St John's GAA (Antrim)
Antrim-based Gaelic games club
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St John's GAA (Irish: Naomh Eoin CLG)[1] is a Gaelic football, hurling and ladies' Gaelic football club in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The club, which was established in 1929,[2] is based at Corrigan Park in West Belfast.[3]
History
The club was founded in 1929, shortly after the opening of St. John The Evangelist Church (in the Catholic parish of St. John's) in Belfast.[1]
St John's GAA have won the Antrim Senior Football Championship on several occasions and won the Ulster Senior Club Football title in 1977.[4] The club reached the final of the 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.[5] The club also fields hurling teams and were awarded the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship title in 1973.[6]
Notable people
- Michael Bradley, hurler[7]
- John Gough, refereed the 1983 All-Ireland SFC final[1]
- Andy McCallin, 1971 Antrim All Star[5][8]
- Peter McGinnity, Fermanagh footballer who played with St John's in the 1970s[9]
Honours
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1977[4]
- Antrim Senior Football Championship (24): 1945, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1998[10]
- Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1973[1]
- Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (8): 1934, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1973,[11] 2025[12]
