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CLG Na Fianna

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CLG Na Fianna
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CLG Na Fianna (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Na Fianna) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasnevin, in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It operates as a sporting and social club to the neighbouring residential areas and is involved in the promotion of Gaelic games — Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, handball and rounders—and the traditional Irish pursuits of music and dance.

For the Meath GAA club of the same name, see Na Fianna CLG (Meath).
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History

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Na Fianna was officially formed as a club on 25 April 1955, when 201 members transferred from C.J. Kickham GAA Club to form Cumann Luthchleas Gael Na Fianna. The club's first annual general meeting took place on 27 October 1955. Na Fianna's first clubhouse was originally transported from the Guinness Sports Grounds in Crumlin to Mobhi Road but was burnt to the ground in May 1967. The members built a new clubhouse five years after the fire. Aras Na Fianna was the first GAA clubhouse in the country to include a members' bar and cater for all GAA sports including a handball alley. It served its members for almost 20 years before a further extension was built. Further extensions and a major refurbishment was again undertaken, in 2005, to accommodate an increase in membership in the intervening period.[1]

Na Fianna is a member of the Dublin GAA bodies in all the Gaelic codes of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, ladies' football and handball. It is affiliated to the national organisation, the Gaelic Athletic Association. Being in the parish of Glasnevin, it connects to the many family residents in the Mobhi Road/ Homefarm Road/ Ballymun Road/ Botanic Road axis, while extending its influence[clarification needed] to the edges of Phibsboro, North Circular Road, Glasnevin Avenue, Drumcondra Road and Griffith Avenue, thus taking in all the Iona and Drumcondra residents also. The club also has affiliations with the several local schools, both primary and post-primary, in this catchment area.[citation needed]

In terms of Irish culture, the Na Fianna Céilí is a longstanding tradition at the club, and the club has also been involved in GAA Scór events.[citation needed] Céilí music and dancing is a regular feature in the club hall, while informal music sessions are a feature of the members' bar.[citation needed]

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Football

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Na Fianna have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on five occasions, firstly in 1969 and for the second time, exactly ten years later in 1979. They won a championship treble, twenty years later, starting in 1999[2] and continuing in 2000 and 2001.

After winning the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 1999, they went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship later that year defeating Sarsfield's, 1-11 to 0-8. They defeated Crossmolina Deel Rovers in the All-Ireland semi-final to qualify for the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final against Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh. Na Fianna were defeated in the final by a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-12. The match was played on St. Patricks Day in Croke Park with an attendance of 31,965.[3]

Na Fianna Senior Ladies' team won the County Championship in 2009, the first time the ladies' section have won a championship at senior level. The final score was Na Fianna 1-11 Naomh Mearnog 1-10.[4] The senior ladies' won their second title against Ballyboden St. Enda's in July 2011. The scoreline was 4-12 to 2-08.[5] They went on to defeat Sarsfields from Laois in the Leinster Final on Sunday, 23 October 2011 on a scoreline of 3-03 to 0-10. They progressed to the All-Ireland Final as a result of defeating Donaghmore from County Cork on a scoreline of 2-09 to 0-10. Na Fianna contested the All-Ireland final on 27 November 2011 but unfortunately were defeated by Carnacon from County Mayo on a scoreline of 2-12 to 2-4.[6][7]

In 2010, Na Fianna's Under 14 football team won the Feile Peile na nOg Division One All-Ireland title for the first time in the club's history.[8]

Na Fianna's Minor (Under 18) Football team have won the Dublin Minor Football "A" Championship eight times in 1960, 1965, 1974, 1975, 2008, 2009, 2014 and 2017.[citation needed]

In 2013, Na Fianna completed a three-in-a-row of Dublin Under 21 Football "A" Football Championship titles, defeating Ballyboden St. Enda's on a scoreline of 1-8 to 1-6. The second Under 21 team won the "C" Championship final, defeating Clan na Gael Fontenoy, 3-9 to 0-3.[9]

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Hurling

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In 2017, the Na Fianna Minor Hurling team completed a four-in-a-row of Dublin Minor A Hurling Championship titles and their seventh title in total.[10]

Na Fianna reached the first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship final in their history in 2021, losing to Kilmacud Crokes after extra time on a score line of 4-26 to 2-25.[11] They returned to the final in 2022, again losing to Kilmacud Crokes on a score line of 0-20 to 0-17[12]

The club finally won their first ever Dublin Senior Hurling Championship in 2023 when they defeated Ballyboden St. Enda's in the final on a score line of 2-19 to 0-09[13] and went on to contest the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, losing to Kilkenny champions, O'Loughlin Gaels by a single point.[14]

The 2024 season proved to be one of the best ever years for hurling in Na Fianna. The senior hurling team successfully defended their Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title in dramatic fashion, scoring a injury time goal to defeat Kilmacud Crokes in the final by a single point on a score line of 3-16 to 2-18.[15] They then went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, defeating Offaly champions Kilcormac-Killoughey, 2-22 to 2-16.[16] The season was wrapped up with the ultimate achievement of winning the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship beating Cork champions Sarsfields, 2-23 to 0-20. [17]

Na Fianna won a third Dublin SHC title in a row, following a "dramatic stoppage time winner" over Lucan Sarsfields, in the 2025 final, 1-20 to 0-22.[18]

Administration

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Horan in June 2018

In 2017, club member and former player with Na Fianna, John Horan was elected as the 39th president of the GAA.[19] He held the role until 2021.

Honours

Football

Hurling

Ladies football

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World record

On 7 May 2012, Na Fianna set a new Guinness world record for the most people to take part in a GAA training session. 1,100 children participated in the event, beating the previous record of 528 set by St Joseph's GAA Club from Glenavy, County Antrim, in May 2010.[22]

Notable players

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Jonny Cooper in 2018
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