In the 1960's some derelict houses at Mary Street, Warrenpoint were purchased for £50. These were converted into small clubrooms using the voluntary labour of members and friends. The clubrooms were used for meetings, functions and fundraising. There were two rooms (upstairs and downstairs) each approximately 18ft x 25ft. The cost of rebuilding was £2,000 approximately. 

An extension was added to the clubrooms in the 1970's giving a ground floor hall of 54ft x 26ft with a balcony 18ft x 25ft. Later a small kitchen was added. The total cost of this contract was £5,000. 

Two dwellings were purchased either side of the clubrooms in Mary Street in the 1980's to facilitate future development of the clubrooms including an upstairs social club and bar. The total cost of this development was £46,000. The second house is still occupied by a tenant and rent is paid to St. Peter's GAA Club. 

In the 1970's an activity room 40ft x 20ft was also purchased for £10,000 and located at the back of the Clubrooms. This room provided for supervised youth activity seven nights a week for 15 years. This property is no longer utilised. The clubrooms were refurbished in 2008 and in 2009 as part of the GAA 125 Celebrations, a new 125 Bar was opened to facilitate functions and events in the clubrooms. 

Games

Gaelic Football 

At present the club competes in interclub competitions in the following categories: 

. Senior Football Team; 
. Reserve Football Team; 
. Under 20 Football; 
. Minor Football (Under 18); 
. Under 16 Football; 
. Under 14 Football; 
. Under 12 Football; 
. Under 11 Football; 
. Under 10 Football; 
. Under 8 Football. 

As previously stated Warrenpoint GAA won the first ever Gaelic Football Competition organised in Down in 1889. Over the year Warrenpoint has established a very proud reputation of organising Gaelic Football at all age levels and of producing Gaelic Footballers and administrators of the highest calibre. In addition, many club players have represented Down with distinction. 

Peter Rooney won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Medal with Down in 1968, two National League medals with Down (1968 and 1978), four Ulster Senior Football Championship medals in 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1980, two Railway Cup medals with Ulster in 1979 and 1980 and an Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup and All-Ireland Hogan Cup medals with St. Colman's College in 1968. 

Miceal Magill became the first club member to win an All Star Gaelic Football Award in 1994 when he was awarded the honour for the right corner back position. 

At present there are over 50 All-Ireland medals in St. Peter's Warrenpoint Club. Most of these medals were won by members of the club who were on the victorious St. Mark's, St. Colman's College, Abbey and Newry Regional College All-Ireland winning teams. 

Terry McCormack was the first Down man to be selected for Ulster (as a sub in the 1930's) and John McClorey and Johnnie Carr, both great Warrenpoint players in the late 1930's were the first Down men to play for Ulster. Peter Rooney and Martin Slevin played for Ulster in the 1970's and Miceal Magill also represented his Province in the 1990's. Miceal Magill was also a member of the Ireland panel which represented Ireland in the International Games series with Australia. 

A number of club players have also won Sigersan Cup medals with their respective Universities and were chosen for the Combined Universities Gaelic Football team. Feargal McCormack was chairman of the University GAA Council of Ireland in the Centenary year of the Association in 1984. 

The club has organised in conjunction with Down County Board very successful Cul Camps in August in recent years. A Gaelic Football Academy for U-6 to U-8 year olds was launched in 2009 by Brendan Rice. 

2010 was a very sad and traumatic year for Cumann Pheadair Naofa, following the tragic and untimely death of Warrenpoint Minor Player Patrick Dinsmore on Sunday evening 22 August 2010, during a Minor Football League game away to close neighbours Rostrevor. Patrick was a shining example of a young man who enjoyed playing Gaelic Football and had a love for a diversity of sports. May he rest in peace.

In the early 1930's St. Peter's had a Hurling team with Brian Gribbon, Secretary and Jim Cassidy, Club Captain of the team. However the game was not played again in the town until the mid 1970's when it was revived under the astute leadership of Liam O'Hare. 

Since that time the club has undertaken a number of Hurling development initiatives including regular coaching for underage players and at present hurling is flourishing with the club hosting six hurling teams at: 

All Ireland Under 16 Hurling B Winners 2008: 

• Declan O'Neill 
• Blaine Murphy 

• Danny Grant 
• Mark Rafferty 
• Karl Maxwell 
• Allan Higgins 
• Matthew Teague 
• Miceal Cunningham 
• Chris Teague 
• Conan O'Neill 
• Aaron O'Hare 
• Michael Fegan 
• Blaine Murphy 

The Camogie Association was founded in 1904 with Newry being the second club formed in Ireland. In 1925 the Betsy Gray Camogie club was founded by the late Sighle Nic an Ultaigh, a lady who played a leading role in the development of Camogie. 

