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2022 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship
The 2022 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of the Fermanagh GAA, Fermanagh GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The championship consists of eight teams and had a new group stage format. The championship began on 9 September 2022. Derrygonnelly Harps GFC, Derrygonnelly Harps were the 2021 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship, defending champions, but were beaten by Enniskillen Gaels GAC, Enniskillen Gaels at the semi-final stage. The final was due to be played on 23 October, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The final was played seven days later, and Enniskillen Gaels defeated Erne Gaels GAC, Belleek, Erne Gaels Belleek to win their first title since 2006. Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2021 championship season. To Championship Promoted from 2021 Intermediate Championship * Erne Gaels GAC, Belleek, Erne Gaels Belleek - (Intermediate Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fermanagh Senior Football Championship
The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Kilcoo of .... Enniskillen Gaels are the 2022 champions. Winners listed by club Finals listed by year References External links Official Fermanagh GAA Website {{Fermanagh GAA, state=expanded Senior Gaelic football county championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Life
''Gaelic Life'' is a Gaelic games newspaper. It has been published since 2007. A weekly publication, it appears on a Thursday. Though it offers coverage primarily of Gaelic games in the province of Ulster, it circulates through the other three provinces - Connacht, Leinster and Munster - as well. Its columnists include former Derry All-Ireland winner Joe Brolly and former Donegal NFL and Ulster Championship winner Kevin Cassidy. ''Gaelic Life'' has sponsored the Dr McKenna Cup. National newspapers such as the website of the '' Irish Independent'' have cited ''Gaelic Life'' as a source, while public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann has also acknowledged ''Gaelic Life''. See also *Kevin McGourty Kevin 'Hank' McGourty is an Irish dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. Gaelic football and hurling, who plays for the St Gall's club, County Antrim and Ulster, and, previously, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin. Biography M ..., Antrim footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ederney St Joseph's GAC
Ederney St Joseph's is a Gaelic football club based in the village of Ederney, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club was first founded in May 1929, and went through various incarnations before winning their first Fermanagh Senior Football Championship title in 1968, beating Newtownbutler by 3–7 to 2–6. In 2004, Martin McGrath became Ederney's first All Star. Ederney reached the county finals in both 2006 and 2018, losing heavily to Enniskillen Gaels and Derrygonnelly Harps respectively. After a fifty-two year wait the club finally added its second senior championship in 2020, beating Derrygonnelly 2–8 to 1–6 in the final. Notable players * Martin McGrath Honours * Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (2): 1968, 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roslea Shamrocks GFC
Roslea Shamrocks is a Gaelic football club based in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club was founded as ''Roslea First Fermanaghs'' in 1888. They were later known as ''Fág a Ballagh'', then became ''Roslea Shamrocks'' in 1906, the name they have kept since (except for one season, 1944, when a merger with Aghdrumsee gave them the name ''Dresternan Shamrocks''). Roslea Shamrocks have won twelve Fermanagh Senior Football Championships, the most recent in 2014. They reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship in 1982. Notable players * Peter McGinnity * Joe Pat Prunty * Seán Quigley Honours * Fermanagh Senior Football Championship The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ... (12): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1982, 1984, 1986, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrison, County Fermanagh
Garrison is a small village near Lough Melvin in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The Roogagh River runs through the village. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 357 people. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district. According to the UK Met Office, the highest temperature ever recorded in Northern Ireland is 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) at Knockarevan, Garrison on 30 June 1976. Toponymy The village's name comes from a military barracks and its garrison of troops established in the village by William III of England, following the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. History Garrison was one of several Catholic border villages in Fermanagh that would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925. The Melvin Hotel, previously owned by the McGovern family, was blown up in January 1972 during the middle of a Catholic wedding reception, by the IRA, reportedly as retaliation for allowing member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devenish St Mary's GAA
Devenish St Mary's is a Gaelic football club based in the village of Garrison, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club was founded in 1917, but did not affiliate until 25 July 1926. The club won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship for the first time in 1960 as Devenish/Mulleek, and went on to win the county title four more times in the 1960s, including a three in a row from 1965 to 1967. The club's tenth and most recent championship win came in 1996. In 2017, the club's centenary year, the club reached its first county final since 1998. Devenish lost the final by seven points to Derrygonnelly. Honours * Fermanagh Senior Football Championship The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ... (10): 1960*, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisnaskea
