Naomh Éanna GAA

Naomh Éanna

Naomh Eanna
Founded:	1970
County:	Wexford
Nickname:	St. Enda’s
Colours:	Green and White, Yellow socks.
Grounds:	Páirc Uí Shíocháin/Áras Naomh Éanna, Clonattin Road, Gorey
Coordinates:	52.68175°N 6.27439°W / 52.68175; -6.27439
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Wexford champions Hurling: - - 2

Naomh Éanna GAA ('Saint Enda’s') is a hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland.

History

The Senior hurling and Senior Football club was founded in 1970 by a group of Christian Brothers and takes its name from Scoil Éanna, the school founded by Patrick Pearse.^[1]

The camogie team was revived in 2002.^[2][3]

Naomh Éanna won the Wexford IHC in 2015, advanced to the 2015–16 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship where they lost to Kiltale (Meath). Naomh Éanna were also promoted to the senior championship, winning their first senior hurling county title in 2018.^[4][5][6]

Honours

• Wexford Senior Hurling Championship: (2) 2018, 2023
• Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship: 4 1974, 1990, 2001, 2015
• Wexford Intermediate A Hurling Championship: 1 2012

Notable players

• Billy Byrne
• Ger Cushe
• J. J. Doyle
• Rory Kinsella
• Conor McDonald
• Shane McGuckin (played county hurling for Offaly)

References

1. "Tom Duffy's Circus". www.facebook.com.
2. "Naomh Eanna - Wexford Camogie". wexfordcamogie.ie.
3. Honohan, Iseult; Rougier, Nathalie (25 October 2018). Tolerance and Diversity in Ireland, North and South. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780719097201 – via Google Books.
4. "Naomh Eanna make history in Wexford".
5. Fagan, Ronan (21 October 2018). "Naomh Éanna claim historic first Wexford senior crown".
6. Nolan, Pat (20 October 2018). "Conor McDonald opens up about Naomh Eanna's 'surreal' Wexford final build-up".

External links

• Facebook page