placenamesHannahstown
Baile Haine
Lámh Dhearg’s expanding teams prompted a local fundraising campaign for a second full-sized pitch in Hannahstown.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Haine · Irish · main form · validated name
- Hannahstown · English · main form
Place & story
A growing club
Lámh Dhearg began in 1903 as a rural football club serving Hannahstown. Its first pitch opened in 1984, when the club had seven teams. By 2021, growth in ladies’ football and camogie had increased pressure on its facilities. In an interview that year, Jim Herron recalled that land for a second pitch had been bought in 1992 but remained undeveloped for decades. [2] [3]
The pitch patrons
Members organised a patron scheme to finance the new pitch. By July 2022 more than 240 patrons had contributed, according to opening-committee chairman Paul Buchanan. Fundraising also included golf days and an auction following a club-history evening. Buchanan described the project as an investment in younger players, while plans for the opening celebrations included a tea dance recognising older residents’ support. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Belfast Upper
- Civil parish
- Shankill
- Coordinates
- 54.58845, -5.98876 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 61713 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Hannahstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lámh Dhearg making their Field of Dreams a reality, 30 July 2021 · Paddy Tierney, Belfast Media
- Lámh Dhearg to celebrate opening of new pitch, 28 July 2022 · Joe McCann, Belfast Media
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.