St Brigid's GAA 75th Anniversary Celebrations Kick off

A re-union of Players from the 1950's and 1960's was held in Russell Park on Friday night. A large number of ex players attended and the proceedings went on until the early hours. This was the first of a series of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the club. St Brigid's G.A.A. Club was founded in February 1932 when Johnnie Steward, together with his brother Liam and Pat Anderson , Billy McEntee Paddy Keane, Archie McEntee, Paddy Smith, Jeremy O'Neill, Billy Monaghan and Jim Mansfield got together in a shed in the parish field in Blanchardstown to form the Club .

In 1934 the late Tom Russell N.T. was appointed Principal of Blanchardstown School and he took an interest in the Club . He was Chairman of Peadar Mackin G.A.A. Club , Westland Row and had a great wealth of knowledge about Gaelic games . Tom resigned the following year from the Peadar Mackin Club to join St. Brigid's . He later served as Chairman of the Dublin County Board from 1947 to 1956 .

The then small villages of Blanchardstown of Castleknock are now rapidly expanding suburbs of Dublin and the need to provide sporting facilities for the youth of the area is greater than ever.

St Brigid's fields over 60 teams and contest the Dublin Senior Football and hurling championships. The club was promoted to senior level in 1958 when they won the Intermediate championship that year and a feature of the gathering on Friday was the presence of many members of that 1958 team. Further nights will be held to remember teams from the 1970's 80's and 90's.

L-R Tommy Phelan, Johnny Brophy, Willie Hughes, Pat McGovern, Herbie Hughes (Club Pesident), Eugene Tully, Paddy Downey, Fergal Mc Court, Jim Fay, Dinny O'Brien

Matt Farrell & Sean Moyles

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