Belnaleck Art McMurroughs is a

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club based in the village of Bellanaleck,

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History

The club was founded in 1902, and won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship in 1933, it remains their only senior triumph. After winning the Junior title in 2017, Belnaleck defeated Down champions Dundrum and Doire Trasna of

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to reach the final of the

Ulster Junior Club Football Championship The Ulster Junior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of junior football clubs in Ulster. There are nine county championships between the nine counties of Ulster. The nine winners go on to ...

. Belnaleck lost the final by six points to

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's Naomh Colmcille. Belnaleck completed back-to-back championship wins by defeating

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to win the Intermediate title in 2018.

Honours

* Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (1): 1933 * Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (3): 1967, 1974, 2018 * Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (4): 1953, 1956, 2009, 2017

References

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