St Eunan's GAA

For the school of education, see St Eunan's College. For the Christian churches, see St Eunan's Cathedral.
St Eunan's GAA
CLG Naomh Adhamhnáin
Founded:1930
County:Donegal
Nickname:Eunans, The Black and Amber,[1] The Cathedral Town Men[2]
Colours:   Amber and Black
Grounds:O'Donnell Park
Coordinates:54°56′43.35″N 7°45′09.13″W / 54.9453750°N 7.7525361°W / 54.9453750; -7.7525361
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Donegal
champions
Football: - - 16
Hurling: - - 2
Ladies' football: – 4 13

St Eunans GAA (/ˈjuːnən/ YOO-nən; or Naomh Adhamhnáin)[3] is a dual club which plays hurling and Gaelic football.[4] Its home ground is O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny. It fields 35 teams, making it the biggest club in its county.[5]

One of the strongholds of Gaelic football in County Donegal,[6] the club has won the joint most Donegal Senior Football Championship titles (along with Gaoth Dobhair, which has also won 15). Considered Donegal's most prolific club,[7] it is renowned for its conveyor belt-like consistency in producing players of senior inter-county quality, including numerous All-Ireland winners.[8] Also renowned for its success at minor level, the club has won 19 minor football championships, with 3 minor championship wins and four final appearances in the four years from 2015 to 2018 [9] they have toured abroad, particularly the United States in 1969 and 1998, and Glasgow in 1977.[10] In 1980, it received an All-Ireland Club of the Year Award, at a ceremony in Ballsbridge, Dublin.[11]

It has a long-running boundary dispute with neighbouring club Letterkenny Gaels, which was founded in 1996 and has competed only in the Donegal Junior Football Championship. An agreement was signed between the two clubs that there would be no boundaries within the Town; however, this has not stopped Letterkenny Gaels in its pursuit of dividing the town along parish lines.[12][13]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference lost_generation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Kavanagh and Dunne: We can upset the odds". Donegal Now. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012. "We are representing Naomh Adhamhnain. We are a proud club too, so we will be going out there and giving it our best." – Rory Kavanagh
  4. ^ Craig, Frank (1 October 2020). "St Eunan's finally looking to 'Parke' 48 years of hurt". Donegal News. p. 58. The 26-year-old already has two SFC medals for the Black and Amber at home and he's picked up a string of titles hurling for his county at various grades… Parke says St Eunan's now see themselves very much as a dual club.
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  6. ^ Cullen, Damian (20 September 2012). "Final countdown". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2012. The strongholds of Gaelic football in the county — particularly since the turn of this century — such as Gweedores Gaoth Dobhair, Letterkennys St Eunans, Ardara, Four Masters from Donegal Town and Naomh Conaill from Glenties have all been well represented on the pitch this summer.
  7. ^ Keys, Colm (12 November 2011). "Colm Keys explores the shocking rift that is threatening to bring Donegal football to its knees". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. ^ "All-Irelands for Our Colleges". Naomh Adhamhnáin. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Major test for Eunan's minors". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  10. ^ "U.S.A. Tour". Naomh Adhamhnáin. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  11. ^ "All-Ireland Club of the Year Award". Naomh Adhamhnáin. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Letterkenny wait on DRA". Hogan Stand. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  13. ^ "DRA rule on Letterkenny parish rule". Hogan Stand. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2013.