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| Founded: | 1901 | ||||||||
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| County: | Cork | ||||||||
| Nickname: | St Nick's | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and white | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Glen Field | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 51°55′00.86″N8°27′43.46″W / 51.9169056°N 8.4620722°W | ||||||||
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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.
Located in the Blackpool area in 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 very first time. [2]
St. Nicholas' won a second Cork IFC title in 1937, which was followed by the club's very 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 from 2023. [8] [9] [10]
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Edward J. Goulding, known as Éamonn Goulding, was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club he level he played with Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior teams as a dual player.
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James Edward M. O'Brien, known as Teddy O'Brien, was an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' and was also a member of the Cork senior teams as a dual player.
Daniel Joseph O'Donovan was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955. O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973.
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