Erin's Hope GAA

Erin's Hope

Founded:	1895
County:	Waterford
Nickname:	The Hopes
Colours:	White And Green

Erin's Hope GAA was a GAA club located in Dungarvan, County Waterford. They were formed in 1895 when a split occurred in the Dungarvan team which resulted in the forming of two teams, one called Erins Hope, and the other called Shandon Rovers.

Honours

• Waterford Senior Football Championship 3
  • 1896, 1897, 1898^[1][2]

References

1. "Exodus from Waterford next Saturday week for Decies showdown with Meath". Irish Examiner. 27 July 1999. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
2. Dooley, Thomas P. (1995). Irishmen or English Soldiers: Times and World of a Southern Irish Man (1876-1916) Enlisting in the British Army During the First World War. Liverpool University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-85323-600-9. Erins Hope Dungarvan.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080406210711/http://waterford.gaa.ie/page/senior_football.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110726005445/http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/exhibit/categories/historicalarticles/article151/struggleforfreedom.pdf
• http://blog.waterfordmuseum.ie/2009_10_01_archive.html
• http://www.dohenygaa.com/page/1897---dohenys-reach-the-all-ireland-senior-final-21.aspx