Clogher Valley Rugby Football Club is an Irish

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club based in

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. Founded in 1990, they climbed the Ulster rugby pyramid and in 2023 were promoted to senior status, joining the All-Ireland League in Division 2C, and the Ulster Rugby Premiership.

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international Chris Farrell is a product of the Clogher Valley youth system. The club was founded in 1990 by former pupils of Fivemiletown College,"Club Focus: Clogher Valley RFC"
Ulster Rugby, 24 April 2012 competing in Minor League 8 in the Ulster rugby leagues."Council honours Clogher Valley Rugby Football Club with a Civic Reception"
Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, 30 May 2022 They made the final of the

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in 2003, 2007 and 2008, and first won the competition in 2012, deafeating

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at Ravenhill. They won the

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in 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2014. They made the final of the 2014 All-Ireland Junior Cup, losing to

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. They won it in 2022, beating Ballyclare in the final at

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, and the

, beating City of Armagh 2nd XV. In 2022–23 they won the Ulster Rugby Championship and were entered into the playoffs for promotion to the All-Ireland League. They achieved senior status for the first time after beaing

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champions

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and Munster junior champions

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, They finished second in Division 2 of the 2023 Ulster Rugby Premiership, and finished as champions of Division 2C of the 2023–24 All-Ireland League, earning automatic promotion to Division 2B."Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Divisions – Play-Off Details, Ups & Downs"
Irish Rugby, 6 April 2024

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