Dregish Pearse Óg GAC
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Dregish Pearse Óg () was a
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club. The club was based in the
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of Dregish between
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and
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in
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,
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. The club, which concentrated on
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, was named after the Irish Revolutionary Padraig Pearse and drew in players from the rural areas of the parish of Ardstraw West. In November 2019, Dregish Pearse Óg amalgamated with neighbouring club Newtownstewart St Eugene's to form Naomh Eoghan GAC. Dregish had for a number of years been struggling with playing numbers and was rumoured to be disbanding before the amalgamation with Newtownstewart was announced.


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