Aghyaran St Davog's ( ga, Achadh Uí Aráin Naoimh Dabhóige) is a GAA club. It is based in the

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of Aghyaran near Castlederg,

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History

Aghyaran St Davog's was founded in 1956. There was a previous club in the area between 1947 and 1948. A ladies' football club was established in 1993.

Honours

Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. Galbally Pearses ...

: (2) ** 1981, 1987 * Tyrone Senior Football League: (1) ** 2000 * Tyrone Junior Football League: (1) ** 1962

Notable players

Ciaran McGarvey played full back on team that lost to

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in the 1986 All-Ireland final, marking star forward

Eoin Liston Eoin "Bomber" Liston (born 16 October 1957 in Ballybunion, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Beale, his divisional side Shannon Rangers and at senior level for the Kerry county team ...

. Shane Sweeney was the first player from Aghyaran to win a Senior County All-Ireland medal in 2005, along with former Aghyaran player

Martin Penrose Martin Penrose is a Gaelic footballer for the Tyrone county team. He won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships with his county. Penrose plays club football for Carrickmore, although, until recently, he played with Aghyaran St Davog' ...

. Aghyaran currently have three players on the Tyrone team, Benny Gallen, Ronan McNamee and Ronan McHugh. Ronan McNamee played fullback on the team that won the

2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship The 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 128th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Footba ...

. Brendan Dolan was the first Aghyaran man to represent Tyrone at senior level. Brendan made his Tyrone Championship debut in 1970, and was ever present at midfield for Tyrone and Ulster Railway Cup squads, and got to show off his high fielding skills as Tyrone toured America '69. Brendan stood at 6 ft 4 inches tall, he won MacRory and

Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The com ...

medals with St Columb's Derry in 1965 and was a member of the Tyrone Junior Team that won an All Ireland in 1968. He died after a tragic car accident that took his life, whilst he was driving to school in Strabane where he worked as a PE teacher, in January 1973.

References

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