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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox GAA club \|▼ {{Use Hiberno-English\|date=July 2021}} club gaa = St. Nicholas’ Gaelic Football Club\|▼ ▲{{Infobox GAA club \| crest = \|▼ ▲ \| club gaa = St. ~~Nicholas’~~Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club\| nickname = St. Nick’s\|▼ ▲ \| crest = \| irish = Cumann Peil San Nioclás\|▼ ▲ \| nickname = St. ~~Nick’s\|~~Nick's county = Cork\|▼ ▲ \| irish = Cumann ~~Peil~~Peile San Nioclás\| province = Munster\|▼ ▲ \| county = Cork\| colours = Black and white\|▼ ▲ \| province = Munster\| grounds = \|▼ ▲ \| colours = Black and white\| founded = 1901\|▼ ▲ \| grounds = \|Glen Field pattern_la= \|pattern_b=_blackhoops\|pattern_ra= \|▼ \| coordinates = {{coord\|51\|55\|00.86\|N\|8\|27\|43.46\|W\|display=it\|region:IE_type:landmark}} ~~leftarm=000000\|body=FFFFFF \|rightarm=000000\|shorts=FFFFFF \|socks=000000\|~~ ▲ \| founded = 1901\| ~~\|f1=0\|f2=1\|f3=5\|~~ \| pattern_la = _black_hoops ▲ ~~pattern_la=~~\| \|pattern_b = _blackhoops~~\|pattern_ra= \|~~ \| pattern_ra = _black_hoops \| pattern_so = _hoops_black \| pattern_sh = _black_stripes_adidas \| leftarm = FFFFFF \| body = FFFFFF \| rightarm = FFFFFF \| shorts = FFFFFF \| socks = FFFFFF \| f1 = 0 \| f2 = 1 \| f3 = 5 \|}} '''St. ~~Nicholas’~~Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club''' is a ~~[[Cork (city)\|Cork]]-based~~ [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club ~~based~~located in the [[Ballyvolane, Cork\|Ballyvolane]] and [[Blackpool, Cork\|Blackpool]] areas of [[Cork (city)\|Cork ~~city~~]], [[Republic of Ireland\|Ireland]]. The club, ~~was~~a ~~founded~~sister inof ~~1901~~[[Glen ~~and~~Rovers GAA\|Glen Rovers]], is solely concerned with the game of [[Gaelic football]]. ==~~Gaelic football~~History== ===Honours===▼ Located in the [[Blackpool, Cork\|Blackpool]] area of [[Cork (city)\|Cork]] City's northside, St. Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club was founded in 1901. The club was named after Blackpool's old Catholic church of St. Nicholas. After entering a special MFC, the equivalent of the [[Cork Junior Football Championship\|Cork JFC]] today, St. Nicholas' won three successive titles between 1907 and 1909.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~nicksgaa/history1.htm\|title=Club History\|publisher=St. Nick's GAA website\|date=\|accessdate=27 June 2019\|first=\|last=}}</ref> The claiming of the [[Cork Intermediate Football Championship\|Cork IFC]] in 1917 secured [[Cork Senior Football Championship\|senior status]] for the club for the first time.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://gaacork.ie/premier-ifc-roll-of-honour/\|title=Premier IFC roll of honour\|publisher=Cork GAA website\|date=\|access-date=28 November 2021\|first=\|last=}}</ref> '''[[Munster Senior Club Football Championship]]s:''' ▼ * '''Winner (1):''' 1967 St. Nicholas' won a second Cork IFC title in 1937, which was followed by the club's first [[Cork Senior Football Championship\|Cork SFC]] triumph a year later.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/St-Nicks-tradition-for-battling-has-stood-to-them-in-past-and-future-0bf04d94-9105-4d4e-af88-c2a05bd7f4fd-ds\|title=St Nick’s tradition for battling has stood to them in past and future\|publisher=Echo Live\|date=30 November 2017\|accessdate=27 June 2019\|first=Denis\|last=Hurley}}</ref> Sister club [[Glen Rovers GAA\|Glen Rovers]] also won that year's [[1938 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\|Cork SHC]], which saw a number of players, including [[Paddy O'Donovan]], [[Danny Matt Dorgan]], [[Jack Lynch]], [[Connie Buckley]], [[Dan Moylan]], and [[Charlie Tobin]], claim a remarkable [[The Double (Gaelic Games)\|double]]. St. Nicholas' claimed further double titles in 1941 and 1954, when [[Christy Ring]] won his only SFC medal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40072742.html\|title=Christy Ring and Gaelic football: An accidental if eventful, relationship\|publisher=Irish Examiner\|date=30 October 2020\|accessdate=27 June 2022\|first=Diarmuid\|last=O'Donovan}}</ref> '''[[Cork Senior Club Football Championship]]s:''' ▼ * '''Winner (5):''' 1938, 1941, 1954, 1965, 1966 ** Runner-up (5): 1947, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1969 The club brought its Cork SFC title tally to five following back-to-back final defeats of [[St. Finbarr's GAA\|St. Finabrr's]] in 1965 and 1966.