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Founded: | 1886 | ||||||||||||
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County: | Wexford | ||||||||||||
Colours: | Red and white | ||||||||||||
Grounds: | Ferns | ||||||||||||
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Ferns St Aidan's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland. The club was founded in 1886 and fields teams in hurling, Gaelic football and camogie.
Overview
Facilities
Ferns St Aidan's has three full-sized adult pitches (one of which is the exact dimensions of Croke Park, and is regularly used by county teams for training) as well as a smaller, underage, pitch. The club also have a hurling wall for practice sessions, a clubhouse with four dressing rooms and a meeting room, two tennis courts and a walkway around the grounds.
Teams
Ferns St Aidan's field various teams in hurling, Gaelic football, and camogie at all age groups from under-8 right up to adult level. It is estimated that there are in the region of 300 players involved in the club altogether.
Achievements
- Wexford Senior Hurling Championships: 1
- 2022
- Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championships: 6
- 1958, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1998, 2007
- Wexford Junior Hurling Championships: 5
- 1912, 1932, 1952, 1956, 1958
- Wexford Junior Football Championships: 2
- 1952, 1993
- Wexford Under-21 Hurling Championships: 2
- 2005, 2007
- Wexford Minor Football Championships: 1
- 1958
- Wexford Minor Hurling Championships: 4
- 1957, 1958, 1965, 2004
Notable players
- Ian Byrne
- Tommy Dwyer
- Paul Morris
- Éamonn Scallan 1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner.
References
- "Local Activities in Ferns". Ferns Village website. Retrieved 5 October 2014.