Mullahoran GAA is a

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club from

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. Founded in 1888, it is affiliated to

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. The club's nickname is ''the Dreadnoughts''. It is a rural club located in the parish of Mullahoran in south Cavan, approximately 10 miles from

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town.

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and

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are played at the club and numerous county and national honours have been won in the past in these codes.

Gaelic football

Mullahoran have the third-best record in the Cavan Championship with 12 wins, the first being in 1935 and the most recent in 2012. The club also won the league in 2012 to record a rare double. They played in the Ulster Club Championship in 2012 and in 2006. In the 2006 competition, they lost to eventual All-Ireland champions

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in the first round.

Honours

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 ...

(12): 1935, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1998, 2006, 2012 *

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 ...

(2): 1978, 2018 *

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 ...

(2): 1932, 1940 *

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): 1992, 1993 *

Cavan Under-21 Football Championship The Cavan Under-20 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisatio ...

(3): 1990, 1998, 1999

Notable players

Mullahoran players who have been selected for the Cavan senior team include Killian Brady, Cormac O'Reilly, and Cormac McKeogh. Notable Mullahoran players of past Cavan teams include world handball champion

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, Damien O'Reilly,

Phil 'The Gunner' Brady Phil Brady (died 6 May 1980) was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team. He won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals in 1947, 1948, and 1952. Playing career Brady was a tough, strong versatile footballer, he scored ...

, and former

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John Wilson. Cavan football from the 1930s through to the 1950s relied heavily on Mullahoran and Cornafean players.

Hurling

The parish also has a separate

team known as Mullahoran St Joseph's, who are the Cavan Senior Hurling Champions as of 2020. The club had been unbeaten in the

Cavan Senior Hurling Championship The Cavan Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top hurling clubs in Cavan. The winners of the Cavan Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship, the wi ...

since 1990 until surrendering the title to Ballymachugh in 2011. The club's run of 21 consecutive Championship titles is a record in the GAA. The club also appeared in the Division 3 Ulster Senior Hurling League in 2006, but lost to

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from Down. In 2020, Mullahoran won a 4 in a row to gain their 26th Cavan title. Mullahoran's U-14 hurlers also won the All-Ireland Féile in 2003, becoming one of the first Cavan teams to win a national hurling honour.

Honours

(26): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,

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Rounders

The Erne Eagles

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club has been active in the area since 1984/5. The club is one of the most successful in the country. Along with numerous silver and bronze medals at the

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National Finals, a number of the senior men's and women's team members have been recognised with All-Star awards at national level. The Senior Mens team and the most successful in GAA Rounders, with 14 titles, after regaining the title in 2021 to make it 3 titles out of the last 4, while the Senior Mixed team added the Double by winning the 2021 Senior Mixed All Ireland Title

Honours

The club includes the following in their list of honours: * All Ireland Men's Senior Champions 1998-2007, 2009, 2018-2019, 2021, 2022 * All Ireland Women's Senior Champions 2007, 2012 * All Ireland Senior Mixed Champions 2003, 2005, 2020-2021 * All Ireland Minor Men's Champions 1986, 1997, 2006–2007 * National League Winners 2002 * Minor Mixed All Ireland Champions 2001 * Gary Kelly Cup (Senior Ladies) Winners 1998 - 2000 * U14 Mixed Féile Winners 1998 - 2000

Ladies' Gaelic football

Mullahoran Ladies won the inaugural Ladies All-Ireland Club Championship in 1977. The team beat St Comans of Roscommon to win the

Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup The All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championship is the ladies' Gaelic football competition for club football teams. The winners are awarded the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup. Senior championships Senior finals listed by year * ''Ladies' n ...

Féile 2008

Féile was hosted by Cavan in 2008 and both u-14 boys and girls in Mullahoran hosted teams in their houses for the weekend of Féile. The boys hosted Yorkshire, England, while the girls hosted St Anne's Rathangan, Wexford. Although some of the teams won some games none of them were successful enough to reach the final.

References

External links

Mullahoran GAAErne Eagles RoundersOfficial Cavan GAA Website
{{Cavan GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Cavan Gaelic football clubs in County Cavan Hurling clubs in County Cavan