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40250144.html\|title=Reeling on the banks of the Lee: Cork sports success from 1965 to 1969\|publisher=Echo Live\|date=24 March 2021\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=Derek\|last=Daly}}</ref> The latter win saw St. Nicholas' subsequently become the first Cork club to win the [[Munster Senior Club Football Championship\|Munster Club Championship]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/sfclub_teams/\|title=Senior Football (Club)\|publisher=Munster GAA website\|date=\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=\|last=}}</ref> ==Famous players==▼ The Munster title marked a high point for the club. After being beaten by [[UCC GAA\|University College Cork]] in the [[1969 Cork Senior Football Championship#Final\|1969 final]], the club went into a period of decline and never again reached the final. The first two decades of the 21st century saw St. Nick's being regarded as perennial relegation candidates.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40156808.html\|title=Clubs having to play without county players is a slippery slope Cork shouldn't go down\|publisher=Echo Live\|date=28 March 2019\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=Mark\|last=Woods}}</ref> A restructuring of the entire Cork football system saw the club move to the newly created [[Cork Senior A Football Championship\|Cork SAFC]] in 2020. Three consecutive relegations occurred over the following three years, with St. Nicholas' set to compete in the [[Cork Premier Junior Football Championship\|Cork Premier JFC]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40102151.html\|title=Bantry give St Nicks the Blues as city side are relegated from Senior A football\|publisher=Echo Live\|date=18 September 2020\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=John\|last=Bohane}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40722993.html\|title=PIFC: Macroom edge out St Nicks in relegation battle\|publisher=Echo Live\|date=16 October 2021\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=John\|last=O'Shea}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40954046.html\|title=St Nick's relegated from Intermediate grade\|publisher=Irish Examiner\|date=3 September 2022\|accessdate=16 June 2023\|first=\|last=}}</ref> * [[Graham Callinan]] * [[Denis Coughlan]] ▲===Honours=== * [[Éamonn Goulding]] * [[Jack Lynch]] ▲'''[[Munster Senior Club Football Championship]]s:''' (1): 1966 [[John Lyons (hurler)\|John Lyons]] '''[[Cork Senior Football Championship]]''' (5): [[1938 Cork Senior Football Championship\|1938]], [[1941 Cork Senior Football Championship\|1941]], [[1954 Cork Senior Football Championship\|1954]], [[1965 Cork Senior Football Championship\|1965]], [[1966 Cork Senior Football Championship\|1966]] [[Tomás Mulcahy]] * '''Kelleher Shield''' (5): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970 * [[Teddy O'Brien]] '''[[Cork Intermediate Football Championship]]''' (2): [[1917 Cork Intermediate Football Championship\|1917]], [[1937 Cork Intermediate Football Championship\|1937]] [[Martin O'Doherty]] ▲* '''[[Cork ~~Senior Club~~Under-21 Football Championship]]s:''' (1): 2003 * [[Donie O'Donovan]] * '''Cork Minor Football Championship''' (15): 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1987, 2002 * [[Christy Ring]] * '''[[City Junior A Football Championship\|Cork City Junior Football Championship]]''' (9): 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 * [[Vincy Twomey]] ▲==~~Famous~~Notable players== * [[Denis Coughlan]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|All-Ireland SFC]]-winner ([[1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|1973]]) * [[Jas Murphy]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|All-Ireland SFC]]-winner ([[1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|1953]]) with [[Kerry GAA\|Kerry]]. * [[Jack Lynch]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|All-Ireland SFC]]-winner ([[1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|1945]]) * [[Teddy O'Brien]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|All-Ireland SFC]]-winner ([[1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|1973]]) * [[Donie O'Donovan]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|All-Ireland SFC]]-winning coach ([[1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\|1973]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== [https://web.archive.org/web/20080809075748/http://www.cork.gaa.ie/ Cork GAA site] [http://www.nicksgaa.com/ St. ~~Nicholas’~~Nicholas’s GAA ~~site~~website] {{Cork clubs}} {{Sport in Cork City}} [[Category:Gaelic ~~Athletic Association~~games clubs in County Cork]] [[Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Cork]]