McLeod: 2010–present
Gaelic promotions officers
- 2006-2008: Clare Dowdall
- 2008–2010: Michael Aherne
- 2010-: David Needham
Under age Honours
- 2011 Under 12 Gaelic Football League North, Division 5B Runners Up
- 2011 Under 12 Leinster Hurling Tournament Winners
- 2011 Under 11 Division 3 North (1 team) League Runners Up
- 2011 Under 9 Ger Canavan Annual tournament Runners Up (Div 2)
- 2010 Under 9 GormanstonGormanston, County MeathGormanston or Gormanstown is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Delvin and the northern border of County Dublin.-Access:Gormanston is near the M1 Dublin-Belfast road...
Indoor Hurling tournament Runners Up - 2009 Under 9 Gormanston Indoor Hurling tournament Winners (Pool B)http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1
- 2009 Under 9 Gormanston Indoor Hurling tournament Runners Up (Pool C)http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1
- 2008 Under 8 Gormanston Indoor Hurling tournament Runners up
- 2008 Under 11 Gaelic Football League Joint Runners up
- 1989 Under 10 Gaelic Football League Winners
Ladies Football and Camogie
In 2005 a ladies adult gaelic football team was set up shortly after the clubs relocation to the Littlepace area. The team was managed by Willie Redmond. The ladies football team finished 7th in Division 7 and picked up their first ever competitive wins in both league and championship in 2008. The first underage football and camogie teams were fielded at Under 12 in 2008. The underage section of Erin go Bragh enjoyed a good deal of success in 2008. Erin Go Bragh U12's Camogie team reached the County Championship Final in dramatic fashion with a last minute score against Cuala, however they were beaten by Good CounselGood Counsel GAA
Good Counsel GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Dublin, Ireland. The club is based in Drimnagh in the south of Dublin.-History:The club was formed in 1954. The clubs most famous player was Kevin Moran...
in the final http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV124/CV124s06.htm. The Under 12 camogie team were also runners up in Division 2 group 2 league. Four members of the Under 12 camogie tean were selected for the Under 12's Dublin Camogie development squad becoming the first players to selected for any intercounty team at the club http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV121/CV121s03.htm http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1http://www.eringobraghgaa.ie/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1. In Gaelic football the Under 12 girls team were Division 3 shield runners up to St. Peregrines
St. Peregrines
Cumann Naomh Peregrine is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland. It was founded in 1978 when a group of local people got together with Fr...
.
In 2009 the Under 13 girls football team won the Division Three Championship shield.
A separate executive committee was set up in 2010 in order to ensure the development and growth of ladies gaelic games as both the ladies football and camogie are both administered by separate county boards to the mens games in Dublin. The Under 14 team were runners up in Division 3 of the 2010 camogie league defeating Cuala
Cuala CLG
Cuala is a Dublin GAA club based in a sports and social centre in Dalkey which is situated in the south of Dublin, Ireland. Cuala has playing facilities in Dalkey, Glenageary, Meadow Vale/Clonkeen Park, Shankill and Sallynoggin...
in a play off. The Under 14s went on to win the Division 4 Championship defeating Ballyboughal in the semi final in Hunters Run, and Thomas Davis in the final on Ballinteer Saint Johns all weather pitch on October 31, 2010 [15
Following on their success in 2010, the ladies section expanded in the number of teams taking to the field for the 2011 season. Along with the now Under 15 girls camogie and football team, they also fielded teams at U13 football and camogie and at Under 10. The ladies section also took part in the gaelic for girls initiative. The Under 15s won their league in 2011. Two girls were also selected on the Under 14 Dublin Ladies Camogie development squad with Kevin Kenny also on the coaching team. The ladies section were awarded small club of the year award by the Dublin ladies gaelic Football board at their annual awards night in November 2011.
Honours
- 2011 Small Club of the Year
- 2011 Under 15 Gaelic Football Shield Winners (Division 2)
- 2011 Under 13 Gaelic Football Shield Runners Up (Division 3)
- 2011 Under 13 Gaelic Football League Runners Up (Division 4)
- 2011 Under 15 Gaelic Football League Winners (Division 3)
- 2010 Under 14 Championship Winners (Division 4)
- 2010 Under 14 Camogie League Runners Up (Division 3)
- 2009 Under 13 Ladies Gaelic Football Shield Championship Winners (Division Three)
- 2008 Under 12 Camogie Championship Runners up (Division 2 Group 2)
- 2008 Under 12 Camogie League Runners up (Division 2 Group 2)
- 2008 Under 12 Girls Gaelic Football Shield Runners Up (Division 3)
Executive Committee
- Chairmperson: Kevin Kenny
- Vice Chairperson: Jason Forbes
- Secretary: John Whelan
- Vice Secretary: Maria Padden
- Treasurer: Maria Padden
- P.R.O.:
- Registrar: Anke McElligott
- Member: Siobhan O'Brien
- Member: Patricia Knowles