St Gall's Gaelic Athletic Club is a sports club based in
Belfast
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,
County Antrim
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It competes in the
Antrim leagues and championships of the
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 ...
, in
Gaelic football
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and
ladies' Gaelic football
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.
Football
In 2010, they won the
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
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The current champions are Cuala of D ...
, their first title by defeating
Kilmurry Ibrickane of
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in the final at
Croke Park
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.
Lenny Harbinson
Lenny Harbinson is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He managed his native Antrim between 2017 and 2020.
He played for St Gall's and Antrim and led a sales team.
Appointed Antrim senior manager in late 2017, he was unable to gain p ...
, who went on to manage Antrim, was manager of St Gall's at the time.
Notable players
Senior inter-county players
Men's Gaelic football
;
Antrim
*
CJ McGourty
*
Kevin McGourty
Paul Walsh
;
Cavan
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*
Rory Gallagher
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;
Fermanagh
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*
Rory Gallagher
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Hurling
;
Antrim
*
CJ McGourty
Ladies' Gaelic football
;
Antrim
*
Michelle Drayne
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Others
; netball internationals
*
Michelle Drayne
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Football Titles
*
Antrim Senior Football Championship
The Antrim Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Antrim GAA. The winners of the championship represent Antrim in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship ...
(19)
** 1933, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
*
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament organised by Ulster GAA. It is played between the Senior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition was first held in 1968 an ...
(3)
** 1982, 2005, 2009
*
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London.
The current champions are Cuala of D ...
(1)
** 2010
Hurling Titles
*
Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship
The Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition, organised by Antrim GAA.
The championship forms the second-tier of Hurling in Antrim. It is contested by the eleven clubs ranked 9–19 in the Antrim championship sy ...
(3)
** 1997, 2009, 2019
*
Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
The Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster GAA, Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...
(2)
** 2009, 2019
*
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate 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 second highes ...
** Runners-up 2010
Ladies' Football Titles
* Antrim Senior Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2011
* Ulster Intermediate Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2010
* Antrim Intermediate Ladies Football Championship (1)
** 2010
References
External links
St Gall's club websiteAntrim GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in County Antrim
Hurling clubs in County Antrim
Sports clubs and teams in Belfast
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