Drumhowan Geraldines is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

club located in rural County Monaghan,

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History

The club was founded in 1953, and won the

Monaghan Junior Football Championship The Monaghan Junior Football Championship (often referred to as the Monaghan JFC for short or the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Monagha ...

for the first time in 1960. Drumhowan won the junior championship again in 1991, before winning their first Monaghan Intermediate Football Championship in 1993, before winning it again in 1997. The club's third junior title was won in 2006. After winning their fourth junior title in 2008, Drumhowan reached 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 ...

. Drumhowan were comfortable winners in the final with a 5–10 to 0–5 win over Lissan. Drumhowan lost the All-Ireland semi-final to eventual champions

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. Drumhowan were junior champions again in 2012, and won it most recently in 2014.

Honours

* Monaghan Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1993, 1997 *

(1): 2008 *

(6): 1960, 1991, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014

References

External links

Drumhowan GAA Official Website
Gaelic games clubs in County Monaghan Gaelic football clubs in County Monaghan {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub