Ballybay Pearse Brothers GAA explained

Club Gaa:Ballybay Pearse Brothers
Crest:Ballybay_Pearse_Brothers_crest.jpg
Irish:Na Bráithre Piarsaigh, Béal Átha Beithe
Founded:1906
Province:Ulster
County:Monaghan
Nickname:Ballybay Pearses
Colours:Maroon and White
Grounds:Pearse Park, Knappagh, Ballybay
Coordinates:54.1258°N -6.876°W
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Pattern B:_oneills18 white
Pattern Ra:_whitecuffpiping
Pattern Sh:_adidasonwhite
Pattern So:_color_3_stripes_white
Leftarm:750000
Body:750000
Rightarm:750000
Shorts:750000
Socks:750000
F3:9
H3:1

Ballybay Pearse Brothers Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club based in Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland.[1] [2]

History

The club was founded as Ballybay GFC in 1906.

The club is named after the brothers Patrick Pearse and Willie Pearse, executed after the 1916 Easter Rising.[3] Their grounds, Pearse Park, opened in April 1951, the 35th anniversary of the Rising, and were commonly used for inter-county fixtures.[4] Ballybay won their first senior trophy in 1952 by winning the league (Owen Ward Cup). In 1953 their first championship followed as the team captained by Paddy McKearney beat Donaghmoyne in the county final. A "golden age" followed, Ballybay winning six Monaghan Senior Football Championships in the years 1953-1969.In the fifties, together with neighbours and great rivals Clontibret, Ballybay were a dominant force in the hugely popular tournament football in Ulster and Leinster at the time. The top clubs of the era were invited into the tournaments but more often than not the Monaghan teams emerged victorious.

Ballybay formerly had a hurling team, which won the Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship in 1976.[5]

Ballybay had only won two county titles in recent decades, in 1987 and 2012, but most recently recorded victory in 2022.

Notable players

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ballybay PearseBro's (@PearseBrothers) - Twitter. twitter.com.
  2. Web site: Ballybay - CLG Mhuineacháin.
  3. Web site: Ballybay PearseBrothers. www.facebook.com.
  4. Web site: The Old Hard Road. www.irishidentity.com.
  5. Web site: News - Ballybay Monaghan Ireland. www.ballybay.ie.
  6. News: Hall of Fame Award for Paddy.
  7. Web site: My Club: Ryan Wylie - Ballybay Pearse Brothers.