# San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club

San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine) known as The San Patricios is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in San Antonio, Texas and a member of the North American GAA since 2012. Currently the club has a men's Gaelic Football team, and a ladies' football team. Their club badge features the Alamo, as well as the San Antonio Riverwalk. The SAGAC is registered with the State of Texas as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation.

## History

San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine), or the San Patricios was formed in San Antonio, Texas in 2011.

## Uniform

The team kit is taken directly from the sky blue found on two of the earliest Texas flags of independence: “Texas and Liberty” was inscribed on one side and a Latin inscription “Ubi, libertas habitat, ibi nostra patria est” (“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”) was also inscribed on the other.
The green found on the jersey represents the country that created Gaelic football, Ireland.

## Sponsors

The Executive Clud sponsor of the SAGAC is the Lion and Rose Restaurant and Pub. GLI the distributor of Guinness and Harp Lager have become major sponsors as of fall 2012
The Irish Cultural Society of San Antonio, Ancient Order of Hibernians Columkille Division 1, and The Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas, all San Antonio Irish organizations have all been long time supporters and partners of the SAGAC. This year (2014), that will be commemorated as their crests will be added the 2014 SAGAC San Patricio Jerseys.

## Pub League

In September 2011 the Lion and Rose Restaurant and Pub officially announced its decision to become the Sponsor of the SAGAC Pub League. The SAGAC had made plans to follow in the footsteps of the Dallas GAA Team, "Fionn McCumhaill's Gaa Dallas" by creating a Pub League to help promote the Gaelic Football and increase the amount of competitive play time for each member. The SAGAC announced that the two teams of the inaugural Pub League would be named "The San Patricios" (named after the St. Patrick's Battalion of the Mexican American War) and the "Irish Citizen Army" named after James Connolly's Socialist Revolutionaries.

## Active Roster

As of February 2014, the SAGAC has 58 men & women on their active roster (those who have played in either a National Tournament, Texas League or Pub League game). The Club is managed by Adrian Brett.
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 1 | Jerome Austin | Mid Field | West Plains, MO |
| 2 | Mono Aguilar | Half back | San Antonio, TX |
| 3 | Jason Binkley | Full forward | Fayetteville, NC |
| 4 | Adrian Brett | Half forward | Cloonacool, Co. Sligo, Ireland |
| 5 | Daniel "Chris" Brown | Goal Keeper | Wheeling, WV |
| 6 | Betty Bowman | Half forward | Indianapolis, IN |
| 7 | Gabe Castro | Full forward | Cibolo, TX |
| 8 | Mike Castro | Half back | San Antonio, TX |
| 9 | Brian Clark (O'Cleirigh) | Corner Back | Shawnee, OK (Co. Cork/Co. Galway) |
| 10 | Andy Claughton | Corner Back | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 11 | Keith Connolly | Full forward | Hawthorne, NY |
| 12 | Brendan Cullinane | Full forward | Beltsville, MD |
| 13 | Michael Cunningham | Full forward | |
| 14 | Will Damron | Half forward | San Antonio, TX |
| 15 | Clive Davidson | Mid Field | Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland |
| 16 | Jeff Davis | Half back | San Antonio, TX |
| 17 | Thomas Deegan | Mid Field | Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland |
| 18 | Mike Dirksen Jr. | Mid Field | San Antonio, TX |
| 19 | Laura Domyancic | Full forward | Okinawa & Misawa, Japan / San Antonio, TX |
| 20 | CJ Eschlinger | Corner Back | Wichita, KS |
| 21 | Jason Gray | Half forward | New Orleans, LA |
| 22 | Carlos Hernandez | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 23 | Brad Hickey | Mid Field | San Antonio, TX |
| 24 | Sean J. Hipp | Full back | Philadelphia, PA |
| 25 | Josh Hunt | Mid Field | O'Brien, TX |
| 26 | Phil Johnston | Full forward | Decatur, IL |
| 27 | Jeff Justice | Mid Field | San Antonio, TX |
| 28 | Chris King | Half forward | San Antonio, TX |
| 29 | Robert McDaniel | | San Antonio, TX |
| 30 | Daryl Mcghiey | Half forward | San Antonio, TX |
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 31 | Jon Mcghiey | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 32 | Kevin McManus | Half forward | Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland |
| 33 | Shane Mullane | Half forward | Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
| 34 | Marian Nagle | Corner Back | Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, Ireland |
| 35 | Lucky Nichols | Goal Keeper | San Antonio, TX |
| 36 | Terri Nichols | Half forward | San Antonio, TX |
| 37 | Michael O'Brien | | |
| 38 | Jimmy O'Halligan | Corner Back | Houston, TX |
| 39 | David O'Keefe | Half forward | Effin, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
| 40 | Rick Ortiz | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 41 | Tim O'Sullivan | Full back | Bronx, NY |
| 42 | Jacobo Paz | Goal Keeper | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| 43 | Michael Patrick | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 44 | Erin Perez | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 45 | Gabe Perez | Corner Back | San Antonio, TX |
| 46 | Juan Pina | Full forward | |
| 47 | Stevie Quinn | Half forward | Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| 48 | Scott Rankin | Half back | Tehachapi, CA |
| 49 | Christian Sanchez | Full forward | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 50 | Matt Scott | Half forward | Cibolo, TX |
| 51 | Gerry Sheridan | Half forward | Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland |
| 52 | JT Thompson | Half back | Lubbock, TX |
| 53 | Katie Thompson | Half forward | Paint Creek, TX |
| 54 | Chris Thompson | Mid Field | San Antonio, TX |
| 55 | Tyler Tully | Corner Back | Moore, OK |
| 56 | Mario Villanueva | Half back | Monterrey, Mexico / San Antonio, TX |
| 57 | Daniel White | Full forward | San Antonio, TX |
| 58 | Rob Wilson | Half forward | San Antonio, TX |