Naomh Éanna GAA (Gorey)
Naomh Éanna GAA is a hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland.St.Enda’s
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| Founded: | 1970 | ||||||||
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| County: | Wexford | ||||||||
| Nickname: | St. Enda’s | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and White, Yellow socks. | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Páirc Uí Shíocháin/Áras Naomh Éanna, Clonattin Road, Gorey | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52.681755°N 6.274394°W | ||||||||
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History
The hurling club was founded in 1970 by a group of Christian Brothers and takes its name from Scoil Éanna, the school founded by Patrick Pearse.[1]
The camogie team was revived in 2002.[2][3]
Naomh Éanna won the Wexford IHC in 2015, advanced to the 2015–16 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship where they lost to Kiltale (Meath). Naomh Éanna were also promoted to the senior championship, winning their first senior hurling county title in 2018.[4][5][6]
Honours
- Wexford Senior Hurling Championship: (2) 2018, 2023
- Wexford Premier Division U14 Hurling Championship: 2017
- Wexford Premier Division U15 Hurling Championship: 2018
- Wexford Premier Division U14 Football Championship: 2017
- Wexford Premier Division U15 Football Championship: 2018
- Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship: 4 1974, 1990, 2001, 2015
- Wexford Intermediate A Hurling Championship: 1 2012
- Wexford Premier Division U17 Football Championship 2019
- Wexford Premier Division U17 Hurling Championship 2020
Notable players
- Billy Byrne
- Ger Cushe
- Cathal Dunbar
- Rory Kinsella
- Conor McDonald
- Shane McGuckin (played county hurling for Offaly)
References
- "Tom Duffy's Circus". www.facebook.com.
- "Naomh Eanna - Wexford Camogie". wexfordcamogie.ie.
- Honohan, Iseult; Rougier, Nathalie (25 October 2018). Tolerance and Diversity in Ireland, North and South. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780719097201 – via Google Books.
- "Naomh Eanna make history in Wexford".
- Fagan, Ronan (21 October 2018). "Naomh Éanna claim historic first Wexford senior crown".
- Nolan, Pat (20 October 2018). "Conor McDonald opens up about Naomh Eanna's 'surreal' Wexford final build-up".
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