Na Piarsaigh GAA
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| Founded: | 1943 | ||||||||
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| County: | Cork | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Wazzies. | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Páirc Uí Chonaire | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 51°55′08.41″N 8°29′45.39″W / 51.9190028°N 8.4959417°WCoordinates: 51°55′08.41″N 8°29′45.39″W / 51.9190028°N 8.4959417°W | ||||||||
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Na Piarsaigh are a Hurling and Gaelic football club based in the north side of Cork City, Ireland.
In 1943 a group of idealistic young men drawn mostly from the famed hurling nursery of North Mon. laid the foundations of Cumann Iomana & Peile Na Piarsaigh.
These young schoolboys influenced by their education at North Mon. had a great love for our national culture and games. They felt, and with some justification, that existing clubs, and indeed the GAA itself, were not aspiring to the founding ideals of the Association. They set about change and an informal meeting was held under a lamppost outside No.3 (St. Ita's) Redemption Road. Amongst the attendance were: Derry Terry, Christy Twomey, Liam Connery, Pat Leary, Rev. McCabe, Romey Sullivan, Bertie Dorgan, Theo Dorgan, Sean McAuliffe (MacAmhlaoibh), Paddy Sutton, Jimmy Keating, Paudie Collins, Joe Murphy, Bernie Murphy, Sean Corkery.
In an effort to become properly organised the first formal meeting was held in the presbytery of the North Cathedral. Meanwhile, the youthful members in an effort to achieve higher status and greater influence called upon one of their teachers, Donnacha o Murchu, for guidance and assistance. This led to him becoming the first Uachtarán Donnacha O Murchu, Runai Derry Terry, Cisteoir Paddy Sutton.
In choosing a name for the club the members sought one which would reflect their aims and ideals. Padraig Pearse, it was felt, because of his underlying love of Ireland and all things Irish, reflected those ideals admirably. Thus the name "Na Piarsaigh" was adopted.
A set of playing-gear colours (black and amber) was acquired. Later in 1951 the symbolic red hand of Ulster with severed thumb was selected as the club crest after careful consideration. The red hand represents the island that is Ireland, the severed thumb our six north-eastern counties still under foreign rule. The legend is that when Ireland is reunited the thumb will again rejoin the fingers to create a strong and useful hand.
The newly formed club, as part of its policy, decided to conduct its affairs as far as possible through the medium of Irish. Indeed, the policy extended to the field of play where the players addressed one another in our native tongue. So novel was this approach to GAA affairs that it led to a certain amount of resentment amongst other clubs. The national outlook was then in such a state during what is termed the "Emergency" that any willingness to promote Irish language culture generally met with strong opposition. The opposition to club activities by the local clergy, in fact, caused us to lose the use of St. Mary's Hall.
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