Lisbellaw St Patrick's GAA

Lisbellaw St Patrick's

Naomh Pádraig Lios Béal Átha
Founded:	1968
County:	Fermanagh
Colours:	Green and White
Grounds:	Cavancarragh Youth Club
Coordinates:	54°20′45″N7°33′10″W / 54.3459°N 7.5527°W / 54.3459; -7.5527
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster champions Fermanagh champions Hurling: 0 2 29

Lisbellaw St Patrick's are a hurling club from central County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They are the only adult hurling club in Fermanagh, ^[1] the club has won the Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship on 31 occasions.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Buildings at Cavancarragh Youth Club

In 1968, Adrian Corrigan and Father Peter McGuiness decided to form a hurling team drawing on players in the Lisbellaw area. McGuiness contacted Jimmy McPhillips of Coa and Fermanagh. He and his son John assembled some players and practices began in October 1968.

At 16yrs old, Gerry Breslin was the first club chairman in 1969. Jimmy McPhillips died in 1984.^{[ citation needed ]}

Lisbellaw St Patrick's defeated Lisnaskea in the 2013 Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship final, the last to be held as of 2023. ^[2]

Facilities

The club's grounds are situated outside the town of Lisbellaw at Cavanacarragh in central Fermanagh. Its facilities include a hurling field with ballstops and a fence around the pitch. There are also changing rooms, a meeting room, showers and toilets.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours

• Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship (31): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2008
• Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2012

References

1. McGillicuddy, Kevin (23 April 2016). "You are 100% guaranteed to play county hurling if you join this GAA club". SportsJoe.ie . Maximum Media. Retrieved 26 September 2020. [As of 2016,] Fermanagh incredibly has only one hurling club within its borders.
2. McCoy, Niall (21 August 2023). "Green shoots emerging in barren Fermanagh hurling landscape". RTÉ.

External links

• Lisbellaw St Patrick's Club website (archived)