Trinity Gaels
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Trinity Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Donaghmede
in Dublin, Ireland
. Trinity Gaels were founded in 1975 to cater for the growing population in the Donaghmede area. The club got their name from the local Roman Catholic parish name, the parish of the Holy Trinity. Gaels won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship
in 1994 and therefore qualified to senior status. For the past few seasons Gaels have been playing in Division 1 of the league. Trinity Gaels played in Fr Collins Park, Hole in the Wall Road, until the middle of the 2006 season when they moved to new purpose built grounds including clubhouse and floodlit pitches on Drumnigh Road. A book entitled “Trinity Gaels – a look back through the last years”, was launched at the Hilton Hotel, Malahide Road on January 15, 2007 to celebrate 30 years of the clubs existence.http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=7659&viewstory=yes
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club based in Donaghmede
Donaghmede
Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...
in Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Trinity Gaels were founded in 1975 to cater for the growing population in the Donaghmede area. The club got their name from the local Roman Catholic parish name, the parish of the Holy Trinity. Gaels won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship
Dublin Intermediate Football Championship
The Dublin Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Dublin Clubs. The winners of the Dublin Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the...
in 1994 and therefore qualified to senior status. For the past few seasons Gaels have been playing in Division 1 of the league. Trinity Gaels played in Fr Collins Park, Hole in the Wall Road, until the middle of the 2006 season when they moved to new purpose built grounds including clubhouse and floodlit pitches on Drumnigh Road. A book entitled “Trinity Gaels – a look back through the last years”, was launched at the Hilton Hotel, Malahide Road on January 15, 2007 to celebrate 30 years of the clubs existence.http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=7659&viewstory=yes
Honours
- 1982 National Hurling Feile title
- 1986 Minor Football League Division One winners
- 1988 Dublin Junior Football ChampionshipDublin Junior Football ChampionshipThe Dublin Junior Football 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 also represent Dublin in the Leinster Junior Club...
winners - 1994 Dublin Intermediate Football ChampionshipDublin Intermediate Football ChampionshipThe Dublin Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Dublin Clubs. The winners of the Dublin Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the...
winners - 1994 Dublin Junior Hurling ChampionshipDublin Junior Hurling ChampionshipThe Dublin Junior Hurling championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year...
winners - 1994 Camogie Intermediate Championship winners
- 1995 Intermediate Hurling League and ChampionshipDublin Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipDublin Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Intermediate Dublin Clubs. The winners of the Dublin Championship qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling B Championship. The 2006 intermediate champions were Round Towers who beat Thomas...
double - 1999 Senior Division 2 League winners
- 2007 Junior League 8 Winners & Murphy Cup Winners
- 2008 Junior League 7 Winners & Murphy Cup winners
- 2010 division 6 football feile winners & division 7 league
- 2011 division 8 football feile winners
Notable players
- Vinny Murphy Former All Star and All Ireland winner
- Brendan O'Brien Former intercounty player
- Dean KellyDean KellyDean Kelly , is an Irish professional footballer who is currently playing for League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers.- Early career :...