Trim GAA
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Trim GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in Trim
Trim, County Meath
Trim is the traditional county town of County Meath in Ireland, although the county town is now Navan. The town was recorded in the 2006 census to have a population of 6,870....

, in County Meath
County Meath
County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The club fields both Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 teams. It competes in Meath GAA
Meath GAA
The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...

 competitions. Trim is known as the home of hurling in Meath and the Meath Senior Hurling Championship final was held there each year until the redevelopment of its facilities meant it was moved to Pairc Tailteann.

2011 Football Relegation

Trim finished at the bottom of Group A, with 3 points from 5 games and point difference of -30, the lowest of any team that year. Trim's only win was a 1-15 to 1-10 defeat of Blackhall Gaels
Blackhall Gaels GAA
Blackhall Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Parish of Kilcloon. The parish consists of the main townlands of Batterstown, Mulhussey and Kilcloon near the town of Dunboyne, in County Meath. The club plays hurling and football in Meath GAA competitions...

 on 7 August 2011. Trim's first relegation play-off was against Nobber
Nobber GAA
Nobber GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Nobber, County Meath, Ireland. The club competes in Meath GAA competitions. The club has won the Meath Senior Football Championship once when North Meath GAA won the title in 1950...

 on 20 August, Trim were beaten 3-8 to 1-16.

On 9 September 2011, Trim were beaten 1-11 to 2-9 by Duleek/Bellewstown
Duleek/Bellewstown GAA
Duleek/Bellewstown is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Duleek, in County Meath, Ireland. The club plays football in Meath GAA competitions. Duleek won the Meath Senior Football Championship once in 1943 and was their only Senior Football Championship wins...

 in Páirc Tailteann
Páirc Tailteann
Páirc Tailteann is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It is the home of the Meath Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The ground has a capacity of between 30,000 and 33,000. It is the venue of the annual Meath GAA club championship finals of which the winners...

 in their second relegation play-off and were relegated to the Intermediate Football Championship
Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The Meath Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition featuring clubs from Meath GAA. The winners of this championship get promoted to the Meath Senior Football Championship. In the 2010 final, Nobber defeated Carnaross. Each year, the final takes place in Meath's...

. Trim were promoted to Senior Level football in 1949 and relegation ended a 62 year spell at Senior level, the second longest spell after Skryne
Skryne GFC
Skryne GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Skryne, in County Meath, Ireland. The club mainly plays Gaelic Football. It competes in Meath GAA competitions. Skryne has the second most Meath Senior Football Championship titles after Navan O Mahony's. Every All-Ireland...

 who have been in the Senior Football Championship since 1938.

Honours

  • Meath Senior Hurling Championship: 26
    • 1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001
  • Meath Senior Football Championship: 1
    • 1962
  • Meath Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1
    • 1973
  • Meath Junior Hurling Championship: 5
    • 1918, 1919, 1985, 1986, 2000
  • Meath Intermediate Football Championship
    Meath Intermediate Football Championship
    The Meath Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition featuring clubs from Meath GAA. The winners of this championship get promoted to the Meath Senior Football Championship. In the 2010 final, Nobber defeated Carnaross. Each year, the final takes place in Meath's...

    : 1
    • 1949
  • Meath Junior Football Championship
    Meath Junior Football Championship
    The Meath Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association between Gaelic Football clubs in Co. Meath, Ireland that are in the Junior division. The winner of this championship will be promoted to the Intermediate division. The winner also represents Meath in the Leinster Junior...

    : 2
    • 1934, 1940
  • Meath Junior 2 Hurling Championship: 1
    • 1987
  • Meath Junior B Football Championship: 4
    • 1978, 1991, 1998, 2010
  • Feis Cup: 1
    • 1976
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