St Vincents GAA

Infobox GAA club
club gaa = St Vincents
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irish = Naomh Uinsionn
county = Dublin
province=Leinster
nickname = Vinnys
colours = White and Blue
grounds = Páirc Naomh Uinsionn
founded = 1931
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St Vincents is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Marino, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1931, originally in Raheny, but it moved to its home in Marino in 1987. St Vincents merged with Marino Camogie Club in 1997 to form the St Vincents Hurling, Football and Camogie Club. [http://www.stvincentsgaa.ie/About.aspx?Mode=H] They are the current champions of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship < [http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/mhojmhojcwgb/ St Vincent's in gritty battle for title | Sport | BreakingNews.ie ] ]

Honours

Football

Vincents have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship 25 times, their nearest rivals are O'Tooles who have won the Dublin Championship on 11 occasions. St Vincents won in the years: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 2007. The team were narrowly defeated by UCD in the 2006 Dublin final. St Vincents eventually won the Dublin championships in 2007 for their first title since 1984. Defeated reigning All Ireland champions, Crossgmaglen, in Navan on February 24 to reach All Ireland decider to face Nemo Rangers whom they beat by 1-11 to 0-13 in the final at Croke Park [ [http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?id=9746&mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&viewstory=yes HILL 16 ] ]

* Two 6 in a rows
* Two 3 in a rows A remarkable 7 in a row which would have led to 13 in row was stopped by Erins Hope in 1956 and yet another 7 in a row was stopped in 1963 by UCD.

They have also won four Leinster football titles in the 2007-2008, 1984-85, 1975-76 and 1972-73 seasons. St Vincents highest accolades to date were their two All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship titles in 1976 and 2008.

St Vincents are also the most successful club in the Dublin Minor Football Championship. They have won the competition on twenty three occasions in 1994, 1987, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1971, 1970, 1959, 1958, 1956, 1955, 1950, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1943, 1942 and 1936. This is a record that is unlikely to be rivalled for many years despite Vincents not winning a title since 1994 when they defeated a much fancied St. Brigids 2-07 to 1-08, with Colin Doyle, Eamonn Peel and Darren Kehoe starring, as the closest rivals Ballyboden St Endas, Scoil Uí Chonaill and O'Tooles have only won five titles.

St. Vincents also captured a remarkable double double in 1993/94 capturing the U21 Football & Hurling Championships two years in a row.

Hurling

St Vincents are more renowned for their football exploits, they have been very successful as a senior hurling side. St Vincents have won the Dublin Hurling Championship 13 times, collecting the title in years 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1988 and 1993. St Vincents competed in the 2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship final but lost to Ballyboden St Endas.

Notable Players

Football

*Pat Canavan
*Kevin Heffernan,
*Des Foley
*Jimmy Keaveney
*Tony Hanahoe
*Brian Mullins
*Bobby Doyle
*Diarmuid Connolly
*Gay O'Driscoll
*Pat Gilroy
*Tomás Quinn
*Ger Brennan
*Jackie Gilroy
*Mícheál O'Shea
*David Gillick

Hurling

*Des Foley
*Lar Foley
*Kevin Heffernan
*Damien Russell
*Tom. Russell
*Rónán Fallon
*Dermot Connolly
*Declan Qualter

References

See also

*Dublin GAA
*Dublin GAA Honours
*Dublin Senior Club Football Championship

External links

* [http://www.stvincentsgaa.ie/ St Vincents Official Website]
* [http://www.hill16.ie/ Official Dublin GAA Website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/dublin/index.htm Dublin Club GAA]