Na Fianna is Ho Chi Minh City’s second Gaelic football club, set up in August 2018 when there was enough interest in Saigon for two teams. It started with a women’s side, became a city rival to Saigon Gaels, and in 2026 ran its own men’s tournament.
The Asian County Board’s 2019 World Games newsletter introduced Na Fianna Ho Chi Minh GAA as a club founded in August 2018, in response to strong interest in Gaelic football in the city. With more expats arriving, a second team made sense. It began with a small, committed group and a female-only team, with several members’ children also playing.
By 2020 the Irish News was describing Na Fianna as a new city rival for Saigon Gaels. That autumn the two clubs and Hanoi’s Viet Celts raised over €1,500 for families hit by floods and landslides in central Vietnam, and Asian County Board development officer Joe Trolan picked out all three as standout smaller clubs in South Asia.
On 13 March 2021 the Na Fianna St Patrick’s Day Gaelic Games Competition was played in An Phú, District 2, with Na Fianna’s women taking on the Gaels in a Gaelic football game that morning. In November 2025 the club was in Bangkok for the Asian Gaelic Games, where it met Viet Celts in the group stage.
On 28 February 2026 Na Fianna hosted the Na Fianna Gaelic Football Tournament men’s senior division at Thanh Long Sports Center in Bình Chánh. Four teams played a round robin of seven-minute halves, then semi-finals feeding a Cup Final and a Plate Final. The club also has a voice on the Asian County Board, with Hattie Hollowell of Na Fianna HCMC listed as Ladies Rep.
Na Fianna is one of three Vietnamese clubs named by the Asian County Board, alongside Saigon Gaels and Viet Celts, under an Asian board that dates from 2006. A Na Fianna jersey comes from a young club still writing its first chapters.
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Facts checked: 11 November 2026.
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