St. Patricks (Palmerstown) GAA

St. Patricks are a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Chapelizod and Palmerstown Dublin, Ireland.The club was founded in 1961 and took its name because that was the Patrician year. The club colours came about as one of the founders, Peter Kavanagh, had two sets of jerseys, one green and the other red. Originally the main colours were to be green and white (the colours of St. Patrick and the shamrock) but because neighbouring clubs Round Towers and Lucan Sarsfields used green and white, it was decided to use red and white and keep the green as second colours.The first match to ever take place was the U13’s against Round Towers of Clondalkin which John Daly (founder and current club President) refereed. The match took place in a field where the Assembly Hall and St. Brigids School currently stands today.The first championship won was U16 1/2 football in 1966. St Patricks have traditionally been stronger in football but in recent times have enjoyed more success on the hurling front. St Patricks won the Dublin Junior Hurling Championship for the first time in 1998. The club gained Senior hurling status for the first time in 2004 when they lifted the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship. In 2008 they lifted the Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship, thus gaining promotion to the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship.