St Fechin's GAA 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 ...

(GAA) club that fields teams in competitions organised by

Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. It oversees competitions such as the Louth Senior Fo ...

. It is located in the seaside village of

Termonfeckin Termonfeckin or Termonfechin () is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is within a civil parish of the same name, and is north-east of Drogheda. The population of the village almost quadrupled in the period between the 199 ...

, part of Beaulieu parish. Former

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county footballer Fr Shane Cullen helped found the club in 1941. Paddy McGlew, who played football with the club, was Chairman of

from 1988 to 1991. In the late 1990s St Fechin's purchased a 27-acre site at Beaulieu, which would become their new home. The official opening was performed by then GAA president Seán Kelly in August 2003.

Clogherhead Clogherhead () is a fishing village in County Louth, Ireland. Located in a natural bay on the east coast it is bordered by the villages of Annagassan to the north and Termonfeckin to the south. It has a population of 2,145 according to the 2 ...

club Dreadnots are the clubs local rivals and

Knockbridge GAA Knockbridge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Knockbridge, County Louth, Ireland. Founded in 1999, the club is solely concerned with the game of hurling. The club has won 12 Louth Senior Hurling Championship titles. History ...

are the clubs biggest rivals in hurling.

Football

As of 2025, the club competes in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 of the county football Leagues. Paul Clarke is the manager of the senior team.

Honours

Louth Senior Football Championship The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster ...

(2): 1983, 1984 *

Cardinal O'Donnell Cup The Cardinal O'Donnell Cup is an annual senior league competition organised by Louth GAA for the Division 1 teams in Gaelic football in County Louth. Format All 12 teams play each other once, with the top four traditionally qualifying for the se ...

(1): 1985 * ACC Cup (3): 1980, 1989, 1990 *

Louth Intermediate Football Championship The Louth Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA, among the intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. History The competition, introduced as a bridg ...

(1): 2021 * Louth Intermediate Football League (2): 2014, 2019 * Dealgan Milk Products/Paddy Sheelan Shield (2): 1998, 2018 *

Louth Junior Football Championship The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the cou ...

(3): 1965, 1976, 2011 * Louth Junior A Football League (3): 1975, 1979, 2010 * Kevin Mullen Shield (1): 2010 *

Louth Junior 2A Football Championship The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. Formerly known as the Second Division Championship, it was renam ...

(2): 1961, 1978 *

Louth Junior 2A Football League The Louth Junior 2A Football League, or Division 4 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition that was introduced by Louth GAA in 1941 and contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. The captain of ...

(1): 1956, 1957, 1958 * Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4B) (2): 1998, 2010 * Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4C) (1): 2008 *

Louth Under-21 Football Championship The Louth Under-21 Football Championship was an annual competition organised by Louth GAA for Gaelic football teams in County Louth. History First contested in 1972, the inaugural winners were Cooley Kickhams. As is the case nationally, amalgam ...

(4): 1976, 1977, 2008, 2021 * Louth Minor Football League (1): 2006 * Louth Minor B Football Championship (1): 2010 ''Shared with Dreadnots''

Inter-county players

St Fechin's players who have represented Louth at

inter-county Inter-county, is Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) List of Gaelic games terminology, terminology which refers to competitions or matches between County (Gaelic games), counties, as used in Gaelic games (differently from legal counties). The term c ...

level include: * John Crosbie * John Maguire * Paddy McGlew * Patrick Duff * Matt McDermott * Johnny McDonnell * Frank Brannigan * Ronan Holcroft * Bevan Duffy * David Collier * Eoghan Duffy * Paul Matthews * Niall McDonnell

Hurling

The club started juvenile Hurling in 1997 and entered a team in the Louth Senior Hurling Championship for the first time in 2003. In 2015, St Fechin's became county champions for the first time after defeating Pearse Óg in the final at Páirc Uí Mhuirí.

Honours

* Louth Senior Hurling Championship (6): 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Louth Senior Hurling League (4): 2013, 2016, 2020, 2022 2024

References

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