St. Brigids (Roscommon) GAA
| CLG Naomh Bríd | |||||||||
| Founded: | 1944 | ||||||||
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| County: | Roscommon | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Brigids | ||||||||
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| Grounds: | Newpark, Kiltoom | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°29′07.69″N 8°01′36.40″W / 53.4854694°N 8.0267778°WCoordinates: 53°29′07.69″N 8°01′36.40″W / 53.4854694°N 8.0267778°W | ||||||||
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St. Brigids GAA Club (Naomh Bríd) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Kiltoom and Cam in South County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Red colours and their home pitch is at Newpark, Kiltoom. The club was founded in 1944 and is the home club of one of the all-time GAA greats, Gerry O'Malley. They have won 1 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, beating Ballymun Kickhams in the All-Ireland Club Final on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 2013.
The club fields underage teams from U-8 to U-21 as well as Senior, Intermediate and Junior teams. There are Ladies football teams at all ages and the seniors have achieved a lot of success in recent years.
On 25 November 2012, the club achieved a three-in-a-row of Connacht Senior Club Football Championship titles, defeating Ballaghaderreen by 1–12 to 0–6, becoming only the second club team in Connacht ever to achieve such. The club's U-21 team has also set an historic record in the recent past, achieving an unprecedented eight county titles in a row from 2002 to 2009.
In 2005, St. Brigids created history by being the first club in Roscommon to captured Senior, U21 and Minor titles in the Men's grade and the Ladies' grade, all in one year.
Frankie Dolan is the head coach of Brigid's after winning the 2013 All Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title with them as a player.
St. Brigids have captured seven county titles since 1997. Under the management of John O'Mahony, they won their first title in 28 years in 1997 after defeating Clan na Gael in the final by 1–8 to 0–8, the goal coming from John Tiernan. They had to wait until 2000 before they reached the final again, but this time lost out to underdogs Kilbride. More defeats came in 2002 to Strokestown and in 2003 to Castlerea St. Kevins. In 2005, under the stewardship of Ger Dowd, they reclaimed the Fahey Cup by beating Padraig Pearses 2–9 to 0–11, both goals coming from John Tiernan. In 2006, under Anthony Cunningham, they defended their title in a tough encounter with St. Faithleach's on a scoreline of 1–7 to 1–5, the goal courtesy of Garvan Dolan. In 2007, St. Brigids captures the three-in-a-row when they again defeated St. Faithleach's in the final by 1–12 to 0–9. A goal ten minutes from time by Brendan "Dixie" O'Brien sealed the win. In 2010, St. Brigids re-emerged after 2 barren years to secure their 10th Roscommon Senior Football Championship, defeating Elphin by 0–14 to 0–9. 2011 saw St. Brigids repeat the dose again by defeating Elphin in the final by 1–9 to 0–7, the goal being supplied by Damien Kelleher. 2012 resulted in St. Brigids achieving their second three in a row in 8 years, when they defeated Padraig Pearses in Kiltoom, with Frankie Dolan helping himself to two goals in the 2–8 to 0–9 victory. 4 in a row was achieved in 2013 with Western Gaels defeated in Hyde Park in early October. October 2014 saw the drive for five completed when St. Brigids dispatched St. Faithleachs 3-12 to 0-7.
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