In the late forties - early fifties Warrenpoint ceased to have a Camogie team and whilst some girls, Anne Rooney, Eleanor Maguire, Elizabeth Maguire, Bernie O'Hare and Belle O'Loughlin travelled to play with St. Brigids Newry in the late sixties, it was 1970 before Belle O'Loughlin called a meeting and a new club, naming it St. Peters Camogie Club, was formed. The Camogie Club held a 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner in 2010 and relaunched its Senior Camogie team in the same year. 

Success came in 1972 with the club winning the double - Down Junior League and Championship, what an achievement for a small club. In 1973 St. Peter's won the Intermediate League, and in 1976 won Feis An Dun, however whilst Camogie continued to thrive in our club, we had no success until 1985 when we again won the League and 1988 saw us take the Junior Championship again, 1995 League and Championship, 1996 and 1999 were other successful years winning Intermediate Championship, 2001 Junior League, 2002 Intermediate Championship. In 2004 St. Peter's won the Junior Camogie Championship and were runners up in the league, not a bad record for a small club. 

Many many girls have played Camogie with the club over the years, some winning All Ireland medals. Anne Toner (nee Rooney), Elizabeth Gibson a teacher in St. Marks and in 2009, Catriona Fegan (nee McCabe) won a Centenary runner up medal. 

In the early 70's Arthur O'Loughlin's work van journeyed the girls to and from matches all over the county. The van had two benches (wooden planks sitting on top of a few concrete blocks). Every corner turned saw one or other side fall on top of each other. This stately mode of transport was also the changing room for most of the games, the eating place, first aid room etc. however many many stories and laughter was shared in it. 

With the exception of an underage player who fell out with her opponent over a boyfriend and started fighting on the pitch, who eventually were off, no senior team player was sent to the line. This speaks volumes for the 'Point girls. Many families supplied Warrenpoint teams with players over the years, Rooney's, Daly's, O'Hare's, O'Hagan's, McCabe's, Ryan's, Cunningham's, McAnulty's, McShane's, Campbell's, Trainor's, to name a few. Some of these girls began playing at 10 years of age and are still playing with the club to date. 

Belle O'Loughlin trained the team for many years, then Anne and Eugene Toner followed by Sean Caughey and then Brendan McGivern whose training and fitness sessions left many sore and aching joints, the girls had a great respect for him. 

Warrenpoint currently hosts five Camogie teams at Senior, U-16, U-14, U-12 and U-10 levels. 

Anne Toner (nee Rooney) won an All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship medal with Down in 1976, an All-Ireland Camogie Colleges medal with Sacred Heart School Newry in 1971, three Ulster Colleges Camogie medals with Sacred Heart School Newry in 1970, 1971 and 1976, a Philadelphia Camogie Championship medal in 1978 and a Feis An Dun Camogie medal in 1976. 

Two members of the club Sighle Nic An Ultaigh (1949 - 1953) and Belle O'Loughlin (1994 - 1997) have held the prestigious position of President of the Camogie Association of Ireland. Sighle also held the post of General Secretary of the Camogie Association for 25 years (1953 - 1975). Sighle was also chairman of the Ulster Council for 1947 - 1949 and was a trustee of the Camogie Association. Belle O'Loughlin also served as Down County Chairman for three terms, Ulster Chairman for two terms and Ulster Secretary.

Belle O'Loughlin was honoured at 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final at Croke Park for her efforts in promoting Camogie across the island.

St. Peter's has been at the forefront of providing and encouraging a multitude of ongoing cultural activities and entertainment for a very wide group and on a cross gender basis. In the early 1970's, starting in 1972 the club organised a very successful Feile an Phointe, during the first two weeks of June.

The club has been very active in the GAA Scor, cultural competitions and has been successful at All-Ireland level in both Scor and Scor na nOg competitions. In 1978 the Junior team won the All-Ireland Scor na nOg Ceili Dancing Title. Warrenpoint won the All-Ireland Scor Set Dancing Title in 1982 and after many years of winning County and Ulster titles the club won the prestigious Scor All-Ireland quiz title in 1996. The winning quiz team members were Sheila McAnulty, Matt Durkin and Hugh Carr. In addition, as highlighted in the Achievements section of the website, Warrenpoint has won four Ulster Scor Sinsear Titles and forty seven Down Scor Sinsear Titles. The club has also won 2 Ulster Scor Na nOg Titles and 26 Down Scor Na nOg Titles.

