St. Nicholas' GAA explained

Club Gaa:St Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club
Nickname:St Nick's
Irish:Cumann Peile San Nioclás
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Colours:Black and white
Grounds:Glen Field
Coordinates:51.9169°N -8.4621°W
Founded:1901
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St Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork, Ireland. The club, a sister of Glen Rovers, is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football.

History

Located in the Blackpool area of Cork City's northside, St. Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club was founded in 1901. The club was named after Blackpool's old Catholic church of St. Nicholas. After entering a special MFC, the equivalent of the Cork JFC today, St. Nicholas' won three successive titles between 1907 and 1909.[1] The claiming of the Cork IFC in 1917 secured senior status for the club for the first time.[2]

St. Nicholas' won a second Cork IFC title in 1937, which was followed by the club's first Cork SFC triumph a year later.[3] Sister club Glen Rovers also won that year's Cork SHC, which saw a number of players, including Paddy O'Donovan, Danny Matt Dorgan, Jack Lynch, Connie Buckley, Dan Moylan, and Charlie Tobin, claim a remarkable double. St. Nicholas' claimed further double titles in 1941 and 1954, when Christy Ring won his only SFC medal.[4]

The club brought its Cork SFC title tally to five following back-to-back final defeats of St. Finabrr's in 1965 and 1966.[5] The latter win saw St. Nicholas' subsequently become the first Cork club to win the Munster Club Championship.[6]

The Munster title marked a high point for the club. After being beaten by University College Cork in the 1969 final, the club went into a period of decline and never again reached the final. The first two decades of the 21st century saw St. Nick's being regarded as perennial relegation candidates.[7] A restructuring of the entire Cork football system saw the club move to the newly created Cork SAFC in 2020. Three consecutive relegations occurred over the following three years, with St. Nicholas' set to compete in the Cork Premier JFC in 2023.[8] [9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club History. St. Nick's GAA website. 27 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Premier IFC roll of honour. Cork GAA website. 28 November 2021.
  3. Web site: St Nick’s tradition for battling has stood to them in past and future. Echo Live. 30 November 2017. 27 June 2019. Denis. Hurley.
  4. Web site: Christy Ring and Gaelic football: An accidental if eventful, relationship. Irish Examiner. 30 October 2020. 27 June 2022. Diarmuid. O'Donovan.
  5. Web site: Reeling on the banks of the Lee: Cork sports success from 1965 to 1969. Echo Live. 24 March 2021. 16 June 2023. Derek. Daly.
  6. Web site: Senior Football (Club). Munster GAA website. 16 June 2023.
  7. Web site: Clubs having to play without county players is a slippery slope Cork shouldn't go down. Echo Live. 28 March 2019. 16 June 2023. Mark. Woods.
  8. Web site: Bantry give St Nicks the Blues as city side are relegated from Senior A football. Echo Live. 18 September 2020. 16 June 2023. John. Bohane.
  9. Web site: PIFC: Macroom edge out St Nicks in relegation battle. Echo Live. 16 October 2021. 16 June 2023. John. O'Shea.
  10. Web site: St Nick's relegated from Intermediate grade. Irish Examiner. 3 September 2022. 16 June 2023.