| Fionnbhrú Colmcille | |||
| Founded: | 1954 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County: | Dublin | ||
| Nickname: | The Badgers | ||
| Club colours: | Red & White | ||
| Grounds: | Cloghran, Ellenfield, Belcamp | ||
| Playing kits | |||
|
|||
Whitehall Colmcille is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based on Collins' Avenue in Dublin 9, Ireland.
Contents |
Whitehall Colmcille was known as Whitehall Gaels when founded in 1954.
In 1975 Whitehall Gaels changed their name to Whitehall Colmcille when Colmcilles Senior Hurling team joined.
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.
Whitehall Gaels took over the lease Thorndale Tennis Club had with Dublin Corporation on Collins Avenue in 1966. The club is still there with a popular members bar (opened 1978), sports hall (built 1986), home to the Fionnbhru Badminton Club [1], and ancillary rooms. The club 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.[1]
In November 2008 The Club took possession of land on Collins Ave, opposite the Whitehall cinema for future use for playing ground and clubhouse development.
In December 2010 the Club applied to Dublin City Council for planning permission for playing pitch and clubhouse on land opposite the Whitehall cinema on Collins Avenue, Dublin
|
|||||||||||