The club is proud to have been at the forefront of the revival of Irish Set Dancing and for over 20 years, commencing in 1978 organised annual set dancing competitions and workshops. An exciting European dimension was developed in 1993 when St. Peter's Set Dancers along with a company of musicians and singers, led by Moya McCormack, Liam O'Hare and Ted Bradley travelled to Normandy to participate in the annual Normandy Cultural Festival. Whilst in Liseux in Normandy, the Troupe performed at five venues and were hosted to a civic reception by the Mayor. The following year in 1994, Warrenpoint hosted a Troupe of French dancers and musicians from the Liseux area. In November 2008, the club organised a major set dancing competition, the Moya McCormack Memorial Competition in honour of Moya McCormack, who died on 4 April 2008, having given a lifetime of service promoting Irish dancing and Culture activities in Warrenpoint and Co. Down. 

Since Warrenpoint hosted its first Ceili in 1917, the club has been very prominent in the promotion of ceili's and hosted the GAA Centenary County Ceili in Warrenpoint Town Hall on 14 November 1984. 

A Celebrity Jigs and Reels organised as part of GAA 125 Celebrations in 2009, proved to be a tremendous success. 

On Saturday 27 February 2010, the club set-dancing team under the management of Carmel McGrath won the All-Ireland Ríadoirí Set Dancing Competition in Limerick for the first time. 

In August 2010 at the All Ireland CCE Fleadh in Cavan, St. Peter's GAA Club won the Under 15 Mixed Four Hand Reel dancing competition and the Under 18 Set Dancing Competition.

Irish language classes have been a feature of the club activities for over 50 years, with Joe Lambe, Jimmy Devlin, Pat Ahern and Ted Bradley pioneering these activities initially and the tradition is carried on by Hugh Carr and Louise Carr. Classes were organised for adults and children and the club members participate annually in Feis an Duin. 

At present the club hosts a Cumann na nOg and history was made on 17 December 2009, when young actors at St. Peter's GAA Club, Cumann na nOg performed their Christmas Nativity play, Sceal Na Nollag in the Irish Language in the Clubrooms, Mary Street. 

In addition to winning their competition section in the All-Ireland Schools Drama Festival 2010 (An Cumann Scoil Drámaiochta) in Mullingar, Cumann Pheadair Naofa Cumann Na nOg also won the Adjudicator (Ray Yeates) Special Award for overall production with their performance of their play Gairdin an Fhathaigh (The Selfish Giant). All 23 children in the cast were excellent. 

The play "The Selfish Giant" was written in Irish by Hugh Carr, based on the short story "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde. The play was produced by Pat Mooney assisted by Louise Carr and Hugh Carr. 

Cumann Pheadair Naofa retained its All-Ireland Schools Irish Drama Festival (An Cumann Scoil Drámaiochata) title in Mullingar on Wednesday 13 April 2011, when they performed their Irish Language Play, Fear Draíochta Oz (The Wizard of Oz with an Irish twist).

Cumann Ogra Naomh Peadar, St. Peter's GAA Youth Irish Drama Group had a great triumph at the Newry Irish Drama Festival (Feile An Iuír 2012) on Friday 9 March 2012, when their play "Ar Bord na Loinge" (a Play about the Titanic) won four awards.  The play involving 25 club members under the age of 12, was written and directed by Hugh Carr and Louise Carr, won the Best Youth Club Award, Best New Script Award and Best Overall Production Award.  In addition Ruairi McCormack won the Best Actor Award for his performance of Sean da Burca.

Michael Walsh co-ordinates a Ciorcal Comhra. Three Scholarships are provided annually for local children to attend Summer Irish courses and an annual Irish Language Collection is organised. 

The club is very proud of the achievements of its Brass band section formed in 1971, and has won a number of All-Ireland Awards including 3 All-Ireland National Intermediate titles in 1975, 1981 and 1984 and has played at prestigious events throughout Ireland. The band has been at the forefront of cross community activities and has joined up with the Warrenpoint Silver band on numerous occasions. St. Peter's Brass Band played at Croke Park in 1973 at the Tyrone v Cork, All-Ireland Senior Football semi-final and also played for Pope John Paul II, when he visited Drogheda in 1979. For further details on band see www.stpetersgaaband.com.

The Band will celebrate its 40th Anniversary with a Band Concert in Warrenpoint Town Hall on Friday 16 March 2012.

In recent times a closer association has built up between Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Craobh an Phointe and Cumann Pheadair Naofa. In 2010 the Club won its first County Scor Na nOg Instrumental Music Title.

