Drumlane Sons of O’Connell 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 based in Milltown,

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

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. The club takes its name from the parish of Drumlane. The club's crest features the

Drumlane Drumlane () is a townland situated near the village of Milltown, area 85.76 hectares (211.93 acres), in County Cavan, Ireland. Drumlane is also the name of the civil parish in which the townland is situated. Saint Columba brought Christianity to ...

Abbey and Round tower.

History

Drumlane Community Resource Centre - geograph

Drumlane GAA was founded in 1888, and won the

Cavan Senior Football Championship The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1888. The winners get the Oliver Plunkett Cup and qualifies to represent t ...

four times in the early 1900s. The club won the

Cavan Junior Football Championship The Cavan Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Cavan GAA clubs. It was first competed for in 1913. The winner qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship and in t ...

for the first time in 1948, and won it again in 1971 and 1999. They have never won the

Cavan Intermediate Football Championship The Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the middle-tier Gaelic football clubs organised by Cavan GAA. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1 ...

, losing finals in 1974 and 2010. The club claimed the Junior championship for the fourth time in 2018, defeating Killinkere after a replay. Drumlane won the Junior title for the fifth time in 2022, beating Arva by a point in the final. Wins over Craigbane, Clones, and

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sent the club into 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 ...

for the first time in their history. Drumlane lost the final in a penalty shoot-out to

Stewartstown Harps Stewartstown Harps is a Gaelic Athletic Association club which was founded in 1912 and based in the village of Stewartstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club plays its games in Mullaghmoyle park. History Stewartstown won the Ulste ...

Honours

Men's Football *

: 4 **1903, 1904, 1905, 1907 *

: 5 **1948, 1971, 1999, 2018, 2022 *

Cavan Minor Football Championship The Cavan Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between Minor Cavan Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Ir ...

: 2 **1972, 1973 Ladies' Football *Cavan Ladies Intermediate Football Championship: 1 **2020 *Cavan Ladies Junior Football Championship: 1 **2011

Notable players

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References

External links

Drumlane GAA Official Website

Drumlane Community Website
Gaelic games clubs in County Cavan Gaelic football clubs in County Cavan {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub