St Patrick's GAC is a

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

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

. 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 th ...

. The GAA club currently plays

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

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 ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of pla ...

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