Owen Roe O'Neill's Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Eoghan Rua Uí Néill) is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
club in
Tyrone GAA
The Tyrone County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Tír Eoghain), or Tyrone GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games ...
. The club is based in the parish of Leckpatrick, including the village of
Glenmornan,
County Tyrone
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,
Northern Ireland
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The Club, named after the 17th-century
Irish Confederate general
Eoghan Rua Ó Néill, plays
Gaelic football and
ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...
.
History
The club was formed in February 1970 by the amalgamation of Leckpatrick Pearse Óg GAC and Dunamanagh GAC.
Since then the Dunamanagh players formed their own Club and Owen Roe's solely became a Leckpatrick Club.
Gaelic football
The club's men's Senior and Reserve teams currently competes in the second division of the Tyrone All-County Leagues and Intermediate championships. It has in the past played at Junior level and (up to 1978) at Senior level. In its first year, 1970, the club won the Tyrone Intermediate League and Championship double. In 1975 it reached the Senior Football Championship final, losing to
Trillick
Trillick () is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 2,439 people in the 2011 Census. Trillick is in the Civil Parish of Kilskeery, Barony of Omagh East. It is located within the Diocese of Clogher (both R ...
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In 2018 the Club also fielded a Ladies team at adult level for the first in several seasons.
The club also fields under-age teams for several age groups, with five of its teams reaching county finals in 2010, and four in 2011.
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club website
In 2018 the Club had mixed boys and girls teams at U-8 and U-10 level, a boys U-12 team as well as separate boys and girls teams at U-14, U-16 and U-18 level.
Honours
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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 ...
**1970
*Tyrone Intermediate Football League (2)
**1970, 1981
*Tyrone Junior Football League (2)
**2003, 2017
Facilities
The Club's home grounds, Páirc an Ghleanna in Glenmornan, in the parish of Leckpatrick, were opened in May 1987.
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club website
The Club commenced a major development project in 2008. The grounds at Páirc an Ghleanna reopened in 2010.
References
External links
Owen Roe O'Neill's club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Tyrone
Gaelic football clubs in County Tyrone
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