Blessington GAA

Blessington Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.[2]

Blessington
Cros Baile Coimín[1]
Founded:1909
County:Wicklow
Colours:Blue and White
Grounds:Blessington GAA Ground, Blessington
Coordinates:53°10′48″N 6°32′30″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Wicklow
champions
Football: - - 3

History

The club was founded in 1909, initially playing its games in the Burgage near to the cemetery. The club crest depicts St. Mark's Cross, a high cross was moved to Burgage cemetery when its original home was flooded by the creation of Poulaphouca Reservoir. Blessington GAA won their first Wicklow Senior Football Championship in 1915.

Blessington won both junior and intermediate county titles in 1979, following up that success with a second senior title in 1983.[3]

Blessington moved to new grounds purchased from the O'Leary family in 2007. They won their third senior title in 2021.[4][5][6]

Honours

Gaelic football
  • Wicklow Senior Football Championship (3): 1915, 1983, 2021
  • Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship (5): 1928, 1936, 1946, 1949, 1979
  • Wicklow Junior Football Championship (5): 1931, 1974, 1979, 2000, 2002[3]

Notable members

References
  1. "Blessington GAA".
  2. Scally, John (16 October 2018). 100 Great GAA Moments. Black & White Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781785302329 – via Google Books.
  3. "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". www.hoganstand.com.
  4. Kennedy, Mark (7 November 2021). "Wicklow SFC: Kevin Quinn the hero as Blessington claim third title". Irish Examiner.
  5. "In pictures: Blessington is a sea of blue as 38 year drought ends". independent.
  6. "About Us - Blessington GAA Club, Blessington". www.blessingtongaa.ie. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. Semple, Patrick (19 December 2007). The Rector who Wouldn't Pray for Rain. Mercier Press Ltd. ISBN 9781856355605 – via Google Books.


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