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Irrintzi S.C.D.R.

Location, 8 Carmen Street. First floor. Pamplona. Telf. +34 948224 790 and +34 948 227 857

E-mail:  info@irrintzi.com

The "Irrintzi de Iruña" Peña Club was founded in 1950 and its origins began with two football teams, the "Irrintzi" and the "Iruña" and that is how they the club got its name. From the very beginning their color was black, in homage to the typical dress of the people in the mountains. In 1953, Iruña separated as a football club and irrintzi became a Sanfermin Peña Club. They moved to premises in San Agustin Street where they have a first floor and two flats above it. These held the different sections of the Peña Club.

In April, 1964 they Peña needed a larger premises and moved to 23 Estafeta Street. Due to problems with an upstairs neighbor, they moved to Carmen Street. There they acquired premises which became their headquarters. This premises includes a bar which they rent out to finance the Peña Club. This opened in 1971 and the club soon became a cultural and social club as well as keeping its sports section.

In 1976 they celebrated their silver anniversary and they announced the first ever club amnesty. This consisted in admitting all former members once again who had been expelled for different reasons over the previous 25 years. In the 90's the clubhouse was reformed and the number of members was enlarged.

Besides the football, mountaineering has been one of the main activities of the club. They form a calendar of excursion days to the mountains along with the "EL Bullicio Pamplonés". Both male and female members from the Irrintzi have been leading figures in instigating events in Sanfermin such as The Struendo ever since 1965. From this Pena the idea came to start the event at 11:59 in line with the trains that come in at that hour to Pamplona railway station.

Tradition has it that they too were the ones to make the homily to the saint just before the start of the run an "official" act, with the placement of the neckties of all the Peña clubs. Before this the runners used to sing to an image of the saint which was a nun used to place on a window of the old Military hospital and which is now the Ministry of Education. The members wear a black smock.