Shelmaliers GAA Club
More Than A Club. The Heartbeat Of Castlebridge.
Shelmaliers GAA isn’t just a name on a jersey. It’s the proudest club in this corner of the sunny south east. It’s a club built around hurling, football and camogie that’s been pulling generations through its gates since 1886.
When you buy a ticket for our Win A House In Wexford fundraiser, not only are you rolling the dice on a brand-new home… you’re putting your name behind a club that’s been part of the fabric of this parish for nearly 140 years.
Our Story
The club was founded in 1886. The Shelmaliers name was adopted in 1952, when the old St. Ibars and Ardcolm clubs merged into the side we know today. Across the decades, under names like the Emmets, the Redmonds and the Sally Beachers, our players helped shape the very identity of Wexford GAA.
Our finest hour came in 1910, when Wexford, represented by Castlebridge, won the county’s first ever All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The men of this parish wore that jersey. That’s the legacy every young Shel walks into the club with.
Honours that Matter
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions — 1910 (as Castlebridge)
- Wexford Senior Hurling Champions — 2014 and 2020
- Wexford Intermediate Hurling Champions — 1997
- Wexford Intermediate Football Champions — 2007
- Wexford Junior Hurling Champions — 1954, 1966
- Wexford Junior Football Champions — 1985
- Numerous underage and youth championships across hurling, football and camogie
Where Champions Are Made
In the 1970s the club moved to its current home at Hollymount. Today, Shelmaliers operates three full-size pitches, with land already secured for a fourth. Add in our growing camogie section, our nursery setup and a senior squad that has tasted county glory twice in the last decade — and you’ve got a club that punches well above its weight.
But facilities don’t build themselves. Coaches need gear. Pitches need upkeep. Floodlights, dressing rooms, gym equipment, kit for the kids — it all costs money. That’s where you come in.
Where Your Money Goes
Every euro raised through Win A House In Wexford goes straight back into the club. We’re talking real, tangible improvements:
- Pitch development and our planned fourth grounds
- Modern facilities for our hurling, football and camogie sections
- Coaching, gear and kit for our nursery and underage players
- Long-term investment in the next generation of Shels
- The Wexford Coastal Path — over 200km of waymarked coast
This is how clubs survive. This is how they thrive. And this is how a small parish in the sunny south east keeps producing players who go on to wear the purple and gold.
Buy A Ticket. Back The Club. Maybe Win A House.
You don’t need to live in Castlebridge to be a part of this. Every ticket sold — from Wexford to Wellington — builds something that lasts. And one of those tickets is going to land its holder a brand-new home in Ferrybank.