Bunninadden is a

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club based in the south of the county, comprising the parish of

Bunninadden Bunnanadden, Bunnanaddan or Bunninadden ( ga, Bun an Fheadáin) is a small village in south County Sligo, Ireland. It is on the R296 road, 9 km from Tubbercurry and 8 km from Ballymote. The village contains the parish church (The Sa ...

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History

The club was founded in 1886 by Andrew Marren and John O’Dowd.

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led Bunninadden to a 1999 league title and then to the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship title, the club's first for more than eight decades, before being appointed

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of the Sligo county team in 2003. In 2000, Bunninadden win the

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and Owen B Hunt cup for the second time in 109 years beating Coolera/Strandhill with a last minute Padraig Doohan goal. In 2006, Bunninadden again reached the county final, defeating rivals Eastern Harps in the semi-final. The final was against fellow south Sligo club

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, to whom they lost 1-15 to 2-9. The club reached the intermediate final in 2009 against

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, but lost 1-08 to 1-07. The following 2 campaigns 2010 and 2011 both ended in losses at the semi-final stage against Drumcliffe. In 2012, with Gerry Perry now at the helm, the club defeated

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to claim a first ever intermediate title for the club. The club then faced St Aidans of Roscommon in the Connacht semi final in Kiltoom, winning 3-11 to 3-10. In the final, they lost to Charlestown 0-14 to 0-08. In 2019 under the stewardship of John O'Flaherty, the club lost in the intermediate final against

after defeating

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in the semi-final. In 2022, the club's seniors lost in the county final to

Honours

: ** 1891, 2000 *

Sligo Intermediate Football Championship Sligo Intermediate Football Championship is an annual second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Sligo GAA. The winning club qualifies to represent its GAA county in the Connacht Intermedi ...

: ** 2012 *

Sligo Junior Football Championship The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs. Bunninadden have the biggest number of titles with six. Shamrock Gaels are the title holders (2022) defeating Naomh M ...

: ** 1953, 1963, 1973, 1979, 2003, 2008 (Killavil - 1927) *

Sligo Under 20 Football Championship The Sligo Under-21 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the Under-21 panels of the clubs in Sligo. Up to 2006 this was the Under-21 Championship, but a decision was taken to hold the Championship a ...

: ** 1992, 1993 (as St. Nathy's, amalgamated with Coolaney/Mullinabreena), 2022 (amalgamated with

Ballymote GAA Ballymote is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town and parish of Ballymote in County Sligo, Republic of Ireland James Kearins led Ballymote to the 1996 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship title before being appointed mana ...

) *

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: ** 1999, 2004 *

Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2) The Sligo Football League is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused prim ...

: ** 1994, 1997, 2021 * Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5): ** 1979 * Kiernan Cup: ** 2006 * Sligo Under-14 C Football League ** 2013

References

Bunninadden GAA website
* https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/gaa/ballymotebunninadden-are-the-sligo-u21-champions-after-victory-over-st-molaise-gaels-42128744.html Gaelic games clubs in County Sligo Sligo GAA GAA clubs by GAA county {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub