St. Nicholas' GAA: Difference between revisions

Located in the [[Blackpool, Cork|Blackpool]] area in [[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 very 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>

St. Nicholas' won a second Cork IFC title in 1937, which was followed by the club's very 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>