Glasgow Gaels Gaelic Football Club or Glasgow Gaels GFC (Irish: Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú, Scottish Gaelic: Comunn Ball-Coise Ghàidheal Ghlaschu) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow.[1] The team is a member of the Scottish GAA and are one of the most successful Scottish teams of all time.[1] They currently cater for both Men's Gaelic football, junior and senior levels, Ladies' Gaelic football, and Juvenile Gaelic Football. The teams have competed in the All Britain championships, reaching the Men's All-British semi-finals in 2006. After defeating Dunedin Connollys in the 2022 Scottish Senior Championship Final, they marched on to achieve a historic first for the club winning the All-British Championship before losing out narrowly to Stewartstown Gaels from Tyrone in the Junior All Ireland Quarter Final. In 2016, the ladies won the All-British Junior Final after being runners-up in 2015. The ladies made history in 2016 by winning their first ever Scottish Senior League Title.[2] In 2016, the ladies were also victorious against the European Champions, Belgium GAA, and advanced to the All-Ireland Quarter Final against Dublin's St. Maurs.[3] The Junior Men made history with their first ever league and championship titles in 2016, defeating Dunedin Connollys on both occasions. [4] The following year the juniors achieved a double winning the League and Championship in 2017, defeating Connollys and Dalriada respectively. They retained the junior championship in 2022. They are currently associated with Glasgow University GAA and Stirling University GAA. They have also been featured on Joe.ie's "80 clubs around the World" in 2016.[5]
| Glasgow Gaels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gaeil Glaschu | ||
| Founded | 1999 | |
| County | Scotland | |
| Colours | Red and White | |
| Grounds | Clydebank Sports Hub | |
| ||
| Gaelic football | ||
| Scottish Championship | 4 | |
| Ladies' football | ||
| Scottish Championship | 1 | |
Home matches are currently played in Clydebank Sports Hub, which is a state-of-the-art 4G sports facility one of the first in Scotland for GAA. The club has a thriving social scene and can be seen on weekends in many of the hot spots around Glasgow.
Origins
editGlaschu Gaels GFC was formed in 1999 after the amalgamation of two local sides, Glencovitt Rovers and Paisley Gaels.[1]
Honours
edit- Ladies Junior All-Ireland Series: quarter-finalists - 2016
- Ladies Junior European Championship: winners - 2016
- Men's All British Championship winners - 2022
- Men's All-British Championship: finalists - 2019
- Ladies All-British Junior Championship: finalists - 2015, winners - 2016
- Men's Scottish Senior Championship: winners - 2002, 2006, 2019, 2022 finalists - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017,2019, 2020, 2021
- Ladies Scottish Senior Championship: winners - 2006, finalists - 2007
- Men's Scottish Junior Championship: winners - 2016, 2017, 2022
- Ladies Scottish Junior Championship: winners - 2015, 2016
- Men's Scottish Senior League: winners - 2003, 2005, 2008, 2019 finalists - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Men's Scottish Junior League: winners - 2016, 2017
- Men's Senior North of Britain League: winners - 2019
- Ladies Scottish League: finalists - 2015, 2017 winners - 2016
- U14 Scottish Championship: shield finalists - 2015, 2016
- U12 Scottish Championship: shield finalists - 2016, 2017 winners - 2015
- Men's Scottish Seven-a-side: winners - 2005, 2007, 2009
- Ladies Scottish Seven-a-side: winners - 2015, 2017
- Pearse Cup (now the Morkan cup) - winners - 2002, 2003, 2004
- O'Fiach Cup - winners - 2003
- Michael Davitt Shield winners - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
- Glasgow Women's Celtic Sports Festival - 2006, 2009
References
edit- ^ a b c "Supporting the gaels of Glaschu - Hoganstand.com". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ Reynolds, Siobhan (6 June 2016). "Ladies win first ever Scottish League Title". Glasgow Gaels. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Treacy, Jennifer. "Ladies' historic season ends with defeat by St. Maurs". Glasgow Gaels.
- ^ Treacy, Jennifer. "2016 County Finals: A day of mixed emotions for the Gaels". Glasgow Gaels.
- ^ "Around the World in 80 Clubs: Glasgow Gaels GAA (#14) | JOE.ie". JOE.ie. Retrieved 4 March 2016.