San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club

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San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club
Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine
Founded:2011
County: San Antonio

San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish : Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine) known as The San Patricios is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in San Antonio, Texas and a member of the North American GAA since 2012. Currently the club has a men's Gaelic Football team, and a ladies' football team. Their club badge features the Alamo, as well as the San Antonio Riverwalk. The SAGAC is registered with the State of Texas as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation. [1] [2]

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History

San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine), or the San Patricios was formed in San Antonio, Texas in 2011.

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Uniform

The team kit is taken directly from the sky blue found on two of the earliest Texas flags of independence: [2] “Texas and Liberty” was inscribed on one side and a Latin inscription “Ubi, libertas habitat, ibi nostra patria est” (“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”) was also inscribed on the other.

The green found on the jersey represents the country that created Gaelic football, Ireland.

Sponsors

The Executive Clud sponsor of the SAGAC is the Lion and Rose Restaurant and Pub. [3] GLI the distributor of Guinness and Harp Lager have become major sponsors as of fall 2012 [4]

The Irish Cultural Society of San Antonio, Ancient Order of Hibernians Columkille Division 1, and The Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas, all San Antonio Irish organizations have all been long time supporters and partners of the SAGAC. This year (2014), that will be commemorated as their crests will be added the 2014 SAGAC San Patricio Jerseys.

Pub League

In September 2011 the Lion and Rose Restaurant and Pub officially announced its decision to become the Sponsor of the SAGAC Pub League. [5] The SAGAC had made plans to follow in the footsteps of the Dallas GAA Team, "Fionn McCumhaill's Gaa Dallas" by creating a Pub League to help promote the Gaelic Football and increase the amount of competitive play time for each member. The SAGAC announced that the two teams of the inaugural Pub League would be named "The San Patricios" (named after the St. Patrick's Battalion of the Mexican American War) and the "Irish Citizen Army" named after James Connolly's Socialist Revolutionaries.

Active Roster

As of February 2014, the SAGAC has 58 men & women on their active roster (those who have played in either a National Tournament, Texas League or Pub League game). The Club is managed by Adrian Brett.

No.PlayerPositionClub
1Jerome Austin Mid Field West Plains, MO
2Mono Aguilar Half back San Antonio, TX
3Jason Binkley Full forward Fayetteville, NC
4Adrian Brett Half forward Cloonacool, Co. Sligo, Ireland
5Daniel "Chris" Brown Goal Keeper Wheeling, WV
6Betty Bowman Half forward Indianapolis, IN
7Gabe Castro Full forward Cibolo, TX
8Mike Castro Half back San Antonio, TX
9Brian Clark (O'Cleirigh) Corner Back Shawnee, OK (Co. Cork/Co. Galway)
10Andy Claughton Corner Back Corpus Christi, TX
11Keith Connolly Full forward Hawthorne, NY
12Brendan Cullinane Full forward Beltsville, MD
13Michael Cunningham Full forward
14Will Damron Half forward San Antonio, TX
15Clive Davidson Mid Field Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland
16Jeff Davis Half back San Antonio, TX
17Thomas Deegan Mid Field Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
18Mike Dirksen Jr. Mid Field San Antonio, TX
19Laura Domyancic Full forward Okinawa & Misawa, Japan / San Antonio, TX
20CJ Eschlinger Corner Back Wichita, KS
21Jason Gray Half forward New Orleans, LA
22Carlos Hernandez Corner Back San Antonio, TX
23Brad Hickey Mid Field San Antonio, TX
24Sean J. Hipp Full back Philadelphia, PA
25Josh Hunt Mid Field O'Brien, TX
26Phil Johnston Full forward Decatur, IL
27Jeff Justice Mid Field San Antonio, TX
28Chris King Half forward San Antonio, TX
29Robert McDanielSan Antonio, TX
30Daryl Mcghiey Half forward San Antonio, TX
No.PlayerPositionClub
31Jon Mcghiey Corner Back San Antonio, TX
32Kevin McManus Half forward Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
33Shane Mullane Half forward Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland
34Marian Nagle Corner Back Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, Ireland
35Lucky Nichols Goal Keeper San Antonio, TX
36Terri Nichols Half forward San Antonio, TX
37Michael O'Brien
38Jimmy O'Halligan Corner Back Houston, TX
39David O'Keefe Half forward Effin, Co. Limerick, Ireland
40Rick Ortiz Corner Back San Antonio, TX
41Tim O'Sullivan Full back Bronx, NY
42Jacobo Paz Goal Keeper San Pedro Sula, Honduras
43Michael Patrick Corner Back San Antonio, TX
44Erin Perez Corner Back San Antonio, TX
45Gabe Perez Corner Back San Antonio, TX
46Juan Pina Full forward
47Stevie Quinn Half forward Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
48Scott Rankin Half back Tehachapi, CA
49Christian Sanchez Full forward Mexico City, Mexico
50Matt Scott Half forward Cibolo, TX
51Gerry Sheridan Half forward Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland
52JT Thompson Half back Lubbock, TX
53Katie Thompson Half forward Paint Creek, TX
54Chris Thompson Mid Field San Antonio, TX
55Tyler Tully Corner Back Moore, OK
56Mario Villanueva Half back Monterrey, Mexico / San Antonio, TX
57Daniel White Full forward San Antonio, TX
58Rob Wilson Half forward San Antonio, TX

References

  1. "San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club". Sanantoniogac.org. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  2. 1 2 Moody, Joan (2011-07-27). "GAA teams do battle in Alamo's shadow". The Irish Echo. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  3. Thompson, Katie (2011-07-20). "The Lion and Rose Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-09-09. The Lion & Rose is a proud sponsor and supporter of the San Antonio Gaelic Athletics Club!
  4. "San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club". Sanantoniogac.org. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  5. Thompson, Katie (2011-07-20). "The Lion and Rose Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-09-09. We're happy to announce we will be the Official sponsors of the San Antonio Gaelic Athletics Club Pub League!