St Patrick's GAC is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

. The club was founded in 1950 and the current playing field is situated in

Lisburn Lisburn ( ; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with t ...

. The GAA club currently plays

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

only and has the ranks from juvenile up to senior. The club participates in competitions organized by Antrim county board.

History

Founded in 1965 (but unofficially in 1950) the GAA club started out doing only Gaelic Football but has enjoyed a spell of

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

in 2007 but ending due to coach numbers in hurling. It also has a Scor group which enjoyed general success.

U-10

(U-10 U-8 and U-6 included) These teams are gaining strength and many of them have gone on to play for the U-12 which enjoy great success.

U12

Due to the GAA's decision to start the go games format of an A and B team. This squad are coming on well with 2 defeats in 8 matches.

Crest

The St Pat's crest consists of a flame, a castle, and the red hand of Ulster.

External links

Official St Patrick's Club website
1950 establishments in Northern Ireland Gaelic games clubs in County Down Gaelic football clubs in County Down {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub