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Eoghan Ruadh, Dungannon GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in
Dungannon Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...
, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of
hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
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History

The Eoghan Ruadh club was founded in
Dungannon Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...
in 1944. Since then, the club has won several titles in the Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship, and lies second only to Eire Óg Carrickmore on the all-time roll of honour with 24 titles. For most of that time the club had no permanent base and played their matches at O'Neill Park, the home of Dungannon Clarke's GFC, and other neighbouring grounds. In 2015, the club opened their own complex at Donaghmore Road. Further improvements to the club's facilities were undertaken in subsequent years.


Honours

* Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship (24): 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019


Notable players

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Damian Casey Damian Casey (1993 – 17 June 2022) was an Irish hurler who played for the Eoghan Ruadh, Dungannon, club and at senior level for the Tyrone county team. Regarded as his county's greatest ever hurler who—at the time of his death—was "at ...


References


External links


Eoghan Ruadh GAA site
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