Moortown St Malachy's is a GAA club based in the

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of Moortown in

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History

Moortown are one of the most successful clubs in Tyrone having won four

Tyrone Senior Football Championship The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group ''Tyrone Senior Football Championship'') is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Ga ...

s in 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1992. Moortown St Malachys will celebrate their centenary year in 2023. Their last county championship victory came in 1992 and the side was captained by James Devlin. However, the Malachys have a less than inspiring record in finals and on innumerable occasions have reached junior, intermediate and senior finals and then fallen at the final hurdle. The club used to field a

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team in the 1970s, competing in the Derry league. Their pitch for many years, Tobin Park, has now reached the end of its use and the club has moved to their new pitch on the Aneeter road. There are 3 pitches, a warm up area and just recently, a new community hall has been developed. The Club intend to start work on Changing rooms and Gym in 2023. Within only 4 years of formation, the Ladies senior team have been promoted to the top tier for 2023 and for the first time in the clubs history, they will have both Senior Ladies and Mens teams compete in Division 1.

Honours

: (4) ** 1941, 1942, 1950, 1992 *

Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. Galbally Pearses ...

: (2) ** 1975, 2021 *

Tyrone Junior Football Championship The Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board o ...

: (5) ** 1934, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1969

Ladies Honours

* Tyrone Ladies Intermediate Championship ** 2022 * Tyrone Ladies Junior Championship ** 2021

References

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