Of course, it must be borne in mind that matches were somewhat infrequent and many players walked to the venue of selection and after the match they walked home again - - if they were able! At the turn of the century Greystones could boast a G.AA. team called the 'Wolfe Tones'. They played their local matches in Carr’s Bog. Now where's that? St. Patrick's school covers part of Carr's Bog and at the turn of the century the bog was as hard as a rock hosting the annual circus - a rare event in those days.
Greystones are also on record in the second decade of the century. A note in the Wicklow People said matches in 1915 were played in the Bog and the Cricket grounds
The next team to represent Greystones G.A.A. was called 'United Gaels'. This team was comprised of players from Greystones and Kilcoole hence the title 'United Gaels' When possible they played their local matches at Carr's field. Where could one find that today? Well, Applewood Heights covers Carr's field where the 'United Gaels' played. Greystones won the junior Championship in 1919/1920. They were in Senior grade in 1921, but were beaten by Annacurra in the semi-final.
The early twenties saw yet another G.A.A. team Based in the village of Killincarrig, called the 'Cherry Pickers' Killincarrig could boast a beautiful Cherry Orchard in those days it was the brain child of a young Wexford man, Jimmy Kennedy, later to become a Co. Wexford Senior player and also a member of Dail Eireann.
The 'Cherry Pickers' played home matches in O'Connor's field. Is that field still around? Well, not exactly. It is covered by a housing estate, Lower Kindlestown or the name nature gave it it's built on the edge of a rookery-"Crow Abbey".
We are now in the early thirties. A young Enniscorthy man, Jim Donohue, employed by Dublin South-Eastern Railway, is transferred to Greystones. Donohue left a proud G.A.A. behind him in Enniscorthy. He had acquired the now famous G.A.A. grounds at Belfield and to play there he founded the famous Enniscorthy Starlight's. On arrival in Greystones Donohue's first question was, how many G.A.A. teams are there in Greystones? He got a simple answer - none. "I'll soon change that", and he did. He met and consulted with a former outstanding Greystones player - Peter Byrne. They struck up a partnership with a schoolboy Frank Clarke. A plan of campaign was drawn up.
An interview was sought and obtained from Mr. John Emerson, the Burnaby Estate Agent. He was a fair man and gave a sympathetic hearing to the delegation and eventually he decided to lease approximately 4 acres of land for a playing ground for the club then being formed. The land was situated at Killincarrig Road, near the Rugby Club who also gave the G.A.A. great support.