Erne Gaels, Belleek is a

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club based in Belleek,

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History

The club was founded in 1961. Erne Gaels won their first

Fermanagh Senior Football Championship The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ...

title in 1979, and followed this up by winning it again in 1981. The Belleek club's first appearance in a senior final since 1981 came in

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, losing to

Derrygonnelly Harps Derrygonnelly Harps is a Gaelic football club from Derrygonnelly in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, founded in 1924. The club participates in Fermanagh competitions and has won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship nine times. The cl ...

by a single point. Their most recent championship success was in the Intermediate grade, beating Devenish in the 2021 final. In their first year back up at senior, Erne Gaels reached the county final, but suffered a heavy defeat to

Enniskillen Gaels Enniskillen Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club completed a six-in-a-row of Fermanagh titles between 1998 and 2003. Gaels reached the final of the Ulster Sen ...

. They reached the final again in 2023, but lost once again to Derrygonnelly.

Notable players

* Raymond Gallagher *

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Honours

(2): 1979, 1981 * Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (2): 2008, 2021 * Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (1): 1963 *

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(5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1984

References

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