Club History

Last Updated (Friday, 06 June 2008 21:55)

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Whitehall Gaels, as we were called back then, was founded in 1954.

The first meeting, presided over by Fr. J.K.O’Sullivan and was attended by interested parishioners. They agreed to enter teams in the under 13 and 15 North Dublin Leagues. A committee was elected to run the club.

The following year the club successfully lobbied Dublin Corporation for the use of Ellenfield Park, also known as the ‘Plots’ for playing pitches.

We took over the lease Thorndale Tennis Club had with Dublin Corporation on Collins Avenue in 1966. We are still there with our popular members bar (opened 1978), sports hall (built 1986) and ancillary rooms. We purchased land in Cloghran in 1988 and built dressing rooms on the site in 1997, an all weather training pitch in 2002 and weights room in 2004.

Among the many prominent competitions we have won include:

Junior Football Championship
Intermediate Football Championship
Minor Football Championship
1984 All Ireland Minor Club Championship
1985-87 3 U21 Football Championships
1980 Senior Hurling League div 2
1993 Senior Football League div 1.

In 1975 we changed our name to Whitehall Colmcille when Colmcilles Senior Hurling team joined our ranks.

We have had many players representing Dublin at Minor, u’21 and senior levels over the years winning All Ireland medals in all these grades. Tommy Drumm SF’83 and Paul Clarke MF’84 were successful All Ireland winning captains. The club has also been represented by All-Ireland medal winners Declan Mc Grath and Paddy Moran, and most recently by Anthony Holly and Liam O' Donovan at Minor and u/21 level.

Presently Gaelic games commences with the nursery section from 4 years of age. Boys and girls are coached in hurling and football until they are ready for competition at under 8 level.

We play hurling and football in Dublin GAA competitions at all ages through juvenile grades. At adult level we cater for under 21, senior, and two junior football teams, and under 21, intermediate and junior hurling teams.

For the girls we have football and camogie. The ladies have an adult football team. This year it is planned to field juvenile teams at under 11 and 12. The camogie section have 8 teams from under 10 through to adult level.