St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA
St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh (Irish: Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Eoghan Ruadh ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated on the Navan Road on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh senior football team are sponsored by Dublin Bus. Plunketts won the 2006 Dublin AFL Division 2 title and won the 2007 Dublin AFL Division 1 title. Plunketts currently compete in the Dublin Senior Hurling League Division 2 and Dublin Senior B, Division 2 Camogie League.
| Founded: | 1936 | ||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Plunketts | ||||||||
| Colours: | Maroon and Gold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Martin Savage Park/Glendu Park Navan Road | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°22′30.87″N 6°19′18.60″W | ||||||||
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History
Achievements
- Dublin Senior Football Championship: Runners-up: (3)
- 2008, 2011, 2014
- Dublin Senior 2 Football Championship: Winners
- 2016
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: Winners
- 1951 (as Eoghan Ruadh)
- Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship: Winners
- 2015
- Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship: Winners (3)
- 1955 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1978 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1985 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's)
- Dublin Junior Football Championship: Winners (1)
- 2017
- Dublin Junior Hurling Championship: Winners (5)
- 1929 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1934 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1942 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 1946 (as Eoghan Ruadh), 2001 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's)
- Dublin Junior C Football Championship Winner
- 2009
- Dublin Junior B Hurling Championship Winners
- 2014
- Dublin Junior C Hurling Championship Winners
- 2013
- Dublin Junior D Hurling Championship Winners
- 2011
- Dublin Junior F Hurling Championship Winners
- 2012
- Dublin AFL Division 1: Winners (1)
- 2007
- Dublin AFL Division 2: Winners (1)
- 2006
- Dublin AFL Div. 7 Winners
- 2014
- Dublin AFL Div. 9 Winners
- 2017
- Dublin Minor B Football Championship Winners
- 2016
- Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship Winner
- 1975 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1988 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's)
- Dublin Under 21 B Hurling Championship Winner
- 2018
- Dublin Minor A Hurling Championship Winners (14)
- 1937 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1938 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1939 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1940 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1941 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1942 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1972, (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1973 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1974 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1977 (as Eoghan Ruadhs), 1980(as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1984 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1986 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's), 1987 (as St. Oliver Plunkett's)
- Dublin Minor B Hurling Championship Winners
- 2013, 2017
Camogie
Eoghan Ruadh camogie club were All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Champions in 1967 in 1967. The club was founded in 1937 by Muriel Munnelly, Annie Hogan, Elsie Hickey and the O’Briens in Aughrim Street Parish, Dublin.[1] The club was promoted to the senior grade in 1939 and has remained in the top level since. They won their first Dublin senior championship in 1953 and a three-in-a-row from 1967 to 1969. Two presidents of the Camogie Association, Pat Rafferty and Phyllis Breslin, and Dublin chairperson, Anne Ashton, played on the winning 1967 team.
Notable players
- Alan Brogan, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Bernard Brogan, current senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Paul Brogan, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Mick Galvin, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Declan Lally, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Ross McConnell, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Ciarán McKeever, current senior inter-county footballer for Armagh
- Anthony Moyles, former senior inter-county footballer for Meath
- Jason Sherlock, former senior inter-county footballer for Dublin
- Gareth Smith, former senior inter-county footballer for Cavan
- Peter Lyons, former senior inter-county footballer for Sligo
- Ciarán Shannon, former wrestler and Lord of the Garage.
- Sean Clerkin, former u-16 inter-county hurler and bad bad man.
References
- Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5