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The Late John Power, Club Founder.

Who we are.

We are a club with a proud tradition based in the southside of Limerick city. We are located in Our Lady of Queen of Peace Parish and we cater to the estates in Limerick City.

The club was founded in 1962 with the aim of developing Gaelic games on the southside and also to act as a club for the past members of Sexton Street CBS. It is from here that the name ‘Old Christians’ was conjured.

The clubs original home was Canon Punch Park on the Hyde road (currently Hyde Rangers FC grounds). The current grounds, (Pairc de Paor) Rathbane playing fields were used by the CBS for athletics, PE, and hurling in which the school won several Harty Cups. In more resent times we are home to the Limerick hurling academy and the Limerick senior camogie teams and provide access to all school’s in the area. We have produced many quality hurlers and footballers down through the years, many of them playing at an inter-county level. To date, our most esteemed hurlers include 1973 All-Ireland winner, Bernie Hartigan and Munster, National League and Minor All-Ireland winner Ger Hegarty.

The Present

We currently have teams from under 6 to adult level. It is no secret within Limerick GAA circles regarding the difficulty that the club has had in recent years, however, this is something that has already begun to change and green shoots for the future can already be seen.

With our top-class facilities and our academy attracting more young stars every passing year we are very optimistic that the future of our club will be far brighter than our recent past.

However in saying this our devoted clubmen and volunteers can always do with a hand and we are always welcome to new players, new coaches and new members who wish to see our historic club thrive.

If you are interested in becoming a coach of the stars of the future the door is always open to getting involved at any level and at any function, for more information please contact club secretary Gary Culbert.

The Future.

Although in years gone by, we have competed at the top tier of Limerick hurling, we currently play at Junior A level. However, backed by a team of ambitious and devoted volunteers and players we aim to regain our rightful place in the upper echelons of Limerick hurling in years to come.

In 2022 to coincide with our 60th anniversary we launched an ambitious development plan. We aim to exponentially grow memberships and participation in the coming years, becoming a highly competitive hurling club at adult and underage levels.

We have restarted our academy levels with the aim of nurturing talent in our communities and want to firmly re-establish ourselves as the heartbeat of our community.

Taken from the Limerick Leader June 28th 2021

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