Naomh Maur CLG
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| Founded: | 1928 | |
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| County: | Dublin | |
| Colours: | Maroon and Gold | |
| Grounds: | Park Road, Rush, Co. Dublin | |
| Coordinates: | 53°31′57.05″N 6°06′28.98″W / 53.5325139°N 6.1080500°WCoordinates: 53°31′57.05″N 6°06′28.98″W / 53.5325139°N 6.1080500°W | |
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Naomh Maur is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rush, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1928.
Naomh Maur G.A.A. club is based in Rush, Fingal, North County Dublin. Rush is a farming and market gardening area, seventeen miles from Dublin City. Football was played in the area between local Parish Teams prior to the foundation of the G.A.A. in 1884. It is believed that a Club called "Emerald Isles" existed c. 1900, but there are no records to support this. After an unsuccessful attempt to set up a Club between 1914 and 1919, local Curate Fr. Skeehan organised football games in the local school.
In 1928, two Gardaí, Tom MacCarville and Peter Fallon, who were stationed in Rush, and local G.A.A enthusiast Mick Jones called a meeting. The meeting was held on 28 June 1928 and St. Maurs G.A.A Club was founded. Mick Jones was elected Chairman. The club colours were a maroon jersey with a gold diagonal sash, which remain with the club to the present day.
In the club's first year, it won the Division 3 Championship and progressed to win the Division 2 title in 1929–30. St. Maurs entered the Division 1 league in 1930 and subsequent to this the "Big team" or "A team" never played below this level. In 1936, the club embarked on a tour to Liverpool to play against a team of Irish farm workers, and St. Maurs won the game. Under the guidance of Mick Jones, the club had built a solid foundation and continued to grow. The 1940s were a quiet time, with many founding players "hanging up their boots", though giving assistance to their younger replacements. Pat Butterly succeeded Mick Jones as Chairman in 1949 and did Trojan work with the young players. They qualified to play in the Dublin Junior Football Championship but lost. However, on 23 December 1951, they beat Skerries Harps in Parnell Park to give the club its first Dublin County Championship. This game is still spoken about as a huge crowd packed to Parnell Park to see the game. St. Maurs won by two points.
A prominent player was Séamus (Jim) McGuinnes, who progressed to the Dublin Senior Team where he became one of the finest footballers of that era. Injury cut short his Inter-County career, but not before he won a National League medal and played in the semi-final against Kerry. Liam (Willie) Price was elected Chairman in 1950 and over the next forty-four years he led the club with great skill, style and dedication. After the club won the 1951 Championship, Price set to obtain a pitch; nine acres on the west side of the Parmer Estate were purchased from the Land Commission in 1958. With the willing hands of the Rush men, the field was turned into one of the finest pitches in Ireland. The pitch and new dressing rooms were opened in 1961 with Dublin and Kildare playing in a Senior Football Challenge.
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