St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
| St Patrick's Athletic Football Club Irish: Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa | ||||
| Founded: | 1929 | |||
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| Ground: | Richmond Park, Inchicore | |||
| Website: | http://www.stpatsfc.com | |||
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St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a professional football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played originally in Phoenix Park but they moved to their current ground Richmond Park in 1930.
St Patrick's Athletic have won many trophies in Irish Club Football, including nine League Titles, the fifth most in Irish Football, as well as three FAI Cups and four League Cups.
The club graduated through the ranks of the Leinster Senior League and duly took their place in the League of Ireland in 1951, and won the Championship at their first attempt. The club's glory years came in the 1950s and 1990s when they won 7 of their 9 league titles. The club also have the record for never having been relegated from the Premier Division.
The club play in red and white colours, and their nicknames include The Saints, Supersaints and Pats.
Community
The club motto is Ní neart go cur le chéile, which translates to No strength without unity. St Patrick's Athletic is strongly linked with Inchicore and the local south west Dublin community. The club operate schoolboy teams at every age group from under 10 to under 18.
Women's Football
In 1996 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. took over the local women's football team O'Connell Chics.
