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Treaty Sarsfields was a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in the Thomondgate area on the Northside of Limerick city, Ireland. The club participated in competitions organised by Limerick GAA county board. == History == St Munchin's parish in Limerick city was one of the first parishes in Limerick to have a GAA club when Treaty Stone Hurling Club was founded in Michael Brew's house at 58 New Road, Thomondgate. It was officially registered at the second annual GAA convention at Hayes' Hotel on 27 September 1886. The club changed its name to Treaty in 1900. On 9 November 1940, a breakaway club called Sarsfields was formed in Thomondgate. At the time most families in Thomondgate had someone involved with Treaty so this new club caused splits in neighbourhoods and families. William Naughton who was the Treaty secretary responded to the fact that a new club had sprung up in the parish at the 1941 Treaty AGM by saying that "the Treaty Club would always be there" while a Treaty committee member stated that "Sarsfields were formed by people who had some mythical axe to grind with Treaty." William Murphy who was the secretary of the Sarsfields club said at their AGM that "Sarsfields was formed due to the practice of intemperance and that was why he resigned from the Treaty Club and that the rule of temperance must on no occasion be broken in the Sarsfields club".〔p.44.〕 Treaty withdrew from all competitions in 1943 as a protest against the actions of the Limerick County Board Chairman, Canon Punch, in suspending many of their outstanding players. There was a decision taken at the 1943 County Convention to enforce the rule concerning foreign games and to accept any conclusive evidence in regard to breaches. Some 21 city players were suspended for breaches of the rule, including eight Treaty players suspended for playing soccer. Treaty stayed out of football and hurling until 1946 when they joined up with Sarsfields and one strong club was once again representing the St Munchin's parish. The new name was Treaty Sarsfields and the club who wore the Royal blue jerseys with the Treaty Stone as their crest became a famous name in Limerick GAA circles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Treaty Sarsfields GAA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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