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| Founded: | 1884 | ||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Fins | ||||||||
| Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Lawless Memorial Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°27′58.33″N6°12′47.13″W / 53.4662028°N 6.2130917°W /53.4662028; -6.2130917 | ||||||||
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Fingallians is aGaelic Athletic Association club inSwords, County Dublin,Ireland. Founded in 1884, Fingallians are one of the oldest clubs in Dublin and they are based at Lawless Memorial Park.
The club caters for Gaelic football, hurling, Ladies football and camogie, at all age groups. They currently play football in theDublin Intermediate Football Championship, having been relegated from the senior grade in 2011. They have never won theDublin Senior Football Championship but won the Intermediate Championship in 1957.
Fingallians have reached the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship final in the three seasons they have played at the grade since being relegated. They lost finals by four points to Cuala in 2012 and to Naomh Ólaf in 2013 and by three points to Castleknock in 2014.
Among the noted Fingallians players from the past areKieran Duff,Paul Flynn andHarry Keegan. Keegan won three All Stars withRoscommon in the 1970s and 1980s, while Duff played at right-half-forward in the Dublin team that won the1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Flynn became the most decorated individual player in the club's history by winning four successive All Stars, while also representing Ireland in theInternational Rules Series.