Palatine GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bennekerry, County Carlow in Ireland.

It draws players mainly from the parish of Bennekerry, including the townlands of Brownshill, Ducketsgrove, Kernanstown, Russellstown and Palatine, County Carlow.

In the 1920 Leinster Championship, the Carlow team that defeated Wicklow 3–2 to 1–7 contained 10 Palatine players, including captain John Sweeney.

They thus experienced the rare feat of winning two Senior Championships in the same calendar year, as the 1919 final had been played on 25 January 1920.

[1][2] When Carlow won the Leinster Junior Championship in 1923, Palatine players Ed "Sonny" Wall, Matt Hanely and Tom Dillon were in the team, with Jack Scully, Lar Sweeney and Mike Delaney among the subs.

Carlow beat both the reigning All Ireland champions and the beaten finalists (Kerry and Armagh respectively) to reach the 1954 National League final, only to lose to Mayo.

Among those losses were a defeat to Ballymurphy in 1953 (missing out on the chance to become the last team to hold that trophy, as a new one was commissioned the following season[3]), to Kildavin in 1970, to Naomh Eoin in 1986, to Old Leighlin in 1997,[4] O'Hanrahans in 2001,[5] and Rathvilly (after a replay) in 2002.

[8] After a fractious game, Westmeath referee Peter Fox was struck by a Palatine supporter who subsequently received a lifetime ban from the GAA.

[1] In 2007, aiming for a second ever two-in-a-row, they drew 0–10 to 1–7 with their town rivals, with Simon Rea kicking a late free to secure a replay for Éire Óg.

[11] But their young team came good for them eventually,[tone] with captain Jason Kane leading Palatine to back-to-back championships for the second time ever in 2015 and 2016.

But Eire Og had much the better of the second half, and with county player Ciaran Moran missing the game through injury, and having lost main score-getter Shane O'Neill early on in an off-the-ball incident, Pal struggled to get on the scoreboard after half-time.

[citation needed] Eire Óg beat Palatine in a county final yet again in 2019, this time on a scoreline of 1–16 to 0–5.

Three weeks later, they won a game in the Leinster Club Football Championship for the first time, defeating St Patrick's of Wicklow on a scoreline of 2-14 to 0-8.

Cullen was also top scorer in the entire country in 1978/79 National Football League, and has won an adult championship medal in five different decades from the 1960s to the 2000s[1] ^As Pal-Asca ^^As Pal/St Josephs