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| Founded: | 1901 | ||||||||
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| County: | Cork | ||||||||
| Nickname: | St Nick's | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and white | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Glen Field | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 51°55′00.86″N8°27′43.46″W / 51.9169056°N 8.4620722°W /51.9169056; -8.4620722 | ||||||||
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St Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club is aGaelic Athletic Association club located in theBallyvolane andBlackpool areas ofCork,Ireland. The club, a sister ofGlen Rovers, is solely concerned with the game ofGaelic football.
Located in theBlackpool area ofCork 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 theCork JFC today, St. Nicholas' won three successive titles between 1907 and 1909.[1] The claiming of theCork IFC in 1917 securedsenior status for the club for the first time.[2]
St. Nicholas' won a second Cork IFC title in 1937, which was followed by the club's firstCork SFC triumph a year later.[3] Sister clubGlen Rovers also won that year'sCork SHC, which saw a number of players, includingPaddy O'Donovan,Danny Matt Dorgan,Jack Lynch,Connie Buckley,Dan Moylan, andCharlie Tobin, claim a remarkabledouble. St. Nicholas' claimed further double titles in 1941 and 1954, whenChristy Ring won his only SFC medal.[4]
The club brought its Cork SFC title tally to five following back-to-back final defeats ofSt. Finabrr's in 1965 and 1966.[5] The latter win saw St. Nicholas' subsequently become the first Cork club to win theMunster Club Championship.[6]
The Munster title marked a high point for the club. After being beaten byUniversity College Cork in the1969 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.[7] A restructuring of the entire Cork football system saw the club move to the newly createdCork SAFC in 2020. Three consecutive relegations occurred over the following three years, with St. Nicholas' set to compete in theCork Premier JFC in 2023.[8][9][10]
