Dublin GAA

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Irish:	Áth Cliath
Nickname(s):	The Dubs; The Jacks/Jackies; The Boys in Blue
Province:	Leinster
Dominant sport:	Gaelic football
Ground(s):	Parnell Park, Dublin
County colours:	Sky Blue and Navy Blue
County teams
NFL:	Division 1A
NHL:	Division 2A
Football Championship:	Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:	Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:	Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:	O'Duffy Cup

The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath) or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.

Information

General

Dublin play their home league games at Parnell Park in Donnycarney on Dublin's northside. The venue also hosts all the major games in the Dublin club Football and Hurling championships. The current football manager is Paul Caffrey of Na Fianna The current hurling team manager is Tommy Naughton . Dublin claimed two Leinster football champions in a rowara one point victory over Laois in 2005 and a nine point victory over Offaly in 2006 while the hurlers retained their status in the Liam McCarthy Cup this year.

Past Presidents

Three men from Dublin have served as President of the GAA

Daniel McCarthy 1921 - 1924
Sean Ryan 1928 - 1932
Joseph Stuart 1958 - 1961

The Fans

The supporters of the Dublin team on match days, to which the name The Dubs is commonly applied, are often called one of the best or one of the worst set of fans within GAA circles. This contradiction is best explained by the fact that while many consider the colour and noise that Dublin support brings to the game to be unrivalled, others consider many of the Dublin supporters to be soccer fans. This may have derived from the 1970s when Heffo's army was on the march. As can be seen in this clip of the '74 final, the fans of the time had taken inspiration from English soccer fans with the flags and songs , especially You'll Never Walk Alone .

The Hill 16 end in Croke Park is an area for which many Dubs hold a special affection and it is not uncommon to see the Hill be filled entirely with Dubs, with perhaps a few opposing supporters . This has given rise to the chant that "Hill 16 is Dublin only"".

The Dublin team is often called the The Jacks with the ladies called The Jackies these names came from a shorting of the word 'Jackeen' a word used by some country folk in referring derogatively to Dubliners.

Famous Fans

Restructuring

The GAA conducted a review of the structure of the Dublin team in 2002, and investigated the feasibility of dividing the team into more population-appropriate structures. Plans to divide Dublin into two teams, North Dublin and South Dublin, were proposed in 2002 but were rejected by the Dublin County Board.

Currently the Dublin County Board has only decided to divide its development teams .These teams are not to be considered a move towards dividing the county but are in fact a move designed to identify and develop young talent for the County as a whole. The restructured developments teams are North, South and West.

New County Crest

In 2003/4 the Dublin County Board tried unsuccessfully to copyright the Dublin crest in use at the time . The crest at the time was declared to be in the public domain by the Irish High Court as it was too similar to other crests in use by Dublin City Council and other Dublin sports bodies. In line with other county boards at the time, in order to prevent further loss of revenue, the county board designed a new crest which could be copyrighted and registered as a trade mark, which drew from the county's historical past.

The Crest signifies three castles in flame (Dublin City Coat of Arms), a raven (Fingal), A Viking Longboat (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown) and a book (South Dublin). The Name Áth Cliath in Irish replaces the previous Crests "Dublin".

Gaelic Football

History

Dublin first won the All-Ireland in 1891 beating Cork by a 2-1 to 1-1 margin. They won the All-Ireland the following year with victory over Kerry. The Dublin team of the 70's are considered, by some, to be the greatest team of all time. The team of that era won 4 All-Irelands('74, '76, '78 and '83) and won 5 Leinster titles(4 in-a-row) under Kevein Heffernan.

Dublin and Meath were involved in the most famous of Leinster championship encounters in 1991, the Dublin and Meath 4 in-a-row tie. The teams had to go to three replays in their Leinster championship first round match before a winner could be found. This series of games had the added factor of the Dublin and Meath being long standing rivals, a rivalry that was increased due to Meath winning the 4 out of the last 5 Leinster Championships and 2 All-Irelands over the previous 5 years to replace Dublin as the strongest team in Leinster. Meath eventfully won the series thanks to a last minute goal, scored by Kevin Foley, in the third replay. This game is seen as being crucial in putting the GAA back in the spotlight following Irelands great run in the previous years world cup, which had put the sporting public's attention firmly on soccer.

Honours

For more details on this topic, see here

The Dubs are second on the all time Senior All-Ireland football list with 22, the most recent win coming in 1995.

Current Players

Player	First Senior Year	Position	Club
Jason Sherlock	1995	Corner Forward	Na Fianna
Kevin Bonner	2006		St Brigids
Paul Casey			St Sylvesters
Coman Goggins	2000	Corner Back	Ballinteer St. Johns
Senan Connell			Na Fianna
Stephen O’Shaughnessy	2005	Left Full-Back	Lucan Sarsfields
Barry Cahill		Right Half Back/ Full Back
Tomás Quinn		Half Forward/Full Forward	St. Vincent's
David Henry			Raheny
Peadar Andrews		Left Half Back	St. Brigid's
Conal Keaney	2005	Full Forward	Ballyboden St. Enda's
Ciarán Whelan	1996	Mid Field	Raheny
Paddy Christie		Center Back	Ballymun Kickhams
Stephen Cluxton		Goalkeeper	Parnells
Ray Cosgrove	1999	Full Forward	Kilmacud Crokes
Darren Magee		Midfield	Kilmacud Crokes
Mark Vaughan	2005	Right Corner Forward	Kilmacud Crokes
Bryan Cullen		Left Corner Forward	Skerries Harps
Alan Brogan		Full Forward	St. Oliver Plunkett's
Shane Ryan		Defence/Midfield/Forward	Naomh Mearnog GAA
Paul Griffin	2004	Corner Back	Kilmacud Crokes

Dublin Senior Club Football Championship

The Dublin Senior Club Football Championship is an annual club competition between the top Dublin clubs. The winners of the Dublin Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Football Club Championship. The current (2005) Dublin County Champions are Kilmacud Crokes who claimed their 5th Dublin Senior Championship title. The first winners of the Dublin football championship were Erins Hope in 1887. St Vincents have won the most titles with a total of 24.

Hurling

History

Hurling is very much the weaker Gaelic sport in Dublin with the last All Ireland win coming in 1938 .

In the 2005 league Dublin where relegated to Division Two in the National Hurling League . While the minor side won the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1983.

After winning all their games in the league in 2006, Dublin Hurlers gained promotion to Division One with a 0-17 to 1-06 victory over Kerry in the Division Two Final.

Honours

For more details on this topic, see here

Handball

Camogie

History

Honours

Ladies' Gaelic football

History

Honours

Famous Players

Player	First Senior Year	Last Senior Year	Position	Club
Kevin Heffernan	1951	1960	Left corner forward	St Vincent’s
Brian Mullins	1974	1985	Midfield
Paddy Gogarty			Corner Forward	Raheny
Jimmy Keaveney				St Vincent's
Kevin Moran				Good Counsel
Dessie Farrell		2005	Full Forward	Na Fianna
Barney Rock	1979	1991	Centre Back	Ballymun Kickhams

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