St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield GAA


St Joseph's, Doora-Barefield is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Doora-Barefield outside Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Hurling was the more popular sport in Doora-Barefield over Gaelic football, now it's 50-50 between the both of them. Their main playing fields are in Gurteen. They have three full-size hurling and football pitches. There is also changing and showering facilities there.

History

Players from the club joined up numerous times in the past with neighbours and local rivals Éire Óg to form the Ennis Faughs. Both clubs were competing at lower levels at the time so it was seen as an opportunity for the players to compete for senior hurling and football titles. Between 1944–1955 and 1993–1995, the Ennis Faughs competed in eight county football finals, winning five senior football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1994. The Ennis Faughs also won a senior hurling title in 1890, an intermediate hurling title in 1945, an intermediate football title in 1946, and a junior football title in 1968.
The club's most recent successes were both in 2022, when they won the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship, and their second team won the Clare Junior A Hurling Championship.

Major honours

Hurling

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship : 1999Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship : 1998, 1999Clare Senior Hurling Championship : 1954, 1958, 1998, 1999, 2001Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship : 1985, 1993, 2016, 2022Clare Junior A Hurling Championship : 1952, 1960, 1983, 2000, 2022Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship : 1993, 1994

Gaelic Football

Clare Senior Football Championship : 1898 'Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup) Runners-Up: 2012, 2025Clare Intermediate Football Championship : 1997, 2020Clare Junior A Football Championship : 1989, 1993Clare Under-21 A Football Championship :''' 2008, 2024

Notable players

Some of Clare GAA's greatest players have played for St Joseph's, many of which played with the iconic 1995 All Ireland winning team. These include Jamesie O'Connor, Seánie McMahon and Ollie Baker. All have won two All-Ireland Senior Championship medals, Seánie McMahon and Jamesie O'Connor won the GAA All Star Player Of The Year Award for 1995 and 1997 respectively.