St Sylvester's GAA

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St Sylvester's
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Founded:1903
County: Dublin
Colours:Blue with a green sash
Coordinates: 53°27′00.54″N6°09′13.89″W / 53.4501500°N 6.1538583°W / 53.4501500; -6.1538583
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Senior Club Championships
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St Sylvester's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Malahide, Fingal, Ireland. The club was founded in 1903[ citation needed ] and last won the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 1996. [1] The club plays hurling and Gaelic football. [2] In 1996, they became the only Fingal to win the Dublin Senior Football championship when under former Galway midfielder, Brian Talty, they defeated Erins Isle in the final.

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Notable players

Senior inter-county men's footballers

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Senior inter-county ladies' footballers

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References

  1. "Dublin Senior Football Championship Winners". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  2. "Club site:Hurling and Football" . Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. "Down's Rooney teams up with Syls". Irish Independent. 19 April 2013.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/the-year-it-all-came-right-for-st-sylvesters/40008104.html