Founded: 1987 Nickname: John's Grounds: Stenson Park | County: Sligo Colours: Sky Blue and Navy | |
St. John's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Carraroe and the eastern ward of Sligo, Republic of Ireland. It is one of the newer clubs in the county, having been formed in 1987 after a re-organisation of the GAA structures in the Sligo urban area. Its grounds formerly known as Cuilbeg have been renamed Stenson Park in memory of legendary Sligo player and Curry/St. John's club man Johnny Stenson, they were formally opened in October 2012 by GAA President Liam O'Neill.
The clubs biggest rivals are st marys from sligo town and the most famous players to have played for the club are allstars barnes murphy and charlie harrison and also shane filan from westlife
In 2013, St. John's seniors won ten games out of a possible eleven and contested the Division One League final for the very first time in their short history against Tourlestrane but lost. Currently the club fields Senior, Intermediate and Junior A teams and traditionally draws its players from Carraroe, Cairns Hill, Cranmore, Garavogue and Mail Coach Road which are predominantly areas from Sligo town.
St. John's are yet to make an appearance in the Sligo Senior Championship final, but have made four semi final appearances. The club have also won a Connacht Junior title in 1999 when they defeated Monivea Abbeyknockmoy of Galway in the final in tuam (abbeyknockmoy had beaten st johns heavily in the group stage)
In the 2014 sligo county championship semi final st johns suffered a heavy defeat to arch rivals st marys
2015 was a disastrous year for st johns as they finished bottom of the division 1 league and bottom of the championship group meaning relegation to intermediate championship and division 2 league for 2016.
The 2016 intermediate championship ended with a defeat to eventual beaten finalists geevagh at the quarter final stage and a 4th place finish in division 2.
St johns were also beaten by st farnans in the benson cup final and beaten finalists also in the junior division 4 final by tourlestrane. But lifted the county junior b championship for the third time by defeating easkey sea blues in the final to round off a good year for the club.
Runners up 2013