Introduction

 

If Tipperary is the home of hurling, then arguably Dublin is the home of handball.  As the ‘History of Handball’ below shows handball has been played in Dublin since God was a boy and many of the greats came from Dublin where professional players had solicitors that drew up contracts for challenges.  While handball is the ‘poor relation’ in the world of Gaelic games it is still a game that has a great attraction for many and with trips to America as an incentive for players the game has seen an upsurge in participation in recent years ...though nothing like years ago when it was played in every parish in Ireland and now too often the spectacle of the abandoned alley serves only to bring back memories of old times.​

 

The main objective when building our Centre was to provide a fine venue for handball and with grants  made available that expanded to our Centre becoming a community centre with other activities as well.  Indeed was it not for the local community support the Centre could not have survived.​

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