From 1973 to 1986, there was a drama group within the club, and many outstanding productions followed. In the past its drama section performed such plays as "All the Kings Horses", produced by John McMahon, "Drama at Inish", "Our Town" and "The Diary of Anne Frank". Indeed in 1976 it won the Ballymoney Drama Festival performing "The Diary of Anne Frank" (produced by Pat Mooney) and Geraldine Smyth won the Best Actress Award for her part as Anne Frank. In recent years the Irish language section have won prizes at Féile Scoil Drámaíochta and in 2010 won the All Ireland competition in Mullingar.

St. Peter's GAA Club has historically played a pivotal role in local community life for successive generations within the Warrenpoint area since its foundation over 100 years ago in 1888. The Club has a proven record of voluntary endeavour and community commitment, in the provision of sporting and cultural activity. 

Over this period the Club has developed club facilities including Clubrooms at Mary Street, Warrenpoint, and a playing field at Moygannon Park through the tireless voluntary efforts of members and the support of the local community. 

The Clubrooms have been used in the past by a variety of local voluntary and community organisations from all traditions and the Club is proud of its commitment to cross community relations. Each year a Family Fun Day is organised in August as part of the Maiden of the Mourns International Festival. 

In 2002, the club hosted a very successful Raceday at Fairyhouse Race Course on Easter Tuesday. 

Current membership incorporating senior and youth members exceeds 500 people. St. Peter's Social Club continues to prove popular with members and friends, and has hosted many events in support of local charities. 

In December 2009, a new Social Committee under the Chairmanship of Aisling McGivern was founded and already a number of very successful community events such as a Santa Saturday and Book Sale have been organised. 

In June 2010, the club launched a Community and Wellbeing Taskforce under the leadership of Ann McGeeney, Katrina McKernan and Joanne Tinnelly. The group organised a number of pioneering events in its first year including Healthy Food promotions and healthy living initiatives including the creation of a new "Walk and Talk" group in consultation with Walshs Pharmacy, each Wednesday evening. In addition the club became the first GAA club to host a community engagement consultation forum with the Newry and Mourne District Policing Partnership on 9 December 2010.

For over 100 years, St. Peter's Club has been in the forefront of promoting sport and cultural activities for the youth of the area. The Junior Committee is very active in organising coaching, games and social activities for youth members. The Club has also enjoyed very strong links with local primary and post primary schools. 

At present, former club member Patrick McGivern is Chairman of the Ulster GAA Primary Schools Committee, and a member of GAA Central Council and Club member Brendan Rice is Secretary. 

In 2010, the club created a new position of Schools Club Liaison Officer and Anne McCormack was elected Schools Club Liaison Officer. GAA President Christy Cooney launched the Club / St. Dallan's Noticeboard in St. Dallan's in April 2010. 

The club also created a new position for a Childrens Officer in 2010 and Carrie Crawford was elected to this post.

Contribution To Down

Over the years, the club has made a substantial contribution to Down football with many outstanding players in every decade since the 1930's. Tom O'Hare was a member of the Junior team beaten by Louth in the Junior semi-final of 1934. 

Terry McCormack, Gerry and Johnny Carr and John McClorey featured in the first Ulster Senior final against Cavan in 1940. In 1944 when the Mc Kenna cup was won for the first time no fewer than seven Point men lined out for the final. 

Gerry Carr captained the Down Junior team that brought the first All-Ireland to the County in 1946 and Emmett McGivern was the goalkeeper on that occasion. Barney Carr, Joe O'Boyle, Liam O'Hare, Tim Donoghue and John O'Hare were all stars of the County team in the 1940's. 

The great breakthrough on the National scene was in 1960 when Down brought the Sam Maguire Cup across the Border for the first time, Barney Carr was one of the central figures as Manager of the Down Senior football team in 1960 and 1961. In 1968 the youthful Peter Rooney made his mark in no uncertain manner in Down's All-Ireland Senior football success. 

Miceal Magill played and Eamon Connolly was on the panel of the victorious Down All-Ireland Senior football team in 1994. Emmett T. McGivern, Seamus Carr and Sean McNulty won All-Ireland Minor medals in 1977 and Brenda Kearney won a similar honour with Down in 1999, as did Gary Boylan and Colm Carty in 2005. Gervaise O'Hare won an All-Ireland Under 21 medal with Down in 1979. 

Five Warrenpoint players were selected in the Irish News feature article in February 2009, selecting the Top 50 Down players, in the 125 Years of the GAA. The five players were: 

• Terry McCormack; 
• John McClorey; 
• Barney Carr; 
• Gerry Carr; and 
• Peter Rooney.