Shankill Shilmaliers

The earliest known existence of a Shankill team was on November 5th 1911, a Sunday. Very little is known before this date. The club was known as Shankill Shilmaliers. The name Shilmalier taken from the barony of Shilmalier, Co.Wexford, a place associated with the 1798 rebellion.

In July 1910 a newly formed newspaper called the Saturday Dublin Post published Dublin’s first match reports and minutes of County Board Meetings. Dublin GAA and Ireland at the time were in hectic circles. The Post did reporting on behalf of all organisations during a political atmosphere hostile to the fostering of Irish culture.