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.

St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh GAA Club
Founded:1936
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
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Dublin
champions
Football: 0 0 0

History


Achievements

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

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5


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