Patrick Sarsfields Gaelic Athletic Association is a

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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 ...

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and

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club based in West

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History

Patrick Sarsfields were founded on 6 October 1906 and were named after the Jacobite leader

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan ( 1655 – 21 August 1693) was an Irish army officer. Killed at Landen in 1693 while serving in the French Royal Army, he is now best remembered as an Irish patriot and military hero. Born into a wealthy C ...

(c. 1660 – 1693). In

, they have only won the county championship once, in 1974. That year they reached the final of the

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested ...

, losing to Ballycran. The

team have been county champions four times, most recently in 1985. The club attracted media attention in 2016 after two Syrian refugee children, Ahmed and Renad Soda, were stars of their underage teams.

Honours

Gaelic football

* Antrim Senior Football Championship (4): 1913, 1941, 1967, 1985 *Antrim Senior Football League (8): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1962, 1969, 1974, 1985 *Antrim Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1995 *Antrim Intermediate Football League (2): 1935, 1936 *Antrim Junior Football Championship (5): 1940, 2017 *Beringer Cup (2): 1955, 2006 *Antrim Minor Football Championship (2): 1963, 1985

Hurling

* Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1974 *Antrim Senior Hurling League (3): 1930s * Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1972, 2017 *Antrim Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1930, 1932 *South Antrim Hurling League (4): 1949, 1956, 1958, 2021 *South Antrim Junior Hurling Championship (4): 1941, 1944, 1953, 1984

References

External links

Official page
Gaelic games clubs in County Antrim Gaelic football clubs in County Antrim Sports clubs and teams in Belfast Hurling clubs in County Antrim {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub