St John's GAA (Antrim)

St John's GAA (Irish: Naomh Eoin CLG)^[1] is a Gaelic football, hurling and ladies' Gaelic football club in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The club, which was established in 1929,^[2] is based at Corrigan Park in West Belfast.^[3]

St John's

Naomh Eoin
Founded:	1929
County:	Antrim
Colours:	Blue and white
Grounds:	Corrigan Park, Whiterock Road, Belfast
Coordinates:	54.59237°N 5.97736°W / 54.59237; -5.97736
Playing kits
Home Kit Change Kit
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster champions Antrim champions Football: 0 1 24 Hurling: 0 1 7

St John's

Location of St John's GAA in Belfast

History

The club was founded in 1929, shortly after the opening of St. John The Evangelist Church (in the Catholic parish of St. John's) in Belfast.^[1]

St John's GAA have won the Antrim Senior Football Championship on several occasions and won the Ulster Senior Club Football title in 1977.^[4] The club reached the final of the 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.^[5] The club also fields hurling teams and were awarded the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship title in 1973.^[6]

Notable people

See also: Category:St John's (Antrim) Gaelic footballers and Category:St John's (Antrim) hurlers

• Michael Bradley, hurler^[7]
• John Gough, refereed the 1983 All-Ireland SFC final^[1]
• Andy McCallin, 1971 Antrim All Star^[5][8]
• Peter McGinnity, Fermanagh footballer who played with St John's in the 1970s^[9]

Honours

• Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1977^[4]
• Antrim Senior Football Championship (24): 1945, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1998^[10]
• Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1973^[1]
• Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (7): 1934, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1973^[11]