St Mary's GAC Rasharkin explained

Club Gaa:St Mary's GAC Rasharkin
Irish:Naomh Mhuire Ros Earcáin
Crest:St Mary's GAC Rasharkin crest.jpg
Founded:1943
Province:Ulster
County:Antrim
L3:1
Colours:Blue, Saffron, White
Grounds:Dreen
Coordinates:54.9415°N -6.4854°W
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St Mary's Gaelic Athletic Club Rasharkin is a Gaelic football, hurling and camogie club based in Rasharkin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1]

History

Gaelic games were played in the parish from 1909 by a team called St. Olcan's,[2] but St. Mary's GAC was founded on St Patrick's Day 1943. Initially focusing on hurling, Gaelic football later became the main sport.

Their current grounds at Dreen (in the countryside to the south of Rasharkin village) were built in 1980–83; a second pitch, the Jamesie McLernon Memorial Pitch, was added in 2000.[3]

A Rasharkin player, coach and club official, Gerry (Gearóid) Dalrymple, was murdered by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in the 1993 Castlerock killings.[4]

The ladies' football team was founded in 1995, and in 1998 won the club's only county senior title.[5] Rasharkin Camogie Club were integrated into the club in 2010.

Honours

Gaelic football

Ladies' Gaelic football

Hurling

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Mary's GAC Rasharkin 80th Anniversary Dinner. 17 February 2024. The Saffron Gael.
  2. Web site: Gealic Life Club Feature - St.Mary's Rasharkin Co.Antrim | Rasharkin GAC. www.rasharkingac.ie.
  3. Web site: Rasharkin announce development plans. 23 January 2021. The Saffron Gael.
  4. Book: Thompson, Peadar. Lost Gaels: Remembering the Members of the GAA Killed During the Conflict in Ireland. Merrion Press. 978-1-78537-538-5 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Antrim Ladies Gaelic Football.
  6. Web site: Roll of Honour | Rasharkin GAC. www.rasharkingac.ie.