Mayobridge GAA

{{Short description|Gaelic football club, County Down, Northern Ireland}}

{{Infobox GAA club

| club gaa = Mayobridge

| crest =Mayobridge_GAA_crest.jpg

| irish = Cumann Naomh Phádraig, Droichead Mhaigh Eo

| founded = 1888

| province = Ulster

| county = Down

| nickname = The 'Bridge

| colours = Sky Blue and Navy

| grounds = St. Patrick's Gaelic Athletic Social Club,
Old Road, Mayobridge

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Mayobridge Gaelic Athletic Association, also called Mayobridge Gaelic Athletic Club or Saint Patrick's Gaelic Athletic Social Club, is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.mayobridgeparish.com/gaa/|title=GAA - Mayobridge Parish & Community Website|website=www.mayobridgeparish.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcSf2l2kF3IC&q=Mayobridge&pg=PA3|title=Ireland's Professional Amateurs: A Sports Season at Its Purest|first=Andy|last=Mendlowitz|date=12 November 2007|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595899869|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mayobridgegac?lang=en|title=Mayobridge GAC (@MayobridgeGAC) - Twitter|website=twitter.com}}

File:The Clubhouse of the Mayobridge GAA Club - geograph.org.uk - 2805744.jpg

History

File:Mayobridge GAA ground, Old Road - geograph.org.uk - 2805735.jpg

The club was founded in 1888 as Saint Patrick's Mayobridge and is the oldest in County Down. The minutes of the Central Council of the GAA record that on 30 April 1888, an application for affiliation was received from St Patrick's Mayobridge County Down.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The acceptance of that application makes the club the oldest registered GAA club in the county.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} Mayobridge won the county title in 1918 and 1919. The youth club and later club grounds were opened in 1978.{{cite web|url=http://mayobridgegaa.com/history/|title=History - C.L.G Droichead Mhaigh Eo|publisher=}}

Mayobridge enjoyed a golden age around the turn of the millennium, winning eight senior county titles in ten years (1999 to 2008) and reaching the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice, in 2001 and 2004.

Honours

Down Senior Football Championship (10): 1918, 1919, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Down Junior Football Championship (1): 1981
Down Minor Football Championship (4): 1980, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2023{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Down/ClubTitles|title=HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling|website=hoganstand.com}}

Notable players

Brendan Coulter
Conor Garvey{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/173250|title=Garvey ruled out of Ulster final|work=Hogan Stand|date=12 July 2012|quote=The Mayobridge defender received a retrospective ban from the CCCC for an alleged stamp on Monaghan's Karl O'Connell during last month's dramatic Ulster semi-final, which saw Down come from nine points down to win by a point.}}
Mickey Linden{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/gaa/mickey-linden-down-county-final-396980|title=Watch: 55-Year-Old Down Legend Hits Monstrous Point In County Final|first=Arthur James|last=O'Dea|publisher=}}
Tom O'Hare
Charlie Smyth

References

External links

[http://mayobridgegaa.com/ Official site]

Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Down

Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Down