Following an initial trial startup at the beginning of the millenium and when European GAA was very much in it's infancy, the Frankfurt Sarsfields GAA club then fell victim to the booming Irish economy with practically the entire team returning to the old sod to settle down and seek their fortune. Forward several years later when a recession led influx of new Irish emigrants to the Frankfurt area sparked renewed interest in establishing Gaelic Games in Germany's financial capital. The club was officially launched in 2008 (apparently by a couple of roaming Frankfurt GAA mercenaries on an all-night train journey from a Budapest GAA tournament) and became a full member of CLG na hEorpa in 2009, competing in it's first ever pan-European tournament in Munich that year where it finished as runner-up in the men's football shield. The club also competed for the first time in 2010 in the Benelux regional championships and has hosted rounds of this competition in men's football in 2011 and 2015. 2016 has been a milestone year with the club fielding a ladies' football team for the very first time and also successfully running a weekly children's football camp during the latter half of the summer.