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Mayobridge - County Down's Oldest GAA Club
The first recorded football game played by St Patrick's Mayobridge took place on Saturday 28th January 1888 when Lisnamulligan (near Hilltown) provided the opposition in a game played at Mayobridge.
While this is the first "recorded" game there is no reason to think that other unrecorded games took place earlier in the month or even in the latter part of 1887.
The minutes of the Central Council of the GAA record that on 30th April 1888, an application for affiliation was received from St Patrick's Mayobridge County Down. The acceptance of that application makes the club the oldest registered GAA club in the county.