Lisnaskea () is the second-biggest settlement in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the townland of Lisoneill, with some areas in the townland of Castle Balfour Demesne, both in the civil parish of Aghalurcher and the historic barony of Magherastephana. It had a population of 2,956 people at the 2011 Census. The nearby monument of ''Sciath Ghabhra'' is where the Maguires were crowned as kings and chiefs of Fermanagh. The town developed after the Plantation of Ulster and is built around the long main street. At the middle, the old market place, formerly known as The Diamond, contains a high cross (grid ref:H364340) from an early monastery. 19th century buildings include the former market house, corn market and butter market. The Castle Park Leisure Centre is situated just off the main street. History The name Lisnaskea comes from ''Lios na Scéithe'' meaning "fort of the shield". North of the village, in the townland of Cornashee, is a large burial mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC
Lisnaskea Emmetts is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History Lisnaskea have won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship on 20 occasions, with the most recent coming in 1994. Lisnaskea defeated Irvinestown to claim the Fermanagh Intermediate title in 2010, and followed this up with wins over Tullylish and Rasharkin to reach the Ulster final. Lisnaskea faced Monaghan's Doohamlet in the Ulster Intermediate final on 11 December 2010. A 0–13 to 1–7 win made Lisnaskea the first Fermanagh club to win a provincial title. They later defeated Kildare's Ballymore Eustace on 30 January 2011 to reach the All-Ireland final. On 12 February 2011, Lisnaskea faced St James' from Galway in the All-Ireland Intermediate final at Croke Park. A Niall McElroy goal sealed a 1–16 to 0–15 victory after extra-time as Lisnaskea were crowned All-Ireland Intermediate champions. The club's ladies' football team won the All-Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teemore
Teemore () is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, three miles south of Derrylin. In the 2001 Census it had a population of four hundred people. It is situated within the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Places of interest The official opening of the Shannon-Erne Waterway took place at Corraguil Lock, near Teemore on 23 May 1994. See also * List of townlands in County Fermanagh * List of villages in Northern Ireland * List of towns in Northern Ireland This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city st ... References NI Neighbourhood Information System External links Villages in County Fermanagh Townlands of County Fermanagh {{Fermanagh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellanaleck
Bellanaleck (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies just south of Enniskillen on the main A509 ( N3) road towards Cavan and Dublin. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 213. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district. Transport Bellanaleck is a stop on the Donegal-Enniskillen-Cavan-Dublin Airport-Dublin Bus Éireann ''Expressway'' route 30. There is a coach in each direction every two hours during the day as well as an overnight journey. Services operate daily including Sundays. Ulsterbus route 58 from Enniskillen to Belturbet via Kinawley also serves Bellanaleck several times a day, Mondays to Saturdays. Demography According to the 2001 census, Bellanaleck had a population of 213 people, of these: *21% were from a Catholic background *74% were from a Protestant background *5% were stated as other On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 532 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrygonnelly
Derrygonnelly () is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 680 people at the 2011 Census This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. and dates to the Plantation era. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district. The village has a long history of Irish traditional music and each year in early October there is a celebration of local talent in memory of musicians Eddie Duffy and Mick Hoy. Musicians come from all over Ireland and from further afield to enjoy this festival which bases itself in any of Derrygonnelly's four pubs. Transport Ulsterbus route 59 provides several journeys a day to/from Enniskillen via Monea and The Graan. There are no Saturday or Sunday services. History Derrygonnelly is of ancient origin taking its name from doire or grove of the O'Connelly's it was a site of inauguration for Irish kings. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belleek, County Fermanagh
Belleek (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a village and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While the greater part of the village lies within County Fermanagh, part of it crosses the border and the River Erne into County Donegal. It lies in the historic barony of Lurg. It had a population of 904 people in the 2011 Census, and is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district. July is normally the warmest month in Northern Ireland, and the highest summer temperatures of all occur inland, furthest away from the cooling influence of the Atlantic. A long-standing high temperature record for Northern Ireland (30.8 °C) was recorded at Knockarevan in County Fermanagh on 30 June 1976, which was not surpassed until the heatwave of July 2021 (peaking at 31.4 °C, recorded at Armagh). The village is the most westerly settlement in Northern Ireland and thus the most westerly settlement in the United Kingdom. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
