Cuala GAA club (or ''Cuala GAC'', ) is a

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club based in

Dalkey Dalkey ( ; ) is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became a port in the Middle Ages. According to chronicler John Clyn (c.1286–c.1349), it was one of the port ...

in the south of

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, Ireland. It fields teams in

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competitions. Cuala is primarily based in a sports and social centre in

, and also has playing facilities in

Glenageary Glenageary ( ) is an area on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. While it has no formal boundary, it is surrounded by the areas of Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, Glasthule, Johnsto ...

, Meadow Vale/Clonkeen Park, Shankill and

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. The club name derives from Cualu or Cuala, an ancient kingdom of Ireland that stretched roughly from the Liffey to

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History

The club was founded as a result of a merger between Dalkey Mitchels and Cuala Casements in 1974. The club won consecutive

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...

s in 2017 and 2018. The club won their first Dublin Senior Football Championship title in 2024 after defeating reigning champions Kilmacud Crokes 0-14 to 1-10 in the final and then went on to win the Leinster SFC and All Ireland SFC becoming only the second club ever to win All Irelands in both codes The club replaced the

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of stockbrokers as its jersey sponsor with biotech company

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in 2019 as part of a deal that attracted notice outside the area.

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sponsors the hurlers.

Notable players

Mick Holden Mick Holden (3 October 1954 – 26 September 2007) was a Gaelic footballer and hurler for Dublin and Cuala CLG. Playing career Holden was on the 1983 All-Ireland winning Dublin side that defeated Galway by a scoreline of 1–10 to 1–8. He a ...

, represented Dublin at all levels both hurling and football, 1983 Senior All-Ireland football winner * Michael Fitzsimons, member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Championship in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. One of three players to have won a record breaking 9 All-Ireland Senior Football winners medals. * Con O'Callaghan, member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. * David Treacy Dublin senior hurler *

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Dublin senior hurler * Oisín Gough Dublin senior hurler

Honours

Hurling

Winners 2016–17 2017–18 *

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associa ...

Winners

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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Dublin Senior Hurling Championship The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1887 for the top hurling clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Sixteen clubs compete. In ...

Winners – 1989, 1991, 1994, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 *

Dublin Senior Hurling League The Dublin Senior Hurling League is a league competition for the top hurling clubs in Dublin. The 2010 champions were Craobh Chiaráin who defeated rivals Crumlin to claim the title. The 2011 winners were Kilmacud Crokes who beat 2010 finalist ...

Winners 1976, 1980, 1991, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 *

Dublin Junior Hurling Championship The Dublin Junior Hurling championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling competition of Dublin GAA, Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following ...

Winners 1977, 1985, 1993 * Dublin Junior B Hurling Championship 2018 * Dublin Minor B Hurling Championship Winners 2015 * Boland Cup Winners 1983 *

Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship The Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the under-21 hurlers of Dublin clubs. The current (2017) under 21 champions of Dublin are Na Fianna who beat Ballyboden St Enda's 2-17 ...

Winners 2009 * Dublin Minor D Hurling Championship Winners 2007, 2020

Camogie

* Dublin Camogie Division 4 League Winners 2017 * Dublin Camogie Division 5 League Winners 2016 * Dublin Camogie Division 7 League Winners 2016 * Dublin Camogie Division 5 Championship Winners 2015 * All Ireland Féile Divisional Finalist 2015

Ladies' Gaelic Football

* Dublin Junior D Ladies Football Championship Winners 2004 * Dublin Junior C Ladies Football Championship Winners 2006 * Dublin Div 2 Feile Ladies Football Championship nder 14s'' Winners 2007 * Dublin Div 4 League Ladies Football Winners 2010 * Dublin Group B Ladies Football Championship Winners 2010 * Dublin Junior Ladies Football Championship 2017 * Leinster Junior Ladies Football Championship 2017

Men's Gaelic football

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...

Winners 2024–25 *

Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

Winners

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Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of t ...

Winners

Dublin Under 21 Football Championship The Dublin Under 21 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the under-21 Gaelic footballers of Dublin clubs. The current (2022) under 21 champions of Dublin are Ballinteer St. John's who beat Ba ...

Winners 1976, 2009, 2019 * Dublin Under 21 Football League Winners 1976 *

Dublin Junior Football Championship The Dublin Junior Football 1 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 ...

Winners 1978 * Dublin Junior B Football Championship: Winners 2008 *

Dublin Intermediate Football Championship The Dublin Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Qualification for subsequent competitions Leinster ...

Winners 1981, 2012 * Loving Cup Winners 1981 * Dublin AFL Div. 3 Winners 1985 * Dublin AFL Div. 4 Winners 2002 * Dublin AFL Div. 8 Winners 2002, 2016 * Dublin AFL Div. 10S Winners 2010 *

Dublin Minor Football Championship The Dublin Minor Football Championship "A" is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between the top teams in minor (under-18) Gaelic football in County Dublin County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, coun ...

Winners 2006, 2013 * Leinster Minor Club Football Championship Winners 2006 * Dublin Senior B Football Championship Winners 2015,2020,2021 * Dublin Feile Div 4 Football Winners 2017

References

External links

* {{Dublin clubs Dalkey Gaelic games clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Gaelic football clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Hurling clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Camogie clubs in County Dublin