Shamrock Gaels is a

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club based in the east of

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

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, including the parishes of Riverstown, Sooey, Gleann and Castlebaldwin. It was formed in March 1972 when two clubs, Sooey and Knockalassa, amalgamated. As of 2022, it was a

Sligo Senior Football Championship The Sligo Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Sligo clubs. The winners of the Sligo Senior Championship qualify to represent the county in the Connacht Senior Club Football Cham ...

club. They celebrated their fiftieth birthday that year, with

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a guest of theirs.

Notable players

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, won a Connacht Senior Football Championship with Sligo in 1975 *

Evan Lyons Evan Lyons is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Shamrock Gaels and at senior level for the Sligo county team. Lyons helped in getting Sligo past Leitrim in the 2022 FBD Insurance League, in what was the first inter-county game to get ...

Honours

: (2) ** 1990, 1992 *

Sligo Intermediate Football Championship Sligo Intermediate Football Championship is an annual second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Sligo GAA. The winning club qualifies to represent its GAA county in the Connacht Intermedi ...

: (2) ** 1979, 1985, 2018 * Sligo Junior A Football Championship: (1) ** 2022 * Sligo Junior B Football Championship: (1) ** 1999 *

Sligo Under 20 Football Championship The Sligo Under-21 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the Under-21 panels of the clubs in Sligo. Up to 2006 this was the Under-21 Championship, but a decision was taken to hold the Championship a ...

: (4) ** 1975, 1987, 1988, 1989 * Sligo Minor Football Championship: (2) ** 1972, 1973 * Sligo Under-14 Football Championship: (4) ** 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984 * Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1): (1) ** 1986 *

Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2) The Sligo Football League 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 organisation, focused prim ...

: (3) ** 1979, 1985, 2000 * Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5): (2) ** 1989, 2004 * Kiernan Cup: (3) ** 1986, 2000, 2009

References

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