Teemore Shamrocks GFC

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Teemore Shamrocks
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Founded:1904
County:Fermanagh
Colours:Green and White Hoops
Grounds:St Mary's Park, Teemore
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Fermanagh
champions
Football: - - 21

Teemore Shamrocks is a Gaelic football club based in the village of Teemore, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They are the most successful club in the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship having won it 21 times.

History[]

The club was founded in 1904 and won the inaugural Fermanagh Senior Championship that year. They have gone on to win the title twenty-one times, their last coming in 2005 after defeating Newtownbutler.[1]

Teemore clubman Peter Quinn served as president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1991 to 1994.[2]

Barry Owens became the first Teemore player to win an All Star in 2004.[3] He was later honoured for a second time in 2006.[4]

Honours[]

  • Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (21): 1904, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1935, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1983, 2005
  • Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2012
  • Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (1): 1959[5]

Notable players[]

References[]

  1. ^ "O'Reilly shoots Shamrocks to crown". Irish Independent. 3 October 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "And the rest is history... Peter Quinn's rise from the family farm to top office in the GAA". The Irish News. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Fermanagh get two All Stars". BBC Northern Ireland. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Champions Kerry top All Star list". RTÉ. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Roll of Honour". Fermanagh GAA. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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